January 2024 - Monthly Challenge

[Randy]

Starting our 17th year of monthly challenges! We're in the middle of winter and a lot of what we see is rather weather dependent. Good places to visit are Sumas Prairie for raptors and gulls if conditions are mild and the fields are wet. Junco flocks can have other kinds of birds mixed in so it's always worth checking them. Maybe El Nino will bring something interesting to us!

Breakdown by year for January

2008 – 113 species recorded
2009 – 104 species recorded
2010 – 99 species recorded
2011 - 116 species recorded
2012 - 102 species recorded
2013 - 108 species recorded
2014 - 116 species recorded
2015 - 117 species recorded
2016 - 106 species recorded
2017 - 91 species recorded
2018 - 103 species recorded
2019 - 118 species recorded
2020 - 96 species recorded
2021 - 97 species recorded
2022 - 110 species recorded
2023 - 110 species recorded

Average species for January 107

Last updated January 30, 2024

Species seen to date 113

To view a list of missing species for the month, click here.

Cackling Goose
Canada 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
Ruddy Duck
Surf Scoter
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Harrier
Turkey Vulture
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Kestrel
American Coot
Killdeer
Glaucous-winged Gull
Short-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Iceland Gull
Barred Owl
Great Horned Owl
Long-eared Owl
Northern Pygmy-owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Western Screech-owl
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
Steller's Jay
Canada Jay
California Scrub-jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-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
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
American Pipit
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Red Crossbill
Pine Grosbeak
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow

[Randy]

The first monthly challenge of 2024 has been started! I added some species from birding around Abbotsford with Chris yesterday and from my place. Highlights were:

1. 3 marsh wrens at Willband
2. 4 Yellow-rumped warblers at Matsqui Trail/Page Road
3. White-throated sparrow under my feeder
4. 5 male Eurasian wigeons at Willband

[Chris]

Barrow's Goldeneye from Cheam yesterday.

Did a snowshoe across from Needle Peak today with two non-birders and did see one Pine Grosbeak.

[kenneth2019]

Gadwall - Rosedale Ferry Rd
Redhead - Silver Lake
Lesser Scaup - Silver Lake
Common Goldeneye - Kawkawa Lake
Common Loon - Kawkawa Lake
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Yard
Varied Thrush - Yard
Fox Sparrow - Lickman Rd
Golden-crowned Sparrow - GBHNR

[Randy]

List is updated. Good start! I also added hairy woodpecker, which is a regular in my yard.

[ed]

Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Harrier,
Peregrine Falcon
White-breasted Nuthatch
Harris’s Sparrow
American Dipper

[Chris]

Greater Scaup
Northern Shoveler
Wood Duck
Short-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Steller's Jay

[Randy]

I updated the list and added Pileated Woodpecker from my yard today.

[Harrier]

I saw a Swamp Sparrow at Cheam Wetlands today.

[expiallyd]

Red-breasted sapsucker in my Abbotsford yeard this morning.

[kenneth2019]

Common Redpoll    - Hope Airport
House Sparrow      -  Hope

[Chris]

Cedar Waxwing from the yard this morning

[ed]

Horned Lark on Banford Rd

[Chris]

Barred Owl from Island 22 yesterday
Red-breasted Sapsucker from Berkley Park
American Robin from a few locations

[ed]

Canada Jay
Scrub Jay