Today, Nov 10th, 19 birders went to the Dyke Road Viewing Stand and waded through flooded fields on Simpson Farm (restricted access). We had a pleasant morning – without rain! Overall we found 37 species. Highlights included large numbers of mixed flocks feeding on salmon roe and dead salmon at the Viewing Stand and 3 Wilson’s Snipe on the Farm.
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Wilson’s Snipe
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Western Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Anna’s Hummingbird
Northern Flicker
Merlin
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Marsh Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Brewer’s Blackbird
Purple Finch
Additional Species found by some:
Hutton’s Vireo
