Subject: Birding Trip Report: Clark County, Washington
Date: Oct 7 17:35:38 1999
From: rkorpi at clark.edu - rkorpi at clark.edu


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This is the first of my Thursday midday excursions out from Clark to Vancouver
Lake and the Bridgeport Dairy Unit of Ridgefield NWR. The weather today was
cloudy (95+% coverage) and a breeze blew from the north at about 10 mph.
Significant movements of swallows were occurring over both Vancouver and Post
Office Lakes, the bulk of the birds being Barn Swallows, with 1 Vaux's Swift at
Vancouver Lake. As at Sauvie Island the last few days, crane and geese numbers
are increasing but duck numbers still seem low. Today I had my folks with me,
and so having three pairs of eyes may skew the data.

Birds seen:

Western Grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas crecca)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
California Gull (Larus californicus)
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
Glaucous-winged x Western Gull (Larus glaucescens x occidentalis)
Rock Dove (Columba livia)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
American Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla)
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)