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 | | Throughout the valley floor are scattered oases, such as parks, ponds, and weedy fields, where birds gather to breed and to stop on migrations. |
 | | The area is noted for numbers of bald eagles, prairie falcons, and other raptors during winter, and for the summer breeding colony of bobolinks on Lateral C between Yost Road and Toppenish Creek. |
 | | Adjacent shrub-steppe, a vanishing habitat in Washington, is home to some species becoming rare in the state, such as sage thrasher, long-billed curlew, and sage sparrow. |
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