I went birding today up at Ridgefield NWR (~4mi W of
I-5 at Exit 14 in SW Washington;
http://www.fws.gov/ridgefieldrefuges/ ). I was there
from about 7a until around 2p. Carol Ledford joined
me around 9am at the Blind. The rain did not begin
until around 9am, and it rained almost continually
until we threw in the wet towel and left.

* There were two BLUE-WINGED TEAL drakes on S Quigley
Lake along with several Cinnamon Teal.
* About a dozen YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS are still on
territory on S Quigley Lake, and a couple more near
the Blind.
* Two EARED GREBE and one drake CANVASBACK are still
on Rest Lake.
* One GREATER YELLOWLEGS was on Schwartz Lake.

Bill Clemons
SW of Portland in Mtn Park
Willclemons AT Yahoo dot com

Complete list of 63 species seen/heard:

Pied-billed Grebe
EARED GREBE
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
CANVASBACK
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Virginia Rail (heard only)
Sora (1 seen at the
Blind)
American Coot
Killdeer
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
Wilson's Snipe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren (heard only)
Marsh Wren
Swainson's Thrush (heard only)
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler (heard only)
Audubon's Warbler (1 seen)
Common Yellowthroat
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch




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