Today, Lonnie somers, Sherry and I, birded the Toppenish area, Hardy Canyon, and along Hwy 410. We met Andy Stepniewski at Toppenish and he joined us for several hours of birding. Here are some of the highlights.

Barrow's Goldeneye - Dog Lake (White Pass)
Yellow Warbler - Hause Cr. Campground and Hardy Canyon
Wilson's Warbler - Hause Cr. Campground
Yellow-breasted Chat - Hardy Canyon
Black-throated Gray Warbler - Fife Peaks
Pileated Woodpecker - Fife Peaks
Williamson's Sapsucker - Fife Peaks
Lewis's Woodpecker - Hwy 12 at Oak Creek
Western Wood Pewee - Hause Cr. Campground and Hardy Canyon
Western Kingbird - Pumphouse Rd.
Eastern Kingbird - Lateral C Rd.
Pacific-slope Flycatcher - Hardy Canyon
Willow Flycatcher - Hardy Canyon
Least Flycatcher - Hardy Canyon
Gray Flycatcher - Maloy Rd.
Hammond's Flycatcher - Fife Peaks
Warbling Vireo - Hause Cr. Campground and Hardy Canyon
House Wren - Hause Cr. Campground and Hardy Canyon
Rufous Hummingbird - Hause Cr. Campground
Black-chinned Hummingbird - Maloy Rd. (feeding on the Showy Penstemons)
White-throated Swift - Hwy 12 just west of MP183
White Pelican - flying over SR22
Ring-necked Pheasant - Lateral C Rd.
Wilson's Snipe - Lateral C Rd.
Spotted Sandpiper - Pleasant Valley Campground
Yellow-headed Blackbird - Lateral C Rd.
Bobolink - Lateral C Rd. in the northeast field north of the creek.
Northern Harrier - N. Wenas Rd.
Swainson's Hawk - Lateral C Rd.
Veery - Hardy Canyon
Common Nighthawk - Hardy Canyon
Bullock's Oriole - Hardy Canyon
Western Tanager - Hardy Canyon and Fife Peaks
Western Bluebird - Maloy Rd.
Chipping Sparrow - Maloy Rd. and Fife Peaks
Purple Finch - Maloy Rd.
Vaux's Swift - Fife Peaks

Mountain Goats w/young 20+ Fife Peaks


Dave Hayden
Centralia WA
dtvhm AT nwrain.com