Report for January
First off, I want to say thank you to everyone who has gone out and found birds. This month has been such a mix of weather, but still we have done great. In comparison, last year we only had 1383 observations, and 177 species, with 2019 having 999 observations and 179 species. This year we have 3792 observations and 211 species.
I know we fell short of the 4000 milestone this month, but perhaps we can get 4000 observations for the month of February. I feel that we are already going to blow 2020 out of the water when it comes to birding.
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Below is a list of the species found for the first time this year sorted by day.
January 1st
Black Turnstone
American Crow
Pine Siskin
Dark-eyed Junco
House Sparrow
Northern Flicker
Black-capped Chickadee
Western Gull
Coopers Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Tundra Swan
Mallard
Blue Jay
American Robin
House Finch
Olympic Gull (H)
Feruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Bufflehead
Ring-necked Duck
White-crowned Sparrow
European Starling
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Lesser Goldfinch
Surfbird
California Scrub-Jay
Northern Shoveler
Downy Woodpecker
Wild Turkey
California Quail
Rock Pigeon
Red-necked Grebe
Brandt’s Cormorant
Iceland Gull
Yellow-billed Loon
American Kestrel
Golden Eagle
Anna’s Hummingbird
Trumpeter Swan
Green-winged Teal
Common Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Greater White-fronted Goose
Canvasback
Horned Lark
Song Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Great-tailed Grackle
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Pygmy Owl
Wilson’s Snipe
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
American Goldfinch
American Tree Sparrow
Eurasian Wigeon
January 2nd
Mourning Dove
Bushtit
Mountain Chickadee
Chukar
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Bewick’s Wren
Steller’s Jay
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
Great Egret
Varied Thrush
January 3rd
Common Merganser
American Coot
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Prairie Falcon
Barred Owl
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Loon
Merlin
Black Oystercatcher
Great Blue Heron
Bald Eagle
Northern Pintail
Hooded Merganser
Brown Creeper
Common Raven
Canada Jay
Rusty Blackbird
Brewers Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
White-breasted Nuthatch
Wrentit
Great Horned Owl
Short-eared Owl
Barn Owl
Osprey
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Pacific Wren
American Wigeon
Hairy Woodpecker
January 4th
Canada Goose
Cackling Goose
Red-shouldered Hawk
Wood Duck
Cedar Waxwing
American Dipper
Fox Sparrow
Northern Harrier
January 5th
Eurasain Collared-Dove
Western Bluebird
Dunlin
Pelagic Cormorant
Marsh Wren
Western Meadowlark
American Pipit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Say’s Phoebe
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Western Screech Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red Phalarope
Snowy Plover
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Cinnamon Teal
January 6th
Pied-billed Grebe
Harris’s Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
January 7th
Red-naped Sapsucker
Gadwall
Belted Kingfisher
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Black Phoebe
Spotted Sandpiper
Snow Goose
January 8th
Surf Scoter
Sanderling
Long-billed Dowitcher
Red-throated Loon
Peregrine Falcon
January 9th
Northern Shrike
Glaucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Canyon Wren
Clark’s Nutcracker
Swamp Sparrow
Mountain Bluebird
Sandhill Crane
January 10th
Harlequin Duck
Tricolored Blackbird
Evening Grosbeak
Snow Bunting
Purple Finch
Orange-crowned Warbler
January 11th
Mew Gull
January 12th
January 13th
Western Grebe
California Gull
Ancient Murrelet
Loggerhead Shrike
Lapland Longspur
Ruddy Duck
January 14th
Snowy Egret
Redhead
Red Crossbill
Burrowing Owl
January 15th
Pigeon Guillemot
January 16th
Ring-billed Gull
January 17th
Ring-necked Pheasant
Mountain Plover
Townsend’s Solitaire
Northern Mockingbird
January 18th
Virginia Rail
Gray Partridge
Ruffed Grouse
Gyrfalcon
American Bittern
January 19th
Rock Sandpiper
Eared Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
White-tailed Kite
Hooded Oriole
January 20th
Black Scoter
January 21st
January 22nd
Long-tailed Duck
Hutton’s Vireo
January 23rd
American White Pelican
Black-billed Magpie
January 24th
Sora
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Barn Swallow
Great Grey Owl
January 25th
January 26th
January 27th
January 28th
Black-crowned Night Heron
January 29th
Lark Sparrow
January 30th
Common Murre
