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

Date: September 17, 2004
Location: Yakima County, Washington

Low temperature: 58 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 70 degrees fahrenheit
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 90%
Precipitation: drizzle

Spent 4 hours birding the Yakama Indian Reservation from Granger to
the Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge and along Marion Dr. Rd. to
Lateral "C" RD. The large flocks of BARN SWALLOWS and TREE SWALLOWS
looked like they were staging for their trip south and there was a
good variety of sparrows around.

Also was impressed with the large flock of GOLD-CROWNED WARBLERS
present at the TNWR headquarters. The pond in front of the
observation deck at the TNWR is filling and starting to hold quite a
few waterfowl.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture [1]
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk [2]
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
Killdeer
Red-necked Phalarope
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Vaux's Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Dusky Flycatcher [3]
Say's Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
Black-billed Magpie
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Footnotes:

[1] - 4 along Lateral "C" Rd. and Toppenish Creek
[2] - working the wargblers over at the refuge HQ
[3] - 1 at the refuge HQ

Total number of species seen: 51