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

Highlights:

AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: There were 5-6 on Rest Lake early this morning, but they remained only until around 9AM.

LAZULI BUNTING: I thought I heard two LAZULI BUNTINGS singing in the entrance canyon (one near the R/R tracks and one near the top), but Carol and I could only see the one nearest the top of the canyon.

YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD: These Beauties are still around, both at Long Lake and South Quigley Lake. Most have finished nesting but a few remain near nests at S Quigley. Foragers were seen on Long Lake.

The Refuge seemed very quiet today, and numbers of individuals as well as species were low.

Will Clemons
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Complete list of 54 species seen / heard:

AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Ruddy Duck
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Virginia Rail
Sora
American Coot
Wilson's Snipe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Anna's Hummingbird
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Swainson's Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
YELLOW WARBLER
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
LAZULI BUNTING
Red-winged Blackbird
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch