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Date: September 15, 2013

Location: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Clark County, Washington



Prevailing wind speed: < 1 km/h

Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 100%

Precipitation: showers/intermittent rain



from 11:09AM to 4:13PM. Heard thunder while walking Oaks to Wetlands

Trail.



Birds seen (in taxonomic order):



Canada Goose 40

Wood Duck 7

Gadwall 10

American Wigeon 10

Mallard 270

Northern Shoveler 15

Northern Pintail 15

Green-Winged Teal 270

Pied-billed Grebe 30

American Bittern 3

Great Blue Heron 23

Great Egret 27

Turkey Vulture 1

Bald Eagle 2 [1]

Northern Harrier 4

Red-tailed Hawk 7

American Kestrel 2

Peregrine Falcon 1 [2]

Virginia Rail 3

American Coot 170

Sandhill Crane [3]

Killdeer 2

Greater Yellowlegs 15

Lesser Yellowlegs 4

Whimbrel 1 [4]

Least Sandpiper 6

Long-billed Dowitcher 210

Mourning Dove 16

Vaux's Swift 60

Belted Kingfisher 3

Downy Woodpecker 1

Northern Flicker 6

Steller's Jay 7

Western Scrub-Jay 15

American Crow 6

Common Raven 1 [5]

Tree Swallow 20

Violet-green Swallow 20

Barn Swallow 300

Black-capped Chickadee 14

White-breasted Nuthatch 4

Bewick's Wren 4

Winter Wren 1

Marsh Wren 5

Golden-crowned Kinglet 10

Swainson's Thrush 4

American Robin 4

European Starling 60

Cedar Waxwing 25

Common Yellowthroat 18

Spotted Towhee 9

Savannah Sparrow 3

Song Sparrow 40

House Finch 2

American Goldfinch 15



Footnotes:



[1] adults

[2] juvenile, South Big Lake

[3] heard South of Auto Tour Route

[4] bird seen & heard along Kiwa Trail

[5] Kiwa Trail



Total number of species seen: 55