Weekly Bird Sightings
Beginning
Aug 28, 2010

Notice!
The sightings below are not exhaustive. These are sightings that several birders, working collaboratively, have noted at the River "S" unit of the Ridgefield NWR throughout the week. It is our wish that this weekly list 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 (**) or rare (****) birds.
Good Luck and Happy Birding!
Canada Goose Pectoral Sandpiper **** European Starling
Wood Duck Long-billed Dowitcher ** Cedar Waxwing
Gadwall Wilson's Snipe Yellow Warbler **
Mallard Rock Pigeon Common Yellowthroat
Cinnamon Teal Mourning Dove Western Tanager **
Northern Shoveler Great Horned Owl ** Spotted Towhee
Northern Pintail Vaux's Swift ** Savannah Sparrow
Green-winged Teal ** Belted Kingfisher Song Sparrow
Pied-billed Grebe Downy Woodpecker Black-headed Grosbeak
American Bittern Northern Flicker Red-winged Blackbird
Great Blue Heron Pileated Woodpecker ** Western Meadowlark **
Great Egret ** Western Wood Pewee Yellow-headed Blackbird
Green Heron ** Steller's Jay Purple Finch **
Turkey Vulture Western Scrub Jay House Finch
Osprey American Crow American Goldfinch
Bald Eagle Common Raven **  
Northern Harrier Tree Swallow  
Cooper's Hawk ** Violet-green Swallow  
Red-shouldered Hawk ** N. Rough-winged Swallow **  
Red-tailed Hawk Bank Swallow ****  
American Kestrel Cliff Swallow **  
Sora ** Barn Swallow  
American Coot Black-capped Chickadee  
American Golden Plover **** Red-breasted Nuthatch  
Semipalmated Plover** White-breasted Nuthatch  
Killdeer Brown Creeper  
Greater Yellowlegs Bewick's Wren  
Lesser Yellowlegs ** Pacific Wren **  
Western Sandpiper ** Marsh Wren ss: Subspecies
Least Sandpiper ** Swainson's Thrush ** ** Uncommon
Baird's Sandpiper **** American Robin **** Rare
     
     
     
     
     
     
         
         
For information contact Will Clemons, Al Larrabee, or Roger Windemuth

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