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| Birding on Orcas Island and particularly Otters Pond is a memorable experience for any birder. At the bottom see links to other useful birding sites. We have a well-positioned photo area for great image taking !! | ||||||||
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| On the following list are birds that can be sighted in and around the various habitats of Orcas Island during various seasons of the year. This is a site-specific list and does not include all the birds sighted on Orcas Island. A comprehensive list of the birds in the San Juan Islands,can be found as a checklist in the book, Birding in the San Juan Islands, by Mark Lewis & Fred A. Sharpe.
Key Seasons: All=All seasons, W=Winter, Sp=Spring, S=Summer, F=Fall Occurance: A= abundant; seen almost always C= common; often seen U= uncommon; seen occasionally * indicates nesting and breeding on Island. OP= Identified at Otters Pond Bird List Pied-billed Grebe * All / C / OP Double-crested Cormorant * All / C/OP Great Blue Heron*? All / C/OP Trumpeter Swan F,W,Sp / C/OP Canada Goose* All / C/OP Mallard* All / A/OP Northern Pintail F,W,Sp / C/ Blue-winged Teal S / U Cinnamon Teal*? Sp, S / U Gadwall* All / C American Widgeon Sp,W,F / A/OP Canvasback Duck Sp,W / U/OP Ringed-neck Duck* All / A/OP Lesser Scaup Sp,W / U Common Goldeneye F,W,Sp / C/OP Hooded Merganser* All / C/OP Common Merganser F,W,Sp / C/OP Red-breasted Merganser F,W,SP / C/OP Osprey* Sp,S,F / U/OP Bald Eagle* All / C/OP Sharp-shinned Hawk* All / C/OP Cooper's Hawk* All / C/OP Night Hawk * S/OP Red-tailed Hawk* All / A/OP Golden Eagle* All / U/OP American Kestrel All / U Merlin All / U Peregrine Falcon* All / U/OP Rough-legged Hawk F,W / U Ring-necked Pheasant All / U American Coot* All / C/OP California Quail* All / A Black-bellied Plover F,W,Sp / U Semi-palmated Plover Sp,F / U Bufflehead F,W,SP / A/OP Killdeer* All / C Greater Yellowlegs F,W,Sp / C Black Turnstone F,W,Sp / C Sanderling F,W,Sp / U Western Sandpiper F,Sp / U Least Sandpiper F,Sp / U Dunlin F,W,Sp / C Short-billed Dowitcher Sp,F / U Long-billed Dowitcher Sp,F / U Common Snipe Sp,S,F / U/OP Bonapart's Gull Sp,W.F / C Heerman's Gull F / C Thayer's Gull W / C Mew Gull Sp,S,F / A Glaucous-winged Gull* All / A Rock Dove* All / C Band-tailed Pigeon* All / C/OP Mourning Dove* Sp,S / U/OP Western Screech Owl* All / U Northern Saw-whet Owl* All / U Great Horned Owl* All / C/OP Rufous Hummingbird* Sp,S / A/OP Belted Kingfisher* All / C/OP Red-breasted Sapsucker W U Downy Woodpecker* All / C/OP Hairy Woodpecker* All / C/OP Northern Flicker* All / A/OP Pileated Woodpecker* All / C/OP Olive-sided Flycatcher* S / C Western Wood Peewee* S / U Pacific Slope Flycatcher* Sp,S / U Tree Swallow* Sp,S / A/OP Violet-green Swallow* Sp,S / A/OP Cliff Swallow Sp,S / C Barn Swallow Sp,S,F / A American Crow* All / A/OP Common Raven All / C/OP Chestnut-backed Chickadee* All / C/OP Bushtit* All / C/OP Red-breasted Nuthatch* All / C/OP Brown Creeper* All / U Bewick's Wren* All / C House Wren S / C Winter Wren All / C/OP Golden-crowned Kinglet* All / C Ruby-crowned Kinglet F,W,Sp / U Swainson's Thrush* S / C Hermit Thrush Sp,W,F / U American Robin* All / A/OP Varied Thrush Sp,W,F / C/OP Cedar Waxwing* S,F / C/OP European Starling* All / A/OP Cassin's Vireo S / U Northern Shrike F,W / U Hutton's Vireo* All / U Warbling Vireo* S / C Orange-crowned Warbler* Sp,S / C Yellow Warbler* S / U Yellow-rumped Warbler* Sp,S,F / C Black-throated Gray Warbler* S / U Common Yellowthroat* S / C Wilson's Warbler* S / U Western Tanager* S / U Black-headed Grosbeak* S / U/OP Spotted Towhee* All / A/OP Chipping Sparrow* Sp,S / C Savannah Sparrow* Sp,S / C Fox Sparrow F,S,Sp / U Song Sparrow* All / A Golden-crowned Sparrow F,W,Sp / C/OP White-crowned Sparrow* F,S,Sp / C/OP Dark-eyed Junco* All / A/OP Brewer's Blackbird All / C Red-winged Blackbird* All / C/OP Brown-headed Blackbird* Sp,S / C/OP Purple Finch* All / U/OP House Finch* All / C/OP Red Crossbill* All / U Pine Siskin* All / C/OP American Goldfinch* S,F / C/OP Evening Grosbeak* All / U/OP Wood Duck* C SP S/OP Steller Blue Jay * SP/S/F//OP |
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