Just north and along the Columbia River at Ridgefield NWR, Bob Flores and I saw the return of Cliff Swallow and Northern Rough-winged Swallow while on Bachelor Island. We saw no Purple Martins at gourd poles today but did place a gourd at each pole, so now they will have something to play in and fight over until all the gourds go up in a couple weeks.



Randy Hill

Ridgefield



From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Danzenbaker
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2018 1:56 PM
To: tweeters tweeters
Subject: [Tweeters] Vancouver Lowlands, Clark County birding



Tweeters,



I had an entertaining morning at Shillapoo Lake (Vancouver Lowlands: coordinates: 45.6956365,-122.7440187) and also along Lower River Road just south of Frenchman's Bar this morning. Highlights were:



Ross's Goose - in with a flock of about 2500 Cackling Geese across from the entrance to Frenchman's Bar on Lower River Road

Rough-legged Hawk - flying high heading north

Lesser Yellowlegs - 1 at Shillapoo Lake

Black-bellied Plover - 1 at Shillapoo Lake

Purple Martin - 1 flyover at Shillapoo Lake

Cliff Swallow - 1 at Shillapoo Lake

Swamp Sparrow - 1 with large sparrow flock at the entrance to Shillapoo Lake




Keep your eyes and ears skyward.



Jim

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Jim Danzenbaker
Battle Ground, WA
360-702-9395
jdanzenbaker at gmail.com

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