{"id":138,"date":"2011-06-15T18:29:44","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T01:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.windemuths.com\/?p=138"},"modified":"2011-10-29T09:26:32","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T16:26:32","slug":"111-sightings-in-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.windemuths.com\/?p=138","title":{"rendered":"111 Sightings in One Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past month was a special month for those of us who are birders and contribute regularly to the weekly bird sightings list.\u00a0 This list, which is renewed weekly and generally updated daily, is posted on the web at www.ridgefieldfriends.org\/bird-sightings.php<\/a> and also on the window of the Visitor Check-in Station on the River \u201cS\u201d Unit.\u00a0 It was the first time, at least since I\u2019ve been recording bird sightings each week (about five years now), that we reached 111 sightings in one week. To an average non-birder that might not mean a lot, but to a birder who has birded the refuge and felt good about being able to see 40 to 60 birds, that is quite an accomplishment.<\/p>\n

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Orange-crowned Warbler<\/p><\/div>\n

Of course, helping with that milestone was the migration which has been going on for the last month or two.\u00a0 This means that several of the sightings that we have had are birds that are probably passing through, such as the American White Pelican, Dusky Flycatcher, Cassin\u2019s Vireo, Hermit Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, etc.\u00a0 Also, most of our summer regulars have returned over the past month, like the Yellow, Wilson\u2019s, & Orange-crowned Warblers, Western Wood-Pewee, etc. Also some of our winter residents that do not summer over were still around for awhile at the first part of the month.\u00a0 Whatever the reason the week of May 13 was a really good week.<\/p>\n

Migration is always a fun time at the refuge, for you never know what you are going to see when you look up in the trees or on the lakes.\u00a0 There are two bird migrations which pass through Ridgefield NWR, one in the spring and the other one in the fall.\u00a0 The spring migration seems to be the more exciting one bringing more remarkable species to our refuge.<\/p>\n

This month we had a number of interesting and unusual birds that were seen: Ross\u2019s & Greater White Fronted Goose, Canvasback, Redhead, American White Pelican, Solitary & Spotted Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Black-bellied Plover, Caspian Tern, Band-tailed Pigeon, Eurasian Collared-dove, Olive-sided, Gray & Hammond\u2019s Flycatcher, Black Phoebe, Warbling Vireo, Nashville, Black-throated Gray, Townsend\u2019s & Hermit Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat, Chipping Sparrow, Lazuli Bunting, Evening Grosbeak, Bullock\u2019s Oriole.<\/p>\n

If you hurry, you still might be able to catch the last part of this exciting bird migration at the refuge.<\/p>\n

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