Anyone venturing down to the Ridgefield/Vancouver area to check out the
juvenile Snowy Egret at the Ridgefield River "S" Unit might also want to
pay a visit to Vancouver Lake where there are numerous shorebirds to look
over. The best spot to find these birds is by going out Fourth Plain
Blvd. to the Flushing Channel parking lot and walking out to the lake and
then South where there are extensive mud flats. In the past I have had
Ruff and Stilt Sandpipers here. Yesterday after viewing the bird at the
River "S" Unit my wife and I checked this part of Vancouver Lake where we
found:

1 SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER
7 KILLDEER
11 GREATER YELLOWLEGS
2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS
2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS
1 SANDERLING
50+ WESTERN SANDPIPERS
30+ LEAST SANDPIPERS
2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS
3 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS

Today we had a great movement of migrants through our property in
western Skamania County with:
1 SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
6 BAND-TAILED PIGEONS
2 VAUX'S SWIFTS
3 RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS
1 WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE
2 HAMMOND'S FLYCATCHERS
1 PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER
8 CASSIN'S VIREOS
4 WARBLING VIREOS
2 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES
30 CEDAR WAXWINGS
2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS
20 BLACK-THROATED GRAY WARBLERS
2 TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS
5 WILSON'S WARBLERS
25 WESTERN TANAGERS
3 BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAKS
A small light-colored sparrow with a spotted undersides, no
facial markings and a barred crown made a brief visit to our bird bath.
This bird was about the same size as the American Goldfinches but
slimmer. My wife and I are puzzled over the identification of this
sparrow, the nearest thing we can find in my of our guides is a juvenile
Brewer's Sparrow.

Wilson Cady
Washougal, WA