Subject: [Tweeters] Census Count: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge,
Date: Oct 26 14:42:52 2014
From: ErikKnight05 at gmail.com - ErikKnight05 at gmail.com
This report was mailed for Erik Knight by http://birdnotes.net
Date: October 26, 2014
Location: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Clark County, Washington
Wind direction: S
Prevailing wind speed: < 1 km/h gusting to: 6-11 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 50%
Precipitation: showers/intermittent rain
from 10:44AM to 3:29PM.
Birds seen (in taxonomic order):
Greater White-fronted Goose 75
Cackling Goose 140 [1]
Wood Duck 10
Gadwall 80
American Wigeon 250
Mallard 100
Cinnamon Teal 6 [2]
Northern Shoveler 80
Northern Pintail 125
Green-Winged Teal 430
Canvasback 2
Ring-necked Duck 5
Bufflehead 3
Hooded Merganser 8
Ruddy Duck 3
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 14
Great Egret 8
Bald Eagle 5 [3]
Northern Harrier 3
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 [4]
Red-tailed Hawk 6
American Kestrel 1
American Coot 70
Sandhill Crane 30
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher 2
Common Snipe 155 [5]
Belted Kingfisher 2
Northern Flicker 8
Steller's Jay 3
Western Scrub-Jay 5
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 2
Bewick's Wren 5
Winter Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10
American Robin 75
Varied Thrush 1
European Starling 10
American Pipit 50 [6]
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Townsend's Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 15
Fox Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 20
White-crowned Sparrow 3
Golden-crowned Sparrow 20
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Footnotes:
[1] 100 Taverner's
[2] Long Lake
[3] adults & juvenile
[4] Auto Tour route
[5] most seen on Canvasback Lake
[6] most seen in muddy field near photo blind
parking area
Total number of species seen: 56