Subject: Cowlitz and Clark Co. highlights
Date: Jan 15 20:02:56 2000
From: Ruth Sullivan - godwit at worldnet.att.net
Hello Tweets,
Today I birded the Woodland, Ridgefield, and Vancouver Bottoms with the
following observed species, despite the AM persistant fog, and local frost;
clearing to mostly cloudy skies by early PM:
RED-THROATED LOON
8 at Vancouver Lake
2 along the Columbia River, along Dike Access Rd. at Woodland,CW
GREAT EGRET
8 along Lower River Rd, at the south end of Vancouver Lake,CK
10 at Woodland,CW
TUNDRA SWAN
480 at Ridgefield NWR,CK
ROSS' GOOSE
1 blue-phased bird at Ridgefield NWR,CK
GR. WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE
1 at Ridgefield NWR,CK
OSPREY
1 at Woodland,CW
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK
1 adult at the north unit of Ridgefield NWR,CK
GYRFALCON
1 gray-phased bird along the Dike Access Rd., over the Lewis River(CK-CW)
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
1 at Ridgefield NWR,CK
4 at Woodland,CW
HERMIT THRUSH
5 at Ridgefield NWR
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
1 at Ridgefield NWR
3 at Vancouver Lake
SWAMP SPARROW
2 at Ridgefield NWR
Good Birding,
Patrick Sullivan
GODWIT at worldnet.att.net