Subject: [Tweeters] Birding Trip Report: Yakima County,
Date: Mar 19 23:59:23 2006
From: kdturley at bentonrea.com - kdturley at bentonrea.com
This report was mailed for Kerry Turley by http://birdnotes.net
Date: March 19, 2006
Location: Yakima County, Washington
Low temperature: 40 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 59 degrees fahrenheit
Wind direction: Variable
Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 10%
Spent a beautiful last day of winter birding the lower Yakima Valley
in and around the Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge. Best birds were
the two singing Sage Sparrows along Pumphouse Rd., one Redhead at the
refuge headquarters pond and the 100+ Tundra Swans, 17 at the TNWR
and the rest at Lateral "A" Rd. and Marion Drain Rd. where I also saw
my first Tree Swallows of the year.
Birds seen (in taxonomic order):
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan [1]
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Redhead [2]
Ring-necked Duck
Common Merganser
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle [3]
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk [4]
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Killdeer
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Barn Owl [5]
Great Horned Owl [6]
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Loggerhead Shrike [7]
Black-billed Magpie
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Sage Sparrow [8]
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Footnotes:
[1] 17 at TNWR 100+ at Lateral "A" RD.
[2] TNWR HQ pond
[3] 3 - Adults
[4] Granger/Outlook farm Pond
[5] 2 - in drain pipes along Marion Drain
[6] TNWR HQ
[7] Pumphouse Rd.
[8] at - Pumphouse Rd.
Total number of species seen: 47