Bowdoin Refuge at Malta

20090610 - Bowdoin Refuge at Malta

Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge is a short 5 mile drive from Malta and we spent most of the day there. We arrived at ~9:30 and walked the Display Pond Trail for an hour and a half, then had a snack and talked with one of the refuge staff for a while. At noon we started the 15 mile loop drive and birded that till 5:30, when we decided to head back to Malta for gas and groceries and to Glasgow for the night. We chose Shady Rest RV Park in Glasgow for the night, based on the attractive name. Supper, showers, calls back home, review of the bird list for the day and more conversation finished the day.

Birds: Common Nighthawk, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Blue-winged Teal, Swainson's Hawk, Sora (heard), American Coot, California Gull, Mourning Dove, Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, House Wren, American Robin, Grey Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Starling, Cedar Waxwing, Yellow Warbler, Clay-colored Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark, Baltimore Oriole, American Goldfinch, House Sparrow, Downy Woodpecker, Brown-headed Cowbird, Yellow Headed Blackbird, Ring-necked Pheasant, American Bittern, Wilson's Phalarope, Marbled Godwit, Forster's Gull, Baird's Sparrow, Ruddy Duck, Pintail Duck, Eared Grebe, Redhead, Horned Lark, Willet, Killdeer, Song Sparrow, White-faced Ibis, Black-necked Stilt, Wilson's Snipe, Red-tailed Hawk.