April 2024 Monthly Challenge

[Randy]

April is a fun month. Many of our winter species are still around and many of the migrants are on their way through our area. Shorebirds can be found in flooded parts of fields in East Chilliwack and Sumas Prairie. Yellow-rumped Warblers and Hammond's Flycatchers are among the more early arrivals but many others won't be far behind as the month progresses.

Breakdown by year for April

2008 - 140 species recorded
2009 - 134 species recorded
2010 - 146 species recorded
2011 - 140 species recorded
2012 - 153 species recorded
2013 - 157 species recorded
2014 - 144 species recorded
2015 - 142 species recorded
2016 - 133 species recorded
2017 - 137 species recorded
2018 - 126 species recorded
2019 - 138 species recorded
2020 - 147 species recorded
2021 - 144 species recorded
2022 - 155 species recorded
2023 - 144 species recorded

Average species for April - 143

Last updated May 3, 2024

Species seen to date: 146

To view the missing species for the month please click here

Snow Goose
Greater White Fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Sooty Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Virginia Rail
Sora
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
American Bittern
Osprey
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Long-billed Curlew
Wilson's Snipe
Bonaparte's Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared Dove
Mourning Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Vaux's Swift
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Belted kingfisher
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Western Kingbird
Say's Phoebe
Western Wood-Pewee
Hammond's Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Northern Shrike
Cassins Vireo
Canada Jay
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Violet Green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Purple Martin
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
Pacific Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Townsend's Solitaire
Mountain Bluebird
Western Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
European Starling
American Pipit
Nashville Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black-throated Grey Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow

[Randy]

I've started the April list with some species seen from my window today. It was nice to have a male and female pair of pileated woodpeckers - hoping they nest nearby!

[old coot]

Dave and I did our usual trip around "home patch".

Amongst the usual suspects that we saw, was the rare

Mallard, and
Gadwall
Northern Shoveler
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
starlings
Double-crested Cormorant
Red-tailed Hawk
Kestrel
Belted Kingfisher
American Crow
Varied Thrush
House Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
and a first-of-year Turkey Vulture.
There was more, but that is all I can remember now, from the top of my bald head.
Sorry Randy, but we had to go for a drive to Nicomen Island, Seabird Island, work our way back home to see these. ;-) Klaus

[gabi]

Yesterday in Chilliwack
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Sandhill Crane
Greater White-fronted Goose
Canvasback
American Wigeon
Bald Eagle
Greater Yellowlegs

[kenneth2019]

American Wigeon
Canvasback - Jesperson Dyke
Greater Scaup - Harrison Lagoon
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye - Chaplin Road Wetlands
Red-breasted Merganser - Rockwell Drive Harrison
Horned Grebe - Harrison Sasquatch
American Coot
Great Blue Heron
Hairy Woodpecker
Steller's Jay
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch - Yard
Pacific Wren - Harrison Sasquatch
Purple Finch - Yard
Pine Siskin
Savannah Sparrow - Hope Airport
Western Meadowlark - Hope Airport
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Hope Sewage

[expiallyd]

A common loon at Cultus Lake yesterday.
2 red-breasted sapsuckers along Columbia Valley Road.

[Randy]

List is updated, great start everyone! I'm still waiting for my first rufous hummingbird - anyone have one this month yet?

[Bentley]

Downtown Chilliwack
Cackling Goose
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Merlin

[Chris]

Northern Shrike from the Greendale Area

From the Heron Reserve
Bewick's Wren
Brown Creeper

[kenneth2019]

Hope Airport

Mountain Bluebird
Orange-crowned Warbler

[gabi]

Rufous Hummingbird - two of them along Fraser River - near Page Road, Abbotsford
And I flushed a Wilson’s Snipe - that surprised me

(I notice that Sandhill Crane is not yet listed…)

[gabi]

Pair of Mourning Doves this morning along Fraser River on railway tracks

[Bentley]

Canada Jay and Sooty Grouse from Chilliwack Lake this afternoon

[oldfulica]

Some birds this month;

Am. Bittern Wilband
Northern Rough-winged swallows Wilband
19 Ruddy Ducks Mill Lake
Brewers Blackbirds Costco

[Chris]

From Heron Reserve

Ruffed Grouse
Hermit Thrush
Common Yellowthroat

From Cheam
Barrow's Goldeneye

From Fairfield Island
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Short-billed Gull
Evening Grosbeak