S S F W S S F W S S F W BIRD CHECKLIST [ ] Eared Grebe o - o o [ ] Common Goldeneye o - o u [ ] Marbled Godwit u u c o [ ] Black-footed Albatross c c c u [ ] Bufflehead c r c c [ ] Long-biller Curlew - r r - For the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area [ ] Laysan Albatross - r r - [ ] Common Merganser c c c c [ ] Wandering Tattler u r u o [ ] Hooded Merganser u u u c [ ] Ruddy Turnstone u u u u north to Cape Perpetua Scenic Area PELAGIC BIRDS & HERONS [ ] Red-breasted Merganser c - u c [ ] Black Turnstone c c c c [ ] Northern Fulmar o o o o [ ] Ruddy Duck c - c c [ ] Surfbird c u c c This checklist covers from the Oregon Dunes National [ ] Pink-footed Shearwater u u c - [ ] Rock Sandpiper r - r r Recreation Area to the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area. [ ] Sooty Shearwater c c c - HAWKS & EAGLES [ ] Red Knot o o o r The area includes headlands, ocean beaches, numer- [ ] New Zealand Shearwater - - r - [ ] Osprey c c c o [ ] Sanderling c c c c ous freshwater lakes, and abundance of streams, [ ] Buller’s Shearwater - - o o [ ] Northern Harrier c c c c [ ] Wilson’s Snipe u r c c ponds, and marshes, estuaries and salt marshes, grass- [ ] Short-tailed Shearwater r r r - [ ] Rough-legged Hawk - - r - [ ] Red-necked Phalarope c u c c lands and lush coastal forest. [ ] Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel u u u u [ ] Red shouldered Hawk o o o o [ ] Red Phalarope u - u u [ ] Leach’s Storm-Petrel o o o r [ ] Red-tailed Hawk c c c c Birds are numerous in the area, with over 250 species [ ] Brown Pelican r c c r [ ] White-tailed Kite o o o o GULLS, TERNS & ALCIDS including songbirds, shorebirds, wading birds, birds [ ] Double-crested Cormorant c c c c [ ] Sharp-shinned Hawk u u u u [ ] Parasitic Jaeger u - u u of prey, and migratory birds. Birds to watch for include [ ] Brandt’s Cormorant c c c c [ ] Cooper’s Hawk u u u u [ ] Pomarine Jaeger o o u - the bald eagle, snowy plover, great blue heron, and [ ] Pelagic Cormorant c c c c [ ] Bald Eagle u u u u [ ] Long-tailed Jaeger r r r - great egret. [ ] American Bittern o o o o [ ] American Kestrel c c c c [ ] Black-legged Kittiwake u u u u [ ] Great Blue Heron c c c c [ ] Merlin u - u u [ ] Bonaparte’s Gull c u c u Maps and trail guides, along with assorted bird books, [ ] Great Egret c c c c [ ] Peregrine Falcon o - o o [ ] California Gull u o c c [ ] Green Heron c c u r [ ] Glaucous-winged Gull c c c c are available at the Oregon Dunes National Recreation PHEASANTS, GROUSE & QUAIL [ ] Black-crowned Night Heron c u c c [ ] Glaucous Gull r - r r Area Headquarters located at the intersection of High- [ ] Ring-necked Pheasant u u u u [ ] Heermann’s Gull o c c o way 101 and 38 in Reedsport or at the Cape Perpetua VULTURES [ ] Blue Grouse u u u u [ ] Herring Gull o - o o Visitor Center located 3 miles south of Yachats on [ ] Turkey Vulture c c o r [ ] Ruffed Grouse c c c c [ ] Mew Gull c o c c Highway 101. [ ] California Quail c c c c SWANS, GEESE & DUCKS [ ] Sabine’s Gull u o u r [ ] Mountain Quail u u u u [ ] Tundra Swan u - u c [ ] Thayer’s Gull o - o o CODE SYMBOLS [ ] Brant c r u u MARSH & SHORE BIRDS [ ] Western Gull c c c c S = (Spring) March to May [ ] White-fronted Goose - - r r [ ] Sora - - o r [ ] Ring-billed Gull c c c c S = (Summer) June to August [ ] Snow Goose - - r r [ ] Virginia Rail c c c u [ ] Caspian Tern u u u - F = (Fall) September to November [ ] Emperor Goose - - r r [ ] American Coot c - u c [ ] Common Tern u o u - W = (Winter) December to February [ ] Canada Goose u u u u [ ] Black-bellied Plover c u c c [ ] Arctic Tern u o u - [ ] Wood Duck c c o o [ ] American Golden Plover r o o r [ ] Common Murre c c c c ABUNDANCE [ ] Green-winged Teal c u r r [ ] Pacific Golden Plover r o o r [ ] Pigeon Guillemot c c u o c = Common. Seen often in proper habitat. [ ] Blue-winged Teal o o r - [ ] Semi-palmated Plover c c c u [ ] Marbled Murrelet u u u u u = Uncommon. Present, but not certain to be seen. [ ] Cinnamon Teal c c o r [ ] Snowy Plover u u u u [ ] Ancient Murrelet u u u u o = Occasional. One seen now and then during [ ] Mallard c c c c [ ] Killdeer c c c c [ ] Cassin’s Auklet c c c u season. [ ] Northern Pintail u o c c [ ] Black Oystercatcher o o o o [ ] Rhinoceros Auklet u u o o r = rare. Rarely seen and not every year [ ] Gadwall c - c c [ ] Solidary Sandpiper - r r - [ ] Tufted Puffin o o o o [ ] Northern Shoveler u - u c [ ] Spotted Sandpiper c c c u PIGEONS & DOVES [ ] Eurasian Wigeon - - r r [ ] Semi-palmated Sandpiper - r - - [ ] Mourning Dove u u u r [ ] American Wigeon u r c c [ ] Western Sandpiper c c c c S S F W [ ] Band-tailed Pigeon c c c r [ ] Redhead o - c u [ ] Least Sandpiper c c c c [ ] Rock Dove c c c c LOONS & GREBES [ ] Ring-necked Duck c r u c [ ] Baird’s Sandpiper r u r r [ ] Red-throated Loon u o u u [ ] Canvasback c - c c [ ] Pectoral Sandpiper - o u - OWLS, GOATSUCKERS & SWIFTS [ ] Pacific Loon c u c u [ ] Greater Scaup c - c c [ ] Short-billed Dowitcher c u c u [ ] Northern Pygmy Owl u u u u [ ] Common Loon c u c c [ ] Lesser Scaup u - u u [ ] Long-billed Dowitcher o u u c [ ] Burrowing Owl r - - r [ ] Pied-billed Grebe c r c c [ ] Long-tailed Duck o - o c [ ] Dunlin c o c c [ ] Northern Saw-whet Owl o o o o [ ] Western Grebe c u c c [ ] Harlequin Duck o o o o [ ] Greater Yellowlegs c u c c [ ] Western Screech Owl u u u u [ ] Clark’s Grebe - - r r [ ] Black Scoter u r u u [ ] Lesser Yellowlegs r u u o [ ] Short-eared Owl u u u u [ ] Red-necked Grebe u - u u [ ] Surf Scoter c r c c [ ] Willet c u c c [ ] Great Horned Owl c c c c [ ] Horned Grebe c - c c [ ] White-winged Scoter c r c c [ ] Whimbrel c u c o [ ] Snowy Owl r - - r S S F W S S F W S S F W [ ] Barn Owl u u u u CHICKADEES & BUSHTITS [ ] Wilson’s Warbler c c u r [ ] Common Nighthawk - c r - [ ] Black-capped Chickadee c c c c [ ] Common Yellowthroat u u o - [ ] Vaux’s Swift c c o - [ ] Chestnut-backed Chickadee c c c c [ ] Yellow-breasted Chat r r - - HUMMINGBIRDS [ ] Mountain Chickadee - - r r TANAGERS [ ] Bushtit u u u u [ ] Anna’s Hummingbird u u u u [ ] Western Tanager c c o - [P ] [ ] Allen’s Hummingbird u u - r NUTHATCHES & CREEPERS TOWHEES, SPARROWS, & LONGSPURS [ ] Rufous Hummingbird c c o o [ ] Red-breasted Nuthatchu u c u [ ] Spotted Towhee c c c c KINGFISHERS [ ] White-breasted Nuthatch r r r r [ ] Chipping Sparrow u u o - [ ] Belted Kingfisher c c c c [ ] Brown Creeper u u u u [ ] Fox Sparrow u o c c [ ] Savannah Sparrow c c c o WOODPECKERS WRENS [ ] Bewick’s Wren u u u u [ ] Lincoln’s Sparrow o - o o BIRD [ ] Lewis’ Woodpecker - r - - [ ] House Wren r r r - [ ] Song Sparrow c c c c [ ] Red-breasted Sapsucker u u u u [ ] Marsh Wren c c c c [ ] Swamp Sparrow - - o o [ ] Downy Woodpecker u u u u [ ] Winter Wren c c c c [ ] Vesper Sparrow r r r - [ ] Hairy Woodpecker c c c c [ ] White-throated Sparrow o - u u CHECKLIST [ ] Northern Flicker c c c c DIPPERS [ ] White-crowned Sparrow c c c c [ ] Pileated Woodpecker u u u u [ ] American Dipper o o o o [ ] Golden-crowned Sparrow c r c c FLYCATCHERS KINGLETS [ ] Dark-eyed Junco c u c c [ ] Olive-sided Flycatcher c c o - [ ] Golden-crowned Kinglet c c c c [ ] Lapland Longspur r - r r [ ] Pacific-slope Flycatcher c c o - [ ] Ruby-crowned Kinglet c - c c [ ] Snow Bunting - - r - for the [ ] Willow Flycatcher o u r - CARDINALS [ ] Western Wood-Pewee c c o - BLUEBIRDS & THRUSHES [ ] Rose-breasted Grosbeak r - r - [ ] Black Phoebe r r r r [ ] Western Bluebird u u u u Oregon Dunes [ ] Black-headed Grosbeak u c o - [ ] Tropical Kingbird - - r - [ ] American Robin c c c c [ ] Lazuli Bunting o - o - [ ] Western Kingbird o r r - [ ] Hermit Thrush u - c c National Recreation [ ] Horned Lark - - r r [ ] Swainson’s Thrush c c o - BLACKBIRDS & MEADOWLARKS [ ] Varied Thrush c u c c [ ] Red-winged Blackbird c c c u Area SHRIKES [ ] Townsend’s Solitaire - - - r [ ] Brewer’s Blackbird c c c c [ ] Northern Shrike u - u u BABBLERS [ ] Brown-headed Cowbird c c u - VIREOS [ ] Wrentit c c c c [ ] Western Meadowlark c c c c north to [ ] Hutton’s Vireo u u u u FINCHES [ ] Cassin’s Vireo o o o - MOCKINGBIRDS [ ] Purple Finch c c u o [ ] Warbling Vireo u u o - [ ] Northern Mockingbirdr r r r Cape Perpetua [ ] House Finch c c c c JAYS & CROWS STARLINGS [ ] Pine Siskin c u c c [ ] Gray Jay o o o o [ ] European Starling c c c c [ ] Red Crossbill u u u u Scenic Area [ ] Scrub Jay r r r r PIPITS [ ] American Goldfinch c c c u [ ] Stellar’s Jay c c c c [ ] American pipit o r c c [ ] Lesser Goldfinch u u - r [ ] American Crow c c c c [ ] Evening Grosbeak c - u u [ ] Common Raven c c c c WAXWINGS [ ] House Sparrow c c c c [ ] Cedar Waxwing o c c o LARKS [ ] Horned Lark - - r r WARBLERS [ ] Orange-crowned Warbler c c u o SWALLOWS [ ] Nashville Warbler o r o o [ ] Purple Martin u u - - [ ] Yellow-rumped Warbler c u c c [ ] Cliff Swallow c c u - [ ] Black-throated Gray Warbler u u o - [ ] N. Rough-winged Swallow c c - - designed by and printed with [ ] Townsend’s Warbler u - c c funds provided from: Siuslaw National Forest [ ] Barn Swallow c c u - [ ] Hermit Warbler c c o r Northwest Interpretive Association 4077 S.W. Research Way [ ] Tree Swallow c c u o [ ] Palm Warbler - - r r 909 First Avenue, Ste. 630 P.O. Box 1148 [ ] Violet-green Swallow c c o o [ ] Yellow Warbler o o - r Seattle, WA 98104 Corvallis, Oregon 97339 [ ] MacGillivray’s Warbler u u o - www.nwpubliclands.com http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/siuslaw/