Subject: [Tweeters] Ridgefiewd NWR 1-14-07
Date: Jan 15 08:26:34 2007
From: JERRY D AND MARCENE D'ADDIO - jmdaddio at msn.com


Early morning conditions: 20 degrees F, foggy, wind calm
Beautiful morning. Small flocks of cranes, geese, and swans emerging from the fog. Being heard, before they were seen.

36 species, In no particular order:
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose -Cackling Goose
Snow Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Sand Hill Crane
Rough-legged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle, immatures only
American Kestrel
Mallard
Pintail
Bufflehead
Wigeon (spell-checker wants it to be Widgeon!)
Shoveler
Common Merganser
Song Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Lincoln Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crown Kinglet
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Black-capped Chickadee
Scrub Jay
Bewicks Wren
House Wren
Starling
Coot
Western Spotted Towhee
Northern Flicker
American Robin
Red-winged Blackbird
Crow
No idee: shorebird flyby ?dowitcher, gulls, distant light-colored raptor
Sparrows at edge of the road and also walking on the ice, drinking at broken ice at edges of ponds
Mammals - 4 Nutria out of the water, munching on grass

Marcy D'Addio Redmond, WA
Patti Brent Vancouver, WA