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

Date: April 7, 2005
Location: Yakima County, Washington


I lead a group from the Cascadians on a tour of the Toppenish
Wildlife Refuge this morning and we enjoyed good weather (overcast
but calm), lots of birds and great company. The following list
includes some birds I saw before arriving at the refuge.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
Pied-billed Grebe [1]
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron [2]
Turkey Vulture [3]
Osprey [4]
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Common Snipe [5]
Rock Dove [6]
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Magpie
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Marsh Wren [7]
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat [8]
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Footnotes:

[1] observation pond
[2] 1-along Toppenish Creek between the observation deck and refuge
HQ
[3] 1-battling the wind over my house when I arrived home this
evening.
[4] 1-nest building on Indian Church Rd.
[5] (Wilson's Snipe)
[6] (Rock Pigeon)
[7] everywhere in the Tules
[8] heard only

Total number of species seen: 47