December Bird List Challenge

[butterfly]

Wishing everyone a special sighting for this season:

November Bird Challenge
Species: 107 . Updated: Dec 31

Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Snow Goose
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Eurasian Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Redhead
Canvasback
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ring-necked Pheasant
Ruffed Grouse
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Bald Eagle
Merlin
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Gyrfalcon
American Coot
Killdeer
Wilson's Snipe
Dunlin
Mew Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Western Gull
Rock Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Anna's Hummingbird
Northern Shrike
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
Winter Wren
American Dipper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Varied Thrush
American Robin
Hermit Thrush
American Pipit
European Starling
Bohemian Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-headed Grosbeak
Spotted Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Western Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

[ed]

A drive through Sumas Prairie produced these birds yeserday, Dec 1st.
3 Northern Shrikes(3 locations), an American Kestrel, a Coopers Hawk, a kingfisher, Bald Eagles, Red-tailed Hawk, a Marsh Wren and at Cole and Wellsline Road intersect, 7 Eurasion Collared-Doves. A probable Western Gull at Angus Cambell Rd, (clean looking head). Also at the flooded Whatcom Rd field, a Eurasion Widgeon amongst the American Widgeons, and 5 Sandpiper flew in, probable (but not confirmed) Westerns(too distant for binoculars).
In Chilliwack, a Peregrine Falcon was observed hunting.

[Bill]

From my office window - Northern Harrier. Better get back to work!!

[tmanson]

In Hope today: a Pileated Woodpecker on the Sucker Creek Trail; a flock of Evening Grosbeaks, in the Kawkawa Lake subdivision. Cheers, Thor

Thor Manson
Hope, B.C.

[Jeffar]

at my feeder:

house sparrow
white crowned sparrow
golden crowned sparrow
song sparrow
downy woodpecker
northern flicker
spotted towhee
european starling
bushtit
black capped chickadee
chestnut backed chickade

it's already on the list but my coopers hawk is still a regular visitor as well as 2 slate coloured juncos

[Bill]

Great Horned Owl at Cheam Lake.

Bill

[Wetlander]

At home: Gadwalls, Fox Sparrow.
At Harrison: Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, Common Merganser, Winter Wren, Am. Dipper.

[deb&tony]

At home- Red-breasted Nuthatch
Hairy Woodpecker
Purple Finch





Deb

[Wetlander]

This afternoon in Harrison, 7 Gold-crowned Kinglets with a few CB Chickadees. In the Lagoon: a Redhead and a few Hooded and Common Mergansers, with the scaups, widgeons and buffles...

[Deleted]

At our feeders -- Pine Siskins

Stan

[cwjury]

Today had american goldfinch at fdr. Should point out we have several flocks in the Abbotsford area every winter.

Cliff
Backyard Birding Stores

[Gord]

Added the White-throated Sparrow that is still at my parent's feeders.

Cliff, always nice to run into winter Am. goldfinches.

Nice Redhead Wetlander!

Deb, was hoping to see Blue Jay in your list. Guess it moved on. When was the last sighting date?

[deb&tony]

Hi Gord-
The Blue Jay was here from October 18 to the 22nd (inclusive). With the amount of caching he was doing, I thought he would surely spend the winter. Don't know what happened to him

Deb

[Gord]

Bummer, Deb. Hope he shows back up!

Adding Snow Goose from Island 22 over a week ago as well as the sightings from Sumas Prairie recently.

Also I have Green Heron which a friend has been seeing in the Hope Slough earlier this month as well as in November (added to November's list).

[kastern]

Add my Pine Grosbeak and also the Northern Pygmy Owl if there isn't already one on the list.

Kathy