----------Last Sunday.......the sun was shining and the temps. was
75'-80'........So what did I do????? Visit Ridgefield NWLR...south
section. Here's what I saw:

Song Sparrow
House Wrens
Savannah Sparrows
MacGillivray's Warbler
Am. Goldfinches
Common Yellowthroats(a pair)
Common Snipes(several)
Red-headed Blackbirds
Bewicks Wren
Marsh Wren
House Finches
Belted Kingfishers
Western Wood Peewee
Great Egret(1 at Rest Lake)
Trumpeter Swan( 1 at Rest Lake.....What it was doing there out of
season, and out of normal range for this time of year is a good
question!!!!)
Bald Eagle(1)
Scrub Jays
Zillions of Great Blue Herons
Harrier Hawk
Killdeer(quite a few)
.......and 3 species of dipping ducks(Cinnamon Teal included)
.......Also spotted 1 sparrow-sized gray and white bird flittering
around...eating insects. My guess is a species of Flycatcher, though
what I saw didn't match any flycatcher pictures in the bird manual(RNWL
Refuge guide mentions as being 'common' a Pacific-slope Flycatcher which
is not in my bird manual. Guess I'll have to Thayer's CD-ROM to see if
they list it.
........Also saw plenty of swallows--Barn Swallows, and Tree Swallows
mainly, with some Cliff Swallows,....and 1 Rough-winged Swallow. Plus, a
number of 'more common' birds I won't list.
......Also. the S.E. corner of the refuge is off-limits to entry because
this section is a Bald Eagle nesting area.


----------Good day to all, and may the sun also shine on you all
sorts of good things on these 'lazy, hazy days of summer'.!!!!!

Gerald Hamilton
Brush Prairie, Wash.
gerald at e-z.net







Gerald Hamilton