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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
May 28, 2025

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Canada Goose Spotted Sandpiper ***Bewick's Wren
Wood Duck Wilson's Snipe House Wren **
Gadwall Wilson's Phalarope ****Marsh Wren
American Wigeon Rock Pigeon **Swainson's Thrush
Mallard Eurasian Collared-Dove **American Robin
Blue-winged Teal **Mourning Dove **European Starling
Cinnamon Teal Anna's Hummingbird **Cedar Waxwing **
Northern Shoveler Belted Kingfisher **Yellow Warbler **
Northern Pintail Downy Woodpecker **Common Yellowthroat
Green-winged Teal Northern Flicker Western Tanager **
Redhead **Western Wood-Pewee Spotted Towhee
Ring-necked Duck Willow Flycatcher **Savannah Sparrow
Ruddy Duck Black Phoebe **Song Sparrow
Pied-billed Grebe Warbling Vireo ***Dark-eyed Junco
American White Pelican ***California Scrub-Jay Black-headed Grosbeak
American Bittern American Crow Lazuli Bunting ***
Great Blue Heron Common Raven **Red-winged Blackbird
Great Egret **Purple Martin Yellow-headed Blackbird
Turkey Vulture **Tree Swallow Brewer's Blackbird **
Osprey Violet-green Swallow Brown-headed Cowbird
Bald Eagle Northern Rough-winged Swallow **Bullock's Oriole **
Red-tailed Hawk Cliff Swallow Purple Finch **
Virginia Rail Barn Swallow House Finch
Sora Black-capped Chickadee Pine Siskin ***
American Coot Chestnut-backed Chickadee **Lesser Goldfinch ****
Sandhill Crane Red-breasted Nuthatch **American Goldfinch **
Killdeer White-breasted Nuthatch House Sparrow **
Greater Yellowlegs **Brown Creeper **

Comments:

May 28 - Roger Windemuth: Three Wilson's Phalaropes seen between Markers 12 & 13 in Schwartz Lake

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

Current total weekly sightings: 83

Sightings this week so far have been submitted by: Greg Johnson, Jim Danzenbaker, Roger Windemuth, Susan Setterberg

 

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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