Subject: Sunday at Ridgefield NWR; Chapman Swift Update; Gilliam NAMC
Date: Sep 5 12:26:32 1995
From: Raymond Korpi - rkorpi at clark.edu


1) My wife and I went out to Ridgefield NWR on Sunday afternoon. Took a
hike in the Carty Unit and found the following:
Black-throated Gray and Yellow-rumped Warbler, Western Tanager, Western
Wood Pewee (several), Bushtit, Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatch,
Bewick's Wren, Common Yellowthroat including one very young juvenile
bird--a late nesting (many of the birds seen were immatures), Cinnamon
Teal, Mallard, Great Blue Heron, Turkey Vulture, Srcub and Steller's Jay,
House FInch, Starling (oh boy!), Rock Dove, Black-capped and
Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Swainson's Thrush
(several), Song Sparrow, Rufous-sided Towhee, Barn Swallow.
On the River S unit we added Vaux's Swift and our most unexpected
sighting of th day--Bank Swallow. A lone brown swallow with a full
breast band was between Parking lots A and B. Mallard and teal were also
present.

2) The Chapman swifts are massing further. More birds were there
Saturday afternoon--I say afternoon because they were entering the
chimney early in the face of the t-storms which rolled through--birds
were going into the chimney around 5:00. As many swifts as were at the
chimney were along the ridge between Chapman and Sauvie Isalnd. On the
Isalnd, Barn Swallows were moving in big numbers and a GReater Yellowlegs
was heard at Coon Point. Not much was active in the face of the storms.
On Sunday, the Swifts were not entering the chimney early (must be able
to predict the weather better than the meteorologist in Portland who were
predicting possible t-storms again).

3) I am the Gilliam County Coordinator for the North American Migration
COunt held September 16. If anyone is interested in helping out in
Gilliam, please contact me via e-mail or at my number here at Clark (360)
992-2215. I may be moving between now and then, and the voice mail will
hold your message at the college. This county is somewhat underrated and
occasionally disparaged, but there are several interesting locales (and I
won't take all the good ones and leave you stranded in the wheat!). Let
me know if you're able to help.
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Ray Korpi "The intimate revelations of young
Wk: Clark College men . . . are usually plagiaristic and
Vancouver, WA marred by obvious suppressions."
Hm: Portland, OR --F. Scott Fitzgerald
address: rkorpi at clark.edu _The_Great_Gatsby_