NOTE: This is a published article from the British Columbia Waterfowl Society newsletter (Ireland, J. (2005) Top Birds of the Sanctuary 2004. Marshnotes Winter 2005). The contents of Marshnotes may not be reprinted or otherwise published without the written permission of the Editor.

 

Top Birds at the Sanctuary 2004

(TOTAL OF 204 SPECIES SEEN IN 2004, LIST COMPILED BY J. IRELAND.)

JANUARY
Sora Rail
Band-tailed Pigeon
Pelagic Cormorant
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Barn Swallow

FEBRUARY
Black-crowned Night Heron
Northern Goshawk
Swamp Sparrow
Hutton's Vireo
Chestnut-backed Chickadee

MARCH
Black Scoter
Mandarin Duck
Western Meadowlark
Cliff Swallow

APRIL
Long-billed Curlew
Marbled Godwit
Northern Goshawk
Mountain Bluebird
White-throated Sparrow
Pileated Woodpecker

MAY
Hudsonian Godwit
Solitary Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Green Heron
Chipping Sparrow

JUNE
Lesser Snow Goose
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Purple Martin

JULY
Lesser Snow Goose
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Barred Owl
Yellow-headed Blackbird

AUGUST
Mute Swan
Osprey
Green Heron
Red Crossbill
Northern Waterthrush

SEPTEMBER
Brown Pelican
Great Egret
Blackpoll Warbler
Dusky Flycatcher
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Steller's Jay

OCTOBER
Golden Eagle
Gyrfalcon
Pine Grosbeak
Common Redpoll
Northern Rough-winged Swallow

NOVEMBER
Barred Owl
Snowy Owl
Gyrfalcon
Pine Grosbeak
Common Redpoll
Northern Rough-winged Swallow

DECEMBER
Anna's Hummingbird
Boreal Owl
Marbled Murrelet
Sora Rail
Cinnamon Teal
Snow Bunting

 
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