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Date: December 9, 2009

Location: Ridgefield NWR River S Unit, Clark County, Washington









Birds seen (in taxonomic order):



Greater White-fronted Goose 15

Canada Goose

Cackling Goose

Tundra Swan 316 [1]

American Wigeon

Mallard

Cinnamon Teal 2 [2]

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Green-Winged Teal 22

Bufflehead 2 [3]

Hooded Merganser 11 [4]

Common Merganser 9 [5]

Ruddy Duck 16

Pied-billed Grebe 4

Double-crested Cormorant 5 [6]

Great Blue Heron 12

Great Egret 3

Bald Eagle 4 [7]

Northern Harrier 6

Red-tailed Hawk 18 [8]

Rough-legged Hawk 1

American Kestrel 3

American Coot

Killdeer 3

Common Snipe 17

Belted Kingfisher 1

Red-breasted Sapsucker 1

Downy Woodpecker 2

Northern Flicker 2

Steller's Jay 3

Western Scrub-Jay 2

American Crow 2

Black-capped Chickadee 7

Red-breasted Nuthatch 1

White-breasted Nuthatch 3

Brown Creeper 1

Bewick's Wren 1

Marsh Wren 5

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3

American Robin 7

European Starling

Spotted Towhee 4

Fox Sparrow 3

Song Sparrow 27

Lincoln's Sparrow 2 [9]

Golden-crowned Sparrow 87

Dark-eyed Junco 2

Purple Finch 11

House Finch 17

American Goldfinch 9



Footnotes:



[1] one with blue neck band with white letters

P790

[2] 2 males on N. Quigley with a flock of Coots

[3] on lake river

[4] on lake river

[5] on lake river

[6] Fly over

[7] 2 Adult 2 Juv.

[8] One dark Morph almost black

[9] 2 seen by entrance to kiwa Trail



Total number of species seen: 51