Weekly Bird Sightings Beginning March 13, 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 each 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! Cackling Goose Virginia Rail ** Marsh Wren Canada Goose Sora ** Golden-crowned Kinglet Tundra Swan Killdeer Ruby-crowned Kinglet Wood Duck American Coot Hermit Thrush ** Gadwall Sandhill Crane American Robin American Wigeon Wilson's Snipe Varied Thrush ** Mallard Glaucous-winged Gull European Starling Cinnamon Teal Mourning Dove Yellow-rumped Warbler Northern Shoveler Great Horned Owl ** Spotted Towhee Northern Pintail Belted Kingfisher Savannah Sparrow Green-winged Teal Red-breasted Sapsucker Fox Sparrow Common Teal ** Downy Woodpecker Song Sparrow Ring-necked Duck Northern Flicker White-crowned Sparrow ** Greater Scaup ** Pileated Woodpecker ** Golden-crowned Sparrow Lesser Scaup Northern Shrike ** Dark-eyed Junco Bufflehead Steller's Jay Red-winged Blackbird Hooded Merganser Western Scrub-Jay Brewer's Blackbird ** Ruddy Duck American Crow House Finch Pied-billed Grebe Tree Swallow Pine Siskin ** Double-crested Cormorant Violet-green Swallow American Goldfinch American Bittern Black-capped Chickadee   Great Blue Heron Chestnut-backed Chickadee **   Bald Eagle Bushtit   Golden Eagle **** Red-breasted Nuthatch **   Northern Harrier White-breasted Nuthatch   Cooper's Hawk ** Brown Creeper   Red-tailed Hawk Bewick's Wren   American Kestral Wiinter Wren ** Uncommon     **** Rare                   For information contact Will Clemons, Al Larrabee, or Roger Windemuth © 1996-2009 by The Friends of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, All Rights Reserved All photos and graphics are under copyright by photographers. Most wildlife photos © Roger Windemuth ©2009 Web site and website design donated to the Friends of the Ridgefield NWR by Graticle Designs & Brett Lovins Please do not use photos, graphics, layout without written permission from the copyright holders.