Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Ridgefield NWR - Osprey, Duskies, etc.
Date: Nov 3 22:10:17 2009
From: Scott Carpenter - slcarpenter at gmail.com


I failed to mention the 2 BAND-TAILED PIGEONS at the Carty Unit. Some
people have suggested they should all be gone by now, but I know they are
continuing to be reported in the Portland area. I haven't birded the Carty
Unit enough in the past to know how regular they are there in the winter.

Scott Carpenter
Portland, Oregon

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Scott Carpenter <slcarpenter at gmail.com>wrote:

> Birds of local interest today at Ridgefield NWR in Clark County included:
>
> Greater White-fronted Goose - 1 on Rest Lake
> Snow Goose - 2 on Rest Lake
> Dusky Canada Goose - 50 total on Rest Lake, in flocks of 13, 8, 19, and 10;
> bands included 4/7N, 8/23, 8/10, 8/7F, 4/7P, 6/JH, 8/13, 3/6K, 1/8P (all
> reported to USFWS); although this is not an unusual count for the entire
> refuge, it is a bit unusual to have this many on Rest Lake observable from
> the auto-tour route; Rest Lake is unusually low right now, resulting in
> great habitat for Duskies
> Great Egret - 3+
> Osprey - appeared to migrating south along Lake River
> Wilson's Snipe - 50+ in Long Lake alone
> Steller's Jay - 1 performing an excellent imitation of a Red-tailed Hawk
> call
> Golden-crowned Sparrows are back in decent numbers
>
> Scott Carpenter
> Portland, Oregon
>
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