Thursday 8 birders spent a pleasant day on Quadra Island, hosted by Vibeke Pedersen and Lyn Paterson. We visited Village Bay Marsh and Vibeke’s yard. Highlights included a Red-breasted Sapsucker at a nest, a Ruffed Grouse and, seen from the ferry, Common Murres and a large flock of Bonaparte’s Gulls. We found 45 species:
Green-winged Teal.
Ring-necked Duck
Ruffed Grouse
Pacific Loon
Common Loon.
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron.
Turkey Vulture.
Bald Eagle.
Bonaparte’s Gull.
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot
Rock Pigeon.
Band-tailed Pigeon.
Rufous Hummingbird.
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker.
Pileated Woodpecker.
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Cassin’s Vireo
Northwestern Crow.
Common Raven.
Purple Martin
Chestnut-backed Chickadee.
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pacific Wren.
Marsh Wren.
Golden-crowned Kinglet.
American Robin.
European Starling.
Orange-crowned Warbler.
Yellow-rumped Warbler.
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Common Yellowthroat.
Spotted Towhee.
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow.
White-crowned Sparrow.
Red-winged Blackbird.
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin.
