OPAS Bird Checklist:
Habitat: H -- Human habitats: towns, parks, yards, and feeders

Index: Albatrosses Alcids Auklets Blackbirds Buntings Chickadees Cormorants Corvids Cranes Doves Ducks Eagles Falcons Finches Flycatchers Geese Goatsuckers Grebes Grouse Gulls Hawks Herons Hummingbirds Icterids Jaegers Jays Kingfishers Kinglets Larks Loons Murres Nighthawks Nuthatches Owls Passerines (misc.) Pelicans Phalaropes Pigeons Plovers Puffins Quail Rails Raptors Sandpipers Shearwaters Shorebirds Shrikes Sparrows Storm-Petrels Swallows Swans Swifts Tanagers Terns Thrushes Tubenoses Vireos Vultures Warblers Woodpeckers Wrens

Usage notes: If a bird family name above is not a link, then no bird in the group is normally found in habitat H.
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Family/Species Habitat Mar-May Jun-Jul Aug-Oct Nov-Feb
Geese & Ducks Top
Eurasian Wigeon MSBFH Unusual   Fair. Com. Fair. Com.
American Wigeon MSBFH Abundant Unusual Abundant Abundant
Mallard MSBRFH Abundant Common Abundant Abundant
Grouse & Quail Top
California Quail TH Common Common Abundant Common
Diurnal Raptors (Hawks, etc. & Falcons) Top
Sharp-shinned Hawk CTHC Fair. Com. Unusual Fair. Com. Fair. Com.
Cooper's Hawk DTHC Fair. Com. Unusual Fair. Com. Fair. Com.
Jaegers, Gulls & Terns Top
Mew Gull SBLFH Fair. Com. Rare Common Abundant
California Gull SLBFH Fair. Com. Common Abundant Unusual
Glaucous-winged Gull SBLFH Abundant Abundant Abundant Abundant
Pigeons & Doves Top
Rock Pigeon H Common Common Common Common
Band-tailed Pigeon CDH Fair. Com. Fair. Com. Fair. Com. Unusual
Eurasian Collared-Dove H Vagrant      
White-winged Dove TH   Vagrant    
Mourning Dove HTD Fair. Com. Fair. Com. Fair. Com. Fair. Com.
Owls (Barn Owls & Other Owls) Top
Barn Owl FH Fair. Com. Fair. Com. Fair. Com. Fair. Com.
Long-eared Owl CH     Vagrant Vagrant
Goatsuckers, Swifts & Hummingbirds Top
Anna's Hummingbird THD Rare Rare Rare Unusual
Rufous Hummingbird THD Common Common Fair. Com. Rare
Kingfishers & Woodpeckers Top
Downy Woodpecker CDTH Common Common Common Common
Hairy Woodpecker CDTH Fair. Com. Fair. Com. Fair. Com. Fair. Com.
Northern Flicker CDTH Fair. Com. Common Common Common
Shrikes, Vireos & Corvids Top
Steller's Jay CDH Common Common Common Common
Blue Jay HD Vagrant   Vagrant Vagrant
Western Scrub-Jay HD Vagrant   Vagrant Vagrant
Black-billed Magpie H     Vagrant Vagrant
American Crow HSFTDC Abundant Common Abundant Abundant
Common Raven CDFAH Common Common Common Common
Larks & Swallows Top
Tree Swallow OH Common Common Common Rare
Violet-green Swallow OH Common Abundant Abundant Rare
Cliff Swallow OH Common Common Common  
Barn Swallow OH Common Abundant Abundant Rare
Chickadees, Nuthatches, Wrens, Etc. (Bushtits, Creepers, Dippers) Top
Black-capped Chickadee DCTH Common Common Common Common
Chestnut-backed Chickadee CDH Common Common Common Common
Red-breasted Nuthatch CDHA Common Common Common Common
Kinglets & Thrushes Top
Golden-crowned Kinglet CDTH Common Common Abundant Abundant
Ruby-crowned Kinglet DTHC Common Unusual Fair. Com. Common
Western Bluebird FTH Fair. Com. Fair. Com. Unusual Unusual
Mountain Bluebird FTH Rare     Rare
Townsend's Solitaire ACH Fair. Com. Fair. Com. Unusual Rare
American Robin DCHTF Abundant Common Abundant Abundant
Varied Thrush CDH Common Common Fair. Com. Fair. Com.
Misc. Passerines (Thrashers, Starlings, Pipits & Waxwings) Top
Northern Mockingbird HT Vagrant Vagrant    
Brown Thrasher TH   Vagrant    
European Starling HTFD Abundant Abundant Abundant Abundant
Bohemian Waxwing THD Vagrant     Eruptive
Cedar Waxwing THD Fair. Com. Common Common Rare
Warblers Top
Yellow-rumped Warbler CDTMH Common Fair. Com. Common Unusual
Black-and-white Warbler CH Vagrant     Vagrant
Tanagers, Sparrows & Buntings Top
Spotted Towhee THD Common Common Common Common
Song Sparrow DTMFCHS Common Common Common Common
White-throated Sparrow TH Unusual   Rare Unusual
Harris's Sparrow TH Rare   Vagrant Rare
White-crowned Sparrow THF Common Common Common Fair. Com.
Golden-crowned Sparrow THF Common Rare Common Common
Dark-eyed Junco CDHT Abundant Common Common Abundant
Rose-breasted Grosbeak DH Vagrant      
Icterids & Finches Top
Red-winged Blackbird FMHT Common Abundant Abundant Abundant
Yellow-headed Blackbird HM Rare Vagrant Rare  
Rusty Blackbird FH Vagrant   Vagrant  
Brewer's Blackbird FMHT Common Abundant Abundant Abundant
Brown-headed Cowbird FTDH Common Common Fair. Com. Unusual
Hooded Oriole DH   Vagrant    
Bullock's Oriole HD Unusual Fair. Com. Unusual  
Brambling H       Vagrant
Purple Finch TH Fair. Com. Fair. Com. Fair. Com. Fair. Com.
House Finch HT Common Common Abundant Abundant
Common Redpoll HCD       Rare
Pine Siskin HCD Common Common Abundant Abundant
American Goldfinch THD Common Common Common Unusual
Old World Sparrows Top
House Sparrow HT Common Common Common Common
Total number of birds on this page: 70.

Habitats:
Countryside = habitats F, M & T below
Forest = habitats C & D below
Seaside = habitats L, B & S below
P = Pelagic, deep ocean
L = Coastal ocean, Strait of Juan de Fuca
B = Bays, estuaries, and tidal flats
S = Shorelines, beaches, spits, and sea stacks
C = Coniferous forests
D = Deciduous/coniferous mixed
forests
A = Alpine, high Olympic Mountains
R = Rivers
F = Fields, farmlands, and prairies
M = Marshes and ponds
T = Brush lands, thickets, and berry patches
H = Human habitats: towns, parks, yards, and feeders
O = Overhead, aerial flyers and soarers

Seasonal Periods:
March-May = Northward migration and early breeding season
June-July = Late breeding season and post-breeding dispersal
August-October = Southward migration
November-February = Wintering

Abundance Categories:
Abundant = seen or heard in large flocks every trip
Common = seen or heard in suitable habitats every birding trip, usually as individuals or small groups
Fair. Com. = (Fairly Common) seen or heard reliably in suitable habitats, but not every trip
Uncommon = seen or heard only a few times each season or at a few specific locations
Rare = not seen every year during given period
Eruptive = seen in good numbers some yeare, but not seen at all in others, as in some finch species and Snowy Owls
Vagrant = seen 3 times or less on the North Olympic Peninsula
Unknown = probably present, but habitat not visited enough during respective season to establish abundance

Credits: (Mssrs. Boekelheide, Norton, and Jackson are members of Dungeness River Audubon Center and Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society)
  • Content: Bob Boekelheide and Bob Norton.
  • Web implementation: Dave Jackson.
  • Bird family details: via links to web site of Seattle Audubon Society.

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Contents current as of November 4, 2004.