Subject: [Tweeters] Census Count: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge,
Date: Oct 26 14:42:52 2014
From: ErikKnight05 at gmail.com - ErikKnight05 at gmail.com


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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