This report was mailed for Ray Korpi by http://birdnotes.net

Date: June 2, 2001
Location: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Clark County, Washington


Decided to go to the River S Auto Tour Route this late morning/early
afternoon after the varied reports from this location. Quite a good
morning. The Black Terns (6 total) were toward the back end of the
route, on the large lake that held many Swans last winter. The
stilts (a pair plus one) were in the first lake on the left past the
Observation Blind. Blue-winged Teal (at least 14) and YEllow-headed
Blackbirds were in several spots.

Birds seen (in taxonomic order):

Pied-billed Grebe [1]
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret [2]
Turkey Vulture
Wood Duck
Gadwall
Mallard [3]
Blue-winged Teal [4]
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Virginia Rail
Sora
Killdeer
Black-necked Stilt [5]
Least Sandpiper [6]
Common Snipe
Black Tern [7]
Rock Dove
Vaux's Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bullock's Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch

Footnotes:

[1] a family group with 6 young spotted
[2] 6 total--1 at entrance pond, 5 on pond over other dike on west
end of route
[3] Young spotted
[4] At least 14 were seen, mostly males.
[5] 1 definite M/F pair; a third bird seen flying simultaneous to
having the pair in view
[6] 4 birds, a late surprise
[7] 6 birds total, very active and vocal

Total number of species seen: 53