Tweeters,

Many of you are already aware that with the aid of birders in our state,
including many of our 150 subscribers, Washington Birder is collecting data and
organizing species lists for each of the states 39 counties with the
objective of creating county lists that reflect the status of each species
known to have occurred in each county. After prelim lists for all counties have
been completed, the data will be transferred to maps that depict each species
distribution. Two preliminary county lists resulting from this effort are
featured in each quarterly newsletter.

We are currently developing lists for Kitsap and Spokane Counties. The
following preliminary list for Kitsap County was created from data provided by
George Gertz, Ken Knittle, Vic Nelson, Dennis Paulson, and Scott Ray.

All birders with experience in Kitsap Co. are invited to review the following
list and make corrections. Please advise if gaps in data are noted or you
disagree with individual species status notations. This list will be included
in the next issue of WB scheduled for late Feb.

Species status for the lists is defined as follows:

1 Common
2 Uncommon
3 Harder to find but usually shows up at least annually
4 Rare, 5 or more records
5 Fewer than 5 records

KITSAP COUNTY



LOONS, GREBES
_____Red-throated Loon(1)
_____Pacific Loon(1)
_____Common Loon(1)
_____Yellow-billed Loon(3)
_____Pied-billed Grebe(1)
_____Horned Grebe(1)
_____Red-necked Grebe(1)
_____Eared Grebe(2)
_____Western Grebe(1)
_____Clark's Grebe(4)
TUBENOSES
_____Flesh-footed Shearwater(5)
_____Sooty Shearwater(4)
_____Short-tailed Shearwater(4)
_____Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel(4)
_____Leach's Storm-Petrel(5)
PELICANS, HERONS
_____Brown Pelican(4)
_____Dbl-crested Cormorant(1)
_____Brandt's Cormorant(1)
_____Pelagic Cormorant(1)
_____Magnificent Frigatebird(5)
_____American Bittern(2)
_____Great Blue Heron(1)
_____Great Egret(5)
_____Cattle Egret(5)
_____Green Heron(2)
_____Blck-crowned Night-Heron(5)
WATERFOWL
_____Tundra Swan(3)
_____Trumpeter Swan(4)
_____Mute Swan(I)
_____Gr. White-fronted Goose(3)
_____Snow Goose(3)
_____Brant(2)
_____Canada Goose(1)
_____Wood Duck(2)
_____Green-winged Teal(1)
_____Mallard(1)
_____Northern Pintail(2)
_____Blue-winged Teal(3)
_____Cinnamon Teal(3)
_____Northern Shoveler(2)
_____Gadwall(2)
_____Eurasian Wigeon(2)
_____American Wigeon(1)
_____Canvasback(2)
_____Redhead(4)
_____Ring-necked Duck(2)
_____Greater Scaup(1)
_____Lesser Scaup(2)
_____King Eider(5)
_____Harlequin Duck(2)
_____Oldsquaw(2)
_____Black Scoter(1)
_____Surf Scoter(1)
_____White-winged Scoter(1)
_____Common Goldeneye(1)
_____Barrow's Goldeneye(2)
_____Bufflehead(1)
_____Hooded Merganser(2)
_____Common Merganser(2)
_____Red-breasted Merganser(1)
_____Ruddy Duck(2)
RAPTORS
_____Turkey Vulture(3)
_____Osprey(1)
_____Bald Eagle(1)
_____Northern Harrier(2)
_____Sharp-shinned Hawk(1)
_____Cooper's Hawk(2)
_____Northern Goshawk(4)
_____Red-tailed Hawk(2)
_____Rough-legged Hawk(4)
_____American Kestrel(3)
_____Merlin(3)
_____Peregrine Falcon(3)
GALLINACEOUS BIRDS
_____Ring-necked Pheasant(2)
_____Blue Grouse(3)
_____Ruffed Grouse(2)
_____California Quail(1)
_____Mountain Quail(2)
RAILS, CRANES
_____Virginia Rail(2)
_____Sora(3)
_____American Coot(2)
_____Sandhill Crane(4)
SHOREBIRDS
_____Black-bellied Plover(2)
_____American Golden-Plover(5)
_____Pacific Golden Plover(5)
_____Semipalmated Plover(3)
_____Killdeer(1)
_____Black Oystercatcher(3)
_____Greater Yellowlegs(2)
_____Lesser Yellowlegs(3)
_____Wandering Tattler(5)
_____Spotted Sandpiper(1)
_____Whimbrel(3)
_____Ruddy Turnstone(3)
_____Black Turnstone(2)
_____Surfbird(2)
_____Sanderling(1)
_____Western Sandpiper(1)
_____Least Sandpiper(2)
_____Baird's Sandpiper(4)
_____Pectoral Sandpiper(3)
_____Rock Sandpiper(4)
_____Dunlin(1)
_____Stilt Sandpiper(5)
_____Short-billed Dowitcher(2)
_____Long-billed Dowitcher(3)
_____Common Snipe(2)
_____Red-necked Phalarope(2)
_____Red Phalarope(5)
JAEGERS, GULLS
_____Pomarine Jaeger(5)
_____Parasitic Jaeger(2)
_____Long-tailed Jaeger(5)
_____Franklin's Gull(5)
_____Little Gull(3)
_____Com. Black-headed Gull(5)
_____Bonaparte's Gull(1)
_____Heermann's Gull(1)
_____Mew Gull(1)
_____Ring-billed Gull(1)
_____California Gull(1)
_____Herring Gull(2)
_____Thayer's Gull(2)
_____Western Gull(2)
_____Glaucous-winged Gull(1)
_____Glaucous Gull(4)
_____Black-legged Kittiwake(4)
_____Sabine's Gull(5)
TERNS
_____Caspian Tern(2)
_____Elegant Tern(5)
_____Common Tern(1)
_____Arctic Tern(5)
_____Black Tern(5)
ALCIDS
_____Common Murre(1)
_____Pigeon Guillemot(1)
_____Marbled Murrelet(2)
_____Ancient Murrelet(2)
_____Cassin's Auklet(4)
_____Rhinoceros Auklet(1)
_____Tufted Puffin(5)
_____Horned Puffin(5)
DOVES, PIGEONS
_____Rock Dove(1)
_____Band-tailed Pigeon(2)
_____Mourning Dove(3)
CUCKOOS
_____Black-billed Cuckoo(5)
OWLS
_____Barn Owl(3)
_____Western Screech-Owl(2)
_____Great Horned Owl(2)
_____Snowy Owl(5)
_____Northern Pygmy-Owl(4)
_____Barred Owl(4)
_____Northern Saw-whet Owl(2)
NIGHTHAWKS, SWIFTS
_____Common Nighthawk(3)
_____Black Swift(3)
_____Vaux's Swift(2)
HUMMINGBIRDS
_____Anna's Hummingbird(3)
_____Rufous Hummingbird(1)
KINGFISHER
_____Belted Kingfisher(1)
WOODPECKERS
_____Red-breasted Sapsucker(2)
_____Downy Woodpecker(1)
_____Hairy Woodpecker(2)
_____Northern Flicker(1)
_____Pileated Woodpecker(2)
FLYCATCHERS
_____Olive-sided Flycatcher(2)
_____Western Wood-Pewee(2)
_____Willow Flycatcher(2)
_____Hammond's Flycatcher(3)
_____Pacific-slope Flycatcher(1)
_____Say's Phoebe(5)
_____Western Kingbird(3)
LARKS, SWALLOWS
_____Horned Lark(4)
_____Purple Martin(3)
_____Tree Swallow(2)
_____Violet-green Swallow(4)
_____N. Rough-winged Swallow(2)
_____Cliff Swallow(2)
_____Barn Swallow(1)
CORVIDS
_____Gray Jay(4)
_____Steller's Jay(1)
_____Blue Jay(5)
_____Scrub Jay(5)
_____Black-billed Magpie(5)
______American/NW Crow(1)
_____Common Raven(3)
CHICKADEES, BUSHTIT
_____Black-capped Chickadee(1)
_____Mountain Chickadee(5)
_____Chestnut-backed Chickadee(1)
_____Bushtit(1)
NUTHATCHES, CREEPER
_____Red-breasted Nuthatch(1)
_____Brown Creeper(2)
WRENS
_____Bewick's Wren(1)
_____Winter Wren(1)
_____Marsh Wren(2)
DIPPER
_____American Dipper(3)
KINGLETS
_____Golden-crowned Kinglet(1)
_____Ruby-crowned Kinglet(1)
THRUSHES
_____Western Bluebird(4)
_____Mountain Bluebird(5)
_____Townsend's Solitaire(4)
_____Swainson's Thrush(1)
_____Hermit Thrush(3)
_____American Robin(1)
_____Varied Thrush(1)
MIMIDS
_____Northern Mockingbird(5)
WAGTAILS TO PIPITS
_____Black-backed Wagtail(5)
_____American Pipit(2)
WAXWINGS, SHRIKES, STARLING
_____Cedar Waxwing(2)
_____Northern Shrike(3)
_____European Starling(1)
VIREOS
_____Solitary Vireo(3)
_____Hutton's Vireo(2)
_____Warbling Vireo(2)
_____Red-eyed Vireo(4)
WARBLERS
_____Orange-crowned Warbler(1)
_____Nashville Warbler(4)
_____Yellow Warbler(2)
_____Yellow-rumped Warbler(1)
_____Black-thr Gray Warbler(2)
_____Townsend's Warbler(2)
_____Palm Warbler(5)
_____MacGillivray's Warbler(2)
_____Common Yellowthroat(2)
_____Wilson's Warbler(1)
TANAGER
_____Western Tanager(2)
SPARROWS
_____Black-headed Grosbeak(2)
_____Lazuli Bunting(4)
_____Rufous-sided Towhee(1)
_____Chipping Sparrow(4)
_____Vesper Sparrow(5)
_____Lark Sparrow(5)
_____Black-throated Sparrow(5)
_____Savannah Sparrow(1)
_____Fox Sparrow(1)
_____Song Sparrow(1)
_____Lincoln's Sparrow(2)
_____White-throated Sparrow(4)
_____Golden-crowned Sparrow(2)
_____White-crowned Sparrow(1)
_____Dark-eyed Junco(1)
_____Lapland Longspur(5)
BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES
_____Red-winged Blackbird(1)
_____Western Meadowlark(3)
_____Yellow-headed Blackbird(3)
_____Brewer's Blackbird(2)
_____Brown-headed Cowbird(1)
_____Northern Oriole(2)
FINCHES, WEAVER FINCH
_____Gray-crowned Rosy Finch(5)
_____Pine Grosbeak(5)
_____Purple Finch(1)
_____House Finch(1)
_____Red Crossbill(2)
_____White-winged Crossbill(5)
_____Common Redpoll(5)
_____Pine Siskin(1)
_____American Goldfinch(1)
_____Evening Grosbeak(3)
_____House Sparrow(1)


Washington Birder is a 6 to 12 page newsletter published 4 times each year for
birders interested in Wasington's birds. It features site and species
guides, annual list reports, reports on rarities and vagrants, and articles by
subsribers. To subscribe, send $6.00 to the address below.


Thank you,

Scott Ray (509) 965-5456
Ken Knittle (206) 973-2244



Washington Birder
PO Box 191
Moxee, WA 98936