Tweets,

I made a last day of April (April 30, 2006) trip out to the Toppenish
National Wildlife Refuge and surrounding area. Migration is in full swing
and the birding is looking up.

Even though I only had a couple of hours to spend birding, it payed off when
I found my first Blue-winged Teal, Wilson's Phalarope, Western Sandpiper and
Least Sandpiper of the season in the flooded fields along Old Goldendale Rd.

Birds seen (in someone's taxonomic order):

Canada Goose
Gadwall
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Redhead
Bufflehead
Ring-necked Pheasant
California Quail
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Black-billed Magpie
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
House Wren
Marsh Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Total number of species seen: 49

Kerry L. Turley
Sunnyside



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