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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