2011 March 19 - Sauvie Island

A beautiful day with "lifers" for many of us. It seems unfair to single out any species, but the Harris's Sparrow gave us all four Zonotrichia! The Barn and Great-Horned Owls, Eurasian Wigeon, Redhead, Red-breasted Sapsucker and elegant Sandhill Cranes made the day for me.

I listed 66 species today. Did anyone see a Gadwall or Brown Creeper?

Mammals:

Coyote

Townsend's Chipmunk

Nutria

Deer

Snow Goose. Chen caerulescens.

Cackling Goose. Branta hutchinsii

Canada Goose. Branta canadensis. (incl. Dusky subspecies)

Tundra Swan. Cygnus columbianus.

Wood Duck. Aix sponsa.

Eurasian Wigeon. Anas penelope.

American Wigeon. Anas americana.

Mallard. Anas platyrhynchos.

Northern Shoveler. Anas clypeata.

Northern Pintail. Anas acuta.

Green-winged Teal. Anas crecca.

Canvasback. Aythya valisineria.

Redhead. Aythya americana.

Ring-necked Duck. Aythya collaris.

Lesser Scaup. Aythya affinis.

Bufflehead. Bucephala albeola.

Common Merganser. Mergus merganser.

Pied-billed Grebe. Podilymbus podiceps.

Double-crested Cormorant. Phalacrocorax auritus.

Great Blue Heron. Ardea herodias.

Turkey Vulture. Cathartes aura.

Bald Eagle. Haliaeetus leucocephalus.

Northern Harrier. Circus cyaneus.

Cooper's Hawk. Accipiter cooperii.

Red-tailed Hawk. Buteo jamaicensis.

American Kestrel. Falco sparverius.

Peregrine Falcon. Falco peregrinus.

American Coot. Fulica americana.

Sandhill Crane. Grus canadensis.

Killdeer. Charadrius vociferus.

Mew Gull. Larus canus.

Herring Gull. Larus argentatus.

Mourning Dove. Zenaida macroura.

Barn Owl. Tyto alba.

Great Horned Owl. Bubo virginianus.

Belted Kingfisher. Megaceryle alcyon.

Red-breasted Sapsucker. Sphyrapicus ruber.

Northern Flicker. Colaptes auratus.

Pileated Woodpecker. Dryocopus pileatus.

Steller's Jay. Cyanocitta stelleri.

Western Scrub-Jay. Aphelocoma californica.

American Crow. Corvus brachyrhynchos.

Tree Swallow. Tachycineta bicolor.

Violet-green Swallow. Tachycineta thalassina.

Black-capped Chickadee. Poecile atricapillus.

Red-breasted Nuthatch. Sitta canadensis.

White-breasted Nuthatch. Sitta carolinensis.

Bewick's Wren. Thryomanes bewickii.

Pacific Wren. Troglodytes pacificus.

Golden-crowned Kinglet. Regulus satrapa.

Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Regulus calendula.

American Robin. Turdus migratorius.

European Starling. Sturnus vulgaris.

Yellow-rumped Warbler. Dendroica coronata. (Both Myrtle and Audubon's)

Spotted Towhee. Pipilo maculatus.

Fox Sparrow. Passerella iliaca.

Song Sparrow. Melospiza melodia.

Lincoln's Sparrow. Melospiza lincolnii.

White-throated Sparrow. Zonotrichia albicollis.

Harris's Sparrow. Zonotrichia querula.

White-crowned Sparrow. Zonotrichia leucophrys.

Golden-crowned Sparrow. Zonotrichia atricapilla.

Dark-eyed Junco. Junco hyemalis.

Red-winged Blackbird. Agelaius phoeniceus.

Brewer's Blackbird. Euphagus cyanocephalus.

House Finch. Carpodacus mexicanus.