2011 September 9-11 - Gray's Harbor, WA

We had great weather and even better birding on our Ocean Shores fall term overnighter where we tallied 89 species. Notable events: Everyone clearly heard and saw American Pipits galore, and got a great view of Pectoral Sandpipers. We saw a Red Knot and had two opportunities to view a Bar-tailed Godwit. Sadly, some of us missed seeing the Pomarine Jeager and Rhinoceros Auklet, however besides Dan I think everyone got at least one lifer!

Canada Goose. Branta canadensis.

American Wigeon. Anas americana.

Mallard. Anas platyrhynchos.

Northern Shoveler. Anas clypeata.

Northern Pintail. Anas acuta.

Green-winged Teal. Anas crecca.

Surf Scoter. Melanitta perspicillata.

White-winged Scoter. Melanitta fusca.

Red-breasted Merganser. Mergus serrator.

Common Loon. Gavia immer.

Horned Grebe. Podiceps auritus.

Sooty Shearwater. Puffinus griseus.

Brown Pelican. Pelecanus occidentalis.

Pelagic Cormorant. Phalacrocorax pelagicus.

Double-crested Cormorant. Phalacrocorax auritus.

Great Blue Heron. Ardea herodias.

Black-crowned Night Heron. Nycticorax nycticorax.

Turkey Vulture. Cathartes aura.

Cooper's Hawk. Accipiter cooperii.

Northern Harrier. Circus cyaneus.

Red-tailed Hawk. Buteo jamaicensis.

American Kestrel. Falco sparverius.

Peregrine Falcon. Falco peregrinus.

Black-bellied Plover. Pluvialis squatarola.

Semipalmated Plover. Charadrius semipalmatus.

Willet. Tringa semipalmata.

Spotted Sandpiper. Actitis macularius.

Greater Yellowlegs. Tringa melanoleuca.

Whimbrel. Numenius phaeopus.

Bar-tailed Godwit. Limosa lapponica.

Marbled Godwit. Limosa fedoa.

Black Turnstone. Arenaria melanocephala.

Surfbird. Aphriza virgata.

Red Knot. Calidris canutus.

Western Sandpiper. Calidris mauri.

Least Sandpiper. Calidris minutella.

Baird's Sandpiper. Calidris bairdii.

Pectoral Sandpiper. Calidris melanotos.

Dunlin. Calidris alpina.

Wilson’s Snipe. Gallinago delicata.

Short-billed Dowitcher. Limnodromus griseus.

Bonaparte's Gull. Chroicocephalus philadelphia.

Heermann’s Gull. Larus heermanni.

California Gull. Larus californicus.

Western Gull. Larus occidentalis.

Glaucous-winged Gull. Larus glaucescens.

Caspian Tern. Hydroprogne caspia.

Pomarine Jaeger. Stercorarius pomarinus.

Rhinoceros Auklet. Cerorhinca monocerata.

Rock Pigeon. Columba livia.

Eurasian Collared-Dove. Streptopelia decaocto.

Vaux's Swift. Chaetura vauxi.

Anna's Hummingbird. Calypte anna.

Downy Woodpecker. Picoides pubescens.

Northern Flicker. Colaptes auratus.

Gray Jay. Perisoreus canadensis.

Steller's Jay. Cyanocitta stelleri.

Western Scrub-Jay. Aphelocoma californica.

American Crow. Corvus brachyrhynchos.

Purple Martin. Progne subis.

Barn Swallow. Hirundo rustica.

Black-capped Chickadee. Poecile atricapillus.

Chestnut-backed Chickadee. Poecile rufescens.

Bushtit. Psaltriparus minimus.

Brown Creeper. Certhia americana.

Red-breasted Nuthatch. Sitta canadensis.

Bewick's Wren. Thryomanes bewickii.

Pacific Wren. Troglodytes troglodytes.

Marsh Wren. Cistothorus palustris.

Golden-crowned Kinglet. Regulus satrapa.

Swainson's Thrush. Catharus ustulatus.

American Robin. Turdus migratorius.

European Starling. Sturnus vulgaris.

American Pipit. Anthus rubescens.

Cedar Waxwing. Bombycilla cedrorum.

Yellow-rumped Warbler. Dendroica coronata.

Spotted Towhee. Pipilo maculatus.

Savannah Sparrow. Passerculus sandwichensis.

Song Sparrow. Melospiza melodia.

White-crowned Sparrow. Zonotrichia leucophrys.

Dark-eyed Junco. Junco hyemalis.

Red-winged Blackbird. Agelaius phoeniceus.

Brewer's Blackbird. Euphagus cyanocephalus.

Brown-headed Cowbird. Molothrus ater.

House Finch. Carpodacus mexicanus.

Red Crossbill. Loxia curvirostra.

American Goldfinch. Carduelis tristis

Pine Siskin. Carduelis pinus.

House Sparrow. Passer domesticus.