Abbreviations Sp S F W Refuge Sp S F W Refuge Sp S F W Refuge a abundant—very numerous common , Geese, and Ducks (cont.) Rails and Coots (cont.) Owls (cont.) c common—easily found in suitable Greater scaup r - - r ABF American coot* c c c c A*B*F* Northern pygmy-owl r - r r ABF u uncommon—present but not always seen Lesser scaup* u r u u AB*F Cranes Burrowing owl r - r r BF o occasional—seen only a few times during a season Bufflehead c - c c ABF Sandhill crane r r r r ABF Barred owl* o u r r AF* r rare—only observed once or twice every 1-5+ years Common goldeneye r - r r ABF Plovers Long-eared owl* r r r r BF* Hooded merganser* u u u u A*BF* Black-bellied plover o o o - ABF Short-eared owl o - o o ABF A Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge Common merganser* u o u u AB*F Semipalmated plover u u u - ABF Northern saw-whet owl r - r r ABF B Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge Ruddy duck* c r u c A*B*F Killdeer* a a a a A*B*F* Goatsuckers F William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge Pheasants, Grouse, and Quail Stilts and Avocets Common nighthawk - r r - ABF * indicates species known to nest at indicated refuges Ring-necked pheasant* u u u u A*B*F* Black-necked stilt* o o - - AB*F Swifts # indicates Ruffed grouse* r r r r ABF* American avocet r r r - ABF Vaux's swift* u u u - AB*F* Blue grouse* r r r r F* Sandpipers and Phalaropes Hummingbirds Sp Spring—March through May o o o o BF Greater yellowlegs c c c o ABF Anna's hummingbird r - - - F S Summer—June through August quail r r r r F Lesser yellowlegs u u u r ABF Rufous hummingbird* c u o - A*B*F* F Fall—September through November quail* c c c c A*B*F* Solitary sandpiper r r r - ABF Kingfishers W Winter—December through February Grebes Spotted sandpiper* u u u o A*B*F* Belted kingfisher u u u u ABF Pied-billed grebe* u u u u A*B*F* Long-billed curlew r r - - ABF Woodpeckers This checklist was updated 2/5/09. Common names used Horned grebe r - r r ABF Semipalmated sandpiper r r r - ABF Lewis's woodpecker r - r r ABF are in accordance with the American Ornithologists' Union Eared grebe r - r r ABF Western sandpiper c u u r ABF Acorn woodpecker* u u u u A*F* Check-list of North American , 7th edition (July 1998), Western grebe o r o o ABF Least sandpiper c u u o ABF Red-breasted sapsucker* u u u u A*B*F* incorporating changes made through the 45th supplement Cormorants Baird's sandpiper r r r - ABF Downy woodpecker* c c c c A*B*F* (2004). Sightings by visitors are important additions to our Double-crested cormorant u o u u ABF Pectoral sandpiper r r r - ABF Hairy woodpecker u u u u ABF wildlife records. Please report unusual sightings at the Bitterns, Herons, and Egrets Dunlin c r c a ABF Northern flicker* c c c c A*B*F* refuge headquarters or by contacting the Willamette Valley American bittern* u u u - A*B*F* Short-billed dowitcher r r r - ABF Pileated woodpecker* u u u u A*BF* National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 26208 Finley Refuge Rd., Great blue heron* c c c c AB*F* Long-billed dowitcher u o u u ABF Tyrant Flycatchers Corvallis, OR 97333-9533, (541) 757-7236. Great egret c u c c ABF Wilson's snipe* u r u u A*BF Olive-sided flycatcher r r r - ABF Green heron o o o o ABF Wilson's phalarope* u u o - A*B*F Western wood-pewee* u c u - A*B*F* Sp S F W Refuge Black-crowned night-heron r r r - ABF Red-necked phalarope r - r - ABF Willow flycatcher* o u r - A*B*F* Swans, Geese, and Ducks Vultures Red phalarope - - r r ABF Hammond's flycatcher o - - - ABF Greater white-fronted u - u o ABF Turkey vulture c c c - ABF Gulls and Terns Dusky flycatcher o - - - BF Snow goose o - r o ABF Osprey, Kites, Hawks and Eagles Bonaparte's gull o - o r ABF Pacific-slope flycatcher* u u o - A*B*F* Ross's goose r - r r ABF Osprey* u u u - ABF* Mew gull o - o o ABF Black phoebe* r r r r A*BF Cackling goose a - a a ABF White-tailed kite* r r o o ABF* Ring-billed gull u r u u ABF Say's phoebe r - r r ABF goose* a c a a A*B*F* * u u u u ABF* u r u u ABF Western kingbird* u u o - A*BF* Brant r - r r ABF Northern harrier* c u c c A*B*F* Herring gull r - - r BF Eastern kingbird r r - - BF Trumpeter r - r r ABF Sharp-shinned hawk u o u u ABF Thayer’s gull r - - r B Shrikes swan u - u c ABF Cooper's hawk* u u u u A*B*F* Western gull r - - - BF Loggerhead shrike r - r r ABF Wood duck* u u u u A*B*F* Red-shouldered hawk r r r r ABF Glaucous-winged gull r - - r BF Northern shrike u - u u ABF Gadwall* u r u u A*B*F Red-tailed hawk* c c c a A*B*F* Caspian tern r r r - ABF Vireos Eurasian wigeon u - u u ABF Rough-legged hawk u - u u ABF Forster's tern r r r - ABF Cassin's vireo* u u o - A*B*F* American wigeon a r a a ABF o - o o ABF Black tern* u u r - AB*F Hutton's vireo* u u u u A*B*F* Mallard* a c a a A*B*F* Falcons Pigeons and Doves Warbling vireo* u u o - A*B*F* Blue-winged teal* u u o - A*B*F* American kestrel* c u c c A*B*F* Rock pigeon r r r r ABF Jays, Crows, and Ravens Cinnamon teal* c c o r A*B*F* Merlin o - o o ABF Band-tailed pigeon* u u u r A*B*F* Steller's jay* c u c c A*B*F* Northern shoveler* c u c c A*B*F* Gyrfalcon - - r r ABF Mourning dove* c c u u A*B*F* Western scrub-jay* c c c c A*B*F* Northern pintail* a o a a A*BF* Peregrine falcon u - u u ABF Owls American crow* c c c c A*B*F* Green-winged teal* a o a a A*BF* Prairie falcon o - o o ABF Barn owl* u u u u A*B*F* u u u u ABF Canvasback o - o o ABF Rails and Coots Western screech-owl* u u u u A*B*F* Larks Redhead r - r r ABF Virginia rail* u u u o A*B*F* * c c c c A*B*F* Horned lark* u u u u A*B*F* Ring-necked duck* c o u c A*B*F Sora* u u o r A*B*F* - - r r BF Sp S F W Refuge Sp S F W Refuge Accidentals (cont.) Swallows Wood Warblers (cont.) Pacific loon B Purple martin r r r - ABF Wilson's warbler* c u o - A*B*F* Common loon ABF Tree swallow* a c c o A*B*F* Yellow-breasted chat* u u u - A*BF* Red-necked grebe AB Violet-green swallow* c c c r A*B*F* Tanagers Clark's grebe AB Northern rough-winged swallow u o o - ABF Western tanager* c u o - A*B*F* B Cliff swallow* a a u - A*B*F* Sparrows and Allies Least bittern BF Seasonal Checklist of Barn swallow* a a c r A*B*F* Spotted towhee* a a a a A*B*F* Snowy egret AF Chickadees Chipping sparrow* u u o r AB*F* Tricolored heron F Birds of the Willamette Valley Black-capped chickadee* c c c c A*B*F* Vesper sparrow* u u o - AB*F* Cattle egret A National Wildlife Chestnut-backed chickadee* u u u u A*B*F* Savannah sparrow* a a a o A*B*F* White-faced ibis ABF Bushtits Grasshopper sparrow* r r r r ABF* Northern goshawk ABF Refuge Complex Bushtit* c c c c A*B*F* Fox sparrow c - u c ABF Swainson's hawk ABF Nuthatches Song sparrow* a a a a A*B*F* Ferruginous hawk BF Red-breasted nuthatch* c u c c A*B*F* Lincoln's sparrow u - u u ABF American golden-plover ABF Ankeny NWR White-breasted nuthatch* c c c c A*B*F* Swamp sparrow r - r r ABF Pacific golden-plover AB Baskett Slough NWR Creepers White-throated sparrow o - r o ABF Willet A William L. Finley NWR Brown creeper* u u u u A*B*F* White-crowned sparrow* c u c c A*B*F* Whimbrel ABF Wrens Golden-crowned sparrow a - c a ABF Hudonian godwit A Bewick's wren* c c c c A*B*F* Dark-eyed junco* c u c a AB*F* Marbled godwit AB House wren* c c u - AB*F* Grosbeaks and Buntings Ruddy turnstone A Winter wren c c c c AB*F* Black-headed grosbeak* c c u - A*B*F* Black turnstone A Marsh wren* c c u u A*B*F* Lazuli bunting* u u r - A*BF* Red knot A Kinglets Blackbirds, Meadowlarks, and Orioles Sanderling AB Golden-crowned kinglet* c u c c A*B*F* Red-winged blackbird* a c a a A*B*F* Sharp-tailed sandpiper B Ruby-crowned kinglet c r c c ABF Tricolored blackbird* r r - - A*B Stilt sandpiper AB Thrushes Western meadowlark* u u u c A*B*F* Ruff AB Western bluebird* u o u u A*B*F* Yellow-headed blackbird* u u o - AB*F BF Mountain bluebird r - r r F Brewer's blackbird* c c c c A*B*F* Sabine’s gull B Townsend's solitaire r - r - BF Brown-headed cowbird* u c u o A*B*F* Black-legged kittiwake B Swainson's thrush* c c u - A*B*F* Bullock's oriole* u u - - A*BF* Common tern AB Hermit thrush u - o u ABF Finches tern B American robin* a c a a A*B*F* Purple finch* c c c u A*B*F* Black swift A Varied thrush u - o u ABF House finch* c c u c A*B*F* Black-chinned hummingbird A Wrentit* u u u u F* Red crossbill o - r o BF Ash-throated flycatcher B Starlings Pine siskin u o o u ABF Clark's nutcracker F European starling* a a a a A*B*F* Lesser goldfinch* u u u o A*B*F* Bank swallow BF Pipits American goldfinch* u c c o A*B*F* Mountain chickadee F American pipit c - c c ABF Evening grosbeak u o o o ABF Northern mockingbird ABF Waxwings Old World Sparrows Sage thrasher B Cedar waxwing* c c c r A*B*F* House sparrow* u u u u A*B*F* American tree sparrow AB Wood Warblers Clay-colored sparrow F Orange-crowned warbler* c c u r A*B*F* Accidentals Brewer's sparrow F Nashville warbler r - - - ABF The following birds have been recorded 5 times or fewer on the Lark sparrow BF Yellow warbler* u u o - A*B*F* refuge complex and are considered out of their normal range. Black-throated sparrow F Yellow-rumped warbler c r u u ABF Letters indicate at which refuge the species has been seen. Harris's sparrow BF Black-throated gray warbler* u u o - A*B*F* Emperor goose ABF Lapland longspur ABF Townsend’s warbler u - u o ABF Tufted duck F Gray-crowned rosy-finch F Hermit warbler o - - - BF Surf scoter ABF MacGillivray's warbler* u u o - AB*F* White-winged scoter B Common yellowthroat* a a u r A*B*F* Red-throated loon F