Subject: [Tweeters] Steigerwald NWR on a Blustery Monday
Date: Jan 18 22:00:28 2010
From: Lyn Topinka - pointers at pacifier.com



hi all ... Gene and I went out and walked the Steigerwald Refuge on
an overcast and BLUSTERY afternoon !!! ... lots of folks there ...

On the lakes
Geese
Gadwall
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Scaup (LOTS)
Great Blue Heron

On the trail
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Flicker
Chickadees (heard only)
American Robin (heard only)
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Western Meadowlark
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow

a lady we chatted with had seen a Northern Shrike about half an hour
before we got there ...

Lyn
Vancouver, Washington
pointers at pacifier dot com



Lyn Topinka
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