I only had a couple of hours to bird today so I made a quick trip through
the Yakima Valley finding a few nice birds that are starting to migrate
through our area.

Some of the season firsts for me included, Turkey Vulture, Canvasback,
Greater Yellowlegs, American Avocet, Black-necked Stilt, and Cliff Swallow.

Ahhh.... warm days and migrating birds .... all is well in the universe
again.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Canvasback
Common Merganser
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Greater Yellowlegs
Dunlin
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Cliff Swallow
American Robin
European Starling
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Total number of species: 40

Kerry Turley
Sunnyside, WA 98944
46 19'26" N, 120 00'27" W
kdturley at bentonrea.com