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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
February 19, 2025

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Cackling Goose Red-tailed Hawk Black-capped Chickadee
Canada Goose American Kestrel Chestnut-backed Chickadee **
Trumpeter Swan **Merlin ***Red-breasted Nuthatch **
Tundra Swan Virginia Rail **White-breasted Nuthatch
Wood Duck ***Sora ***Brown Creeper **
Gadwall American Coot Bewick's Wren
American Wigeon Sandhill Crane Pacific Wren
Mallard Killdeer **Marsh Wren **
Cinnamon Teal **Greater Yellowlegs ***Golden-crowned Kinglet
Northern Shoveler Long-billed Dowitcher ***Ruby-crowned Kinglet **
Northern Pintail Wilson's Snipe **American Robin
Green-winged Teal Rock Pigeon **European Starling
Canvasback ***Great Horned Owl **Yellow-rumped Warbler
Ring-necked Duck Red-breasted Sapsucker ***Common Yellowthroat ac
Lesser Scaup Downy Woodpecker **Spotted Towhee
Bufflehead Northern Flicker Song Sparrow
Hooded Merganser Pileated Woodpecker ***Swamp Sparrow ****
Common Merganser Black Phoebe **Golden-crowned Sparrow
Ruddy Duck Steller's Jay Dark-eyed Junco
Pied-billed Grebe California Scrub-Jay Red-winged Blackbird
American Bittern **American Crow Purple Finch **
Great Blue Heron Common Raven **House Finch
Bald Eagle Tree Swallow ***Pine Siskin ***
Northern Harrier Violet-green Swallow ****

Comments:

Feb 19 - Roger Windemuth: Bittern and Sora seen just after Marker 3. Female Common Yellowthroat seen after marker 10
Feb 20 - Jim Danzenbaker: Swamp Sparrow seen 30 yards before Marker 11 on left

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

Current total weekly sightings: 71

Sightings this week so far have been submitted by: Jim Danzenbaker, 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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