[obol] Ridgefield NWR: RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS & SANDHILL CRANES ++

[Bill Clemons]

I birded today with Carol Ledford at the River "S"
Unit at Ridgefield NWR (~4mi W of I-5 at Exit 14 in SW
Washington; http://www.fws.gov/ridgefieldrefuges/ )

Highlights of the day were:

A)  Two juvenile RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS seen on the Kiwa
trail.

B)  Several small flocks of flying/calling SANDHILL
CRANES. We never saw any on the ground.

It was clouded and the temperature was pleasant, with
a breeze that grew as the day advanced.

Bill Clemons
SW of Portland in Mtn Park
Willclemons AT Yahoo dot com

Complete list of 56 species seen / heard:

Pied-billed Grebe
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Greater White-fronted Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Vaux's Swift
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Steller's Jay
Western Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Violet-green Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch            (heard only -
entrance canyon road)
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch


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