Point Wilson the year of 2008

This list is the maximum number of the individual species of bird seen in
one day. With the date of the highest count of the species in the year of
2008 a total of 264 days of observation. Conformation of species is done
through digital images. If I can't identify the species from my image I will
not enter it on this list. I am primarily a wildlife photographer who lives
near one of the best birding areas in Washington. One of the many nice
things about digital SLR cameras is the recording of meta data, which
consists of date, time and camera settings. Through archiving I can easily
retrieve all of this information. The time spent in observation each day
ranged from two hours to six hours. A total of 114 species were identified
by me at Point Wilson in 2008. With the start of 2009 I am in my third year
of this project at Point Wilson. I don't think this project will end until I
can no longer travel the eight miles from my house to the point. Hopefully
that will be many years from now.

Species common name highest number counted month day



Common Loon 3, 2-12

Pacific Loon 42, 1-1

Red-throated Loon 21, 12-18

Yellow-billed Loon 2, 11-15

Western Grebe 2, 11-8

Red-necked Grebe 5, 11-1

Horned Grebe 8, 11-28

Brown Pelican 12, 6-25

Pelagic Cormorant 15, 11-5

Double-crested Cormorant 31, 11-5

Brandt's Cormorant 8, 10-14

Common Murre 4160, 2-25

Pigeon Guillemot 17, 11-20

Tufted Puffin 1, 7-11

Rhinoceros Auklet 481, 7-11

Marbled Murrelet 27, 12-16

Ancient Murrelet 1130, 1-1

Heermann's Gull 63, 7-30

Glaucous-winged Gull 34, 11-5

Glaucous-winged Gull hybrid 61, 11-5

Western Gull 3, 8-11

Herring Gull 2, 8-18

Mew Gull 52, 11-5

California Gull 3, 8-1

Ring-billed Gull 1, 8-7

Bonaparte's Gull 24, 10-27

Caspian Tern 8, 7-16

Trumpeter Swan 3, 12-19

Canada Goose Greater 34, 11-13

Canada Goose Lesser 21, 10-16

Greater White-fronted Goose 17, 10-14

Black Brant 41, 11-4

Mallard 12, 11-14

Northern Shoveler 18, 9-1

Gadwall 2, 12-4

Northern Pintail 18, 8-28

American Wigeon 3, 12-20

Green-winged Teal 19, 12-19

Surf Scoter 28, 11-20

White-winged Scoter 22, 12-17

Black Scoter 1, 11-24

Ring-necked pheasant 1, 4-14

Harlequin Duck 14, 12-16

Long-tailed Duck 5, 12-16

Lesser Scaup 2, 11-5

Greater Scaup 4, 2-25

Ringed-neck Duck 3, 11-18

Bufflehead 12, 1-12

Barrow's Goldeneye 8, 11-10

Common Goldeneye 4, 11-15

Red-breasted Merganser 22, 2-15

Great Blue Heron 1, 3-18

Black Oystercatcher 5, 11-15

Black-bellied Plover 8, 3-29

Killdeer 6, 12-16

Red-necked Phalarope 21, 8-30

Sanderling 120, 11-4

Dunlin 80, 10-21

Surfbird 1, 8-26

Black Turnstone 1, 12-3

Whimbrel 5, 4-21

Turkey Vulture 6, 4-21

Northern Harrier 2, 12-15

Red-tailed Hawk 1, 9-26

Cooper's Hawk 1, 9-26

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, 4-20

Peregrine Falcon 1, 1-1

American Kestrel 1, 7-14

Bald Eagle 3, 12-29

Osprey 1, 8-4

Belted Kingfisher 1, 8-2

Rock Dove 21, 9-5

Morning Dove 3, 10-5

Rufous Hummingbird 2, 6-2

Vaux's Swift 1, 4-19

Barn Swallow 5, 8-23

Cliff Swallow 8, 6-5

Tree Swallow 2, 6-9

Violet-green Swallow 5, 6-13

Purple Martin 2, 6-30

Northern Flicker 1, 6-1

Western Kingbird 1, 4-27

American Pipit 1, 11-8

Bushtit 8, 1-21

House Wren 1, 12-18

Marsh Wren 1, 2-10

Golden-crowned Kinglet 14, 1-8

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3, 4-17

European Starling 18, 9-5

American Crow 8, 4-12

Common Raven 2, 7-12

Steller's Jay 1, 7-12

Townsend Solitaire 2, 4-22

Black-capped Chickadee 1, 4-24

Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3, 4-20

American Robin 12, 4-20

Yellow-rumped Warbler 86, 4-26

Orange-crowned warbler 4, 4-26

Yellow Warbler 2, 4-22

Brown-headed Cowbird 3, 4-25

Red-winged Blackbird 5, 4-18

Western Meadowlark 1, 12-18

Western Tanager 2, 4-19

White-crowned Sparrow 6, 4-22

Golden-crowned Sparrow 5, 12-28

Song Sparrow 3, 12-18

Savannah Sparrow 4, 4-20

White-throated Sparrow 1, 12-29

Dark-eyed Junco 11, 4-20

Spotted Towhee 3, 4-25

House Finch 28, 10-2

Pine Siskin 31, 10-11

American Goldfinch 22, 4-20

House Sparrow 8, 8-15





















Bob Whitney

Port Townsend, WA

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