Hello Tweets,

Today my mother and I ventured south to the River S Unit of Ridgefield NWR
in Clark Co. then birded our way back north,where we encountered many new
spring arrivals at several locations to be listed below for our personal
year records. The water levels at the River S Unit of Ridgefield NWR are
very high compared to last year on this exact date,which limit good
shorebird coverage that greatly varies at this location. A list of the
notable highlights to be listed below at selected locations. 2 SOLITARY
SANDPIPERS were present at the two seperate locations within short distance
of the refuge headquarters and observed by several observers including
Marcus Roening and Heather Ballash,but not at the same time during our
visit.


River S Unit of the Ridgefield NWR,Clark Co. 8:30am-11:15am

4 Am.Bitterns(including one calling full adult photographed at very close
range)
2 Great Egrets
1 Trumpeter Swan
16 "Cackling"Canada Geese
15 Wood Ducks
27 Cinnamon Teal
1 female Canvasback
38 Ring-necked Ducks
1 pair of Greater Scaup
32 Ruddy Ducks
1 Am.Kestrel
3 Virginia Rails(heard only)
4 Sora(heard only)
5 Greater Yellowlegs
16 Least Sandpipers
42 Long-billed Dowitchers
4 Vaux's Swifts
1 Red-breasted Sapsucker
4 Pacific-slope Flycatchers
3 Purple Martins
5 Northern Rough-winged Swallows
2 Brown Creepers
3 White-breasted Nuthatches
5 House Wrens
1 Hermit Thrush
1 Warbling Vireo
4 Orange-crowned Warblers
4 Black-throated Gray Warblers
1 HERMIT WARBLER(observed and heard singing amongst 12 Yellow-rumped
Warblers in the forested canyon at the base of the driving loop)
2 Wilson's Warblers
3 male BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS
8 adult Golden-crowned Sparrows
10 Yellow-headed Blackbirds
1 BULLOCK'S ORIOLE
3 Purple Finches
6 Red Crossbills

Kress Lake(north of Kalama),Cowlitz Co. 11:40am-12:35pm

2 Hermit Thrushes
5 Orange-crowned Warblers
1 NASHVILLE WARBLER
7 Black-throated Gray Warblers
2 MacGillivray's Warblers
2 adult Golden-crowned Sparrows
1 BULLOCK'S ORIOLE

Centralia Steam Plant/Big Hanaford Rd.(east of Centralia),Lewis Co.
1:30pm-2:15pm

7 Cinnamon Teal
4 Greater Yellowlegs
1 adult Spotted Sandpiper
18 Least Sandpipers
3 Am.Pipits

Hogum Bay Rd. NE near Lacey,Thurston Co.(TH) 2:55pm-3:35pm

1 adult Great Horned Owl(with one owlet)
1 Pileated Woodpecker
2 Varied Thrushes
3 Orange-crowned Warblers
16 Chipping Sparrows
3 adult Golden-crowned Sparrows

Nisqually NWR,TH 3:45pm-5:30pm

8 "Cackling"Canada Geese
1 pair of Wood Ducks
1 female Greater Scaup(remaining on the entrance display pond)
1 Sora(heard only)
2 Greater Yellowlegs
2 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS
22 Least Sandpipers
1 WESTERN KINGBIRD(photographed)
2 Northern Rough-winged Swallows
2 Orange-crowned Warblers
2 YELLOW WARBLERS
1 Lincoln's Sparrow

I-5 north of Ft.Lewis,Pierce Co. 5:45pm

1 adult Cooper's Hawk



Good birding,

Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
GODWIT at worldnet.att.net