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



Date: February 12, 2006

Location: Yakima County, Washington





I spent the morning birding the Yakama Indian Reservation including

the Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge. I saw one very early Say's

Phoebe along Pumphouse Rd. three Trumpeter Swans near Mud Lake, and

the largest flock (over 50)of Bohemian Waxwings that I've ever seen

in Yakima County. They were feeding on the corms of an elm tree where

Toppenish Creek crosses Lateral "C" Rd. There was also a lone Greater

White-fronted Goose in a mixed flock of Canada and Cackling Geese

along Pupmhouse Rd. The drain pipes along Marion Drain Rd. produced

two Barn Owls trying to catch a little of the warm morning sun in the

pipe openings.



Birds seen (in taxonomic order):



Greater White-fronted Goose

Canada Goose

Cackling Goose

Trumpeter Swan [1]

Gadwall [2]

American Wigeon [3]

Mallard [4]

Northern Pintail [5]

Green-Winged Teal [6]

Common Merganser

Ring-necked Pheasant [7]

California Quail [8]

Great Blue Heron

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier [9]

Red-tailed Hawk [10]

American Kestrel

Killdeer [11]

Rock Dove

Mourning Dove

Barn Owl

Great Horned Owl [12]

Belted Kingfisher

Downy Woodpecker [13]

Northern Flicker [14]

Say's Phoebe

Northern Shrike

Black-billed Magpie [15]

Common Raven

Horned Lark

Black-capped Chickadee [16]

Marsh Wren [17]

Ruby-crowned Kinglet [18]

American Robin [19]

European Starling [20]

Bohemian Waxwing [21]

Yellow-rumped Warbler [22]

Spotted Towhee [23]

Savannah Sparrow [24]

Song Sparrow [25]

White-crowned Sparrow [26]

Dark-eyed Junco

Red-winged Blackbird [27]

Western Meadowlark

Brewer's Blackbird

House Finch



Footnotes:



[1] 3 near Mud Lake along Pumphouse Rd.

[2] TNWR

[3] TNWR

[4] TNWR

[5] TNWR

[6] TNWR

[7] TNWR

[8] TNWR

[9] TNWR

[10] TNWR

[11] TNWR

[12] TNWR

[13] TNWR

[14] TNWR

[15] TNWR

[16] TNWR

[17] TNWR

[18] TNWR

[19] TNWR

[20] TNWR

[21] 50 plus at Lateral "C" and Toppenish Creek

[22] TNWR

[23] TNWR

[24] TNWR

[25] TNWR

[26] TNWR

[27] TNWR



Total number of species seen: 46