We did the bird tour for the refuge 75th anniversary today. Ten people came out for a great day of birding. We saw/heard 82 great birds. The list follows. I will be doing another trip for WOS on June 28 so check out the field trip page at http://www.wos.org/ for more information.



Canada Goose

Wood Duck

Gadwall

Mallard

Cinnamon Teal*

Ring-necked Duck

Common Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

Ruddy Duck*

Double-crested Cormorant

Pied-billed Grebe*

Turkey Vulture

Osprey

Bald Eagle

Red-tailed Hawk

American Kestrel

Sora

American Coot

Killdeer*

Spotted Sandpiper

Wilson?s Snipe

Mourning Dove

Common Nighthawk

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Calliope Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Western-wood Pewee

Willow Flycatcher

Dusky Flycatcher

Hammond?s Flycatcher

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Say?s Phoebe

Eastern Kingbird

Cassin?s Vireo

Warbleing Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Black-billed Magpie*

Common Raven

Tree Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Bank Swallow

Barn Swallow

Mountain Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Pygmy Nuthatch

House Wren

Pacific Wren

Marsh Wren

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Western Bluebird

Veery

Swainson?s Thrush

Hermit Thrush

American Robin

Varied Thrush

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Orange-crowned Warbler

McGilllivray?s Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Townsend?s Warbler

Chipping Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Dark-eyed Sparrow

Western Tanager

Black-headed Grosbeak

Red-winged Blackbird

Western Meadowlark*

Brown-headed Cowbird

Red Crossbill



*Birds I saw at Horsethief Lake after the field trip



Mike Munts

Colville