2008 Umatilla County Composite Bird List

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2008 Umatilla County Composite Bird List

Compiled by Dave Herr

Date Updated: Monday November 10, 2008

         Total Number of Bird Species Sighted in Umatilla County in 2008: 252
        Total Number of Bird Species Sighted in Umatilla County in 2007: 249    View data table
        Total Number of Bird Species Sighted in Umatilla County in 2006: 243    View data table
        Total Number of Bird Species Sighted in Umatilla County in 2005: 244    View data table
        Total Number of Bird Species Sighted in Umatilla County in 2004: 259    View data table
       Total Number of Bird Species Sighted in Umatilla County in 2003: 244    View data table
                                    Total Confirmed Bird Species in Umatilla County:   305    View data table
                                        Unconfirmed Bird Species in Umatilla County:        9    View current list

How many bird species can we find in Umatilla County in one year?
Bird club members have an opportunity to participate in the fun of finding out. During 2008, this link on the bird club website will keep track of the species recorded for the County. If you observe a species that hasn't been seen this year (see the list below), please send your sighting to Dave Herr at dsherr@oregontrail.net .
Check in regularly to find out which birds have or haven't been reported.
In 2003 and again in 2005 birders reported 244 species in the County;
in 2004, birders reported 259 species.
Can we find more than 259 this year?
Well, whether we do or don't, we will have fun trying.

Color Key:

This Background Color = Bird Not Sighted This Year

This Background Color = Bird Sighted This Year

SWANS, GEESE, DUCKS	JAEGERS, GULLS, TERNS	WRENS, DIPPERS, KINGLETS
Greater White-fronted Goose	Pomerine Jaeger	Rock Wren
Snow Goose	Parasitic Jaeger	Canyon Wren
Ross’s Goose	Black-legged Kittiwake	Bewick’s Wren
Cackling Goose	Franklin’s Gull	House Wren
Canada Goose	Bonaparte’s Gull	Winter Wren
Trumpeter Swan	Mew Gull	Marsh Wren
Tundra Swan	Ring-billed Gull	American Dipper
Wood Duck	California Gull	Golden-crowned Kinglet
Gadwall	Herring Gull	Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eurasian Wigeon	Thayer’s Gull
American Wigeon	Western Gull
Mallard	Glaucous-winged Gull	THRUSHES
Blue-winged Teal	Glaucous Gull	Western Bluebird
Cinnamon Teal	Sabine’s Gull	Mountain Bluebird
Northern Shoveler	Ross’s Gull	Townsend’s Solitaire
Northern Pintail	Caspian Tern	Veery
Green-winged Teal	Common Tern	Swainson’s Thrush
Canvasback	Forster’s Tern	Hermit Thrush
Redhead	Black Tern	American Robin
Harlequin Duck		Varied Thrush
Surf Scoter	PIGEONS, DOVES
Ring-necked Duck	Rock Pigeon	MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS
Greater Scaup	Band-tailed Pigeon	Gray Catbird
Lesser Scaup	White-winged Dove	Northern Mockingbird
White-winged Scoter	Mourning Dove	Sage Thrasher
Black Scoter	Eurasian Collared-Dove
Long-tailed Duck		STARLINGS
Bufflehead	CUCKOOS	European Starling
Common Goldeneye	Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Barrow’s Goldeneye		PIPITS, WAXWINGS
Hooded Merganser	OWLS	American Pipit
Common Merganser	Barn Owl	Bohemian Waxwing
Red-breasted Merganser	Flammulated Owl	Cedar Waxwing
Ruddy Duck	Western Screech-Owl
	Great Horned Owl	NEW WORLD WARBLERS
	Snowy Owl	Tennessee Warbler
PHEASANTS, GROUSE, TURKEYS, QUAIL	Northern Pygmy-Owl	Orange-crowned Warbler
Chukar	Burrowing Owl	Nashville Warbler
Gray Partridge	Barred Owl	Yellow Warbler
Ring-necked Pheasant	Great Gray Owl	Magnolia Warbler
Ruffed Grouse	Long-eared Owl	Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dusky Grouse	Short-eared Owl	Black-throated Gray Warbler
Wild Turkey	Boreal Owl
Mountain Quail	Northern Saw-whet Owl	Townsend’s Warbler
California Quail		Palm Warbler
	NIGHTHAWKS	Black-and-white Warbler
	Common Nighthawk	American Redstart
LOONS	Common Poorwill	Northern Waterthrush
Red-throated Loon		MacGillivray’s Warbler
Pacific Loon	SWIFTS, HUMMINGBIRDS	Common Yellowthroat
Common Loon	Black Swift	Hooded Warbler
	Vaux’s Swift	Wilson’s Warbler
GREBES	White-throated Swift	Yellow-breasted Chat
Pied-billed Grebe	Black-chinned Hummingbird
Horned Grebe	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	TANAGERS
Red-necked Grebe	Anna's Hummingbird	Western Tanager
Eared Grebe	Calliope Hummingbird
Western Grebe	Broad-tailed Hummingbird	TOWHEES, SPARROWS, JUNCOS, BUNTINGS
Clark’s Grebe	Rufous Hummingbird	Green-tailed Towhee
		Spotted Towhee
PELICANS, CORMORANTS	KINGFISHERS	American Tree Sparrow
American White Pelican	Belted Kingfisher	Chipping Sparrow
Double-crested Cormorant	WOODPECKERS	Brewer’s Sparrow
	Lewis’s Woodpecker	Vesper Sparrow
BITTERNS, HERONS, VULTURES	Williamson’s Sapsucker	Lark Sparrow
American Bittern	Red-naped Sapsucker	Black-throated Sparrow
Great Blue Heron	Downy Woodpecker	Sage Sparrow
Great Egret	Hairy Woodpecker	Savannah Sparrow
Cattle Egret	White-headed Woodpecker	Grasshopper Sparrow
Green Heron	American Three-toed Woodpecker	Fox Sparrow
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Black-backed Woodpecker	Song Sparrow
White-faced Ibis	Northern Flicker	Lincoln’s Sparrow
Turkey Vulture	Pileated Woodpecker	Swamp Sparrow
		White-throated Sparrow
OSPREY, FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES	FLYCATCHERS, KINGBIRDS	Harris’s Sparrow
Osprey	Olive-sided Flycatcher	White-crowned Sparrow
Bald Eagle	Western Wood-Pewee	Golden-crowned Sparrow
Northern Harrier	Willow Flycatcher	Dark-eyed Junco
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Least Flycatcher	Lapland Longspur
Cooper’s Hawk	Hammond’s Flycatcher	Snow Bunting
Northern Goshawk	Gray Flycatcher	Black-headed Grosbeak
Swainson’s Hawk	Dusky Flycatcher	Lazuli Bunting
Red-tailed Hawk	Western Flycatcher	Indigo Bunting
Ferruginous Hawk	Say’s Phoebe
Rough-legged Hawk	Ash-throated Flycatcher	BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES
Golden Eagle	Western Kingbird	Bobolink
American Kestrel	Eastern Kingbird	Red-winged Blackbird
Merlin		Tri-colored Blackbird
Gyrfalcon	SHRIKES	Western Meadowlark
Peregrine Falcon	Loggerhead Shrike	Rusty Blackbird
Prairie Falcon	Northern Shrike	Brewer’s Blackbird
		Yellow-headed Blackbird
RAILS, COOTS, CRANES	VIREOS	Great-tailed Grackle
Virginia Rail	Cassin’s Vireo	Brown-headed Cowbird
Sora	Warbling Vireo	Bullock’s Oriole
American Coot	Red-eyed Vireo
Sandhill Crane		FINCHES, CROSSBILLS
	JAYS, CROWS	Brambling
PLOVERS, SHOREBIRDS	Gray Jay	Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Black-bellied Plover	Steller’s Jay	Pine Grosbeak
American Golden-Plover	Blue Jay	Purple Finch
Pacific Golden-Plover	Western Scrub-Jay	Cassin’s Finch
Semipalmated Plover	Clark’s Nutcracker	House Finch
Killdeer	Black-billed Magpie	Red Crossbill
Black-necked Stilt	American Crow	White-winged Crossbill
American Avocet	Common Raven	Common Redpoll
Greater Yellowlegs		Hoary Redpoll
Lesser Yellowlegs	LARKS	Pine Siskin
Solitary Sandpiper	Horned Lark	Lesser Goldfinch
Spotted Sandpiper		American Goldfinch
Upland Sandpiper	SWALLOWS	Evening Grosbeak
Whimbrel	Purple Martin
Long-billed Curlew	Tree Swallow	OLD WORLD SPARROW
Marbled Godwit	Violet-green Swallow	House Sparrow
Ruddy Turnstone	Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Sanderling	Bank Swallow
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Cliff Swallow
Western Sandpiper	Barn Swallow
Least Sandpiper
Baird’s Sandpiper	CHICKADEES, NUTHATCHES, CREEPERS
Pectoral Sandpiper	Black-capped Chickadee
Dunlin	Mountain Chickadee
Stilt Sandpiper	Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Short-billed Dowitcher	Red-breasted Nuthatch
Long-billed Dowitcher	Bushtit
Wilson’s Snipe	White-breasted Nuthatch
Wilson’s Phalarope	Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-necked Phalarope	Brown Creeper
Red Phalarope
Willet

Species No Longer Present ―

Red-legged Partridge: introduced by ODFW in 1980s, but no viable population established

Greater Sage-Grouse: extirpated

Sharp-tailed Grouse: extirpated

Northern Bobwhite: introduced and extirpated

Unconfirmed Sightings:

Unconfirmed Species with One Sighting ― The species on this list were seen once by one or two observers. Our current information indicates no identifiable photo and no accepted record by the Oregon Bird Records Committee (for review species). Status of any species could change with additional information.

Brant	Long-tailed Jaeger	Blackpoll Warbler
Brown Pelican	Red-breasted Sapsucker
Red Knot	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Hutton’s Vireo