I finally have received and tallied the species seen on the
Washington side of the Sauvie Island C.B.C. held on Dec. 14th. Our
portion of the count circle includes the Vancouver Lake Lowlands and the
Ridgefield Refuge. We came up with a total of 97 species on our side of
the Columbia River, the best bird was the BLACK PHOEBE that has been at
the River "S" unit of the Refuge since first found in September.
Other highlights were: 2,466 TUNDRA SWANS, 7 WHITE-TAILED KITES,
2 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 84, RED-TAILED HAWKS, 6 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS, 1,566
SANDHILL CRANES, 12 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 2, BONAPARTE'S GULLS' BAND-TAILED
PIGEONS, 2, SHORT-EARED OWLS, 1 TREE SWALLOW, 3 BARN SWALLOWS, and 3
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCHES.
There were some big misses including Hairy Woodpecker and both
the Rusty and Tricolored Blackbirds that have been seen lately at
Vancouver lake.
Wilson Cady
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