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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!

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

Key

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

Total unique birds seen during this time period: 164

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"

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