Weekly Bird Sightings

Archives of Weekly Bird Sightings


Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
Bird Sightings

From
January 1, 2011


Notice!
The sightings below are a compilation of all the weekly bird sightings since the beginning of this year. The abundance and season symbols are designated as when first seen.

Happy Birding!

Barnacle Goose ac W Killdeer W Violet-green Swallow *** W
Gr White-fronted Goose *** W Greater Yellowlegs *** W N. Rgh-winged Swallow *** Sp
Snow Goose *** Sp Lesser Yellowlegs **** W Bank Swallow **** Sp
Ross's Goose **** W Solitary Sandpiper **** Sp Cliff Swallow ** Sp
Brant **** F Spotted Sandpiper **** Sp Barn Swallow **** W
Cackling Goose W Sanderling ac F Black-capped Chickadee W
Canada Goose W Semipalmated Sndpiper **** Sp Chestnut-backed Chickadee *** W
Trumpeter Swan *** W Western Sandpiper ** Sp Bushtit W
Tundra Swan W Least Sandpiper ** Sp Red-breasted Nuthatch *** W
Wood Duck *** W Baird's Sandpiper **** F White-breasted Nuthatch ** W
Gadwall W Pectoral Sandpiper *** F Brown Creeper *** W
Eurasian Wigeon ** W Dunlin ** W Bewick's Wren W
American Wigeon W Short-billed Dowitcher **** F House Wren ** Sp
Mallard W Long-billed Dowitcher *** W Pacific Wren W
Blue-winged Teal ** Sp Wilson's Snipe W Marsh Wren ** W
Cinnamon Teal *** W Red-necked Phalarope **** Sp Golden-crowned Kinglet W
Northern Shoveler W Bonaparte's Gull *** S Ruby-crowned Kinglet ** W
Northern Pintail W Mew Gull **** F Swainson's Thrush ** Sp
Green-winged Teal W Ring-billed Gull W Hermit Thrush *** W
Canvasback *** W California Gull *** S American Robin W
Redhead *** Sp Herring Gull ** W Varied Thrush ** W
Ring-necked Duck W Glaucous-winged Gull W European Starling W
Lesser Scaup W Caspian Tern **** Sp American Pipit F
Bufflehead W Rock Pigeon ** Sp Cedar Waxwing ** Sp
Hooded Merganser *** W Band-tailed Pigeon *** Sp Orange-crowned Warbler ** Sp
Common Merganser W Eurasian Collared-Dove *** W Nashville Warbler *** Sp
Ruddy Duck ** W Mourning Dove ** W Yellow Warbler ** Sp
Pied-billed Grebe W Great Horned Owl ** W Yellow-rumped Warbler ** W
Red-necked Grebe **** W Snowy Owl ac W Black-throated Gray Warbler *** Sp
Eared Grebe **** S Short-eared Owl *** W Townsend's Warbler *** Sp
American White Pelican **** Sp N. Saw-whet Owl **** cu Sp Hermit Warbler **** cu Sp
Double-crested Cormorant ** W Vaux's Swift ** Sp MacGillivray's Warbler **** Sp
American Bittern *** W Anna's Hummingbird **** W Common Yellowthroat Sp
Great Blue Heron W Rufous Hummingbird *** Sp Wilson's Warbler Sp
Great Egret ** W Belted Kingfisher ** W Yellow-breasted Chat **** Sp
Snowy Egret ac F Lewis's Woodpecker **** cu F Western Tanager ** Sp

Green Heron *** S

Red-breasted Sapsucker *** W Spotted Towhee W
Black-crowned Night-Heron *** S Downy Woodpecker W Chipping Sparrow **** W
Turkey Vulture ** Sp Hairy Woodpecker *** W Black-throated Sparrow ac S
Osprey ** Sp Northern Flicker W Savannah Sparrow W
Bald Eagle W Pileated Woodpecker *** W Fox Sparrow ** W
Northern Harrier W Olive-sided Pewee *** cu Sp Song Sparrow W
Sharp-shinned Hawk *** Sp Western Wood-Pewee ** Sp Lincoln's Sparrow ** W
Cooper's Hawk *** W Willow Flycatcher ** Sp White-throated Sparrow *** F
Northern Goshawk **** F Hammond's Flycatcher *** Sp White-crowned Sparrow ** W
Red-shouldered Hawk *** F Gray Flycatcher **** cu Sp Golden-crowned Sparrow ** W
Swainson's Hawk **** Sp Dusky Flycatcher **** cu Sp Dark-eyed Junco ** W
Red-tailed Hawk W Pacific-slope Flycatcher ** Sp Black-headed Grosbeak ** Sp
Rough-legged Hawk *** Sp Black Phoebe **** W Lazuli Bunting **** Sp
Golden Eagle **** W Say's Phoebe **** Sp Red-winged Blackbird W
American Kestrel W Vermilion Flycatcher ac F Western Meadowlark ** W
Merlin *** W Northern Shrike *** W Yellow-headed Blackbird ** Sp
Peregrine Falcon *** W Cassin's Vireo **** Sp Brewer's Blackbird W
Virginia Rail ** W Hutton's Vireo **** cu Sp Brown-headed Cowbird **Sp
Sora *** W Warbling Vireo ** Sp Bullock's Oriole *** Sp
American Coot W Red-eyed Vireo *** cu S Purple Finch ** W
Sandhill Crane ** W Steller's Jay W House Finch W
Black-bellied Plover **** Sp Western Scrub Jay W Pine Siskin *** Sp
American Golden-Plover ac F American Crow W Lesser Goldfinch **** Sp
Semipalmated Plover *** F Common Raven *** W American Goldfinch ** W
  Purple Martin ** Sp Evening Grosbeak *** cu Sp
  Tree Swallow *** W House Sparrow ** cu W
     
Total species seen this year to date is 183
    ** Uncommon
  Sp - Spring (March - May) *** Occasional
  S - Summer (June - July) **** Rare
F - Fall (August - November) ac: Accidental
  W - Winter (December - February) cu: Seen only at the Carty Unit
 
Note! All seasonal and abundance symbols and designations are taken from the "Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Checklist"
 
For information contact Roger Windemuth
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
         
         
For information contact Roger Windemuth

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