Subject: [Tweeters] White Pelicans and Cranes at Ridgefield NWR
Date: Sep 24 18:23:29 2012
From: Russ Koppendrayer - russkope at gmail.com


Hi Gerry & Tweeters,

There were also 98 SANDHILL CRANES in a corn stubble field in the Woodland
Bottoms this afternoon.

Russ Koppendrayer
Longview, WA

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Gerry Ellis <gerry at gerryellis.net> wrote:

> Made the Sunday morning circuit of Ridgefield NWR "S" drive and despite
> low water fall migrants are beginning to push in and through the area -
> notable were a dozen SANDHILL CRANES between markers 11-12 and WHITE
> PELICANS overhead. With that in mind we decided to check out Sturgeon Lake
> opposite RNWR across the Columbia R. in Oregon. At the end of NW Oak Island
> Rd were approx 200 SANDHILLS in the stubble fields. By dusk at Sturgeon
> between 400-500 CRANES had gathered along with 120-150 WHITE PELICANS.
>
>
> Gerry Ellis
> gerry at gerryellis.net
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