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Date: June 29, 2003
Location: Yakima County, Washington


I made a quick birding trip through the lower Yakima Valley today
from Sunnyside, to Granger, to Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge, to
Ft. Simcoe.

It started out hot and only got hotter as it reached 95º by 10:30
AM. Birds seemed to want to stay hunkered in the shade and I don't
blame them.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture [1]
Gadwall [2]
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal [3]
Redhead [4]
Osprey [5]
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt [6]
Ring-billed Gull [7]
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Vaux's Swift [8]
Belted Kingfisher
Lewis' Woodpecker [9]
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
American Robin
Gray Catbird [10]
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing [11]
Common Yellowthroat
Sage Sparrow [12]
Song Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1] - 2 near Ft. Simcoe
[2] - Lateral "A" Rd. and Marion Dr. Rd.
[3] - Indian Church Rd.
[4] - Lateral "A" Rd. and Marion Dr. Rd.
[5] - Indian Church Rd.
[6] - Observation deck at Toppenish Wildlife Refuge
[7] - Sunnyside feedlot
[8] - Ft. Simcoe
[9] - Ft. Simcoe
[10] - Observation deck at Toppenish Wildlife Refuge
[11] - Ft. Simcoe
[12] - Pumphouse Rd.

Total number of species seen: 50