Subject: [Tweeters] Census Count: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge,
Date: Aug 13 16:02:32 2017
From: ErikKnight05 at gmail.com - ErikKnight05 at gmail.com


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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