| SKAGIT
RIVER RESORT Birder's Checklist |
Common species found in the Upper Skagit Valley
If you spot and identify other species around the Resort, please report your sighting at the office
and we will make an addition to our list in the table at the bottom of this page.
| Waterfowl species | |
| COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Gadwall Anas strepera Pintail Anas acuta Green-wing Teal Anas crecca Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera American Wigeon Anas americana Shoveler Anas clypeata Wood Duck Aix sponsa |
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME Redhead Aythya americana Ring-necked Duck Aythua collaris Canvasback Aythya valisineria Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Harlequin duck Histrionicus histrionicus Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Common Merganser Mergus merganser |
| Shorebird and waterbird species | |
| COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC
NAME Common Loon Gavia immer Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Western Grebe Aechmorphorus occidentalis Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Marbled murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax aurtius Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Sora Porzana carolina American Coot Fulica americana Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Common Snipe Capella gallinago |
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC
NAME Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri California Gull Larus californicus Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Bonaparte’s Gull Larus philadelphia Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus |
| Game bird species | |
| COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC
NAME Blue Grouse Dendragapus obscurus Spruce Grouse Canachites canadensis Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus |
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC
NAME White-tailed Ptarmigan Lagopus leucurus Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura |
| Raptor species | |
| COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC
NAME Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Osprey Pandion haliaetus Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus Merlin Falco columbarius |
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC
NAME American Kestral Falco sparverius Barn Owl Tyto alba Western Screech Owl Otus kennicottii Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula Northern Pygmy Owl Glaucidium gnoma Barred Owl Strix varia Northern Spotted Owl Strix occidentalis Long-eared Owl Asio otus Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus |
| Songbird and other bird species | |
| COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC
NAME Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Black Swift Cypseloides niger Vaux’s Swift Chaetura vauxi Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Calliope Hummingbird Stellula calliope Common Flicker Colaptes auratus Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus Eastern Kingbird Tryannus tyrannus Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Hammond’s Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii Dusky Flycatcher Empidonax oberholseri Pacific-slope Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus borealis Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stegidopteryx serripennis Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrohonota Gray Jay Perisoreus canadensis Steller’s Jay Cyanocitta stelleri Common Raven Corvus corax American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Clark’s Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli Chestnut-backed Chickadee Poecile rufescens Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis Brown Creeper Certhia americana House Wren Troglodytes aedon Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Bewick’s Wren Thryomanes bewickii Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris American Robin Turdus migratorius Varied Thrush Ixoreus naevius Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus |
COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC
NAME Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides Townsend’s Solitaire Myadestes townsendi Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula American Pipit Anthus rubescens Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus Cedar Waxwing Bombcilla cedrorum European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Hutton’s Vireo Vireo huttoni Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Black-throated Gray Warbler Dendroica nigrescens Townsend’s Warbler Dendroica townsendi MacGillivray’s Warbler Oporornis tolmiei Wilson’s Warbler Wilsonia pusilla Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Bullock’s Oriole Icterus bullockii Brewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes verspertinus Black-headed Grosbeak Pheuticus melanocephalus Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator Gray-crowned Rosy Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Source for tables: Adapted from Brown, 1985, and National Geographic Society, 1999, by Puget Sound Energy, Baker River Relicense, Appendix B |
| Other Sightings | |
| COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC
NAME Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus |
LOCATION, DATE (BY) Field near Marblemount, Jul '94 (D. Huntington) Backyard at Marblemount, Apr '93 (D. Huntington) |