Fern Ridge Dam, beginning at Orchard Point and ending at Kirk Park, was a cool
place this morning. It was overcast until 11 when the sun began to break out.
The Eurasian Wigeon was with a small group of American Wigeon at the west end
of Kirk Pond. The phoebes and Hutton’s Vireo were also at the dam and near
the pond. Most of the egrets were flying in a group over Long Tom River from
the dam.
55 species:
Cackling Goose - hoards of them covered the Edison School yard, packed to the
hilt. Other groups fly-overs. 500+
Canada Goose small numbers in flocks; 150
Tundra Swan 40
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 10
Mallard 8
Lesser Scaup 80
Bufflehead 20
Hooded Merganser 25
Common Merganser 8
Ruddy Duck 20
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Western Grebe 40
Clark’s Grebe 1
Eurasian Collared Dove 1
Anna’s Hummingbird 1
American Coot 60
Black-bellied Plover 3
Killdeer 25
Least Sandpiper distant flock
Dunlin 6000
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull Mixed gull flock at the spillway.
California Gull some with ring-billed scoped on the water.
Herring Gull Couple of immatures ID by bill.
Glaucous-winged Gull 30
Double-crested Cormorant 80 many fly-overs
American White Pelican 100
Great Blue Heron 10
Great Egret 20
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 4
Merlin 1
Peregrine 1
Black Phoebe 3
Hutton’s Vireo 1
Steller’s Jay 3
California Scrub-Jay 4
American Crow few
Common Raven 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Western Bluebird 32
American Robin 4
European Starling few
Lesser Goldfinch 2
Spotted Towhee 2
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Dark-eyed Junco small flock flying into conifers plus 50
Dennis Arendt, Judy Franzen, Scott McNeeley, Mark and Cindy Armstrong, Ellen
Cantor, Jim Regali, Tom Cable, Sylvia Maulding, Kit Larsen, Nancy Clogston,
Jim Mitchell, and Larry McQueen
