March 2021 Monthly Challenge

[Randy]

March is definitely the kick-off for Spring Migration in the Fraser Valley. While we usually get our first spring swallows in late February, more start to show up as the month of March progresses. Mountain Bluebirds and Say's Phoebe are eagerly awaited and do show up in March. Rufous Hummingbirds also return sometime in March. Good places to bird during this time, especially to see a bluebird, is the Hope Airport and Columbia Valley

Breakdown by year for March

2008 – 123 species recorded
2009 – 107 species recorded
2010 – 110 species recorded
2011 - 117 species recorded
2012 - 107 species recorded
2013 - 123 species recorded
2014 - 117 species recorded
2015 - 125 species recorded
2016 - 115 species recorded
2017 - 103 species recorded
2018 - 115 species recorded
2019 - 127 species recorded
2020 - 115 species recorded

Average species for March: 116

To view the missing species for the month please click here

Last updated April 5, 2021

Species seen to date 113

Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Mallard
Gadwall
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Canvasback
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Spruce Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
Sooty Grouse
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
American Bittern
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Merlin
American Kestrel
American Coot
Wilson's Snipe
Killdeer
Glaucous-winged Gull
Herring Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Mew Gull
California Gull
Thayer's Gull
Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Northern Pygmy Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Western Screech Owl
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Northern Shrike
Say's Phoebe
Steller's Jay
Northwestern/American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bushtit
Brown Creeper
Pacific Wren
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
American Dipper
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
Horned Lark
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow

[nickinthegarden]

Canada Goose
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Bufflehead
Anna's Hummingbird
Glaucous-winged Gull
Bald Eagles
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
American Robin
Dark-eyed Junco
Song Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Pine Siskin
Steller's Jay

[graeme45]

After a successful trip to Elgin Park to see the Yellow-billed Loon I got some Fraser Valley species for March:

Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Cackling Goose
American Crow
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Brewer's Blackbird

[gabi]

Small park in Abbotsford:
Bewick’s Wren
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
House Sparrow
European Starling

[Randy]

List updated. I added some from my place - hairy woodpecker, green-winged teal, and hooded merganser.

[nickinthegarden]

From Fishtrap Creek Park
Wood duck
Northern Shoveler
Common Merganser
Bushtit
Golden-crowned Kinglet

[dpeppar]

Lots of A. Coots on Mill lake

[janice]

From Mill Lake this morning you can add
lesser scaup
pied-billed grebe
ruby-crowned kinglet
house finch
glaucous-winged gull
and I was encouraged to find 7 ruddy ducks!

Then from our farm--
common raven
red-breasted nuthatch
ring-necked duck

[Harrier]

There was a small group of Greater white-fronted geese at Sardis Park today.

[Ben]

Mar 3, 2021 20:41:08 GMT -8 Harrier said:

There was a small group of Greater white-fronted geese at Sardis Park today.

Were there 8 of them perhaps? It seems like it's always the same group of 8

[josterhold]

Can add Northern Shrike from Banford Rd. and Purple Finch from the yard. Also a couple Double-crested Cormorants were seen at McDonald Park.

Jason O.

[oldfulica]

2 Canvasbacks at Wilband Mar 2.

[Harrier]

I had a Ruffed Grouse on Vedder Mountain today.

[gabi]

Sumas River:
Killdeer
Belted Kingfisher
Common Goldeneye
Peregrin Falcon (Quarry)
Great Blue Heron (more nest building at McDonald Park)

[Ben]

Maybe it would be a good idea to replace the links that go to a somewhat sketchy fraservallybirding site with ones that go to the wayback machine.

Eg: Hope Airport: web.archive.org/web/20200812064600/http://www.fraservalleybirding.com/Site%20Guide/Hope%20Airport/Hope%20Airport.htm