October bird list

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October Bird Challange
#Species: 127. Updated: Oct. 31.

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To get this month's list started off...

Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Snow Goose
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal
Lesser Scaup
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Redhead
Long-tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Common Loon
Red-necked Grebe
Horned Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-Shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
Osprey
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Kestrel
Turkey Vulture
Sooty Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Pectoral Sandpiper
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Bonaparte's Gull
Franklin's Gull
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Barn Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted, Yellow-shafted, Red x Yellow-shafted hybrid)
Pileated Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
Warbling Vireo
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
Grey Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Northwestern Crow
American Crow
Common Raven
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bushtit
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
American Dipper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Varied Thrush
American Robin
Hermit Thrush
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon, Slate-coloured)
Western Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Evening Grosbeak
Grey-crowned Rosy-Finch
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

[Wetlander]

Harrison: C. Loon, Ring-billed + Glaucous-winged Gulls, Brewer's Blackbird, Cedar Waxwing, C. Raven.
Home: Greater Yellowlegs, Gold-crowned Sparrow.

[b1schmor]

Hello birders,

I saw a Barred Owl on a wire today while driving to Harrison Mills. Also, the Kestrels are still hunting on Nicomen Island.

Brent Schmor
Harrison Mills

[Gord]

I had an Osprey at Island 22 today.

Good find on the Barred Owl again, Brent!

Stan, good birds from Willband too. Good start to October!

Wetlander, nice you get the yellowlegs so reliably out there.

[steffy]

I spotted a pair of downy woodpeckers in my backyard ( langley ) after work today and a pileated beating the crap out of a dead alder, also in my yard yesterday . He kindly left me half a wheelbarrow of chips, must of been at it quite awhile.

[Jeffar]

had about 20 Bushtits fluttering around in my birch tree yesterday as well as a Spotted Towhee scratching at the leaves in my garden.
also at Royalwood golf course Red Winged Blackbirds By the hundreds in the bullrushes by the 18th green.

[murraybrown]

A Shsrp-shinned Hawk and Osprey along the river this morning.

[butterfly]

Great sightings so far! We can add:
Bald Eagle
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Horned Grebe
Red-tailed Hawk
Turkey Vulture
Hooded Merganser
American Robin
Wood Duck
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

[b1schmor]

Hello birders,

a large flock of Red Crossbills flew over Eagle Point Park today.

Cheers,
Brent Schmor
Harrison Mills

[Gord]

Steffy, enjoyed your description of your woodpeckers! ;D ;D

When I get back, have a few reports to share too.

[Janne]

Here's a few more to add to the list from the Harrison Lagoon area:
Savannah Sparrow

I believe a Greater Scaup rather than a Lesser

Northern Shoveller

Surf Scoter

I believe a Greater White-fronted Goose, a loner among 4 dozen Canadas

Another shot of the GWF Goose

Janne

[Wetlander]

My neighbour Bona tipped me off...
At the end of Limbert Rd. along the gravel section past Cameron Rd. in a cut corn field by the Dyke...
Sandhill Crane - it has hung in a couple of days now.

[Gord]

Janne, good birds. You're right, that's a young white-front goose. The scaup are always tough, but I would say Greater too as the head shape and bill look good. One photo is not good but I feel confident in my thoughts as you thought the same when looking at it in the field. The big amount of white, while never conclusive between the two, does suppoert Greater but only because of the more reliable marks.

[butterfly]

Green Heron
Warbling Vireo
Orange-crowned Warbler
First time this season for us: two Double-crested Cormorants
yesterday Cackling Geese at Sardis Park

[onejay]

Add: Ruffed Grouse