Carol Ledford and I birded Saturday at the River "S"
Unit at Ridgefield NWR (~4mi W of I-5 at Exit 14 in SW
Washington; http://www.fws.gov/ridgefieldrefuges/ ).

Highlights:

TUNDRA SWAN: Nine seen on Rest Lake. Nice to see
some returning.

ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK: Another Fall returnee that was
lovely to see again.

The weather was crisp but the day was wonderful!

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

Complete list of 42 species seen / heard:

Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant (lots)
American Bittern ( 1 seen on
Rest Lake)
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Cackling Goose (thousands)
Canada Goose (hundreds)
TUNDRA SWAN ( 9 seen on Rest
Lake)
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail (at least 300,
likely more)
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead (5 seen)
Hooded Merganser (only females seen)
Common Merganser (only females seen)
Bald Eagle ( 1 subadult
seen)
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK ( 1 seen on SE
side of loop road)
Peregrine Falcon (Juv seen at
Long Lake)
American Coot
Sandhill Crane (~ a dozen,
only seen/heard in early am)
Long-billed Dowitcher (a handful on Rest
Lake)
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull (1, eating a dead
duck on Bull Lake)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper (seen/heard, entrance
canyon road)
Marsh Wren (a few)
American Robin
Varied Thrush (heard only, entrance
canyon road)
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird



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