new year list (1 Viewer)

New and updated ones. The ones in bold are seen outside of Victoria

Loons

1. Red throated Loon Gavia stellata
2. Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
3. Common Loon Gavia immer
4. Yellow billed Loon Gavia adamsii

Grebes

5. Red neck Grebe Podiceps grisegena
6. Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
7. eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
8. Pied billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
9. Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis

Cormorants

10. Double crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
11. Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus
12. Brandt's Cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus

Herons, Bitterns

13. American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
14. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
15. Green Heron Butorides virescens

Waterfowl

16. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
17. Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
18. Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
19. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
20. Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
21. Brant Branta bernicla
22. Greater White fronted Goose Anser albifrons
23. Snow GooseChen caerulescens
24. Wood DuckAix sponsa
25. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
26. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
27. Gadwall Anas strepera
28. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
29. American WigeonAnas americana
30. Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
31. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
32. Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera
33. Blue wing Teal Anas discors
34. Green winged Teal Anas crecca
35. Redhead Aythya americana
36. CanvasbackAythya americana
37. Ring necked Duck Aythya collaris
38. Greater Scaup Aythya marila
39. Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
40. Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
41. Long tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
42. Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
43. Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
44. White winged ScoterMelanitta fusca
45. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
46. Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica
47. Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
48. Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
49. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
50. Red breasted MerganserMergus serrator
51. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis

Birds of Prey

52. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
53. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
54. Sharp Shinned Hawk Accipter striatus
55. Cooper's Hawk Accipter cooperii
56. Northern Goshawk Accipter gentilis
57 Red tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
58. Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
59. bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
60. OspreyPandion haliaetus
61. Merlin Falco columbarius
62. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
63. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Game birds

64. california Quail Callipepla californica
65. Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus

Coot, Rails

66. American Coot Fulica americana
67. virginia RailRallus limicola
68. Sora Porzana carolina

Shorebirds

69. Black belly plover Pluvialis squatarola
70. Semi palmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
71. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
72. Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani
73. Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
74. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
75. Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia
76. Whimberel Numenius phaeopus
77. Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
78. Black Turnstone Arenaria melanocephala
79. Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus
80. Surfbird Aphriza virgata
81. Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
82. Sanderling Calidris alba
83. Dunlin Calidris alpina
84. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
85. Semipalmated sandpiper Calidris pusilla
86.Least SandpiperCalidris minutila
87. Long billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
88. Wilson's Snipe Gallinago gallinago


Jaegers Gulls Terns

89. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
90. Bonaparte's GullLarus philadelphia
91. Mew Gull Larus canus
92. Ring billed GullLArus delawarensis
93. California GullLarus californicus
94. Thayer's Gull Larus thayeri
95. Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
96. Glaucous winged gullLarus glaucescens
97.Western Gull Larus occidentalis
98. Caspian Tern Sterna caspia

Alcids

99. Common Murre Uria aalge
100. Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
101. Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
102. Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
103. Rhinoceros AukletCerorhinca monocerata

Pigeons, doves

104. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
105. Rock PigeonColumba livia
106. Band tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata

Owls

107. Barn OwlTyto alba
108. Short eared Owl Asio flammeus
109. Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
110.Barred owl Strix varia

Swifts

111. Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
112. Black SwiftCypseloides niger

Humingbirds

113. Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
114. Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus

Kingfisher[/]

115. belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon

Woodpeckers

116.REd breasted Sapsucker Sphyrapicus ruber
117. Red naped sapsucker Sphyrapicus nuchalis
118. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
119.hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
120. Northern Flicker Colaptes chrysoides
121. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus

Tyrant Flycatchers

122. Olive sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
123. Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
124. Pacific slope Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
125. Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
126. Hammond's Flycatcher Empidonax hammondii
127. Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis

Vireos and Shrikes

128. Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
129. Warbling Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
130. Hutton's VireoVireo huttoni
131. Cassin's Vireo Vireo cassinii

Jays, Crow , Raven

132. Steller's Jay Cyanocitta stelleri
133. Gray jay Perisoreus canadensis
134. Common RavenCorvus corax
135. North Western Crow Corvus caurinus

Larks

136. Skylark Alauda arvensis

Swallows

137. Purple Martin Progne subis
138. Northern Rough wing Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
139. Bank swallow Riparia riparia
140. Violet Green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
141. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
142. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
143. Barn SwallowHirundo rustica

Chickadees, Bushtits

144. Black capped ChickadeePoecile atricapilla
145. Mountain Chickadee Poecile gambeli
146. Chestnut back Chickadee Poecile rufescens
147. Bushtit Psaltriparus minimus

Nuthatches, Creepers

148. Red breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
149. Brown Creeper Certhia americana

Wrens

150. Bewick's Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
151. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
152. Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
153. Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris[/I}

Dippers Kinglets Solitaires and Bluebirds

154. American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
155. Golden crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
156. Ruby crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
157. Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendii
158. Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides

Thrushes

159. Varied thrush Ixoreus naevius
160. American Robin Turdus migratorius
161. Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
162. Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus

Starlings

163. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris

Waxwings

164. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum

Warblers

165. ORange crowned Warbler Vermivora celata

166. Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
167. Yellow rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
168. Black throated Grey Warbler Dendroica nigrescens
169. Townsend's Warbler Dendroica townsendii
170. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
171. Mac Gillavry's Warbler Oporornis tolmiei
172. Common Yellow \throat Geothlypis trichas
173. Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusila

Tanagers Grosbeaks

174. Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
175. Black headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
176.Lazuli Bunting Passerina amorena

Sparrows and allies

177. Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
178. American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
179. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
180. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
181.VesperSparrowPooecetes gramineus
182. Golden crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
183.WhitecrownedsparrowZonotrichialeucophrys
184.White throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
185. Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
186. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
187. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
188. Dark eyed Junco Junco hyemails
189. Lapland Longspur Calcarius

Icterids

190. Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
191. Brown headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
192YellowheadedBlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus[/
193. Red winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
194. Brewer's Blackbird Emphagus cyanocephalus
195. Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockii

Fiches and Sparrows

196. Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
197. Purple Finch Carpodacus purpurens
198. House Fich Carpodacus mexicanus
199. Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
200. White wing Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
201. Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea
202. Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
203. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
204. House Sparrow Passer domesticus

205. Clay coloured Sparrow
206. Rough legged Hawk
207. Blue Grouse
208. Tufted Puffin
209. Northern Pygmy Owl
210. Calliope Hummingbird
211. Evening Grosbeak

212. Nashville Warbler

213. Ash throated flycatcher
In Colwood west of Victoria

214. Common Nighthawk

215. Pine Grosbeak
At work!!

216. Red eyed Vireo
217. Prairie Falcon
Technically the prairie falcon doesn't count since there was no second party to confirm the ID of such a rare bird but I was watching it for a good 20 minutes flying before it went out into the distance and Iit definately didn't look right for a Peregrine()edit: prairie now counts since one was seen on Sep. 17 at Swan Lake and is now on Victoria list)

218. BrownPelican
219. Ring necked Pheasant
220. Swainson's Hawk

222. Common Poorwill
223. Black chinned Hummingbird
224. Dusky Flycatcher
225. Say's Phoebe
226. Clark's Nutcracker
227. Black billed Magpie
228. American Crow
230. Boreal Chickadee

232. Western Bluebird
233. Gray Catbird
234. Yellow breasted chat
235. Brewer's Sparrow
240. Northern Mockingbird
241. Cassin's Finch
242. White winged Crossbill
243. White breaasted Nuthatch
244. Pygmy Nuthatch
245. Williamson's Sapsucker
246. Clark's Grebe
248. Longbilled Curlew
250. Lewis's Woodpecker
251. White throated Swift
253. Brewer's Sparrow
254. Northern Waterthrush
255. Gray Partridge
256. Dusky Grouse[/B]
221. Heermann'sGull
229. Horned Lark
231. Rock Wren
236. Grasshopper Sparrow
237. Rusty Blackbird
238. Northern Saw Whet Owl
239. Evening Grosbaek
247. Leach's Storm Petrel
249. Veery
252. Eurasian Collared Dove

257. Baird's Sandpiper
258. Short billed Dowitcher
At Willows Beach Oak Bay . While sun tanning!!
Baird's was a lifer.

Forgot from Okanogan trip:
259: Solitary Sandpiper

260. COmmon Tern
261. Willet
Both at Vancouver ferry trip

262. Swamp sparrow

263. Ruddy Turnstone
264. Herring Gull
Clover Point

265. Northern Waterthrush
Swan Lake,. Only seen briefly but call confirmed it.

Port Angeles ferry trip and Port Angeles
266. Black legged Kittiwake
267. Northern Fulmar
268. Fork tailed Storm Petrel
269. Red Phalarope
270 American[Golden Plover/B]
271. Baird's Sandpiper
272.Red Knot

279. Pacific Golden Plover

280. American Pipit
281. Ruddy Turnstone

282. Alder Flycatcher

283. Sandhill Crane
At Swan Lake