Post by josterhold on Apr 30, 2006 22:02:55 GMT -8
hello birders
denis knopp and i did a full day of birding today, april 30, which we do every year the last few days of april in the chilliwack area. we had quite a good day and tallied 95 species. we arrived at cultus lake at 6:45am and ended the day at leary park at 8:30pm. the ryder lake area, part of chilliwack river and chilliwack lake road, chilliwack bench road, fairfield island, vedder canal, cook's marsh and every where in between were covered. here is a list of the species seen.
common loon
red-necked grebe
pied-billed grebe
double-crested cormorant
american bittern
great-blue heron
canada goose
wood duck
mallard
northern pintail
gadwall
american wigeon
northern shoveler
cinnamon teal
green-winged teal
lesser scaup
greater scaup
ring-necked duck
canvasback
harlequin duck
common goldeneye
bufflehead
common merganser
hooded merganser
turkey vulture
cooper's hawk
red-tailed hawk
bald eagle
peregrine falcon
ruffed grouse
blue grouse
american coot
killdeer
greater yellowlegs
western sandpiper
least sandpiper
wilson's snipe
bonaparte's gull
mew gull
ring-billed gull
california gull
glaucous-winged gull
rock pigeon
band-tailed pigeon
barred owl
belted kingfisher
vaux's swift
rufous hummingbird
northern flicker
downy woodpecker
hairy woodpecker
pileated woodpecker
red-breasted sapsucker
dusky flycatcher
pacific-sloped flycatcher
steller's jay
northwestern crow
common raven
tree swallow
violet-green swallow
northern rough-winged swallow
barn swallow
cliff swallow
black-capped chickadee
chestnut-backed chickadee
bushtit
red-breasted nuthatch
marsh wren
winter wren
golden-crowned kinglet
ruby-crowned kinglet
townsend's solitaire
varied thrush
american robin
hermit thrush
orange-crowned warbler
yellow-rumped warbler
common yellowthroat
wilson's warbler
spotted towhee
savannah sparrow
song sparrow
lincoln's sparrow
dark-eyed junco
white-crowned sparrow
golden-crowned sparrow
red-winged blackbird
brewer's blackbird
brown-headed cowbird
red crossbill
evening grosbeak
house finch
purple finch
american goldfinch
house sparrow
happy birding,
jason
ryder lake,bc
denis knopp and i did a full day of birding today, april 30, which we do every year the last few days of april in the chilliwack area. we had quite a good day and tallied 95 species. we arrived at cultus lake at 6:45am and ended the day at leary park at 8:30pm. the ryder lake area, part of chilliwack river and chilliwack lake road, chilliwack bench road, fairfield island, vedder canal, cook's marsh and every where in between were covered. here is a list of the species seen.
common loon
red-necked grebe
pied-billed grebe
double-crested cormorant
american bittern
great-blue heron
canada goose
wood duck
mallard
northern pintail
gadwall
american wigeon
northern shoveler
cinnamon teal
green-winged teal
lesser scaup
greater scaup
ring-necked duck
canvasback
harlequin duck
common goldeneye
bufflehead
common merganser
hooded merganser
turkey vulture
cooper's hawk
red-tailed hawk
bald eagle
peregrine falcon
ruffed grouse
blue grouse
american coot
killdeer
greater yellowlegs
western sandpiper
least sandpiper
wilson's snipe
bonaparte's gull
mew gull
ring-billed gull
california gull
glaucous-winged gull
rock pigeon
band-tailed pigeon
barred owl
belted kingfisher
vaux's swift
rufous hummingbird
northern flicker
downy woodpecker
hairy woodpecker
pileated woodpecker
red-breasted sapsucker
dusky flycatcher
pacific-sloped flycatcher
steller's jay
northwestern crow
common raven
tree swallow
violet-green swallow
northern rough-winged swallow
barn swallow
cliff swallow
black-capped chickadee
chestnut-backed chickadee
bushtit
red-breasted nuthatch
marsh wren
winter wren
golden-crowned kinglet
ruby-crowned kinglet
townsend's solitaire
varied thrush
american robin
hermit thrush
orange-crowned warbler
yellow-rumped warbler
common yellowthroat
wilson's warbler
spotted towhee
savannah sparrow
song sparrow
lincoln's sparrow
dark-eyed junco
white-crowned sparrow
golden-crowned sparrow
red-winged blackbird
brewer's blackbird
brown-headed cowbird
red crossbill
evening grosbeak
house finch
purple finch
american goldfinch
house sparrow
happy birding,
jason
ryder lake,bc