Subject: Fw: Spring arrivals
Date: Apr 28 19:42:38 2002
From: Ruth Sullivan - GODWIT at worldnet.att.net



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From: "Ruth Sullivan" <GODWIT at worldnet.att.net>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 7:37 PM
Subject: Spring arrivals


> Hello Tweets,
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> 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.
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> River S Unit of the Ridgefield NWR,Clark Co. 8:30am-11:15am
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> 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
1 WILSON'S PHALAROPE
> 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
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> Kress Lake(north of Kalama),Cowlitz Co. 11:40am-12:35pm
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> 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
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> Centralia Steam Plant/Big Hanaford Rd.(east of Centralia),Lewis Co.
> 1:30pm-2:15pm
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> 7 Cinnamon Teal
> 4 Greater Yellowlegs
> 1 adult Spotted Sandpiper
> 18 Least Sandpipers
> 3 Am.Pipits
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> Hogum Bay Rd. NE near Lacey,Thurston Co.(TH) 2:55pm-3:35pm
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> 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
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> Nisqually NWR,TH 3:45pm-5:30pm
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> 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
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> I-5 north of Ft.Lewis,Pierce Co. 5:45pm
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> 1 adult Cooper's Hawk
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> Good birding,
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> Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
> GODWIT at worldnet.att.net
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