JAN. 09 - Bird List Challenge

[Wetlander]

January 2009 Bird List Challenge
To a Great New Year and lots of free time to get out birding!!!

Total Species: 105
Updated: Feb 1

Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Greater White-fronted Goose
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Mallard
Gadwall
Northern Pintail
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Northern Shoveler
Cinnamon Teal
Green-winged Teal
Wood Duck
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Double-crested Cormorant
Horned Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Virginia Rail
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-tailed Hawk (inc. Harlan's Hawk)
Rough-legged Hawk
Golden Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Merlin
American Kestrel
Mew Gull
Herring Gull
Thayer's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Western Gull
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Ring-necked Pheasant
Rock Pigeon
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Western Screech-Owl
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Anna's Hummingbird
Northern Shrike
Grey Jay
Stellar's Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Northwestern Crow
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bushtit
American Dipper
Winter Wren
Bewick's Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Bohemian Waxwing
European Starling
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Townsend's Solitaire
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (including Slate-coloured subspecies)
Western Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Grosbeak
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow

[neepgrin]

Please add a Cooper's Hawk seen on Chilliwack Central on Jan 1/09 and Western Meadowlarks sighted today on Chapman Rd @ Camp River Rd feeding corn from remaining stalks, along with some N. Flickers

Thanks

[b1schmor]

Hello birders,

here are some birds to add to the list from Mission.

Virginia Rail
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Gadwall
Hairy Woodpecker
American Dipper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Rock Pigeon
European Starling
Brown Creeper
Common Merganser
Winter Wren
Northwestern Crow
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Double-crested Cormorant
Glaucous-winged Gull

At Harrison Mills
Red-breasted Sapsucker

[JeffOver]

Please add Rough-legged Hawk--Prest Rd and #1 area.

Thanks,

J.O.

[onejay]

Add: Northern Pygmy-Owl (Photo in Photo Gallery)

[ed]

The Harris's Sparrow at my feeder was last seen on Jan 1st, but I haven't had quality time to observe since then, so it may still be around, as it was showing up occasionally everyday from the 24th Dec. to Jan 1st. Three Ringed-necked Pheasants were seen today in Sumas Prairie and a spectacular Merlin on the hunt flying at dizzying speeds!

[Deleted]

You can add Red-breasted Nuthatch and Pine Siskin from my yard today.

This morning this neat little bird flew into a viburnum bush outside my window and began eating berries.

So please add Townsend's Solitaire to the January list also.






Townsend's Solitaire becomes another species for count week for the Abbotsford-Mission Christmas Bird Count, and my 91st yard species.

Stan Olson
Abbotsford

[Bill]

Bohemian Waxwing ;D - Castleman Rd.

[Janne Perrin]

Nice photo of the Townsend's Solitaire, Stan.

This is my backyard list for January so far (number in brackets is the largest group observed at once). My property is a single lot located adjacent to the Miami River:
Green-winged Teal 4
American Wigeon 1
Mallard 30
Hooded Merganser 4
Bald Eagle 1 (eying the mallards for lunch but didn't catch any)
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Steller's Jay 6
Northwestern Crow 2
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4
Bushtit 15 (all over the suet feeders)
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Varied Thrush 6
European Starling 4
Spotted Towhee 4
Song Sparrow 8
Dark-eyed Junco 9 (numbers way down from December when there was 20 to 30 each Project Feeder Watch count)
Purple Finch 2
House Finch 4
Pine Siskin 20 (all over the Niger feeder)
Evening Grosbeak 8 (love black oil sunflowers)
In addition one EASTERN GREY SQUIRREL, a new resident who fell out of the Red Alder when attempting to jump to a Cottonwood tree while carrying a (cone) in its mouth and one DOUGLAS SQUIRREL who peeked at me from the Big-leafed Maple waiting for peanuts when I cleared the snow this morning.
Here photo of the Bald Eagle

and the Douglas's Squirrel


If I include birds seen on walks to the village for coffee, exercise and the mail I can add:
Great Blue Heron
Wood Duck
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Common Merganser
American Coot
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
American Dipper
Golden-crowned Kinglets
American Robin
House sparrow

Janne Perrin
Harrison Hot Springs

[Janne]

At 2:30 PM with the heavy rain not abating, cabin fever got the better of me so walked Spring Park, the lagoon and lake front. It was worthwhile as I saw a Double-crested Cormorant on the ice in the Miami River at Spring Park, six Trumpeter Swans at the mouth of the River and a lone Glaucous-winged Gull to add to my January list.
Janne Perrin
Harrison Hot Springs

[Janne]

Walked again today in a driving rain but it was rewarding. At Spring Park a GC Kinglet landed within two inches of my face that I had inserted into the foliage of a WR Cedar. Hard to photograph anything in the rain but I caught the beautiful yellow of its head in this shot:
At the mouth of the Miami on the lake the usual male Common Goldeneye and the 2 female Bufflehead were diving. This is the C. Goldeneye:
On the ice there today were 2 juvenile Double-crested Cormorants. One spooked into the water but soon returned. They remained there for the 20 minutes I hung around.
An American Dipper bobbed and dived just under the bridge that crosses the mouth of the Miami River:
I forgot to report the 30 Canada Geese that flew in yesterday about 4 PM. Most were still there today. There were also a gull with dark-tipped wings but it was to far away to say if it was a Mew, a Ring-billed or a California. My best guess is a Mew.
A Bald Eagle took a pass at the large flock of Lesser Scaup. That may be why they had panicked earlier when the Glaucous-winged Gull flew over them.

Janne Perrin
Harrison Hot Springs

[neepgrin]

Pls add 3 Northern Pintail, 4 Northern Shoveller and a 1 Cinnamon Teal seen today in the flooded fields on Gibson Rd

Thanks

[murraybrown]

Jan. 9th I had a Savannah Sparrow, Northern Shrike, and Slate-colored D.E. Junco in the back yard.
I believe the sparrow and junco are returnees from last winter.

Murray Brown
Agassiz

[Gord]

Keep them coming! January 2008 tallied 113 species so we have a little ways to go yet to beat the record.

Added a pair of Eurasian Wigeon from Greendale and a Screech-owl from Island 22 earlier in the month (have photos to share when I get a chance!)

I havnt been able to see any Tundra Swans among the few swan flocks Ive investigated. Sure there are some in Kilby area. Bill will no doubt get some new species when he visits Manning later this month (no pressure! ;D )

[murraybrown]

Yesterday the 14th, two Horned Grebes were on Harrison Lake.
A single Bohemian Waxwing flew into the back yard this morning.

Murray Brown,
Agassiz