February Bird List Challenge

[josterhold]

Hello Birders

I thought I would get the list started for this month since I was out and about this morning and produced a decent list of birds. The farm I was doing a bird survey for was very birdy this morning, with 4 Yellow-rumped warblers and 6 Savannah sparrows being the highlights. I was birding mostly the Sumas Prairie area and then a quick stop, on the way home, at Sardis Park. Also, some of the birds in my yard. Here is this mornings birds:

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

120 species so far, updated on February 25 9:42 pm (edited Mar 9 for American Dipper and May 4 for Anna's Hummingbird)

Let's see how many rare birds we can find this month, as there were quite a few in January.

Good birding,
Jason
Ryder Lake

[Wetlander]

Excellent start Jason ;D
All I can add today from Harrison Lake are
Common Golden-eye
Barrow's Golden-eye
D.C. Commerant

plus driving into work this morning a group of 6 Wood Ducks flew low across the road just before the Hwy7 & Hwy9 intersection.

[josterhold]

Thanks Wetlander!
Also, talked with Denis Knopp today and he found 2 Rough-legged Hawks, 26 Western Meadowlarks and a Tundra Swan.

Jason
Ryder Lake

[butterfly]

Wow, Jason and Kevin, you cornered the birds today! We can add Ring-necked Ducks and Green-winged Teal.

[Gord]

Wow, off to a good start!! Ill add the other ones in a minute here.

Good work guys!

[b1schmor]

Hello birders,

you can add Red-breasted Sapsucker and Purple Finch.

Brent

[josterhold]

Hello Birders

You can add Evening Grosbeaks and Brown-headed Cowbird to the list.

Jason
Ryder Lake

[b1schmor]

Hello birders,

just had a Sharp-shinned Hawk take a Junco at the feeder. Also, saw a Pileated Woodpecker on my run today.

Brent

[butterfly]

Exciting one for us to add, Scott pointed out a Ruddy Duck at the GBHNR lagoon off the bridge today.

[Gord]

Two days in and up to 75 species! Not bad at all!!

I have put January up on the web. The graph will start to look interesting in a few months!

www2.webng.com/FVBirding/

[Dave]

Great work on making the graph, Gord. Good layout with the notable sightings underneath. That Iceland Gull will look pretty good on the list there. ;D

Thanks for all the February sightings so far, everyone! We are off to a great start!

Dave

[b1schmor]

Hello birders,

I had a Canvasback on the Harrison River.

Brent

[Gord]

Mom and Dad had a Mourning Dove at their feeders yesterday.

[josterhold]

Hello Birders
You can add Double-crested Cormorant and Cooper's Hawk to the list.

Jason
Ryder Lake

[b1schmor]

Hello birders,

I think Glaucous Gull has been missed for the February list. Gord has some pictures to prove it.

Brent