Baskett Slough

Species VIREO BBBBBBBBBB Cassin’s Vireo Hutton’s Vireo Warbling Vireo Refuge SP S F W X A B F X X X U A B F O R U U U A B F A B F U U R Species American Pipit American Pipit WAXWING U Cedar Waxwing BBBBBBBBBB LARKSPUR Refuge SP S F W Species A B F C C BBBBBBBBBB ORIOLE X A B F X X X Bullock’s Oriole C A B F C C R BBBBBBBBBB FINCH X X X X Purple Finch A B F C Refuge SP S F W A B F X X A B F X X U A B F U X A B F X X X C C C U A B F X X X Lapland Longspur A B F R R House Finch A B F C U C U C C BBBBBBBBBB WARBLER X X X X Red Crossbill A B F C C A B F R A B F X Steller’s Jay R R R R California Scrub-Jay A B F C C C Orange-crowned Warbler A B F C U R O O O C C C C Nashville Warbler R A B F O O Pine Siskin A B F A B F C A B F C U U O A B F U U U U MacGillivray’s Warbler A B F U U O A B F U U C C O A B F A U A B F U A B F A O O U U O U A B F A B F O U U U C U Black-throated Gray Warbler A B F R U U O A B F U BBBBBBBBBB JAY American Crow Common Raven LARK BBBBBBBBBB A B F X A B F X X X Common Yellowthroat O O O U Yellow Warbler A B F X X X Yellow-rumped Warbler A B F X O A B F O R A C C O Townsend’s Warbler A B F C C C R Hermit Warbler Northern Rough-Winged Swallow A B F U O O R A B F R A A U A A C R Spotted Towhee Horned Lark BBBBBBBBBB SWALLOW Purple Martin Tree Swallow Violet-green Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow A B F A B F Lesser Goldfinch U American Goldfinch R U O B F O R R Wilson’s Warbler A B F C U O U R BBBBBBBBBB SPARROW A B F U X A B F X X X A A A A U U O R R R Yellow-breasted Chat A B F BBBBBBBBBB CHICKADEE A B F X X X X Chipping Sparrow A B F Black-capped Chickadee A B F C C C Brewer’s Sparrow A A B F C U U U Vesper Sparrow A B F U C C C C Savannah Sparrow A B F X X X Grasshopper Sparrow A B F A B F X C C C Fox Sparrow A B F White-breasted Nuthatch A B F U C C C C Song Sparrow A B F A Brown Creeper A B F U U U Lincoln’s Sparrow A B F U U U A B F U X X X Swamp Sparrow R R C A B F R A B F X C U O O A B F C U C C White-crowned Sparrow C C A B F C C U U Golden-crowned Sparrow C A Chestnut-backed Chickadee Bushtit BBBBBBBBBB NUTHATCH Red-breasted Nuthatch BBBBBBBBBB WREN House Wren Pacific Wren Marsh Wren White-throated Sparrow F A B F R A B F R R A A A U R R R U C A A A B F A B F A B F A B F A B F C C C C Dark-eyed Junco A B F X X X BBBBBBBBBB TANAGER Golden-crowned Kinglet A B F X C U C C Western Tanager Ruby-crowned Kinglet A B F C R C C GROSBEAK BBBBBBBBBB B F U U U U Black-headed Grosbeak X X X Lazuli Bunting A B F X U O U U BBBBBBBBBB BLACKBIRD F R R Red-winged Blackbird A B F R C Tricolored Blackbird A B F Bewick’s Wren KINGLET BBBBBBBBBB Wrentit BBBBBBBBBB THRUSH Western Bluebird Mountain Bluebird Swainson’s Thrush Hermit Thrush American Robin Varied Thrush European Starling A B F A B F U A B F A A B F U A B F A C C A U O U Western Meadowlark A A Yellow-headed Blackbird O U Brewer’s Blackbird A A Brown-headed Cowbird C A O C U A C A B F U C A X A B F X X X C A B F U O X X X A B F C C U U A B F U R X A B F X X X A C A A R R A B F U A B F U U U A B F U R C A B F C C C U C U O A B F Evening Grosbeak House Sparrow INCIDENTAL 5 records or less TUFTED DUCK SURF SCOTER WHITE-WINGED SCOTER RED-BREASTED MERGANSER PACIFIC LOON COMMON LOON SNOWY EGRET TRICOLORED HERON CATTLE EGRET NORTHERN GOSHAWK SWAINSON’S HAWK FERRUGINOUS HAWK GYRFALCON WILLET HUDSONIAN GODWIT MARBLED GODWIT RUDDY TURNSTONE RED KNOT RUFF SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER PARASITIC JAEGER BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE SABINE’S GULL ARCTIC TERN COAST HWY 22 MONMOUTH SALEM EXIT 253 ANKENY EXIT 243 99W X C PORTLAND BASKETT SLOUGH CORVALLIS HWY 34 EXIT 228 I-5 FINLEY SNAG BOAT BEND WILLAMETTE RIVER EUGENE SNOWY OWL NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL BLACK SWIFT BLACK-CHINNED HUMMINGBIRD CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER EASTERN KINGBIRD LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE GRAY JAY CLARK’S NUTCRACKER MOUNTAIN CHICKADEE ROCK WREN TOWNSEND’S SOLITAIRE SAGE THRASHER NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD WHITE WAGTAIL BOHEMIAN WAXWING CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER AMERICAN TREE SPARROW LARK SPARROW BLACK-THROATED SPARROW LARK BUNTING HARRIS’S SPARROW INDIGO BUNTING GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex SEASONAL BIRD CHECKLIST Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex Ankeny NWR Baskett Slough NWR William L. Finley NWR Snag Boat Bend Refuge Headquarters 26208 Finley Refuge Rd. Corvallis, Oregon 97333 (541) 757-7236 www.fws.gov/refuge/ william_l_finley/ DATA COMPILED BY JOEL GEIER & BILL TICE CONTRIBUTING EDITORS : REFUGE STAFF DESIGN & GRAPHIC ART BY JON HAZEN 2016 Ankeny NWR Baskett Slough NWR William L. Finley NWR SEASONAL BIRD WATCHING CHECKLIST National Wildlife Refuges KEY A - Ankeny NWR B - Baskett Slough NWR F - William L. Finley NWR Spring: March - May Summer: June - August Fall: September - November Winter: December - February SP Spring S F W Summer Fall Winter Nests Species Refuge SP S F GOOSE A B F U U O R A B F R R O A B F R O R A B F R R R R Cackling Goose A B F R C C A Canada Goose A B F A B F A C A A X A B F X X X R R R Greater White-fronted Goose Emperor Goose Snow Goose Ross’s Goose Brant BBBBBBBBBB SWAN Trumpeter Swan A B F A B F U A B F U C BBBBBBBBBB DUCK X X X X Wood Duck A B F U U U U U U U U U O Tundra Swan Gadwall A B F A B F O A B F A R A A A B F A C A A U U O C A B F C O R C C C Northern Pintail A B F U A O Green-winged Teal A B F Eurasian Wigeon American Wigeon Mallard Blue-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Northern Shoveler A B F A B F A A B F A O O A B F R O O R R R Ring-necked Duck A B F R C O U C Greater Scaup A B F R R O Lesser Scaup A B F U R U U Bufflehead A B F C R C C Canvasback Redhead Common Goldeneye Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Ruddy Duck A A A B F R A B F R R U U U U A B F U A B F O U U C U U C R R R R DOVE BBBBBBBBBB X X X X Rock Pigeon O O R Band-tailed Pigeon A B F X X X X Sandhill Crane Mountain Quail F R R R BBBBBBBBBB PLOVER A B F A B F R C C C Black-bellied Plover A B F O Ring-necked Pheasant A B F C U U U U Pacific Golden-Plover Ruffed Grouse A B F O O O O Semipalmated Plover F R R R R Killdeer A B F A B F U U U STILT BBBBBBBBBB A B F A B F U X X X Black-necked Stilt Pied-bill Grebe A B F X C C C U American Avocet Horned Grebe A B F R R R BBBBBBBBBB SANDPIPER Red-necked Grebe A B R R R Spotted Sandpiper R Solitary Sandpiper Eurasian Collared-Dove Refuge SP S F W A B F X X X X U A B F U U U U A B F U U R C C U U A B F R R R A B F U U U C U U C A A OWL BBBBBBBBBB A B F C C X X X X X X X Barn Owl A B F U U U O O R Western Screech-Owl A B F U A B F X U U U A B F R R R Great Horned Owl A B F U C C C C A B F X X X X Northern Pygmy-Owl A B F R A B F R R U U U O Burrowing Owl A B F O A B F R R C C C A B F U U U A B F R R Northern Saw-whet Owl R R R R C R C A B F R A B F R R R R Long-eared Owl B F R R R R Short-eared Owl A B F R R O A B F R R R SWIFT BBBBBBBBBB A B F X X X X R Common Nighthawk R Vaux’s Swift A B F R R R Western Grebe A B F O R O O Greater Yellowlegs Clark’s Grebe A B F R R R R Lesser Yellowlegs Double-crested Cormorant A B F U O U U Whimbrel Double-crested PELICAN Cormorant A B F U O U U Long-billed Curlew A B F American White Pelican A B F O O O Stilt Sandpiper A B HERON American White Pelican A B F X X X X Sanderling A B F American Bittern A B F U U U R Dunlin A B F Great Blue Heron A B F C C C C Baird’s Sandpiper A B F R R R A B F C U C C Least Sandpiper A B F U U R Pectoral Sandpiper A B F C R O O R Mourning Dove B F A B F R W A B F Eared Grebe Great Egret F A B F BBBBBBBBBB QUAIL GREBE BBBBBBBBBB W F W Wild Turkey Abundant: Very numerous common species. Common: Easily found in suitable habitat. Uncommon: Present but not always seen. Occasional: Seen only a few times per season. Rare: Seen once or twice every 1-5+ years. S F Sooty Grouse Species Refuge SP S California Quail A - Abundant C - Common U - Uncommon O - Occasional R - Rare Species Refuge SP Species Natural surroundings play an important role in finding birds. It is helpful to understand a species’ habits and preferred habitat. Barred Owl O A O A B F R R A B F U U U X X X X Anna’s Hummingbird A B F O O O O Rufous Hummingbird A B F A B F C U R X A B F X X X U A B F U U U X A B F X X X R R R U BBBBBBBBBB HUMMINGBIRD KINGFISHER BBBBBBBBBB Green Heron A B F U U O Black-crowned Night Heron A B F R R R Semipalmated Sandpiper A B F R R R White-faced Ibis A B F R R R Western Sandpiper A B F C U U BBBBBBBBBB HAWK A B F X X X X Short-billed Dowitcher A B F R R Turkey Vulture A B F C C C O Long-billed Dowitcher A B F R U O U U Acorn Woodpecker A B F U U U Osprey A B F U U U R Wilson’s Snipe A B F U O U U Red-breasted Sapsucker A B F U U U U O Downy Woodpecker C C C O R R Hairy Woodpecker A B F C A B F U A B F U U U U U A B F R A B F C C C C A B F X U U U U A B F O X A B F R A B F U A B F A B F O R O O Wilson’s Phalarope Bald Eagle A B F U U U U Red-necked Phalarope Northern Harrier A B F C U C C Red Phalarope Sharp-shinned Hawk A B F U O U U GULL BBBBBBBBBB Cooper’s Hawk A B F U U U U Bonaparte’s Gull Red-shouldered Hawk A B F O O O O Mew Gull Red-tailed Hawk A B F C C C C Ring-billed Gull Rough-legged Hawk A B F U U U Western Gull B F R Golden Eagle A B F O O O California Gull A B F U American Kestrel A B F C C C Herring Gull R Merlin A B F O O O Thayer’s Gull B R Peregrine Falcon A B F U U U Glaucous-winged Gull A B F O Prairie Falcon A B F R R O BBBBBBBBBB TERN A B F X Prairie Falcon RAIL A B F X X X X Caspian Tern Virginia Rail A B F U U U O Black Tern Sora A B F U U O R Common Tern American Coot A B F C C C C Forster’s Tern White-tailed Kite U R A B F Belted Kingfisher R BBBBBBBBBB WOODPECKER Lewis’s Woodpecker R R Northern Flicker X X X Pileated Woodpecker R O R BBBBBBBBBB FLYCATCHER A B F X X X O R Olive-sided Flycatcher A B F R R R U U Western Wood-Peewee A B F R U C U R Willow Flycatcher A B F O U R R U U Hammond’s Flycatcher A B F O R Dusky Flycatcher R Pacific-slope Flycatcher A B F U O U Black Phoebe A B F U O O R R O X X Say’s Phoebe A B F R R R X A B F B F R B A B F R R R Ash-throated Flycatcher A B F O R Western Kingbird A B F O R R SHRIKE BBBBBBBBBB A B F A B F R R R R Northern Shrike A B F U A B F R R U U O X X X X U U