Subject: [Tweeters] Census Count: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge,
Date: Aug 13 16:02:32 2017
From: ErikKnight05 at gmail.com - ErikKnight05 at gmail.com
This report was mailed for Erik Knight by http://birdnotes.net
Date: August 13, 2017
Location: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Clark County, Washington
Wind direction: N
Prevailing wind speed: 1-5 km/h gusting to: 6-11 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 80%
Precipitation: none
from 11:06AM to 4:15PM. Birded both units.
Birds seen (in taxonomic order):
Wood Duck 4
Gadwall 4
Mallard 125
Cinnamon Teal 19
Northern Shoveler 7
Northern Pintail 5
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 10
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 3 [1]
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
American Coot 18 [2]
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove 2
Mourning Dove 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 2
Western Wood-Pewee 12
Eastern Kingbird 3 [3]
Hutton's Vireo 1
Steller's Jay 1
Western Scrub-Jay 6
Purple Martin 4
Tree Swallow 80
Violet-green Swallow 50
Barn Swallow 55
Black-capped Chickadee 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 1
Bewick's Wren 4
Marsh Wren 1
American Robin 2
Cedar Waxwing 20
Yellow Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 25
Spotted Towhee 3
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 13
Red-winged Blackbird 15
American Goldfinch 15
Footnotes:
[1] adult & juvenile pair
[2] adults & 15 juveniles
[3] seen along Kiwa Trail West of bench near 2nd
bridge
Total number of species seen: 44