W a s h i n g t o n S t a t e P a r k s Jarrell Cove area parks offer a variety of birding Jarrell Cove State Park is a quiet 43-acre marine opportunities for novices and experts alike. Some birds camping park on Harstine Island in south Puget of interest include nesting bald eagles, nesting pigeon Sound. Accessible by both boat and bridge, the park guillemot colonies, scores of wintering seabirds, great features 14 moorage buoys, 650 feet of moorage and Birds of blue herons, purple martins and pileated woodpeckers. dock space, 22 onshore campsites (one is ADA-acces- Birdwatchers may observe these and other birds listed sible), two kitchen shelters without electricity and four in this brochure at and on the waterways between sheltered and 10 unsheltered picnic tables. Jarrell Cove Jarrell Cove, Harstine Island, McMicken Island and Hope Island state parks. Campsite reservations: (888) CAMPOUT or Area Parks An asterisk (*) indicates the bird listed has been (888) 226-7688 observed in the area. Park staff and volunteers from www.parks.state.wa.us Black Hills Audubon Society compiled this information after conducting a year-long survey. General information: (360) 902-8844 For more information about the survey, visit www.parks.state.wa.us www.birdnotes.net.
Birding Tips • Hone your observation skills. Practice observing common birds you see every day. Describe the visual differences you see. Listen to and learn to recognize their songs, watch their behavior and take note of the type of habitat in which they live.
• Be quiet and listen. You are less likely to scare away nearby birds if you are quiet. Listen for rustling noises in the bushes, the fluttering of wings, woodpeckers pecking and bird songs - these signs may lead you to spotting a bird.
• Scan large areas without binoculars. Use your full field of vision and look for quick movements. When you see something move, focus on that area with your binoculars.
• Travel with experienced birders.
• Use a field guidebook. A good field guide will help you identify birds by describing habitat and behavior, as well as illustrate the visual characteristics to look for on birds.
Bird Photos: Front Cover: Top- bald eagle; bottom left- great blue heron; bottom right- white crowned sparrow Second Page: Bottom left- pileated woodpecker; bottom right- western P&R 45-84500-2 (08/16) screetch owl Keys to Symbols * Observed during survey c=Common u=Uncommon w=Present in winter s=Present in summer r=Year-round resident m=Fall or spring migrant
Loons Waterfowl Cooper’s Hawk* (ur) Owls Corvids Common Yellowthroat* (cs) Red-throated Loon* (cw) Canada Goose* (cr) Red-tailed Hawk* (cr) Western Screech Owl (cr) Stellar’s Jay* (cr) Wilson’s Warbler* (cs) Pacific Loon* (cw) Wood Duck* (cs) American Kestrel (ur) Great Horned Owl (cr) American Crow* (cr) Common Loon* (cw) American Wigeon* (cw) Northern Pygmy Owl* (ur) Common Raven* (ur) Towhee, Sparrows Mallard* (cr) Shorebirds Barred Owl* (cr) Spotted Towhee* (cr) Grebes Greater Scaup* (cw) Killdeer* (cr) Northern Saw-whet Owl (ur) Swallows Fox Sparrow* (cw) Pied-billed Grebe* (cw) Lesser Scaup (uw) Greater Yellowlegs* (uw) Purple Martin* (us) Song Sparrow* (cr) Horned Grebe* (cw) Black Scoter* (uw) Lesser Yellowlegs (um) Goatsuckers, Swifts Tree Swallow* (cs) Golden-crowned Sparrow* (cw) Red-necked Grebe* (cw) Surf Scoter* (cw, us) Spotted Sandpiper* (us) Common Nighthawk (us) Violet-green Swallow* (cs) White-crowned Sparrow* (uw, cs) Eared Grebe* (uw) White-winged Scoter* (cw) Sanderling (uw) Vaux’s Swift (us) Northern Rough-winged Swallow (cs) Dark-eyed Junco* (cr) Western Grebe* (uw) Bufflehead* (cw) Western Sandpiper (cm) Cliff Swallow* (cs) Clark’s Grebe (uw) Common Goldeneye* (cw) Least Sandpiper (cm) Hummingbirds Barn Swallow* (cs) Tanagers, Grosbeaks Barrow’s Goldeneye* (cw) Dunlin (cw) Anna’s Hummingbird (us) Western Tanager* (cs) Cormorants, Herons Hooded Merganser* (cw) Rufous Hummingbird* (cs) Chickadees, Nuthatches, Black-headed Grosbeak (cs) Double-crested Cormorant* (cw) Common Merganser* (us, cw) Gulls, Terns Creepers Brandt’s Cormorant* (uw) Red-breasted Merganser* (cw) Bonaparte’s Gull* (cw, us) Kingfishers Black-capped Chickadee* (cr) Blackbirds Pelagic Cormorant* (cw) Heermann’s Gull* (um) Belted Kingfisher* (cr) Chestnut-backed Chickadee* (cr) Red-winged Blackbird* (cr) Great Blue Heron* (cr) Raptors Mew Gull* (cw) Bushtit (ur) Brewer’s Blackbird (cr) Osprey* (us) Ring-billed Gull* (cr) Woodpeckers Red-breasted Nuthatch* (cr) Brown-headed Cowbird* (uw, cs) Vultures Bald Eagle* (cr) California Gull* (cm) Red-breasted Sapsucker* (cs, uw) Brown Creeper* (cr) Turkey Vulture* (us) Northern Harrier (cw) Herring Gull (uw) Downy Woodpecker* (cr) Finches Sharp-shinned Hawk (cw) Thayer’s Gull (uw) Hairy Woodpecker* (cr) Wrens, Kinglets, Thrushes Purple Finch* (cr) Western Gull (uw) Northern Flicker* (cr) Bewick’s Wren* (cr) House Finch* (cr) Glaucus-winged Gull* (cr) Pileated Woodpecker* (cr) Winter Wren* (cr) Red Crossbill* (ur) Glaucus x western Golden-crowned Kinglet* (cr) Pine Siskin* (cw, us) Hybrid Gull* (cr) Flycatchers Ruby-crowned Kinglet* (cw) American Goldfinch* (uw, cs) Caspian Tern* (us) Olive-sided Flycatcher (us) Swainson’s Thrush* (cs) Evening Grosbeak* (uw, cs) Western Wood-Pewee* (us) Hermit Thrush* (uw) Alcids Willow Flycatcher (cs) American Robin* (cr) Old World Sparrows Common Murre* (uw) Hammond’s Flycatcher (us) House Sparrow (cr) Pigeon Guillemot* (cr) Pacific-slope Flycatcher* (cs) Wood Warblers Marbled Murrelet (uw) Orange-crowned Warbler* (cs) Additional Species Rhinoceros Auklet* (uw) Vireos Yellow Warbler* (cs) (please report new sightings Cassin’s Vireo (cs) Yellow-rumped Warbler* (cm) to the park ranger) Pigeons, Doves Hutton’s Vireo* (ur) Black-throated Gray Warbler* (cs) ______Rock Dove* (cr) Warbling Vireo* (cs) Townsend’s Warbler* (uw, um) ______Band-tailed Pigeon* (cs) Red-eyed Vireo (us) Hermit Warbler (us) ______Mourning Dove* (ur) MacGillivray’s Warbler (cs) ______