Thursday Feb. 19th started off with drizzle ending by 10:00 leaving us with an overcast but calm day for a morning of birding at Ship’s Point. Nine birders saw the following 42 species. Highlights were having a good look at a Gadwall and Green-winged Teal in breeding plumage:
Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Black Oystercatcher
Pigeon Guillemot
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Steller’s Jay
Northwestern Crow
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Pacific Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Pine Siskin
House Finch
