Subject: [Tweeters] Census Count: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge,
Date: Jun 18 16:10:45 2017
From: ErikKnight05 at gmail.com - ErikKnight05 at gmail.com
This report was mailed for Erik Knight by http://birdnotes.net
Date: June 18, 2017
Location: Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Clark County, Washington
Wind direction: Variable
Prevailing wind speed: < 1 km/h gusting to: 6-11 km/h
Percentage of sky covered by clouds: 30%
Precipitation: none
from 11:09AM to 4:30PM.
Birds seen (in taxonomic order):
Canada Goose 30
Wood Duck 7
Gadwall 27
Mallard 31
Cinnamon Teal 2
Pied-billed Grebe 7 [1]
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 10
Great Egret 1 [2]
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey 8
Bald Eagle 3 [3]
Virginia Rail 5
Sora 6
American Coot 5
Killdeer 1
Common Snipe 4
Mourning Dove 6
Great Horned Owl 1 [4]
Anna's Hummingbird 1
Rufous Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 2
Western Wood-Pewee 13
Willow Flycatcher 6
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1
Western Scrub-Jay 5
American Crow 5
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 80
Barn Swallow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 6
Bewick's Wren 7
House Wren 9
Marsh Wren 12
Swainson's Thrush 8
American Robin 15
European Starling 40 [5]
Cedar Waxwing 30
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 8
Black-throated Gray Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 46
Spotted Towhee 17
Savannah Sparrow 9
Song Sparrow 52
Black-headed Grosbeak 14
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Yellow-headed Blackbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Purple Finch 5
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 20
Footnotes:
[1] 1 on Carty Unit
[2] Carty Unit
[3] adult & 3rd year bird on Carty Unit, adult on
River "S" Unit
[4] Auto Tour Route between markers #9 and #10
[5] River "S" Unit
Total number of species seen: 57