Subject: [Tweeters] Census Count: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge,
Date: Apr 13 15:26:03 2014
From: ErikKnight05 at gmail.com - ErikKnight05 at gmail.com


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Date: April 13, 2014

Location: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Clark County, Washington



Low temperature: 54 degrees fahrenheit High temperature: 70 degrees fahrenheit

Wind direction: Variable

Prevailing wind speed: < 1 km/h gusting to: 6-11 km/h

Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 0%

Precipitation: none



from 10:35AM to 4:02PM.



Birds seen (in taxonomic order):



Greater White-fronted Goose 50 [1]

Canada Goose 150

Cackling Goose 302 [2]

Wood Duck 11

Gadwall 450

American Wigeon 50

Mallard 60

Blue-winged Teal 4 [3]

Cinnamon Teal 18

Northern Shoveler 240

Northern Pintail 100

Green-Winged Teal 280

Canvasback 1 [4]

Ring-necked Duck 45

Lesser Scaup 15

Bufflehead 50

Hooded Merganser 2

Ruddy Duck 1

Pied-billed Grebe 16

Double-crested Cormorant 2

Great Blue Heron 10

Great Egret 5

Turkey Vulture 1

Osprey 2

Bald Eagle 7 [5]

Unidentified Accipiter 1

Red-shouldered Hawk 2 [6]

Red-tailed Hawk 4

American Kestrel 1

Virginia Rail 2

American Coot 500

Sandhill Crane

Greater Yellowlegs 12

Dunlin 15

Long-billed Dowitcher 9

Common Snipe 1

Mourning Dove 1

Anna's Hummingbird 1

Rufous Hummingbird 1

Red-breasted Sapsucker 1

Downy Woodpecker 1

Northern Flicker 3

Pileated Woodpecker 1

Hutton's Vireo 2

Steller's Jay 4

Western Scrub-Jay 7

American Crow 1

Tree Swallow 100

Violet-green Swallow 5

Black-capped Chickadee 6

Bushtit 6

Red-breasted Nuthatch 2

White-breasted Nuthatch 4

Brown Creeper 1

Bewick's Wren 7

Winter Wren 2

Marsh Wren 10

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3

American Robin 8

European Starling 20

Orange-crowned Warbler 3

Yellow-rumped Warbler 20

Common Yellowthroat 30

Spotted Towhee 9

Savannah Sparrow 3

Song Sparrow 30

Lincoln's Sparrow 1

Golden-crowned Sparrow 4

Red-winged Blackbird 30

Yellow-headed Blackbird 2

Purple Finch 3

House Finch 2

American Goldfinch 2



Footnotes:



[1] Carty Lake

[2] Cackling pair seen near blind parking area

[3] ad pairs seen on Ruddy & Rest lakes

[4] male, Rest Lake

[5] adult pair & juveniles

[6] seen over Carty Unit



Total number of species seen: 73