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

There was a LINCOLN'S SPARROW across from the parking
lot at the Blind on Tuesday, Sept 27. The bird was
perched in a 10-12 foot tall willow-like shrub at the
edge of the water control canal there. It was perched
facing the road and stayed long enough for myself, my
mom and another birder to get excellent views in the
scope from around 30 feet or so.

It is nice to see Sparrows returning.

I also had a good look at a subadult RED-SHOULDERED
HAWK on the N side of the road just after Long Lake.
It was a very vocal bird, but most of the time it was
hidden. I lucked out and saw it as it moved among
trees and then soared for a few loops before dropping
back into cove.
I believe from other reports, that there may be at
least two of them at Ridgefield. Last year one
subadult hung around most of the winter and early
spring.

My day was similar to that posted a bit earlier by
Gerald Hamilton.


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




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