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Date: May 1, 2004
Location: Yakima County, Washington

Prevailing wind speed: 6-11 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 10%
Precipitation: none

Spent A beautiful Mayday in the lower Yakima Valley mostly from Hwy
97 along Pumphouse Rd to Island Rd to Marion Dr. Rd and back to Hwy
97, including a stop at the Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge
"Kioske". Birds were plentiful as were the ticks.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

American White Pelican [1]
American Bittern [2]
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal [3]
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup [4]
Lesser Scaup [5]
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck [6]
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
Virginia Rail [7]
Sora [8]
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet [9]
Lesser Yellowlegs [10]
Western Sandpiper [11]
Long-billed Dowitcher [12]
Common Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Barn Owl
Unidentified Empidonax [13]
Say's Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Loggerhead Shrike
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1] - 8 just east of Hwy 97 Refuge
[2] Lateral "A"
[3] a Drake and Hen at Lateral "A" first I've seen this year.
[4] Lateral "A" Hen and Drake
[5] Lateral "A" Drake near the greater pair
[6] Lateral "A"
[7] Lateral "A"
[8] Lateral "A"
[9] - 4 along Old Goldendale Rd. and Pumphouse Rd.
[10] - 2 along Old Goldendale Rd. and Pumphouse Rd. (noticably
smaller than the Black-necked Stilts around them.
[11] - 2 along Old Goldendale Rd. and Pumphouse Rd.
[12] - 1 along Old Goldendale Rd. and Pumphouse Rd.
[13] - a small grayish flycatcher with eyering and faint vest look to
breast working the sagebrush. I did not get a look at wings for
bars.

Total number of species seen: 64