Overwintering Anna’s Hummingbirds

Photo by Kirill Ignatyev

 
As many of us in Victoria and the south coastal region are well aware, we have a permanent, year-round population of Anna’s Hummingbirds. However, they may also be attempting to overwinter in the interior! If anyone in the BC interior happens to see any Anna’s Hummingbirds during the winter, please report your sightings to: hummingbird@rpbo.org

As hummingbirds are such an iconic, beloved bird for us here on the south coast, many people put out feeders with sugar water to help them overwinter. It’s always helpful to remind ourselves how to properly care for our feeders and how to make the correct nectar for our delightful visitors!

Hummingbirds are extremely territorial and they will zealously guard their own feeder from intruders. You may have noticed that your resident hummingbird comes to your feeder throughout the day, but is always there first thing in the morning and just before dark. If you would like to feed more than one hummingbird family, you can put out another feeder but make sure there is no direct line of sight between them.

The Perfect Sugar Solution

The best sugar solution can be made easily. Just boil 1 cup white table sugar (sucrose) with 4 cups water for 2 min, and then fill your feeder when it has cooled. Higher sugar concentrations, although enticing to the bird (think ice cream sundaes at every meal), have the potential to cause kidney damage and being sticky, make it difficult for the bird to preen. Please note that the use of brown sugar, honey, juice, icing sugar or artificial sweeteners instead of white sugar is very harmful to hummingbirds.

There is no need to purchase hummingbird food as just plain sugar solution is what they like and what is best for the them! Coloured sugar water is unnecessary as they can easily find your feeder just by its red colour. Also, red food colouring may be harmful to birds. Once they know where a feeder is, they will just keep coming back!

Winter Boost: During the winter season if you would like to give your resident birds an added sugar boost, you may increase the sugar solution to 3 parts to 1 (three cups of water to one cup of white sugar). More than that is not recommended for the health of hummingbirds and this percentage should not be used on a regular basis.

The dos and don’ts of feeding hummingbirds can be found on the RPBO website:

http://rpbo.org/hummingbirds.php

Winter Feeder Care

When the temperatures go below zero the sugar water may freeze – it’s important to either bring the feeder inside at night or figure out a way ensure that it stays liquid. Here are links with different ideas to prevent the sugar solution from freezing:

http://www.hummingbirdsplus.org/winterfeeder.html

http://birding.about.com/od/birdfeeders/a/How-To-Keep-Hummingbird-Nectar-From-Freezing.htm

http://www.hummingbirdmarket.com/hummingbird_articles/feeding_hummingbirds_in_the_cold.html

It’s a good idea to place your feeder close to the house in a sheltered spot with an overhang as that will assist in keeping it somewhat warmer. LED lights do not generate heat so if you have the older style Christmas lights they will work. It’s also helpful to have 2 feeders so that you can switch them up when it is really cold, bringing one inside to warm up. Remember that your resident hummingbird will come to your feeder first thing every morning, so be sure to have it ready and waiting!

Keep Your Feeder Clean!

This cannot be emphasized enough! At this time of year your feeder needs cleaning about once a week. Look for black mold and fungus! Use a toothbrush to clean your feeder (the nooks and crannies) and use only mild cleaners (no bleach). There was an incident when hummingbirds were found dying around a particularly dirty feeder. Necropsies were done on the birds and fungus was found in the lining of their respiratory system – they could not breathe! So if you go to the effort of keeping a feeder available for your resident hummers, then it doesn’t take much more work to keep it clean!

If you would like to read more about the feeding of hummingbirds and care of feeders, here are some links below. Let’s keep our feathered friends happy and healthy during these cold days!

http://www.hummingbirdsplus.org/Attracting&FeedingHummingbirds.html

http://www.hummingbirds.net/feeders.html

http://www.wildbirdshop.com/Birding/humfeed.html

2014 Migration and Nocturnal Owl Monitoring

Migration Monitoring

It’s better late than never! Here is a recap of our 2014 Migration Monitoring at our two banding stations for this year over the 90 day period from July 21st to October 18^th.

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Pedder Bay Station

At the Pedder Bay station we banded 3056 new birds, had 1117 recaptures and a total of 60 species. The five top banded birds were: Fox Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Wilson's Warbler, Swainson's Thrush, and Golden-crowned Sparrow in that order. Some of our exciting rarities banded were: a Brewer's Sparrow, a Northern Pygmy Owl, and a Black-throated Blue Warbler

 Black-throated Blue Warbler

Northern Pygmy Owl

It is wonderful for Rocky Point to have the Pedder Bay station which is open to the public. We had many visitors this year for both daytime passerine banding and for Northern Saw-whet Owls at night. Both children and adults were fascinated to watch us in action and our banders, interns and volunteers are happy to explain the process to everyone who comes out. It is part of achieving our mandate as outlined below!

“Rocky Point Bird Observatory seeks to influence and inform conservation and ecological management practises of migratory birds in western North America through monitoring, scientific research and public education.”

Rocky Point Bird Observatory Station

The final totals for 2014 migration banding at Rocky Point were: 2694 new birds, 406 recaptures, 4 foreign recaptures and 65 species. The 5 top numbers of species were: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Wilson's Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Golden-crowned Kinglet and White-crowned Sparrow. Some of the more unusual birds banded there this year were: Gray-cheeked Thrush (instantly recognizable to our Ontario Bander-in Charge, Brian Pomfret), Northern Pygmy Owl, Nashville Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Violet-green Swallow and Northern Rough-winged Swallow.

Nashville Warbler

Barred Owl caught in the early morning

 Marsh Wren

BBQ Fundraisers

We also had 2 very successful fundraising BBQs at Pedder Bay with delicious salmon burgers (salmon donated by the Pedder Bay Marina), followed by a presentation by Ann Nightingale who explained RPBO’s ongoing projects. Then everyone was invited to the banding station to watch Northern Saw-whet Owls being caught, measured and banded. Not surprisingly, both BBQs sold out quickly; these endearing small owls are a treat to see up close and personal!

Northern Saw-whet Owl Monitoring

Owl banding operated from September 15^th until October 31^st. This year, for the first time RPBO operated 2 full time banding stations for owls. Last year we operated out of Pedder Bay only on weekends. We were not expecting 2014 to be such a big year for owls. So, needless to say, we were very surprised by the number of owls caught and banded! It was evidently a very productive year for them. Some of the hatch year birds had very recently fledged, as evidenced by the tawny colouring on their faces and under the wings, indicating some owls had more than one brood.

Northern Saw-whet Owls banded in 2014:
Pedder Bay 482 Rocky Point 681
Total: 1163

We were thrilled to have one of the owls which was banded at Pedder Bay on September 16 recaptured in Idaho at the Intermountain Bird Observatory on October 4.We have now added a Google map on our website which shows the location of our NSWO recaps (both foreign birds we've recaptured and our birds that have been encountered elsewhere). The map can be found on both our Band recoveries page (http://rpbo.org/recoveries.php) and on our NSWO reports page (http://rpbo.org/reports.php?pgm=nswo).

Congratulations and Thanks!

Special congratulations to RPBO interns and volunteers, Acacia Spencer-Hills, Christian Kelly, Serena Johnston and Wallis Moore-Reid on obtaining their banding permits this season!

A big thanks to our passerine Banders-in-Chief: Brian Pomfret at Rocky Point and Rick Schortinghuis at Pedder Bay; and also to our owl BICs: Katie McCreesh and Christian Kelly. Our two interns this year – Serena Johnston and Acacia Spencer-Hills – were fantastic and did an excellent job. Thanks to Ann Nightingale for absolutely everything she does (which is a LOT), keeping everything on track and functioning smoothly. Ann Scarfe deserves special mention for overseeing the WhenToHelp schedule, ensuring that there enough people at both stations day and night – no easy task! And of course a huge thank you to all of our volunteers and supporters who help in so many ways and without whom RPBO could not function.

The Beginning of Migration Monitoring 2014

This year we got off to a great start at both of our banding stations at Rocky Point and Pedder Bay. We have two great interns this year – Serena Johnson and Acacia Spencer-Hills. They will be switching banding stations every week to experience the difference in variety of birds banded in each location.

Serena & Acacia putting up nets at Pedder Bay

 Erecting the Pedder Bay banding station

Both stations got off to a good start on July 21^st. Pedder Bay banded 62 new birds and had 4 recaptures, including a Swainson’s Thrush that was banded on the first day of migration monitoring there last year! Rocky Point banded 47 new birds and had 2 recaptures. A couple of the highlights there were a Cedar Waxwing, a Hammond’s Flycatcher and a Brown Creeper.

Brown Creeper

Day 2, July 22^nd Rocky Point banded an Olive-Sided Flycatcher – a first for this species there – and other highlights were a female Downy Woodpecker, a Cedar Waxwing and a Red-breasted Nuthatch. The notable birds at Pedder Bay were a young male Downy Woodpecker, a female Cedar Waxwing and an American Goldfinch.

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Day 3 at Rocky Point everyone was treated to the spectacle of a large Roosevelt Elk on the property. The highlights were a Warbling Vireo, a female second year Western Tanager, and a female hatch year Downy Woodpecker. At Pedder Bay about a third of the time the nets were closed due to rain, but they still banded 41 new birds. The highlight was 2 very vocal Black-headed Grosbeaks, a mature female and a juvenile. Rick Schortinghuis received one of his most painful bird bites ever from one of the feisty Grosbeaks.

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Downy Woodpecker

 July 24^th, Day 4, there was rain at Rocky Point in the early morning so some net rounds were lost. They did band a Barn Swallow and a Wilson’s Warbler – a “foreign” recapture already banded at Peddar Bay, a whole 4 kilometres away.

Day 5 at Pedder Bay 51 new birds were banded with 13 recaptures. The highlights were 6 Townsend’s Warblers in total (a whole family!), 2 juvenile Chipping Sparrows, 2 Brown Creepers, 1 Warbling Vireo, 11 Wilson’s Warblers, 3 Rufous Hummingbirds and 7 MacGillivray’s Warblers. At Rocky Point they banded 4 new species for this season – a Black-throated Grey Warbler, a Golden-crowned Kinglet, a Marsh Wren and a Yellow Warbler. 

Townsend's Warbler

 MacGillivray's Warbler

July 26, Day 6 of Migration, Pedder Bay banded 30 new birds and had 16 recaps with a total of 16 different species. The best bird of the day was a second year male Western Tanager. Rocky Point had a pretty quiet day with 29 birds banded and 5 recaptures. The 2 new species for the season were a House Wren and the first Swainson’s Thrush.

Western Tanager

The final day of the first week Rocky Point banded 20 new birds and had 2 recaptures. The 2 new birds for this year were an American Goldfinch and an Oregon Junco.

On Day 8, July 30^th, Pedder Bay had quite the exciting day. Acacia banded a hatch-year Belted Kingfisher and was quite thrilled with that. Also in the nets were a hatch-year Red-breasted Sapsucker, 2 Cedar Waxwings (male and female after second year) and a female Western Tanager, after second year. 33 new birds were banded, 4 recaps and 16 different species in total.

 

Acacia with a Belted Kingfisher

Hatch year Red-breasted Sapsucker

Pedder Bay has charged into the lead in number of birds banded as well as recaptures, although there is not a great deal of difference in the number of species banded. However Rocky Point typically does not become busy until later in the season.

We are off to a great start for the Migration banding season. A big thanks to all our volunteers, without whom this would not be possible. And of course special thanks to our banders-in-chief – Rick Schortinghuis at Pedder bay and Brian Pomfret at Rocky Point. Also to Ann Scarfe who has to try to organize us all on the When-to-Help schedule and ensure that everything is covered!

Emma Reader-Lee's Baillie Birdathon 2014

Emma Reader-Lee and her mother, Cathy Reader went out together in May to do their Baillie Birdathon day in support of RPBO.

At 14 years of age, Emma is one of our younger local bird enthusiasts. She has the good fortune that both of her parents are enthusiastic birders. Apparently she has always had a keen interest in the natural world. She began recording her birding observations at age 8 when her parents got her Volume 1 of the “Pacific North-west Birding for Children” colouring book by Bob Cockerel. As a result she continues to have a soft spot for ducks. Both Emma and her sister Rebecca began volunteering with RPBO in the last couple of years, particularly coming out to Pedder Bay to assist with Migration banding. At that point their interest in birds really surged. They are so enthusiastic and helpful and it’s pretty incredible that they are ready to get up before dawn to help us!

  

Emma and Cathy began their day at their home in the North Highlands, then went on to Todd Creek Flats, Viaduct Flats, Panama Flats, Esquimalt Lagoon and Royal Roads (missing the Purple Martins by a few days). They spent time looking for the Hooded Oriole in Metchosin to no avail, and continued on to the Langford Tim Horton’s (no Golden Eagle, but there was some badly-needed coffee and chicken-noodle soup), then to Goldstream Provincial Park and back home to rejuvenate and catch their reliable feeder birds, many of which they had missed earlier. After that they went up the Saanich Peninsula to Martinale Flats, Island View Beach, the Sidney waterfront, the Victoria Airport, Pat Bay and then back to the Highlands for a bit of owling. Father Warren and Rebecca (who had already Baillie “Birdathoned” in the Okanagan) joined them in Sidney. Cathy and Emma apparently wished they had someone along who was better at birding by ear but they had a wonderful day and learned a lot through their experience.

When I asked Emma to tell me about her Baillie Day, this is what she sent me:

We saw a total of 76 species. We started at around 4:30 am. Our first bird was an American Robin. Some highlights were:

·       A Sora at dawn (identified by sound at Todd Creek Flats) – we couldn't figure out what it was for a while

·      5 species of swallows

·      Sky Larks at dusk at the airport

·      Begging cries of baby Barred Owls (we got really creeped out, as we didn't know what they were at first. We had to ask someone)

We ended at around 10:30 pm, so it was a long day of birding! It was really fun though!

Ann Nightingale's Baillie Birdathon 2014



Ann’s Big Day – Baillie Birdathon, 2014 

It may come as a surprise to some that prior to my Baillie Birdathon weekend, I had never done a 24 hour “Big Day”. For the non-birders who might be reading this, a “Big” day or year is one where a birder sets out to see as many species as possible in the relevant time frame.  Bird Studies Canada uses the Baillie Birdathon as a major fundraiser each year.  Birders can pick any 24 hour period during the month of May to complete their birdathons, and location is flexible.  I have completed prior birdathon days in Texas, Ontario, and Arkansas, but my 2014 was destined to be closer to home, so I decided to make it a true “Big Day” and go birding from 6 am Saturday, May 17 to 6 am Sunday, May 18. 

There is a strategy to doing a Big Day; you want to use your time efficiently, and want to maximize the number of species you might see. This means you want to cover as many different habitats as you can, and ensure that you are in the right places at the right time.  My 6 am start gave me two shots at or near dawn, when land birds are at their noisiest, a strategy that proved valuable for my total.

The day started at Francis King Park with Rick Schortinghuis and Jannaca Chick. We got our first Swainson’s Thrushes, Golden-crowned Kinglets, American Robins, Townsend’s Warblers and about a dozen other species before most sane people were up. Rick heard a Black-throated Gray Warbler, but I missed it. I also opted not to go after a Cassin’s Vireo that Jannaca and Rick had heard before I arrived, but I was confident that I’d come across those species later in the day. We moved on to Pike Lake where the bird numbers were low, but there were at least three beavers in the lake! That was a big treat for me. Born and raised in Victoria, beavers were mythological creatures—never to be found locally. Beavers are rebounding on southern Vancouver Island and may now be seen on a regular basis on small lakes and ponds in the region. I was pleased to find some Cedar Waxwings there, a species that can be found in Victoria all year round, but not usually when you are looking for them. Other birds added by the end of this portion of the day included both Anna’s and Rufous Hummingbirds, Purple Finch, American Goldfinch, and Western Tanager.

At 7:30 am, we met up with the Victoria Natural History Society’s Saturday morning birding group for a walk along the trails at Stewart Mountain Rd and Scafe Hill. We added several new species, including Turkey Vulture, MacGillivray’s Warbler (great looks), Chipping Sparrow, Bewick’s Wren, Red-tailed Hawk, and the season’s first Willow Flycatcher. The Cassin’s Vireo I was hoping for put in an appearance while we were all enjoying looks at the Willow Flycatcher. I now had 7 of the 8 warbler species, just missing that Black-throated Gray that Rick had heard earlier. At 46 species, Jannaca and I left the group and headed for my first (of many) Tim Horton’s tea of the day and a hope for Golden Eagle. No such luck. Since we were so close, we checked a couple of spots at Goldstream for American Dipper, and again left empty-handed.

En route to our next stop at Royal Roads University, I picked up House Sparrow and Rock Pigeon. The thing about a big day is that every species counts as exactly 1, no matter how common or rare. The RRU/Esquimalt Lagoon loop routinely turns up more than 70 species in early May, but just a few weeks on the calendar can make a big difference, particularly in terms of waterfowl, seabirds, and shorebirds. My target birds at RRU included two species of owl, the Trumpeter Swan that has been hanging around with Mute Swans at the lagoon, and possible sweeps of woodpeckers and swallows. Purple Martins, Northern Rough-winged Swallows, Barred Owls, Hutton’s and Warbling Vireos, and a surprise Golden-crowned Sparrow cooperated; Red-breasted Sapsucker, Trumpeter Swan and Cliff Swallow did not. At this point, Rick caught up with us, and helped with spotting on campus and at Esquimalt Lagoon. We were remarking on how we were still missing a good number of common birds, so Rick went ahead to scout out the south end of the lagoon. Jannaca and I gave one more try for a couple of woodpeckers, but came back with only a second Barred Owl. 

On the ocean side of the lagoon, Rick was keeping a close eye on two birds we were looking for: Brewer’s Blackbird and Northwestern Crow. Yes, that’s right. We did not see a single crow between 6 am and 11 am. Perhaps just as surprising, we did not have Great Blue Heron, and driving the length of the lagoon didn’t change that. Our only gull was the ubiquitous Glaucous-winged, and no terns graced us with their presence. Things were going much slower than hoped, but there was still lots of light left in the day—I hoped.

Rick and Jannaca were off to other things after this part of the adventure, so after a quick stop for lunch at—where else?—Tim’s, I headed west with 67 species on the list, on to the Metchosin gravel pit (Savannah Sparrow, Killdeer) and Albert Head Lagoon. At the lagoon, I found a surprise—a female Common Goldeneye. There were a few other ducks, including Gadwall, so I felt like things were back on track. Next stop: Witty’s Lagoon.

At Witty’s Lagoon, my hopes were high for shorebirds and a few other common birds that I was missing. It’s quite a long walk to the mud flats, so I hoped the time would be well spent. Along the way, I heard the robins declaring that an owl was in the area, so with visions of a Great Horned, I followed their calls. It was my third Barred Owl for the day, and in the nearby teaching shelter (built by the Victoria Natural History Society), was a group of 4H kids and their families, oblivious to the drama just a few metres away. I told them about the owl, and put my scope on it so everyone could have a good look. We talked about owls and robins, and how you could learn the different calls of birds to understand what was going on. Then I headed to the mudflats to discover—nothing. A Mallard family, a Belted Kingfisher, and a few Mute Swans—all species already on my list. In fact, in stops all along William Head Rd (Taylor Rd, Weir’s Beach, Swanwick Rd), the only new addition were Surf Scoters seen offshore. I had time for one more Metchosin stop, so I headed up, way up, to the top of Leefield Rd, where I routinely find Steller’s Jays and Red-breasted Sapsuckers, and had hopes for a Northern Pygmy Owl or a Hammond’s Flycatcher. I tooted away on a whistle to simulate the Pygmy Owl and drew in quite a crowd. This is a good sign that they know about Pygmy Owls, but none saw fit to show up. Unfortunately, none of the birds who responded to my call were the species I was looking for. A Cassin’s Vireo came in for a close look, which is always appreciated.

It was time to head east to the Saanich Peninsula, including another drive-by of Esquimalt Lagoon. En route, a Cooper’s Hawk flew across Metchosin Rd, and finally Great Blue Herons were in the lagoon. Yes, I grabbed another cup of tea long the way, and then made a stop at Panama Flats. Rick had scouted it out and advised me that there were potentially 8 new species for me there, and indeed there were, including three species of teal, a surprise Snow Goose, and Greater White-fronted Geese. I also added two more birders to my day list, spending a few minutes with Don and Vanessa Kramer. Continuing along the peninsula, I missed the birds I wanted at Viaduct Flats.  No sign of the Great Horned Owl family or the Pied-billed Grebe that were there on Thursday. Big days can seem very small at times! At Maber Flats, I added Virginia Rail, but not Sora, then a quick trip home to “tick” the Black-throated Gray Warbler that I had been missing the whole day. Thankfully, one or two pairs breed in my yard. The Central Saanich Rd fields yielded one singing Sky Lark, and then it was off to the airport in hopes of an American Kestrel. Sadly, those hopes were quickly dashed.

It was clear at that point that I could not get to Jordan River before dark, so I decided to stay outside until sundown. Pigeon Guillemots were numerous off the Sidney fishing pier, and a single Rhinoceros Auklet and an unexpected Western Grebe added to the day’s total. I headed back to Maber Flats near dusk to watch for a Barn Owl flyby.  Owls are known to hunt over the flats, but you have to be lucky to see one. I wasn’t lucky for owl that night, but I did add one new bird to my list when a Sora called. I made one last stop before heading home for supper, and parked near a “known” Barn Owl nest, hoping that I might hear one out hunting.  No such luck.  I headed home, happy with a total of 94 and optimistic that I would add to that in the morning.

My Birdathon strategy included time for travel after dark. After a quick bite to eat and a few minutes to answer some emails, I changed vehicles and set out on the road in a camper van I bought last fall for just such purposes. My goal was to get to Jordan River and find a place to park around midnight. One last stop for gas and two(!) cups of Tim’s tea for the road, and I was on my way for my first overnight run in the van.

There is an advantage to driving late at night—the traffic is a lot lighter.  I made it to Jordan River shortly after midnight and found a somewhat secluded spot to park in a new residential development in the forest—stealth camping!  My bed was already made, and getting ready was a breeze.  I kind of liked this totally self-contained “instant” camping.  I set my alarm for 3:30 am and waited for the owls to start calling.  However, I can’t tell you if they did, as I was deep asleep within minutes.  At 3:30, so was everything else in the forest.  Silence! The same situation at 4 am.  At home, the Violet-green Swallows are up and hunting well before dawn, but not so here. Finally at 4:30, the first American Robin started to sing.  It was quickly joined by Hermit, Varied and Swainson’s Thrushes—two more ticks!  Nothing new started up, so I headed toward the beach, stopping long enough to pick up Hairy Woodpecker en route.  The water was beautifully calm—and dark, too shaded to make out the details of the floating shapes in the distance.  Time was ticking, but I wasn’t!  I only had until 6 am to get more species.  Finally, around 5:30, the light was good enough to pick out Common Loons and Marbled Murrelets.  A walk to the bridge over the river finished off the list with Cliff Swallow and Fox Sparrow, and a very surprised mink.  It had been sleeping under the deck of the bridge and appeared quite startled to find a human up so early.  I ended my 24 hour birdathon with a respectful total of 101 species!

The trip back to Victoria was stress-free and allowed for reflection on the events of the previous 24 hours.  We are so fortunate to live in this beautiful part of the world and to get to share it with so many amazing creatures. That a person can see more than a hundred species within a day, spend time with others of like interests, share their experiences, and help a worthy cause all at the same time is such a privilege.  The competition aspect was fun and provided incentive to get out there and do it.  I already have ideas for how I might attempt to break my own record next year! Money raised during the Baillie Birdathon is used to support Bird Studies Canada and nature organizations across Canada.  My quest was in support of Rocky Point Bird Observatory.  If you are able to help advance these organizations, please click this link to be directed to my birdathon page.

My list:

Greater White-fronted Goose

Snow Goose

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

Blue-winged Teal

Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

Green-winged Teal

Surf Scoter

Common Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

California Quail

Common Loon

Western Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Pelagic Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Bald Eagle

Cooper’s Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Virginia Rail

Sora

Killdeer

Black Oystercatcher

Spotted Sandpiper

Glaucous-winged Gull

Pigeon Guillemot

Marbled Murrelet

Rhinoceros Auklet

Rock Pigeon

Band-tailed Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-dove

Barred Owl

Anna’s Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Cassin’s Vireo

Hutton’s Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Northwestern Crow

Common Raven

Sky Lark

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Barn Swallow

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Bushtit

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

House Wren

Pacific Wren

Marsh Wren

Bewick’s Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Swainson’s Thrush

Hermit Thrush

American Robin

Varied Thrush

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Orange-crowned Warbler

MacGillivray’s Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Townsend’s Warbler

Wilson’s Warbler

Spotted Towhee

Chipping Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Western Tanager

Black-headed Grosbeak

Red-winged Blackbird

Brewer’s Blackbird

Brown-headed Cowbird

Purple Finch

House Finch

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow