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BIRDING
Monthly Avian Diversity Study

Gray's Harbor County 1997

Species Sat.
Jan.
25		 Mon.
Feb.
17		 Sat.
March
29		 Wed.
April
30		 Sun.
May
11		 Sun.
June
22		 Sat.
July
26		 Fri.
Aug.
15		 Wed.
Sept.
17		 Sat.
Oct.
18		 Tues.
Nov.
11		 Wed.
Dec.
17		 Total
Months
Seen In		 Percent
of Months
Seen In
Red-throated Loon x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Pacific Loon x     x x               3 25%
Common Loon x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Pied-billed Grebe x x x x     x x x x x 9 75%
Horned Grebe x x x x         x x x x 8 67%
Red-necked Grebe   x x x x         x x x 7 58%
Eared Grebe x               x       2 17%
Western Grebe x x x x   x     x x x x 9 75%
Clark's Grebe       x                 1 8%
Sooty Shearwater             x x x       3 25%
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel                       x 1 8%
Brown Pelican           x x x x x     5 42%
Double-crested Cormorant x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Brandt's Cormorant   x x x x x x x x x x x 11 92%
Pelagic Cormorant x x x x x x x x x   x x 11 92%
American Bittern         x       x       2 17%
Great Blue Heron x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Cattle Egret                 x       1 8%
Green Heron             x x x       3 25%
Tundra Swan x x                   x 3 25%
Trumpeter Swan x x                     2 17%
Greater White-fronted Goose x   x x         x x   x 6 50%
Ross' Goose       x                 1 8%
Brant x x x x x         x   x 7 58%
Canada Goose x x x x x   x x x x x x 11 92%
Wood Duck     x x x   x x x x x x 9 75%
Green-winged Teal x x x x x     x x x x x 10 83%
Mallard x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Northern Pintail x x x x x     x x x x x 10 83%
Blue-winged Teal             x           1 8%
Cinnamon Teal     x x x x x x x       7 58%
Northern Shoveler x x x x x   x x x x x x 11 92%
Gadwall x x x x x x x x x x   x 11 92%
Eurasian Wigeon x x x           x     x 5 42%
American Wigeon x x x x x       x x x x 9 75%
Canvasback x x x             x x x 6 50%
Redhead                       x 1 8%
Ring-necked Duck x x x x x         x x x 8 67%
Greater Scaup x x x x x   x   x x x x 10 83%
Lesser Scaup x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Harlequin Duck   x x x       x     x x 6 50%
Oldsquaw   x                     1 8%
Black Scoter x x x x x     x   x x x 9 75%
Surf Scoter x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
White-winged Scoter x x x x x x x x   x x x 11 92%
Common Goldeneye x x x x             x x 6 50%
Barrow's Goldeneye x   x                 x 3 25%
Buffelhead x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Hooded Merganser x x x x x x       x   x 8 67%
Common Merganser x x x   x x x x   x   x 9 75%
Red-breasted Merganser x x x x x     x x x x x 10 83%
Ruddy Duck x x     x         x   x 5 42%
Turkey Vulture     x x x x x x x       7 58%
Osprey     x x x x x x x       7 58%
Bald Eagle x x x x x x x x   x x x 11 92%
Northern Harrier x x x x x   x x x x x x 11 92%
Sharp-shinned Hawk   x   x         x x x x 6 50%
Cooper's Hawk   x x   x x     x x x   7 58%
Red-tailed Hawk x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Rough-legged Hawk   x               x     2 17%
American Kestrel x x x   x         x x x 7 58%
Merlin x x   x         x x x x 7 58%
Peregrine Falcon x x x x   x   x       x 7 58%
Ring-necked Pheasant     x x x   x     x     5 42%
Blue Grouse         x x x           3 25%
Ruffed Grouse                   x     1 8%
Virginia Rail   x x   x   x x x x x x 9 75%
Sora         x         x     2 17%
American Coot x x x           x x x x 7 58%
Black-bellied Plover x x x x x   x x x x x x 11 92%
Pacific Golden-Plover               x x x     3 25%
American Golden-Plover                 x       1 8%
Semipalmated Plover       x x   x x x   x   6 50%
Killdeer x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Black Oystercatcher           x             1 8%
Greater Yellowlegs x x x x x   x x x x x x 11 92%
Lesser Yellowlegs       x       x x       3 25%
Solitary Sandpiper             x           1 8%
Willet         x               1 8%
Wandering Tattler         x     x x       3 25%
Spotted Sandpiper         x x x x x       5 42%
Whimbrel       x x   x x         4 33%
Long-billed Curlew     x           x x   x 4 33%
Marbled Godwit     x x x   x x x x     7 58%
Ruddy Turnstone       x x   x x         4 33%
Black Turnstone x   x   x   x x x x x x 9 75%
Surfbird x   x   x     x x x x x 8 67%
Red Knot       x x       x       3 25%
Sanderling x   x x x     x x x x x 9 75%
Semipalmated Sandpiper               x         1 8%
Western Sandpiper x x   x x x x x x x   x 10 83%
Least Sandpiper x x   x x   x x x x x x 10 83%
Baird's Sandpiper               x         1 8%
Pectoral Sandpiper               x x x     3 25%
Rock Sandpiper x   x   x             x 4 33%
Dunlin x x x x x       x x x x 9 75%
Short-billed Dowitcher       x x   x x x       5 42%
Long-billed Dowitcher         x       x x x x 5 42%
Common Snipe x x x x x x       x x   8 67%
Wilson's Phalarope         x               1 8%
Red-necked Phalarope       x         x       2 17%
Red Phalarope                       x 1 8%
Pomarine Jaeger                   x     1 8%
Parasitic Jaeger                   x     1 8%
Bonaparte's Gull       x x         x x   4 33%
Heermann's Gull   x x     x x x x x x x 9 75%
Mew Gull x x x x x   x   x x x x 10 83%
Ring-billed Gull x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
California Gull       x x x x x x x x x 9 75%
Herring Gull x x x             x x x 6 50%
Thayer's Gull x x x             x   x 5 42%
Western Gull x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Glaucous-winged Gull x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Glaucous Gull x x x                   3 25%
Black-legged Kittiwake x   x x       x x x x   7 58%
Caspian Tern     x x x x x x x       7 58%
Elegant Tern               x         1 8%
Common Tern         x       x       2 17%
Black Tern                 x       1 8%
Common Murre x     x x x x x x       7 58%
Pigeon Guillemot     x x x x x x         6 50%
Marbled Murrelet   x x x x x         x   6 50%
Cassin's Auklet   x                     1 8%
Rhinocerous Auklet         x x x x x x     6 50%
Tufted Puffin           x             1 8%
Rock Dove x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Band-tailed Pigeon     x x x x x           5 42%
Mourning Dove           x x x x   x   5 42%
Barn Owl                 x       1 8%
Western Screech Owl   x x     x     x   x   5 42%
Great Horned Owl x                       1 8%
Snowy Owl x x x                   3 25%
Northern Pygmy-Owl         x x   x x   x x 6 50%
Barred Owl     x                   1 8%
Short-eared Owl       x                 1 8%
Northern Saw-whet Owl     x   x   x           3 25%
Common Nighthawk             x x         2 17%
Vaux's Swift       x   x   x x       4 33%
Rufous Hummingbird     x x x x x           5 42%
Belted Kingfisher x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Red-breasted Sapsucker                   x     1 8%
Downy Woodpecker x x x x x x   x   x x x 10 83%
Hairy Woodpecker x x x     x       x x   6 50%
Northern Flicker x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Pileated Woodpecker         x x       x     3 25%
Olive-sided Flycatcher         x x             2 17%
Western Wood-Pewee         x x x x         4 33%
Willow Flycatcher           x x x         3 25%
Hammond's Flycatcher         x x             2 17%
Pacific-slope Flycatcher       x x x x           4 33%
Horned Lark x           x           2 17%
Tree Swallow   x x x x x x x         7 58%
Violet-green Swallow   x x x x x x x x       8 67%
N. Rough-winged Swallow     x x x x x x         6 50%
Cliff Swallow     x x x x x x x       7 58%
Barn Swallow       x x x x x x       6 50%
Gray Jay           x     x   x   3 25%
Steller's Jay x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Western Scrub Jay x x x   x               4 33%
crow, sp x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Common Raven x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Black-capped Chickadee x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Chestnut-backed Chickadee x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Bushtit     x x   x x x x       6 50%
Red-breasted Nuthatch x x x   x   x x   x     7 58%
Brown Creeper x           x x     x   4 33%
Bewick's Wren x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
House Wren       x                 1 8%
Winter Wren x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Marsh Wren x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Golden-crowned Kinglet x x x x   x x x x x x x 11 92%
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x x           x x x 7 58%
Western Bluebird               x         1 8%
Swainson's Thrush         x x x x x       5 42%
Hermit Thrush       x               x 2 17%
American Robin x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Varied Thrush x x x   x x x x x x x x 11 92%
American Pipit                 x       1 8%
Cedar Waxwing         x x x x   x x   6 50%
Eurasian Starling x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Solitary Vireo       x x     x         3 25%
Hutton's Vireo x x x x x x x x   x x x 11 92%
Warbling Vireo         x x x           3 25%
Red-eyed Vireo           x x x         3 25%
Orange-crowned Warbler     x x x x   x     x   6 50%
Yellow Warbler       x x x x x x       6 50%
Yellow-rumped Warbler x x x x x         x x x 8 67%
Black-throated Gray Warbler       x x x x x x       6 50%
Townsend's Warbler   x x       x       x   4 33%
Hermit Warbler           x x           2 17%
MacGillivray's Warbler         x x   x         3 25%
Common Yellowthroat     x x x x x x x x     8 67%
Wilson's Warbler       x x x x x x       6 50%
Western Tanager         x x x           3 25%
Black-headed Grosbeak         x x x x         4 33%
Spotted Towhee x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Chipping Sparrow       x x x x           4 33%
Savannah Sparrow     x x x x x x x x     8 67%
Fox Sparrow x x x           x x x x 7 58%
Song Sparrow x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Lincoln's Sparrow x x             x x x   5 42%
White-throated Sparrow                     x   1 8%
Golden-crowned Sparrow x x x x x       x x x x 9 75%
White-crowned Sparrow x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Dark-eyed Junco x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Lapland Longspur                 x x     2 17%
Red-winged Blackbird x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Western Meadowlark x   x x x x           x 6 50%
Brewer's Blackbird x x x x x x   x x x x x 11 92%
Brown-headed Cowbird x     x x x x x x x x x 10 83%
Purple finch     x x x x x x x       7 58%
House Finch x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
Red Crossbill x x x x x x             6 50%
Pine Siskin x x x x x x x     x x   9 75%
American Goldfinch       x x x x x x       6 50%
Evening Grosbeak x       x x x x         5 42%
House Sparrow x x x x x x x x x x x x 12 100%
                          Average  
TOTAL SPECIES 105 104 121 124 139 107 112 120 121 113 100 102 114.0  
Shared Species 104 104 120 124 138 105 112 120 120 108 99 101 112.9  
Tweit 104 104 120 124 138 106 112 120 120 110 100 101 113.3  
Schooley 105 104 121 124 139 106 112 120 121 110 100 102 113.7  
LaBar                   111 99 101 103.7  
Shared Species as % of tot 99% 100% 99% 100% 99% 98% 100% 100% 99% 96% 99% 99% 99%  

Cumulative Species: 217