Weekly Bird Sightings

Compilation of Bird Sightings for 2011

Compilation of Bird Sightings for 2012

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 Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
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To find all unique birds sighted between any time period from July 2011 and today's date, click on the beginning date and ending date in the date boxes above and press submit. The default dates as shown are from January 1 to today's date.

Notice! The sightings below are a compilation of all the weekly bird sightings since the beginning of this year, January 1. The abundance symbols are designated as when first seen.


Good Luck and Happy Birding!

Peregrine Falcon ***Cliff Swallow
Virginia Rail Barn Swallow
Sora Black-capped Chickadee
American Coot Chestnut-backed Chickadee **
Sandhill Crane Bushtit **
Greater White-fronted Goose **Semipalmated Plover ***Red-breasted Nuthatch **
Snow Goose ***Killdeer White-breasted Nuthatch
Ross's Goose ****Black-necked Stilt ****Brown Creeper **
Cackling Goose Greater Yellowlegs **Bewick's Wren
Canada Goose Lesser Yellowlegs ***House Wren **
Trumpeter Swan ***Spotted Sandpiper ***Pacific Wren **
Tundra Swan Long-billed Curlew acMarsh Wren
Wood Duck Semipalmated Sandpiper ***Golden-crowned Kinglet
Gadwall Western Sandpiper ***Ruby-crowned Kinglet **
Eurasian Wigeon **Least Sandpiper **Swainson's Thrush
American Wigeon Pectoral Sandpiper Hermit Thrush ***
Mallard Dunlin **American Robin
Blue-winged Teal **Long-billed Dowitcher **Varied Thrush ***
Cinnamon Teal Wilson's Snipe European Starling
Northern Shoveler Wilson's Phalarope ****American Pipit ***
Northern Pintail Red-necked Phalarope ***Cedar Waxwing **
Green-winged Teal Ring-billed Gull ****Orange-crowned Warbler
Canvasback ***California Gull ****Nashville Warbler ***
Redhead **Herring Gull ***Yellow Warbler **
Ring-necked Duck Glaucous-winged Gull **Yellow-rumped Warbler
Greater Scaup ***Rock Pigeon **cuCommon Yellowthroat
Lesser Scaup Eurasian Collared-Dove **Wilson's Warbler
Bufflehead Mourning Dove **Western Tanager **
Hooded Merganser Barn Owl ***Spotted Towhee
Common Merganser Great Horned Owl **Savannah Sparrow
Ruddy Duck Short-eared Owl ***Fox Sparrow **
California Quail ****Vaux's Swift Song Sparrow
Red-throated Loon ****Anna's Hummingbird **Lincoln's Sparrow **
Pied-billed Grebe Rufous Hummingbird **White-crowned Sparrow **
Horned Grebe ****Belted Kingfisher **Golden-crowned Sparrow
Eared Grebe acRed-breasted Sapsucker **Dark-eyed Junco
American White Pelican ***Downy Woodpecker **Black-headed Grosbeak
Double-crested Cormorant Hairy Woodpecker ***Lazuli Bunting ***
American Bittern Northern Flicker Red-winged Blackbird
Great Blue Heron Pileated Woodpecker ***Western Meadowlark ***
Great Egret **Olive-sided Flycatcher ***Yellow-headed Blackbird
Black-crowned Night-Heron ****Western Wood-Pewee Brewer's Blackbird **
Turkey Vulture **Hammond's Flycatcher ***Brown-headed Cowbird
Osprey Pacific-slope Flycatcher **Bullock's Oriole ***
Bald Eagle Black Phoebe ***Purple Finch **
Northern Harrier Warbling Vireo **House Finch
Sharp-shinned Hawk ***Steller's Jay Red Crossbill ****
Cooper's Hawk ***Western Scrub-Jay Pine Siskin ***
Red-shouldered Hawk ****American Crow **Lesser Goldfinch ****cu
Red-tailed Hawk Common Raven **American Goldfinch
"Harlan's Hawk" ***Purple Martin **Evening Grosbeak ***
Rough-legged Hawk **Tree Swallow House Sparrow ***
American Kestrel Violet-green Swallow House Sparrow (CU) ***
Merlin ***N. Rough-winged Swallow **

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

Total unique birds seen during this time period: 161

Sightings this timeframe have been contributed by: Al Larrabee, Alex Chmielewski, Barry Woodruff, Bill Bradford, Carol Ledford, Eric Anderson, Jennifer Wolcott, Jim Danzenbaker, Ken Meyer, Linda Forsgren, Lyn Topinka, Randy Hill, Roger Windemuth, Scott Carpenter

 

For information contact Roger Windemuth

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