[obol] Ridgefield NWR: 21 WHITE-FACED IBIS

[Bill Clemons]

Hi OBOLers,

I could not resist forwarding the Tweeters post below
from today at Ridgefield NWR (~4mi W of I-5 at Exit 14
in SW Washington;
http://www.fws.gov/ridgefieldrefuges/ ):

Bill Clemons
SW of Portland in Mtn Park
Willclemons AT Yahoo dot com
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Subject: Ridgefield audubon trip
From: David Hayden <dtvhm AT nwrain.com>
Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 21:49:46 -0700
Today I led a Black Hills Audubon field trip down to
the River S unit of Ridgefield NWR.  The main
highlight were 21 White-faced Ibis located at the
northern end of Ruddy Lake. While scanning the Ibis
with our scope, we noticed one with a darker face, and
lacking prominent white markings around the eye. We
asssumed it may have been a Glossy Ibis, but they all
flew off (except 4) towards Bachelor Island. We did
not get out the cameras in time for a distance photo.
Being digital, we could have possibly gotten a least
one photo that we could zoom in on for a little more
study. But that's just how things go sometimes. During
the day we searched for more Ibis, but found none
elsewhere. We even made a second trip around and
rechecked Ruddy Lake, but the main flock was still
missing. Our miss was the Black Terns, and we looked
over every large body of water twice. Just can't get
them all. Other noted birds were;

Earred Grebe - 1 in breeding plumage (south end of
Rest Lake)
Northern Pintail - several
American Wigeon - several
Eurasian Wigeon - 1 (on South Mantrap Lake - viewed
from the corner by 
the gate)
Blue-winged Teal - 2
Green-winged Teal - 1
Cinnamon Teal - many
Redhead - 5 (3 male 2 female)
Lesser Scaup - 3
Great Egret - 2
American Bittern - 3
Sora and Virginia Rail - many heard
Greater Yellowlegs - 2
Turkey Vulture - 3
Western Wood Pewee - 3
Willow flycatcher - 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
White-breasted Nuthacth - 3
Swainson Thrush - 2
Yellow Warbler - several
Wilson's Warbler - 1
Yellow-headed Blackbird - 11
Bullock's Oriole - 2 (by the railroad crossing)
Western Tanager - 1


Dave Hayden
Centralia, WA
dtvhm AT nwrain.com


       
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