March Bird List Challenge

[Gord]

March Bird List:

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


124 Species as of April 1 10:41

[Wetlander]

I've been stuck close to home as well. But can add
Trumpeter Swan
Bufflehead
Green-winged Teal
Common Merganser
Glacous-winged Gull
Kildeer
Red-Tailed Hawk
Northern Flicker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Rock Pigeon
Stellar Jay
Red-winged Blackbird
Spotted Towhee
Song Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Gold-crowned Sparrow
Pine Siskin

[deb&tony]

Please add:

Evening Grosbeak
Hairy Woodpecker
Chestnut-Backed Chickadee
Red Crossbills
Red-Breasted Nuthatch
and
White-Breasted Nuthatch


Deb

[butterfly]

Good start with Deb's, Gord's and Kevin's sightings and we can add:
Bewick's Wren
Double-crested Cormorant
Pied-billed Grebe
Golden Eagle
Belted Kingfisher
Great Blue Heron
All at the GBHNR today March 2 2008

[Dave]

Hello Birders,

I have compiled these lists, please edit to ensure I did not forget any of your sightings. (I also added a couple of my own). Let me know if something is missing!

Dave

[b1schmor]

Hello birders,

these can be added from ramblings around Harrison Mills today: Common Loon, Purple Finch, Winter Wren, and Northern Pintail. Also, there is a stunning Dark-morph Red-tailed Hawk frequenting our neighbourhood. I thought I had a real rarity until it flew and I had a brief look at its red tail.

Brent Schmor
Harrison Mills

[Wetlander]

Usual gang at our place, but 10:30pm the Nor. Saw-whet Owl was calling from Hopyard Mtn. I haven't heard it in a couple of weeks.

[oldfulica]

American Kestrel-Sumas Prairie- for the list

[oldfulica]

Hi Bruce and Joanne
The report of the Golden Eagle is a great sighting. Can you tell me what the GBHNR is and where it is located? I wouldn't mind trying to locate this rarity.
Thanks

[neepgrin]

GBHNR = Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve. Off Keith Wilson Rd. Not alot of foliage, so good time to see the nest building in operation.

[butterfly]

Hey Len;
We've only seen the Golden Eagle twice at the Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve in a year. You can see the photo of it on our last journal March 2 on our website. The Reserve is at the end of Sumas Prairie turn off from Keith Wilson Road.
We saw the Golden Eagle fly over both times near the Salwein Creek Loop.
Just ask at the Interpretive Centre and they will point you in the right direction.
We've enjoyed all your posts.
Regards Bruce and Joanne

[Wetlander]

Back to work after a week off with the flu...
And got another lifer!!!
In the lagoon at Harrison -- 2 Ruddy Ducks!!!
Also a male Canvasback and some Am. Coots in with the usual gang (Mallards, Buffleheads, Widgeons, Scaups and Ringed-necks).
p.s. Congrats Bruce & Joanne on the Golden Eagle! I'm going to try during lambing season on Seabird Island. Apparently they show up sometimes with the Bald Eagles to scavange the stillborns & afterbirth.

[deb&tony]

Hi-
Just saw a Brown Creeper on our property.


Deb

[oldfulica]

Thanks Neepgrin and Bruce and Joanne. I was out that way yesterday. Too bad I didn't know of the location then. I will keep my eyes open next time I am out that way.

[ed]

I spent an enjoyable day in the mountains of Manning Park today. Lots of Red Crossbills and Siskins, but no White-winged Crossbills. I did see Mountain Chickadee, Cassin's finch and Pine Grosbeaks. The hills were alive with birds!