Bird Sightings

Weekly Bird Sightings

Beginning

June 14, 2013

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!

Canada Goose Black Tern ****Red-breasted Nuthatch **
Wood Duck Eurasian Collared-Dove **White-breasted Nuthatch
Gadwall Mourning Dove Brown Creeper **
Mallard Great Horned Owl **Bewick's Wren
Blue-winged Teal **Vaux's Swift House Wren
Cinnamon Teal Rufous Hummingbird **Marsh Wren
Northern Shoveler ***Belted Kingfisher **Swainson's Thrush
Redhead ***Red-breasted Sapsucker ***American Robin
Hooded Merganser ***Downy Woodpecker **European Starling
Ruddy Duck **Northern Flicker Cedar Waxwing
Pied-billed Grebe Pileated Woodpecker ***cuYellow Warbler **
American Bittern **Olive-sided Flycatcher ***Common Yellowthroat
Great Blue Heron Western Wood-Pewee Spotted Towhee
Great Egret **Willow Flycatcher **Savannah Sparrow
Turkey Vulture cuSteller's Jay Song Sparrow
Osprey Western Scrub-Jay Black-headed Grosbeak
Bald Eagle **American Crow **Lazuli Bunting ***
Northern Harrier **Purple Martin **Red-winged Blackbird
Red-tailed Hawk Tree Swallow Yellow-headed Blackbird
American Kestrel **Violet-green Swallow cuBrown-headed Cowbird
Virginia Rail **Cliff Swallow Bullock's Oriole **
Sora Barn Swallow House Finch
American Coot Black-capped Chickadee American Goldfinch
Killdeer Chestnut-backed Chickadee **
Wilson's Snipe Bushtit **

Comments:

Jun 15 - Bill Bradford: Virginia Rail with at least two chicks at the blind

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

Current total weekly sightings: 73

Sightings this week so far have been submitted by: Barry Woodruff, Bill Bradford, Jennifer Wolcott, 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"