On Thursday Nov. 28 three birders went to Columbia Beach with stops at Hamilton Marsh, Nile Creek, and Deep Bay.
The weather co operated making for a very pleasant day. 48 species were seen, highlights being a Western Grebe close to shore, 30 Hooded Mergansers in one pond, and an American Kestrel.
Pacific Loon American Kestrel
Common Loon Killdeer
Red-necked Grebe Mew Gull
Horned Grebe Thayer’s Gull
Western Grebe Glaucous-winged Gull
Pelagic Cormorant Pigeon Guillemot
Double-crested Cormorant Rock Pigeon
Great Glue Heron Eurasian Collared-Dove
Trumpeter Swan Belted Kingfisher
Canada Goose Northern Flicker
Mallard Red-Breasted Sapsucker
American Wigeon Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Greater Scaup Red-breasted Nuthatch
Harlequin Duck Bewick’s Wren
Long-tailed Duck Pacific Wren
Surf Scoter American Robin
White-winged Scoter Spotted Towhee
Black Scoter Song Sparrow
Common Goldeneye Dark-eyed Junco
Barrow’s Goldeneye Golden-crowned Sparrow
Common Merganser Brewer’s Blackbird
Red-breasted Merganser European Starling
Hooded Merganser Golden-crowned Kinglet
Bald Eagle House Finch
