Seven birders met at Bear Creek Nature Park for a morning of mostly birding-by-ear. There were lots of flycatchers and warblers, as well as a few tangers and grosbeaks. There were a total of 27 species, but most of the birds were heard only. The weather worked out well, as the rain stopped just at the beginning of the walk and started again at the finish.
27 species:
Wood Duck 2
Rufous Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-breasted Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Hammond’s Flycatcher 2
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 13
Warbling Vireo 5
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4
Brown Creeper 1
Pacific Wren 7
Swainson’s Thrush 1
American Robin 10
Varied Thrush 4
Orange-crowned Warbler 4
Yellow Warbler 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Black-throated Gray Warbler 2
Townsend’s Warbler 5
Wilson’s Warbler 4
Spotted Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 5
Western Tanager 3
Black-headed Grosbeak 2
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Purple Finch 3
