Randy Fortish, Steve Cantor and I volunteered today on the Steigerwald Lake NWR, near Washougal in Clark County. Our task for the day was to put up the Purple Martin nest gourds along the Washougal Dike Trail. While we were raising the first set of nests we had PURPLE MARTINS flying up and checking the openings.
From the Dike Trail (the only trail on the refuge open to the public) we could see a pair of REDHEADS in Redtail Lake where they have been present for at least two weeks. Near the Gibbons Creek fish ladder we heard three and saw one YELLOW-BREASTED CHATS, one HOUSE WREN and a CHIPPING SPARROW. One WESTERN KINGBIRD was using the last field before the gate across the trail marking where the private property begins.
A GREAT EGRET was flying over the MUTE SWAN in the main lake which is visible from milepost 18 on Highway 14.



Wilson Cady
Washougal, WA


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