[obol] Ridgefield RUFF

[Wilson Cady]

   On Tuesday morning the Ridgefield Refuge biologist,Joe Engler 
emailed me that he had found a juvenile male RUFF on the north end of 
Rest Lake on the River "S" Unit of the refuge. I wasn't able to make 
it out until after work but after searching the north end of Rest Lake 
from the Observation Blind I drove around to the south side of the 
lake and scanned the mudflats. I had worked my way to the east end of 
the road without any luck and was about ready to leave when I looked 
back to the west end of the mudflats and spotted the bird standing out 
in the open. Apparently it had flown in while I was checking the 
flocks of Pectoral and Baird's Sandpipers. 
   To my knowledge this is only the second record of a Ruff for Clark 
County. 

Wilson Cady
Washougal, WA