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Weekly Bird Sightings

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.

For the Week Beginning
June 11, 2025

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Canada Goose Rufous Hummingbird **Marsh Wren
Gadwall Belted Kingfisher **Swainson's Thrush
Mallard Red-breasted Sapsucker ***American Robin
Blue-winged Teal **Downy Woodpecker **European Starling
Cinnamon Teal Northern Flicker Cedar Waxwing
Hooded Merganser ***Western Wood-Pewee Orange-crowned Warbler **
Pied-billed Grebe Willow Flycatcher **Yellow Warbler **
American Bittern **Pacific-slope Flycatcher **Common Yellowthroat
Great Blue Heron Black Phoebe **Western Tanager **
Great Egret **Steller's Jay Spotted Towhee
Turkey Vulture California Scrub-Jay Savannah Sparrow
Osprey American Crow **Song Sparrow
Bald Eagle **Purple Martin Dark-eyed Junco ***
Red-tailed Hawk Tree Swallow Black-headed Grosbeak
Virginia Rail **Northern Rough-winged Swallow **Lazuli Bunting ***
Sora **Cliff Swallow Red-winged Blackbird
Sandhill Crane ***Barn Swallow Yellow-headed Blackbird
Killdeer Black-capped Chickadee Brown-headed Cowbird
Spotted Sandpiper ***Chestnut-backed Chickadee **Bullock's Oriole **
Wilson's Snipe Bushtit **Purple Finch **
Rock Pigeon **Red-breasted Nuthatch **House Finch
Mourning Dove White-breasted Nuthatch Lesser Goldfinch ***
Great Horned Owl **Brown Creeper **American Goldfinch
Vaux's Swift Bewick's Wren
Anna's Hummingbird **House Wren


Key
  Common
** Uncommon
*** Occasional
**** Rare
ac Accidental
unr Unrecorded
cu Only at Carty Unit

Current total weekly sightings: 73

Sightings this week so far have been submitted by: Greg Johnson, Roger Windemuth

 

For information contact Roger Windemuth (rogerwindemuth@hotmail.com)

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

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