Subject: [Tweeters] Franklin's Gullls at Toppenish NWR-14 May
Date: May 14 17:27:54 2011
From: Andy Stepniewski - steppie at nwinfo.net


Yakkers,

At least three FRANKLIN'S GULLS, soared over ponds at Toppenish NWR. I
flushed several dowitchers, at least one of which called "tu-tu-tu, thus a
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER. Another unusual species for the location were both
BLACK and FORSTER'S TERNS.

The sage birds were on Toppenish Ridge just to the south of the refuge.

Canada Goose 5
Gadwall 20
Mallard 50
Blue-winged Teal 3
Cinnamon Teal 30
Northern Shoveler 25
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal (American) 10
Redhead 3
Bufflehead 10
Ruddy Duck 3
California Quail 10
Ring-necked Pheasant 5
Pied-billed Grebe 5
American White Pelican 50
American Bittern 3
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Western) 3
American Kestrel 3
Virginia Rail 8
Sora 10
American Coot 50
Killdeer 15
Black-necked Stilt 20
American Avocet 10
Long-billed Curlew 2
Least Sandpiper 5
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Long-billed Dowitcher 10
Wilson's Snipe 20
Wilson's Phalarope 3
Franklin's Gull 3
Ring-billed Gull 1
Black Tern 1
Forster's Tern 1
Rock Pigeon 10
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Mourning Dove 10
Barn Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Rufous Hummingbird 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 5
Western Wood-Pewee 1
Hammond's Flycatcher 1
Western Kingbird 4
Eastern Kingbird 1
Warbling Vireo 1
Black-billed Magpie 10
Common Raven 5
Horned Lark 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
Tree Swallow 15
Bank Swallow 50
Barn Swallow 10
Cliff Swallow 30
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 3
Marsh Wren 15
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 5
European Starling 20
Cedar Waxwing 3
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 3
Townsend's Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 20
Wilson's Warbler 3
Brewer's Sparrow 3
Vesper Sparrow 10
Sage Sparrow 5
Savannah Sparrow 15
Grasshopper Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 20
Golden-crowned Sparrow 5
Western Tanager 2
Black-headed Grosbeak 3
Western Meadowlark 15
Yellow-headed Blackbird 125
Brewer's Blackbird 50
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Bullock's Oriole 6
House Finch 10
American Goldfinch 5
Evening Grosbeak 2
House Sparrow 10

Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA
steppie at nwinfo.net