Tweeters,

SPOKANE COUNTY PRELIMINARY SPECIES LIST

All birders with experience in Spokane 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

SPOKANE COUNTY



LOONS, GREBES
_____Pacific Loon(4)
_____Common Loon(2)
_____Pied-billed Grebe(1)
_____Horned Grebe(2)
_____Red-necked Grebe(3)
_____Eared Grebe(2)
_____Western Grebe(2)
PELICANS, HERONS, IBIS
_____American White Pelican(5)
_____Dbl-crested Cormorant(4)
_____American Bittern(2)
_____Great Blue Heron(1)
_____Great Egret(5)
_____Snowy Egret(5)
_____Blck-crowned Night-Heron(5)
_____White-faced Ibis(5)
WATERFOWL
_____Tundra Swan(1)
_____Trumpeter Swan(4)
_____Gr. White-fronted Goose(4)
_____Snow Goose(3)
_____Ross' Goose(5)
_____Canada Goose(1)
_____Wood Duck(2)
_____Green-winged Teal(1)
_____American Black Duck(5)
_____Mallard(1)
_____Northern Pintail(1)
_____Blue-winged Teal(2)
_____Cinnamon Teal(1)
_____Northern Shoveler(1)
_____Gadwall(1)
_____Eurasian Wigeon(3)
_____American Wigeon(1)
_____Canvasback(2)
_____Redhead(1)
_____Ring-necked Duck(2)
_____Greater Scaup(2)
_____Lesser Scaup(1)
_____Harlequin Duck(4)
_____Oldsquaw(4)
_____Surf Scoter(4)
_____White-winged Scoter(4)
_____Common Goldeneye(1)
_____Barrow's Goldeneye(2)
_____Bufflehead(1)
_____Hooded Merganser(2)
_____Common Merganser(1)
_____Red-breasted Merganser(4)
_____Ruddy Duck(1)
RAPTORS
_____Turkey Vulture(2)
_____Osprey(2)
_____Bald Eagle(2)
_____Northern Harrier(1)
_____Sharp-shinned Hawk(2)
_____Cooper's Hawk(2)
_____Northern Goshawk(3)
_____Swainson's Hawk(4)
_____Red-tailed Hawk(1)
_____Ferruginous Hawk(4)
_____Rough-legged Hawk(2)
_____Golden Eagle(3)
_____American Kestrel(1)
_____Merlin(2)
_____Peregrine Falcon(5)
_____Gyrfalcon(5)
_____Prairie Falcon(3)
GALLINACEOUS BIRDS
_____Gray Partridge(2)
_____Ring-necked Pheasant(1)
_____Blue Grouse(3)
_____Ruffed Grouse(2)
_____Sharp-tailed Grouse(5)
_____Wild Turkey(5)
_____Northern Bobwhite(5)
_____California Quail(1)
RAILS, CRANES
_____Virginia Rail(2)
_____Sora(2)
_____American Coot(1)
_____Sandhill Crane(4)
SHOREBIRDS
_____Black-bellied Plover(3)
_____American Golden-Plover(4)
_____Semipalmated Plover(3)
_____Killdeer(1)
_____Mountain Plover(5)
_____Black Oystercatcher(5)
_____Black-necked Stilt(3)
_____American Avocet(2)
_____Greater Yellowlegs(2)
_____Lesser Yellowlegs(2)
_____Solitary Sandpiper(3)
_____Willet(5)
_____Spotted Sandpiper(1)
_____Upland Sandpiper(4)
_____Long-billed Curlew(3)
_____Marbled Godwit(4)
_____Red Knot(5)
_____Sanderling(4)
_____Semipalmated Sandpiper(4)
_____Western Sandpiper(2)
_____Least Sandpiper(2)
_____Baird's Sandpiper(2)
_____Pectoral Sandpiper(2)
_____Dunlin(2)
_____Stilt Sandpiper(4)
_____Short-billed Dowitcher(5)
_____Long-billed Dowitcher(2)
_____Common Snipe(1)
_____Wilson's Phalarope(2)
_____Red-necked Phalarope(3)
_____Red Phalarope(5)
GULLS
_____Franklin's Gull(4)
_____Bonaparte's Gull(3)
_____Mew Gull(4)
_____Ring-billed Gull(1)
_____California Gull(2)
_____Herring Gull(2)
_____Thayer's Gull(2)
_____Glaucous-winged Gull(4)
_____Glaucous Gull(4)
TERNS
_____Caspian Tern(3)
_____Common Tern(4)
_____Forster's Tern(3)
_____Black Tern(2)
DOVES, PIGEONS
_____Rock Dove(1)
_____Band-tailed Pigeon(5)
_____Mourning Dove(1)
OWLS
_____Barn Owl(4)
_____Flammulated Owl(5)
_____Western Screech-Owl(2)
_____Great Horned Owl(1)
_____Snowy Owl(3)
_____Northern Hawk Owl(5)
_____Northern Pygmy-Owl(2)
_____Burrowing Owl(4)
_____Barred Owl(4)
_____Great Gray Owl(5)
_____Long-eared Owl(3)
_____Short-eared Owl(2)
_____Northern Saw-whet Owl(3)
NIGHTHAWKS, SWIFTS
_____Common Nighthawk(1)
_____Common Poorwill(3)
_____Black Swift(5)
_____Vaux's Swift(2)
_____White-throated Swift(2)
HUMMINGBIRDS
_____Black-chnd Hummingbird(2)
_____Anna's Hummingbird(4)
_____Calliope Hummingbird(1)
_____Rufous Hummingbird(2)
KINGFISHER
_____Belted Kingfisher(2)
WOODPECKERS
_____Lewis Woodpecker(3)
_____Red-naped Sapsucker(2)
_____Red-breasted Sapsucker(5)
_____Williamson's Sapsucker(5)
_____Downy Woodpecker(1)
_____Hairy Woodpecker(1)
_____White-headed Woodpecker(4)
_____Black-bck'd Woodpecker(4)
_____Northern Flicker(1)
_____Pileated Woodpecker(2)
FLYCATCHERS
_____Olive-sided Flycatcher(2)
_____Western Wood-Pewee(1)
_____Willow Flycatcher(1)
_____Least Flycatcher(4)
_____Hammond's Flycatcher(2)
_____Dusky Flycatcher(2)
_____Gray Flycatcher(3)
_____Pacific-slope Flycatcher(2)
_____Cordilleran Flycatcher ?
_____Say's Phoebe(2)
_____Ash-throated Flycatcher(5)
_____Western Kingbird(1)
_____Eastern Kingbird(1)
LARKS, SWALLOWS
_____Horned Lark(1)
_____Tree Swallow(1)
_____Violet-green Swallow(1)
_____N. Rough-winged Swallow(2)
_____Bank Swallow(1)
_____Cliff Swallow(1)
_____Barn Swallow(1)
CORVIDS
_____Gray Jay(2)
_____Steller's Jay(1)
_____Blue Jay(3)
_____Clark's Nutcracker(2)
_____Black-billed Magpie(1)
______American/NW Crow(1)
_____Common Raven(1)
CHICKADEES, BUSHTIT
_____Black-capped Chickadee(1)
_____Mountain Chickadee(1)
_____Chestnut-backed Chickadee(3)
NUTHATCHES, CREEPER
_____Red-breasted Nuthatch(1)
_____White-breasted Nuthatch(2)
_____Pygmy Nuthatch(1)
_____Brown Creeper(2)
WRENS
_____Rock Wren(2)
_____Canyon Wren(3)
_____Bewick's Wren(3)
_____House Wren(1)
_____Winter Wren(2)
_____Marsh Wren(2)
DIPPER
_____American Dipper(2)
KINGLETS
_____Golden-crowned Kinglet(1)
_____Ruby-crowned Kinglet(1)
THRUSHES
_____Western Bluebird(2)
_____Mountain Bluebird(2)
_____Townsend's Solitaire(2)
_____Veery(3)
_____Swainson's Thrush(2)
_____Hermit Thrush(3)
_____American Robin(1)
_____Varied Thrush(2)
MIMIDS
_____Gray Catbird(2)
_____Northern Mockingbird(5)
_____Sage Thrasher(4)
PIPITS
_____American Pipit(2)
WAXWINGS, SHRIKES, STARLING
_____Bohemian Waxwing(1)
_____Cedar Waxwing(1)
_____Northern Shrike(2)
_____Loggerhead Shrike(4)
_____European Starling(1)
VIREOS
_____Solitary Vireo(2)
_____Warbling Vireo(2)
_____Red-eyed Vireo(2)
WARBLERS
_____Tennessee Warbler(5)
_____Orange-crowned Warbler(2)
_____Nashville Warbler(2)
_____Yellow Warbler(1)
_____Yellow-rumped Warbler(1)
_____Black-thr. Green WarblerH
_____Townsend's Warbler(1)
_____Palm Warbler(5)
_____Blackpoll Warbler(5)
_____Black-and-white Warbler(5)
_____American Redstart(2)
_____Ovenbird(5)
_____Northern Waterthrush(4)
_____MacGillivray's Warbler(2)
_____Common Yellowthroat(1)
_____Wilson's Warbler(2)
_____Yellow-breasted Chat(2)
TANAGER
_____Western Tanager(2)
SPARROWS
_____Rose-breasted Grosbeak(4)
_____Black-headed Grosbeak(2)
_____Lazuli Bunting(2)
_____Indigo Bunting(5)
_____Rufous-sided Towhee(1)
_____American Tree Sparrow(3)
_____Chipping Sparrow(1)
_____Clay-colored Sparrow(4)
_____Brewer's Sparrow(2)
_____Vesper Sparrow(1)
_____Lark Sparrow(2)
_____Savannah Sparrow(1)
_____Grasshopper Sparrow(2)
_____Fox Sparrow(2)
_____Song Sparrow(1)
_____Lincoln's Sparrow(2)
_____White-throated Sparrow(4)
_____Swamp Sparrow(5)
_____Golden-crowned Sparrow(4)
_____White-crowned Sparrow(1)
_____Harris' Sparrow(4)
_____Dark-eyed Junco(1)
_____Lapland Longspur(4)
_____Snow Bunting(3)
BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES
_____Bobolink(3)
_____Red-winged Blackbird(1)
_____Western Meadowlark(1)
_____Yellow-headed Blackbird(1)
_____Rusty Blackbird(5)
_____Brewer's Blackbird(1)
_____Brown-headed Cowbird(1)
_____Northern Oriole(2)
FINCHES, WEAVER FINCH
_____Gray-crowned Rosy Finch(4)
_____Pine Grosbeak(3)
_____Purple Finch(5)
_____Cassin's Finch(2)
_____House Finch(1)
_____Red Crossbill(1)
_____White-winged Crossbill(4)
_____Common Redpoll(3)
_____Hoary Redpoll(5)
_____Pine Siskin(1)
_____American Goldfinch(1)
_____Evening Grosbeak(2)
_____House Sparrow(1)


Thank you,

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



Washington Birder
PO Box 191
Moxee, WA 98936