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