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Date: March 14, 2004
Location: Yakima County, Washington

Low temperature: 56 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 65 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: Variable
Prevailing wind speed: < 1 km/h gusting to: 1-5 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 10%
Precipitation: none

I spent the day birding the lower Yakima Valley, mostly along
Pumphouse Rd., Lateral "C" Rd., Island Rd. and Marion Drain Rd. It
was an absolutely beautiful day for birding in the valley.

Highlites include 3 SANDHILL CRANES seen at three different locations
(although I think they may have been the same birds)Lateral "C" at
Toppenish Creek, Lateral "A" and Marion Drain, and Island Rd. Also 1
- SAY'S PHOEBE singing and staking out a territory, several NORTHERN
ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS, VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS, and a lone BARN
SWALLOW. 35 DUNLIN, 12 TUNDRA SWAN, 3 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose [1]
Tundra Swan [2]
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Common Merganser [3]
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk [4]
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
American Coot
Sandhill Crane [5]
Killdeer
Dunlin [6]
Common Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Say's Phoebe [7]
Loggerhead Shrike
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
American Robin
European Starling
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1] 140 at Lateral "A" & Marion Drain.
[2] 12 at Lateral "A" & Marion Drain.
[3] 5 at Lateral "A" & Marion Drain.
[4] 1 at Lateral "A" & Marion Drain.
[5] 3 at Lateral "C" & Toppenish Creek, Lateral "A" & Marion Drain,
Island Rd.
[6] 35 at Lateral "A" & Marion Drain.
[7] 1 at Island Rd. & Marion Drain.

Total number of species seen: 50