Some selected results from a trip I made to Ridgefield NWR on Monday
afternoon. The American White Pelicans
were still present and were resting at the south end of the auto loop. A
Peregrine Falcon watched over them
from a nearby tree.

Mallard X
Blue-winged Teal 8
Ruddy Duck 2
Pied-billed Grebe X
American White Pelican 42 Birds on ground in southern end of auto loop
preening and sleeping in a tight group. Several males had breeding "horn".
No obvious juveniles.
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron X
Turkey Vulture X
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 1 (basic IV)
Northern Harrier 2
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Virginia Rail 1
Sora 1
American Coot X (many, many young)
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Wilson's Snipe 15
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 4
Empidonax sp. 1 (probable Willow, didn't sing)
Western Scrub-Jay 2
American Crow X
Tree Swallow X
Violet-green Swallow X
Barn Swallow X
Bewick's Wren 1
American Robin X
Cedar Waxwing 12
Yellow Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 5
Western Tanager 1
Black-headed Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird 9
Yellow-headed Blackbird 2
American Goldfinch X

-Mike Clarke
Vancouver
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