February 2021 Monthly Challenge

[Harrier]

Great Backyard Bird Count occurs this month and runs from February 12-15. The first potential signs of migration occurs in February. Gulls, such as Mew, California and Ring-billed will be moving through the area towards the end of the month. The Great Blue Heron Reserve offers great opportunities to see waterfowl, songbirds and many other species. A drive through Sumas Prairie can be very rewarding especially with raptors such as a Golden Eagle.

Breakdown by year for February

2008 – 119 species recorded
2009 – 106 species recorded
2010 – 103 species recorded
2011 - 112 species recorded
2012 - 104 species recorded
2013 - 106 species recorded
2014 - 120 species recorded
2015 - 103 species recorded
2016 - 112 species recorded
2017 - 123 species recorded
2018 - 107 species recorded
2019 - 104 species recorded
2020 - 106 species recorded

Average species for February 110

Last updated March 3, 2021

Species seen to date 109


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Cackling goose
Canada goose
Greater white-fronted goose
Snow goose
Trumpeter swan
Tundra swan
Wood duck
Eurasian Wigeon
American wigeon
Mallard
Gadwall
Northern shoveler
Northern pintail
Green-winged teal
Ring-necked duck
Canvasback
Redhead
Lesser scaup
Greater scaup
Bufflehead
Common goldeneye
Barrow's goldeneye
Hooded merganser
Common merganser
Red-breasted merganser
Ruddy Duck
Ring-necked pheasant
Ruffed grouse
Horned grebe
Pied-billed grebe
Double-crested cormorant
Great blue heron
Bald eagle
Golden eagle
Red-tailed hawk
Rough-legged hawk
Sharp-shinned hawk
Cooper's hawk
Northern Harrier
Merlin
American kestrel
Gyrfalcon
Prairie falcon
Peregrine falcon
American coot
Wilson's snipe
Killdeer
California gull
Ring-billed gull
Mew gull
Herring gull
Glaucous-winged gull
Glaucous gull
Iceland gull
Barn owl
Barred owl
Great-horned owl
Northern pygmy owl
Anna's hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian collared dove
Red-breasted sapsucker
Pileated woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern flicker
Northern shrike
Stellar's jay
Canada jay
American crow
Common raven
Horned lark
Black-capped chickadee
Chestnut-backed chickadee
Red-breasted nuthatch
Bushtit
Brown creeper
Marsh wren
Pacific wren
Bewick's wren
American dipper
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Golden-crowned kinglet
American robin
Varied thrush
European starling
American pipit
Lapland longspur
Spotted towhee
Orange-crowned warbler
Song sparrow
Fox sparrow
Lincoln's sparrow
White-throated sparrow
White-crowned sparrow
Golden-crowned sparrow
Dark-eyed junco
Western meadowlark
Brewer's blackbird
Red-winged blackbird
Pine grosbeak
Pine siskin
Purple finch
House finch
American goldfinch
Evening grosbeak
House sparrow

[imperialbirders]

We have a flock of male Red-winged Blackbirds visiting our backyard today. A friend of mine has a Barn Owl in his hay barn chasing starlings Thursday.

[graeme45]

Bufflehead
Canada Goose
Dark-eyed Junco
Anna's Hummingbird
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Trumpeter Swan
Mallard
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Ring-necked Duck
American Coot
Rock Pigeon
Song Sparrow
Northwestern/American Crow
House Sparrow

[Ben]

Cackling Goose,
Pintail,
GW Teal,
GW Gull,
Common Raven
GB Heron

[ed]

One Pine Grosbeak at Northbend and Evening Grosbeaks in Columbia Valley

[Ben]

Golden Eagle and House Finch in Sardis

[Harrier]

From Sardis:
Pine Siskin
American goldfinch

From Vedder Mountain:
Pacific wren
Golden-crowned kinglet
Black-capped chickadee

From Chilliwack:
American robin
American kestrel
Red-tailed Hawk

From Sasquatch Resort/Chehalis:
Stellar's jay
Belted kingfisher

[Ben]

Greater WF Geese at Sardis Park

[birder1942]

Orange-Crowned Warbler at Fishtrap
Ring-necked Pheasant on Sumas Prairie (Cole Rd)
John vooys

[imperialbirders]

Backyard birds this week
Sharp shinned Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Pileated Woodpeckers
Downy Woodpeckers
Hairy Woodpeckers
Northern Flickers
Chestnut backed Chickadees
Varied Thrushes
Spotted Towhees

[kenneth2019]

Ring-necked duck and Ruby-crowned Kinglet at Hope sewage lagoons.

[Ben]

Common Goldeneye
Lesser Scaup
Double-crested Cormorant

[graeme45]

Brewer's Blackbirds at Costco

[gabi]

Bewick’s Wren (Matsqui - Paige Road)
Golden-crowned Sparrow - Abbotsford
Fox Sparrow - Willband
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Willband
Northern Shrike - Matsqui

[Chris]

My parents had a Canvasback in the Hope Slough