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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
April 23, 2025

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Cackling Goose Greater Yellowlegs **Bewick's Wren
Canada Goose Lesser Yellowlegs ***House Wren **
Wood Duck Solitary Sandpiper ***Pacific Wren **
Gadwall Western Sandpiper ***Marsh Wren
American Wigeon Least Sandpiper **Golden-crowned Kinglet
Mallard Dunlin **Ruby-crowned Kinglet **
Cinnamon Teal Long-billed Dowitcher **Hermit Thrush ***
Northern Shoveler Wilson's Snipe American Robin
Northern Pintail Eurasian Collared-Dove **European Starling
Green-winged Teal Mourning Dove **Cedar Waxwing **
Redhead **Great Horned Owl **Orange-crowned Warbler
Ring-necked Duck Vaux's Swift Yellow Warbler **
Lesser Scaup Anna's Hummingbird **Yellow-rumped Warbler
Bufflehead Belted Kingfisher **Common Yellowthroat
Common Merganser Red-breasted Sapsucker **Wilson's Warbler
Ruddy Duck Downy Woodpecker **Spotted Towhee
Pied-billed Grebe Northern Flicker Savannah Sparrow
Double-crested Cormorant Black Phoebe **Song Sparrow
American Bittern Steller's Jay Lincoln's Sparrow **
Great Blue Heron California Scrub-Jay White-crowned Sparrow **
Great Egret **American Crow Golden-crowned Sparrow
Turkey Vulture **Common Raven **Black-headed Grosbeak
Osprey Purple Martin Red-winged Blackbird
Bald Eagle Tree Swallow Yellow-headed Blackbird
Northern Harrier Violet-green Swallow Brown-headed Cowbird
Red-tailed Hawk Northern Rough-winged Swallow **Purple Finch **
American Kestrel Cliff Swallow House Finch
Virginia Rail Barn Swallow Red Crossbill ****
Sora Black-capped Chickadee Pine Siskin ***
American Coot Chestnut-backed Chickadee **Lesser Goldfinch ****
Sandhill Crane Red-breasted Nuthatch **American Goldfinch **
Semipalmated Plover ***White-breasted Nuthatch
Killdeer Brown Creeper **


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

Current total weekly sightings: 97

Sightings this week so far have been submitted by: Greg Johnson, Randy Hill, 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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