MaryFrances Mathis and I went to Ridgefield NWR on Sat. This was an ELWAS field trip, but MaryFrances was the only one to show up. We were following the Sullivan's car (Goshawk license plate) along I-5 and along the road to Ridgefield. They turned off to go to the S-unit while we continued on to the Carty unit. When we got back to our car their car was parked next to us, but we never did see them. We then went to the S-unit and finished the day at Vancouver L. On Sunday we went to Julia Butler Hansen NWR and then birded Brady Loop Road and Wenzel Slough Road on the way back. W saw most of the same species the Sullivan's reported. We missed on the Great Egret and the Red-shouldered Hawk. We had 100+ Tundra Swans fly overhead at one time while at the Carty Unit and 8-10 Trumpeter Swans at the S-unit, as well as 1 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs and a few Long-billed Dowitchers. There were a number of Western Scrub-Jays at the Carty Unit and 1 Pileated Woodpecker flew o!
ver, but we did not see or hear a White-breasted Nuthatch. We saw a couple of Northern Shrike at the S-unit. There were some Greater Yellowlegs and Dunlin at JB Hansen and we did see one scruffy Cliff Swallow, but we did not see a White-tailed Kite or Black Phoebe. We also saw a Rough-legged Hawk at the Grays Harbor Airport and on the Brady Loop. Red-tailed Hawks, Bald Eagles and American Kestrel were numerous throughout the trip and there were a few Northern Harrier.

Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at earthlink.net
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