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
May 01, 2024

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Canada Goose Sandhill Crane White-breasted Nuthatch
Wood Duck Killdeer Brown Creeper **
Gadwall Greater Yellowlegs **Bewick's Wren
American Wigeon Solitary Sandpiper ***Marsh Wren
Mallard Least Sandpiper **Golden-crowned Kinglet
Blue-winged Teal **Dunlin **American Robin
Cinnamon Teal Long-billed Dowitcher **European Starling
Northern Shoveler Wilson's Snipe Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Pintail Rock Pigeon **Yellow Warbler **
Green-winged Teal Mourning Dove **Common Yellowthroat
Ring-necked Duck Vaux's Swift Spotted Towhee
Lesser Scaup Red-breasted Sapsucker **Savannah Sparrow
Bufflehead Downy Woodpecker **Song Sparrow
Ruddy Duck Hairy Woodpecker ***Golden-crowned Sparrow
Pied-billed Grebe Northern Flicker Dark-eyed Junco
Great Blue Heron Black Phoebe **Black-headed Grosbeak
Great Egret **California Scrub-Jay Red-winged Blackbird
Turkey Vulture **American Crow Yellow-headed Blackbird
Osprey Purple Martin Purple Finch **
Bald Eagle Tree Swallow House Finch
Red-tailed Hawk Cliff Swallow Pine Siskin ***
American Kestrel Barn Swallow Lesser Goldfinch ****
Virginia Rail Black-capped Chickadee American Goldfinch **
Sora Chestnut-backed Chickadee **
American Coot Red-breasted Nuthatch **


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: 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"