This report was mailed for Kerry Turley by http://birdnotes.net

Date: July 5, 2004
Location: Yakima County, Washington

Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%

I spent Monday running around the Yakama Indian Reservation, mainly
from the Toppenish Wildlife Refuge out to Ft. Simcoe.

The biggest miss of the day was LEWIS' WOODPECKER of which there were
none!!! I don't know if there was some kind of acorn failure last
year that may have contributed to them moving on. This year the trees
seem to be loaded with acorns so maybe they'll be back.I also did not
see that many EUROPEAN STARLINGS (in fact not as many as usual), so
am of the impression they are not the cause of the LEWP loss.

I did talk to one of the grounds keeper and he had said seen a few
earlier in the morning so I am hopeful they will return in abundance,
maybe in the fall.



Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pied-billed Grebe
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Northern Shoveler
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
Sora
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
Common Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Barn Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Western Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Bullock's Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Total number of species seen: 65