Subject: [Tweeters] Birding Ridgefield NWR - Carty Unit - Motorless Birding
Date: Aug 1 20:33:14 2009
From: Tyler Hicks - uplandsandpiper at hotmail.com



Tweeters & Obolers,



Sidra and I birded the Oak to Wetlands trail today in the Carty Unit. Mosquitos have declined but are still a nuisance on some parts of the trail. Nothing "rare" but every bird seen is a "good" one.



MALLARD - 1

GB HERON - 2

TURKEY VULTURE - 3

OSPREY - 1

RED-TAILED HAWK - 1

MOURNING DOVE - 1

VAUX'S SWIFT - 2

RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER - 2 juveniles

DOWNY WOODPECKER - 1

NORTHERN FLICKER - 2

WESTERN WOOD-PEWEEE - 5

DUSKY FLYCATCHER - 2 probable birds

STELLAR'S JAY - 3

AMERICAN CROW - 4

PURPLE MARTIN - 2

TREE SWALLOW - 2

BARN SWALLOW - 1

BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE - ~ 10

CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE - 4

BUSHTIT - ~ 20 (they remind me so much of parrotbills in Korea)

RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 2

WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH - 1

BROWN CREEPER - 2

BEWICK'S WREN - 1

HOUSE WREN - 1

SWAINSON'S THRUSH - 3

AMERICAN ROBIN - 2

ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER - 2

WILSON'S WARBLER - 3

COMMON YELLOWTHROAT - 4

SPOTTED TOWHEE - 6

SONG SPARROW - many

WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW - 1 streaky juvenile

RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD - ~50

BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD - 1 juvenile with 2-3 outer primaries symmetrically white - strange looking?

PURPLE FINCH - 5

AMERICAN GOLDFINCH - 3

EVENING GROSBEAK - 1



Other Interesting Things:



A glimpse at some sort of comma butterfly not sure what it was

Woodland Skippers - everywhere now!

Painted Lady - 1

Canary Reed Grass - way too much!

Common Garter Snakes - 5



Cheers,



Tyler Hicks

Ridgefield, WA



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Tyler L. Hicks



Ph.D. Candidate
Washington State University Vancouver

E-mail: tyler_hicks at wsu.edu
Web Page: http://thingswithwings.org
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