This morning ten birders explored various spots between Little River and Kin Beach. We had a beautiful morning with a decent variety of species, although with low numbers. The day’s highlight was a Lincoln’s Sparrow at Little River Nature Park. The following 36 species were seen and/or heard:
Mallard
Harlequin Duck
White-winged Scoter
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Black Turnstone
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Anna’s Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pacific Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
European Starling
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
