This week's target list

Archives of Weekly Bird Sightings

Compilation of Bird Sightings for 2011

Weekly Bird Sightings
Beginning
February 17, 2012

Notice! The sightings below are not exhaustive. These are sightings that a number of birders, working collaboratively, have noted at the River "S" unit of the Ridgefield NWR throughout the week. It is our wish that this list, usually updated daily, will give you an idea of what you can find at the refuge and will inspire you to "go birding" and make up your own list. Perhaps you will be the one to find some of the uncommon (**), occasionally seen (***), or rare (****) birds.

Good Luck and Happy Birding!
Greater White-fronted Goose ***Northern Harrier Common Raven **
Cackling Goose Cooper's Hawk ***Black-capped Chickadee
Canada Goose Red-shouldered Hawk ***Red-breasted Nuthatch **
Trumpeter Swan **Red-tailed Hawk White-breasted Nuthatch
Tundra Swan American Kestrel Brown Creeper **
Wood Duck ***Peregrine Falcon **Bewick's Wren
Gadwall American Coot Pacific Wren
American Wigeon Sandhill Crane Marsh Wren **
Mallard Killdeer **Golden-crowned Kinglet
Cinnamon Teal ***Greater Yellowlegs ***Ruby-crowned Kinglet **
Northern Shoveler Wilson's Snipe **American Robin
Northern Pintail Ring-billed Gull **European Starling
Green-winged Teal Herring Gull **Orange-crowned Warbler ****
Ring-necked Duck Glaucous-winged Gull **Yellow-rumped Warbler
Lesser Scaup Mourning Dove **Spotted Towhee
Bufflehead Barn Owl ***Fox Sparrow **
Hooded Merganser Great Horned Owl **Song Sparrow
Common Merganser Anna's Hummingbird ***Lincoln's Sparrow **
Ruddy Duck Belted Kingfisher ***White-crowned Sparrow **
Pied-billed Grebe Red-breasted Sapsucker ***Golden-crowned Sparrow
Double-crested Cormorant **Northern Flicker Dark-eyed Junco cu
American Bittern **Black Phoebe ***Red-winged Blackbird
Great Blue Heron Steller's Jay Purple Finch **
Great Egret **Western Scrub-Jay House Finch
Bald Eagle American Crow **cu

Key
   
** Uncommon
*** Occasional
**** Rare
ac Accidental
Cu Only at Carty Unit

Current total weekly sightings: 74

Sightings this week so far have been submitted by: Al Larrabee, Alex Chmielewski, Barry Woodruff, Randy Hill

 

For information contact Roger Windemuth

Note! All seasonal and abundance symbols and designations are taken from the Modified "Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Wildlife Checklist"


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