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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
January 01, 2025

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Snow Goose **Red-tailed Hawk White-breasted Nuthatch
Cackling Goose American Kestrel Brown Creeper **
Canada Goose Virginia Rail **Bewick's Wren
Trumpeter Swan **American Coot Pacific Wren
Tundra Swan Sandhill Crane Marsh Wren **
Gadwall Killdeer **Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Wigeon Greater Yellowlegs ***Ruby-crowned Kinglet **
Mallard Herring Gull **Hermit Thrush ***
Cinnamon Teal **Glaucous-winged Gull **American Robin
Northern Shoveler Great Horned Owl **European Starling
Northern Pintail Anna's Hummingbird **Yellow-rumped Warbler
Green-winged Teal Downy Woodpecker **Spotted Towhee
Ring-necked Duck Hairy Woodpecker ***Fox Sparrow **
Lesser Scaup Northern Flicker Song Sparrow
Bufflehead Pileated Woodpecker ***Lincoln's Sparrow **
Hooded Merganser Black Phoebe **White-crowned Sparrow **
Ruddy Duck Steller's Jay Golden-crowned Sparrow
Pied-billed Grebe California Scrub-Jay Dark-eyed Junco
Great Blue Heron American Crow Red-winged Blackbird
Great Egret **Barn Swallow ****Purple Finch **
Bald Eagle Black-capped Chickadee House Finch
Northern Harrier Chestnut-backed Chickadee **
Red-shouldered Hawk **Red-breasted Nuthatch **

Comments:

Jan 1 - Bob Flores: Barn Swallow ongoing at #4

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

Current total weekly sightings: 67

Sightings this week so far have been submitted by: Bob Flores, Greg Johnson

 

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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