Hi everybody!

I spent a very relaxing day driving the loop at Ridgefield. I really
intended to do a quick look along the loop, then planned on heading over to
Carty Unit. I got lost in bird-time and never made it out to visit Carty!
So much going on to just sit back and watch...

A few interesting sightings--a single late Turkey Vulture, and a small
flock of bluebirds. The Virginia Rail were a little vocal for the time of
year--prompted by all the goose noise? The Marsh Wrens were particularly
active--singing, calling, foraging near the road.

:) Cindy

Ridgefield NWR--River 'S' Unit, Clark, US-WA
Oct 29, 2014 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.0 mile(s)
81 species (+4 other taxa)

Cackling Goose 1238
Canada Goose 71
Cackling/Canada Goose 1000
Wood Duck 2
Gadwall 75
Eurasian Wigeon 1 Male. May be hybrid. Head appeared as normal EUWI,
but sides had some "pink" in the gray.
American Wigeon 390
Mallard 522
Cinnamon Teal 26
Northern Shoveler 215
Northern Pintail 550
Green-winged Teal 266
Ring-necked Duck 5
Lesser Scaup 3
Greater/Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 5
Hooded Merganser 21
Ruddy Duck 3
Pied-billed Grebe 24
Double-crested Cormorant 1
American Bittern 2
Great Blue Heron 17
Great Egret 14
Turkey Vulture 1 single bird, flying low (tree top level) over between
markers 6 & 7. Single broken outer secondary on right wing (secondary at
perpendicular to wing (pointing up), appeared to be bent mid-shaft).
Northern Harrier 8
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 8
Virginia Rail 4
American Coot 311
Sandhill Crane 92
Killdeer 3
Greater Yellowlegs 4
peep sp. 9 flying over far end of S. Big Lk
Wilson's Snipe 94
Ring-billed Gull 1
California Gull 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 1
gull sp. 6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Eurasian Collared-Dove 1
Mourning Dove 2
Great Horned Owl 4
Anna's Hummingbird 2
Belted Kingfisher 4
Red-breasted Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 6
Pileated Woodpecker 1
American Kestrel 3
Peregrine Falcon 1
Steller's Jay 2
Western Scrub-Jay 8
American Crow 3
Common Raven 2
Black-capped Chickadee 37
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4 entry road
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Brown Creeper 7
Pacific Wren 2
Marsh Wren 14
Bewick's Wren 11
Golden-crowned Kinglet 27
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Western Bluebird 11 flying low, calling. Small flock seen just over
road between markers 9 & 10, just above tree top level.
American Robin 29
Varied Thrush 3
European Starling 190
American Pipit 54
Cedar Waxwing 6
Common Yellowthroat 1 Located by call, pished into the open--HY male
(mask not entirely black yet).
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Spotted Towhee 9
Savannah Sparrow 8
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 28
White-crowned Sparrow 9
Golden-crowned Sparrow 31
Dark-eyed Junco 6
Red-winged Blackbird 262
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
House Finch 4
Pine Siskin 14
Lesser Goldfinch 2
American Goldfinch 39

View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20376642


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*_________________Cindy McCormackVancouver, WAnwbirderatgmailcom*
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