Subject: [Tweeters] Ridgefield NWR Hermit Warbler
Date: May 12 22:25:36 2011
From: re_hill at q.com - re_hill at q.com



After work today I walked out on the Carty Unit for a quick 20 minutes, oops, make that about 2 hours.? Not much on the area south of the Plankhouse although ha d American Kestrel hunting right in front of the office.? Again not a lot of activity until I reached the big oak tree at the end of the NaturePave trail.? I realized this is where the conifers start, and the combination of oak-maple-D fir-cedar was quite busy with warblers.? Within 100 yards of the trail split I saw the following during about an hour watching:

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Wood Duck?????????????????? heard

Rufous Hummingbird??????2

Belted Kingfisher????????????heard

Downy Woodpecker?????1

Hammonds Flycatcher???1

Warbling Vireo??????????????12

Steller's Jay????????????????????heard

W Scrub Jay??????????????????6

BC Chickadee???????????????3

CB Chickadee???????????????2

RB Nuthatch??????????????????3

WB Nuthatch?????????????????1

Bewick's Wren???????????????2

Marsh Wren????????????????????heard

Swainson's Thrush????????? 1

Swainson's Thrush????????? 1

Am Robin???????????????????????4+

OC Warbler???????????????????15 (many more to the south)

Yellow-rumped Warbler 10 (many more to the south)

BT Gray Warbler????????????4

Townsend's Warbler?????? 40

Hermit Warbler ???????????? 1?nice male

C Yellowthroat?? ???????????? 3

Wilson's Warbler???????????? 7

Spotted Towhee??????????????2

Song Sparrow?????????????????6

Red-winged Blackbird?????heard

BH Cowbird???????????????????3

A Goldfinch????????????????????2

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After all the tanagers yesterday I didn't find even one on the trail, although there was one at home, and 2 Nashville Warblers.

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A reminder that IMBD is Saturday , and Ron Escano is leading bird walks on Kiwa Trail at 8 am and Oaks-to-Wetlands Trail at 3 pm.
Randy Hill
Ridgefield