Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge Watchable Wildlife in Order to See Birds It Is Necessary to Become Part of the Silence

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U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge Watchable Wildlife In order to see birds it is necessary to become part of the silence. - Robert Lynd Introduction Bird List Key

Steigerwald Lake A wide variety of birds await the Seasonal c - Common – likely to be seen or NWR patient observer at Steigerwald Abundance Codes heard Lake National Wildlife Refuge. Located in the Columbia River u - Uncommon – usually present Gorge, at the crossroads of the but may not be seen or heard Cascade Mountain Range and the Columbia River, birds from the east o - Occasional – seen or heard only can be found among those of the a few times per season west at this near sea-level passage. r - Rare – unlikely to be seen or Over 200 of the 300 bird species heard seen in Clark County, Washington have been observed on this relatively a - Accidental - less than five small refuge, making Steigerwald records Lake an excellent birding destination.

A number of habitats support this diverse bird population, including Seasons Sp - Spring – March through May riparian forest along Gibbons Creek, seasonal wetlands, grasslands and S - Summer – June through July oak forested uplands. F - Fall – August through November Enjoying Wildlife The Gibbons Creek Wildlife Art Trail offers Refuge visitors the chance to W - Winter – December through experience and learn about wildlife February and the places they call home. As a guest in their home, your visit will be most successful if you move slowly, talk softly, use binoculars and leave only footprints behind.

The trail is open year-round from dawn until dusk. A seasonal spur is closed Marsh wren from October 1 – April 30 to provide sanctuary for wintering waterfowl.

Observation Tips When looking at a bird, pay close attention to characteristics like color, size, shape, wing and head markings. Always observe first and then refer to your identification book, because the bird may move out of sight quickly. This is especially true of perching birds.

Also, be sure to listen for their calls and sounds. Take note of the type of habitat in which you see the bird, and where in the habitat they are likely to be found—canopy, tree trunk, brushy areas, open water or on the ground. Birds of Steigerwald Lake NWR Common Name Sp S F W Common Name Sp S F W Northern Shoveler u o u c Loons Northern Pintail o r o c Common Loon r u Green-winged Teal c r u c Canvasback r r r o Grebes Redhead o a Pied-billed Grebe c c c u Ring-necked Duck c o o c Horned Grebe o o o Tufted Duck a Red-necked Grebe a Greater Scaup o o u Eared Grebe a Lesser Scaup c o u c Western Grebe o o o Surf Scoter a Long-tailed Duck a Cormorants Bufflehead c r o c Double-crested Cormorant u r u u Common Goldeneye r r o Bitterns, Herons and Egrets Barrow’s Goldeneye a a American Bittern u u u r Hooded Merganser u o o u Great Blue Heron c c c u Common Merganser o r r o Great Egret r o u r Red-breasted Merganser a Cattle Egret a Ruddy Duck r r r r Green Heron o r r Osprey, Kites, Hawks and Eagles Black-crowned Night-Heron a Osprey c c r Ibises and Spoonbills White-tailed Kite a a White-faced Ibis a a Bald Eagle u u u c Northern Harrier c c c u New World Vultures Sharp-shinned Hawk o o r Turkey Vulture c c c Cooper’s Hawk a r Red-shouldered Hawk o o Swans, Geese and Ducks Swainson’s Hawk a Greater White-fronted Goose o u r Red-tailed Hawk c c c c Snow Goose o r r Ferruginous Hawk a a Ross’s Goose a Rough-legged Hawk r o Brant a Golden Eagle a Cackling Goose c u c Canada Goose c u c c Mute Swan o o o u Trumpeter Swan a Tundra Swan r r r Wood Duck c c u r Gadwall c u c c Eurasian Wigeon r r r American Wigeon c o c c Mallard c c c u Blue-winged Teal u u Red-tailed hawk Cinnamon Teal c c o r © Ken Morris Common Name Sp S F W Common Name Sp S F W

Falcons and Caracaras Solitary Sandpiper r a r American Kestrel o o u u Spotted Sandpiper r u o Merlin u a Long-billed Curlew a Gyrfalcon a Sanderling r r Peregrine Falcon r o o Semipalmated Sandpiper r r Prairie Falcon a Western Sandpiper u r o Least Sandpiper o r o Gallinaceous Birds Baird’s Sandpiper u Ring-necked Pheasant r r r r Pectoral Sandpiper o California Quail r r r r Dunlin o r Short-billed Dowitcher a a Rails Long-billed Dowitcher u r u o Virginia Rail o o u r Wilson’s Snipe c r u o Sora o u r Wilson’s Phalarope r r American Coot c u u c Red-necked Phalarope a Cranes Red Phalarope a Sandhill Crane a Skuas, Jaegers, Gulls and Terns Plovers Bonaparte’s Gull r r r Semipalmated Plover u Mew Gull o o u Killdeer u u u o Ring-billed Gull u o u u California Gull u o o o Stilts and Avocets Herring Gull o o u Black-necked Stilt a Thayer’s Gull r r r American Avocet a Glaucous-winged Gull c u o c Glaucous Gull a Sandpipers and Phalaropes Caspian Tern o o o Greater Yellowlegs u u o Lesser Yellowlegs o r u Pigeons and Doves Rock Pigeon o o u o Band-tailed Pigeon a a Eurasian Collared-Dove u u u u Mourning Dove u c o

Barn Owls Barn Owl r r o o

Typical Owls Western Screech-Owl r Great Horned Owl o c o o Snowy Owl a Burrowing Owl a Greater Short-eared Owl o o yellowlegs Common Name Sp S F W Common Name Sp S F W

Swifts Vireos Black Swift r o Cassin’s Vireo o o Vaux’s Swift o c o Warbling Vireo o o o Red-eyed Vireo r Hummingbirds Anna’s Hummingbird o o Crows, Jays and Magpies Calliope Hummingbird r r Steller’s Jay r o u r Rufous Hummingbird o o o Western Scrub-Jay c c c o American Crow c c u u Kingfishers Common Raven o o u r Belted Kingfisher u u c o Larks Woodpeckers Horned Lark a Lewis’s Woodpecker a Red-breasted Sapsucker r r Swallows Downy Woodpecker u c c o Purple Martin c c u Hairy Woodpecker u o o o Tree Swallow c c u r Northern Flicker c o c o Violet-green Swallow c c u Pileated Woodpecker u o u r Northern Rough-winged Swallow u u u Bank Swallow a a Tyrant Flycatchers Cliff Swallow o u u Western Wood-Pewee o c o Barn Swallow c c c Willow Flycatcher o u u Least Flycatcher a Titmice and Chickadees Gray Flycatcher a Black-capped Chickadee o u c o Dusky Flycatcher a a Chestnut-backed Chickadee a Pacific-slope Flycatcher u o o Black Phoebe a a Bushtits Say’s Phoebe r r Bushtit r o o r Ash-throated Flycatcher a Nuthatches Western Kingbird o r Red-breasted Nuthatch a Eastern Kingbird a a White-breasted Nuthatch u o c r

Shrikes Creepers Loggerhead Shrike a a Brown Creeper r r Northern Shrike r r Wrens Bewick’s Wren u c u o House Wren c c u Winter Wren a Marsh Wren u u o r

Kinglets White-breasted nuthatch Golden-crowned Kinglet r r r © Matt Macgillivray Ruby-crowned Kinglet u o o Common Name Sp S F W Common Name Sp S F W

Thrushes Lincoln’s Sparrow r u r Mountain Bluebird a Swamp Sparrow a Townsend’s Solitaire a White-throated Sparrow a r r Swainson’s Thrush o c u Harris’s Sparrow a a a Hermit Thrush a a White-crowned Sparrow u u u o American Robin c c c o Golden-crowned Sparrow u u u Varied Thrush a r Dark-eyed Junco o r o u Lapland Longspur a a Mimic Thrushes Sage Thrasher a Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Allies Black-headed Grosbeak o c o Starlings Lazuli Bunting u o u European Starling c c c c Blackbirds and Orioles Wagtails and Pipits Red-winged Blackbird c c c u American Pipit r r r Western Meadowlark u r o u Yellow-headed Blackbird r r Waxwings Brewer’s Blackbird o o u u Cedar Waxwing o c c Brown-headed Cowbird c c r Wood Warblers Bullock’s Oriole o c u Orange-crowned Warbler u u Finches Nashville Warbler r a r Purple Finch r r Yellow Warbler o o r House Finch c c c o Yellow-rumped Warbler o u r Pine Siskin r r r Black-throated Gray Warbler o o Lesser Goldfinch a Townsend’s Warbler a r American Goldfinch c c c r Palm Warbler a MacGillivray’s Warbler r u Old World Sparrows Common Yellowthroat c c c r House Sparrow o c o o Wilson’s Warbler u a u Yellow-breasted Chat o o

Tanagers Western Tanager o r r

Sparrows and Towhees Spotted Towhee u u o o Chipping Sparrow r r Clay-colored Sparrow a Brewer’s Sparrow a Vesper Sparrow a a Savannah Sparrow c c u Fox Sparrow u u u American robin Song Sparrow c c c u © Ken Morris Mammals of the Gorge Refuges Common Name V

Species The following lists of mammals, California myotis Presence amphibians, reptiles, and fish Western long-eared bat include species that have been Little brown myotis • verified through biological surveys to occur within the Columbia River Long-legged bat Gorge National Wildlife Refuges Yuma bat (Steigerwald Lake NWR, Franz Big-eared bat Lake NWR, Pierce NWR). The remaining are potential species Pikas, Rabbits and Hares obtained from various publications. Brush rabbit Eastern cottontail • V - (•) Verified Species Rodents Common Name V Beaver • Gray-tailed vole Pouched Mammals Creeping (Oregon) vole Common opossum • Townsend vole • Nutria • Shrews and Moles Muskrat • Shrew-mole Deer mouse • Coast mole • Eastern gray squirrel • Townsend mole • Western gray squirrel Dusky shrew Beechey ground squirrel • Water shrew • Townsends chipmunk • Vagrant shrew • Douglas squirrel • Bats Mazama pocket gopher Big brown bat • Brush prairie gopher Silver-haired bat Northern pocket gopher • Western red bat Pacific jumping mouse • Hoary bat Carnivores Coyote • Mountain lion • Bobcat • River otter • Striped skunk • Long-tailed weasel • Mink • Racoon • Black bear • Red fox •

Hoofed Mammals Little Roosevelt elk • brown myotis Black-tailed deer • © Ken Morris Amphibians & Reptiles of the Gorge Refuges Fish of the Gorge Refuges

Common Name V Common Name V

Salamanders Green sturgeon Northwestern salamander • White sturgeon Long-toed salamander • Chiselmouth • Ensatina • American shad Larch Mountain salamader • Yellow bullhead • Western red-back salamander Brown bullhead • Cascade torrent salamander • Goldfish • Rough-skinned newt • Longnose sucker Bridgelip sucker Frogs and Toads Largescale sucker • Western toad • Riffle sculpin • Pacific chorus frog • Torrent sculpin • Northern red-legged frog • Carp • Bullfrog • Threespine stickleback • Turtles Channel catfish Western painted turtle • River lamprey • Western pond turtle • Pumpkinseed • Bluegill • Lizards Smallmouth bass • Northern alligator lizard Largemouth bass • Sea-run cutthroat trout • Snakes Chum salmon • Rubber boa Coho salmon • Northwestern garter snake • Sockeye salmon Red-spotted (common) garter snake • Rainbow trout • Steelhead • Chinook salmon • Yellow perch • Sandroller Starry flounder White crappie • Rough-skinned newt Black crappie © Andy Purviance Mountain whitefish Northern pike-minnow Longnosed dace • Redside shiner • Brown trout Bull trout Walleye Eulachon (smelt) Northern harrier Field Notes © Roger Windemuth Have you seen If you find a rare, accidental or me lately? unlisted species, please share your observations with us. And remember, a picture is worth a thousand words.

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Comments Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge 35501 SE Evergreen Hwy Washougal, WA 98671 Telephone: 360/835-8767 Fax: 360/835-9780

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov

Refuge Information 1 800/344 WILD

October 2010

Cover photo Purple martin/Photograph by Dori