Subject: [Tweeters] Birding Trip Report: Ridgefield NWR River S Unit,
Date: Dec 11 18:10:13 2005
From: scottbmurray at msn.com - scottbmurray at msn.com


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Date: December 11, 2005

Location: Ridgefield NWR River S Unit, Clark County, Washington





There was over 750 Tundra Swans on the Refuge today



Birds seen (in taxonomic order):



Canada Goose

Trumpeter Swan [1]

Tundra Swan

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Green-Winged Teal

Canvasback

Ring-necked Duck

Bufflehead

Hooded Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Pied-billed Grebe

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier

Red-tailed Hawk

American Kestrel

American Coot

Sandhill Crane

Killdeer

Common Snipe

Rock Dove

Great Horned Owl

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Western Scrub-Jay

American Crow

Black-capped Chickadee

White-breasted Nuthatch

Bewick's Wren

Marsh Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

European Starling

Spotted Towhee

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow



Footnotes:



[1] I seen 3 2 Adult 1 Juvenile all 3 were together



Total number of species seen: 42