Bird Checklist

SYMBOLS
S – March – May
S – June – August
F – September – November
W – December – February
# – Threatened or Endangered Species
* – Breeds Locally

C – Common U – Uncommon O – Occasional
R – Rare A – Accidental

LOONS & GREBES S S F W

 Red-throated Loon R R O
 Pacific Loon R R O
 Common Loon R R R
 Horned Grebe O O R
 Eared Grebe O O O
 Pied-billed Grebe* C C C C
 Red-necked Grebe A
 Western Grebe O O O O
 Clark’s Grebe O O O O

PELICANS & CORMORANTS S S F W

 American White Pelican R R R R
 Brown Pelican A A A
 Double-crested Cormorant C O C C

BITTERNS, HERONS & IBIS S S F W

 American Bittern C U U O
 Black-crowned Night Heron R R R R
 Green Heron* U U U R
 Cattle Egret R R
 Snowy Egret R
 Great Egret U U U U
 Great Blue Heron* C C C C
 White-faced Ibis A
WATERFOWL S S F W

 Tundra Swan U R U C
 Trumpeter Swan R R R R
 Greater White-fronted Goose U R U O
 Snow Goose O O U
 Ross’s Goose R
 Emperor Goose R R
 Canada Goose* C U C C
 Brant O O O
 Wood Duck* C C U U
 Mallard* C C C C
 American Black Duck A
 Gadwall* U O U U
 Green-winged Teal C U C C
 American Wigeon C U C C
 Eurasian Wigeon O O O
 Northern Pintail* C U C C
 Northern Shoveler* C O C C
 Blue-winged Teal* R R R R
 Cinnamon Teal* U C U O
 Canvasback O O O
 Redhead O
 Ring-necked Duck C U C
 Greater Scaup O O O
 Lesser Scaup C R U C
 Black Scoter A
 White-winged Scoter A A
 Surf Scoter A
 Harlequin Duck R R
 Oldsquaw A
 Barrow’s Goldeneye R
 Common Goldeneye U O U
 Bufflehead U O C
 Common Merganser C O C C
 Red-breasted Merganser R R R
 Hooded Merganser* U O O O
 Ruddy Duck U O U U

RAPTORS S S F W

 Turkey Vulture* U U O R
 Osprey* U U U R
 White-tailed Kite R R
 Northern Harrier* C U C C
 Golden Eagle R R R
 Bald Eagle # * U O C U
 Sharp-shinned Hawk U U U U
 Cooper’s Hawk* O O O O
 Northern Goshawk R R
 Red-shouldered Hawk A
 Red-tailed Hawk* C C C C
 Swainson’s Hawk A A
 Rough-legged Hawk O O U
 Ferruginous Hawk A A
 American Kestrel* C C C C
 Merlin O O O O
 Prairie Falcon R R R R
 Peregrine Falcon # O O O
 Gyrfalcon A

GALLINACEOUS BIRDS S S F W

 Ring-necked Pheasant* U O U U
 Ruffed Grouse* O O O O
 California Quail* R R R R

RAILS, COOTS & CRANES S S F W

 Virginia Rail* U U O O
 Sora* U U R R
 Common Moorhen A
 American Coot* C C C C
 Sandhill Crane C R C O

SHOREBIRDS S S F W

 Black-bellied Plover R R
 Pacific Golden Plover A
 Semipalmated Plover O O O
 Killdeer* C C C C
 American Avocet A A
 Black-necked Stilt A
 Greater Yellowlegs O O U O
 Lesser Yellowlegs U O U
 Solitary Sandpiper R R R
 Spotted Sandpiper O O O
 Whimbrel O
 Long-billed Curlew A
 Marbled Godwit A A
 Sanderling A A
 Dunlin C U
 Semipalmated Sandpiper A
 Western Sandpiper U U U
 Least Sandpiper U U U O
 Baird’s Sandpiper R R
 Pectoral Sandpiper O
 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper A
 Stilt Sandpiper A
 Buff-breasted Sandpiper A
 Ruff A A
 Short-billed Dowitcher U
 Long-billed Dowitcher U U U O
 Common Snipe* U O U C
 Wilson’s Phalarope O R O
 Red-necked Phalarope O R O
 Red Phalarope A A A

GULLS & TERNS S S F W

 Parasitic Jaeger A
 Franklin’s Gull A A A A
 Bonaparte’s Gull O R O R
 Ring-billed Gull C U U C
 Mew Gull U O O C
 California Gull C O U C
 Herring Gull U O U
 Glaucous Gull R O
 Thayer’s Gull O O U
 Western Gull O O U U
 Glaucous-winged Gull C O U C
 Slaty-backed Gull A
 Black-legged Kittiwake A
 Caspian Gull O O O
 Forster’s Tern A
 Common Tern A A
 Arctic Tern A A
 Black Tern A

DOVES & CUCKOOS S S F W

 Band-tailed Pigeon O O O O
 Rock Dove* C C C C
 Mourning Dove* U C U O
 Yellow-billed Cuckoo A

OWLS S S F W

 Barn Owl* O O O O
 Short-eared Owl O O O
 Long-eared Owl R R R R
 Great Horned Owl* U U U U
 Snowy Owl R R
 Western Screech-Owl* U U U O
 Northern Pygmy-Owl O O O O
 No. Saw-whet Owl A A A A
 Northern Hawk-Owl A
 Burrowing Owl A A A

NIGHTHAWKS & SWIFTS S S F W

 Common Nighthawk O O
 Vaux’s Swift* U U O

HUMMINGBIRDS S S F W

 Anna’s Hummingbird R R R R
 Rufous Hummingbird* C C U

KINGFISHERS S S F W

 Belted Kingfisher* U C U U

WOODPECKERS S S F W

 Acorn Woodpecker A A A A
 Lewis’s Woodpecker O R R
 Northern Flicker* C C C C
 Red-breasted Sapsucker* O O O O
 Downy Woodpecker* C C C C
 Hairy Woodpecker O O O O
 Pileated Woodpecker O O O O

FLYCATCHERS S S F W

 Olive-sided Flycatcher O O
 Western Wood-Peewee* R C O
 Willow Flycatcher* U U
 Least Flycatcher R R
 Hammond’s Flycatcher O O R
 Dusky Flycatcher A
 Pacific-slope Flycatcher* U C R
 Say’s Phoebe R
 Ash-throated Flycatcher A
 Western Kingbird R R
 Tropical Kingbird A
 Eastern Kingbird R

SHRIKES S S F W

 Loggerhead Shrike R
 Northern Shrike O O O
VIREOS S S F W

 Hutton’s Vireo R R R R
 Cassin’s Vireo U O
 Red-eyed Vireo R R
 Warbling Vireo* O U O

JAYS & CROWS S S F W

 Blue Jay A
 Steller’s Jay C U U C
 Gray Jay R R
 Scrub Jay* C C C C
 Black-billed Magpie A A
 American Crow* C C C C
 Common Raven A A A A

LARKS & SWALLOWS S S F W

 Horned Lark U U U
 Tree Swallow* C C R R
 Violet-green Swallow* U C O R
 Purple Martin* O U O
 Bank Swallow R R
 Cliff Swallow* U U R
 No. Rough-winged Swallow* O U O
 Barn Swallow* U C C R

CHICKADEES & BUSHTITS S S F W

 Black-capped Chickadees* C C C C
 Mountain Chickadees A
 Chestnut-backed Chickadees* R R R R
 Bushtit* C C C C

NUTHATCHES & CREEPERS S S F W

 Brown Creeper* O O O O
 White-breasted Nuthatch* C C C C
 Red-breasted Nuthatch* O O O O

WRENS S S F W

 House Wren* U C O R
 Winter Wren R R R R
 Bewick’s Wren* C C C C
 Marsh Wren* C C U U

KINGLETS S S F W

 Golden-crowned Kinglet U O U U
 Ruby-crowned Kinglet U O U O

THRUSHES S S F W

 Western Bluebird R R R
 Swainson’s Thrush* U U
 Hermit Thrush R O R
 Varied Thrush U U C
 American Robin* C C C C

MOCKINGBIRDS & STARLINGS S S F W

 No. Mockingbird A
 European Starling* C C C C

PIPITS S S F W

 American Pipit U O C U
 Cedar Waxwing* U C U O

WARBLERS S S F W

 Orange-crowned Warbler* C U O O
 Nashville Warbler O O
 Northern Parula A
 Yellow-rumped Warbler C O U U
 Black-throated Gray Warbler* U R U
 Townsend’s Warbler O O O
 Blackpoll Warbler A
 Palm Warbler A
 Yellow Warbler* U U O
 MacGillivray’s Warbler U U R
 Wilson’s Warbler U O O
 Common Yellowthroat* C C O O
 Yellow-breasted Chat R R

TANAGERS S S F W

 Western Tanager U U O

SPARROWS S S F W

 Spotted Towhee* C C C C
 American Tree Sparrow A
 Chipping Sparrow O O O R
 Clay-colored Sparrow A
 Brewer’s Sparrow A
 Lark Sparrow A A
 Fox Sparrow O O U
 Savannah Sparrow* C C U U
 Lincoln’s Sparrow O O O O
 Song Sparrow* C C C C
 Vesper Sparrow R R R
 Swamp Sparrow A A
 Harris’ Sparrow A
 White-throated Sparrow R O O
 White-crowned Sparrow* U U U U
 Golden-crowned Sparrow U O U U
 Dark-eyed Junco C O C C
 Lapland Longspur A
 Black-headed Grosbeak* C C O
 Lazuli Bunting* U U U

BLACKBIRDS S S F W

 Western Meadowlark* U O U O
 Yellow-headed Blackbird* O O
 Red-winged Blackbird* C C O C
 Tricolored Blackbird A
 Rusty Blackbird A A
 Brewer’s Blackbird* C C C C
 Brown-headed Cowbird* C C U O
 Northern Oriole* U U O

FINCHES & GROSBEAKS S S F W

 Purple Finch* U U U U
 House Finch* C C U C
 Red Crossbill O R R R
 Pine Siskin* O O O O
 American Goldfinch* C C U U
 Lesser Goldfinch A A
 Common Redpoll A A
 Evening Grosbeak O

WEAVER FINCHES S S F W

 House Sparrow* U U U U