. . . other viewing opportunities at Skagit Valley Provincial Park . . . more information on Skagit Valley Provincial Park
. . . list of available bird checklists
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. . . other viewing opportunities at Skagit Valley Provincial Park . . . more information on Skagit Valley Provincial Park
. . . list of available bird checklists |
 May 2002 - The taxonomic order, common names and four-letter codes included in this web version of the Skagit Valley Provincial Park Bird Checklist published in early 1997 have been updated using the 7th edition of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) Check-List of North American Birds (AOU 1998) and its supplement (AOU 2000). |
| The following is a list of the bird species that have been observed in Skagit Valley Provincial Park. The status of each species is indicated by an abundance level in each of four seasons. The standard four letter code is shown for each species.
Explanation of Symbols Seasonal Occurrence
Relative Abundance
Other Symbols
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| Code | * | Species | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter |
| COLO | Common Loon | u | f | |||
| PBGR | Pied-billed Grebe | r | ||||
| HOGR | Horned Grebe + | ca | ca | ca | ||
| RNGR | Red-necked Grebe + | ca | ca | ca | ||
| EAGR | Eared Grebe | ca | ||||
| WEGR | Western Grebe + | r | r | |||
| GBHE | Great Blue Heron | r | r | |||
| GRHE | Green Heron | ac | ||||
| GWFG | Greater White-fronted Goose + | ca | ||||
| SNGO | Snow Goose + | ca | ||||
| CAGO | * | Canada Goose | f | c | c | |
| TRUS | Trumpeter Swan + | ac | ||||
| TUSW | Tundra Swan + | ca | ||||
| WODU | * | Wood Duck | r | ca | ||
| AMWI | American Wigeon | r | r | |||
| MALL | * | Mallard | f | f | c | f |
| BTWE | * | Blue-winged Teal | ca | r | ||
| CITE | Cinnamon Teal | ca | ||||
| NOSL | Northern Shoveler | ca | ca | |||
| NOPI | Northern Pintail | ca | ca | |||
| GWTE | * | Green-winged Teal | u | r | u | f |
| CANV | Canvasback + | ca | ||||
| REDH | Redhead + | ca | ||||
| RNDU | Ring-necked Duck + | ca | ca | r | ||
| GRSC | Greater Scaup + | c | c | c | ||
| LESC | Lesser Scaup + | c | c | c | ||
| HADU | * | Harlequin Duck | u | u | ||
| SUSC | Surf Scoter + | ac | ||||
| WWSC | White-winged Scoter + | ac | ||||
| BUFF | Bufflehead | r | f | f | ||
| COGO | * | Common Goldeneye | u | u | r | f |
| BAGO | * | Barrow's Goldeneye | u | ca | ||
| HOME | Hooded Merganser | ca | ca | r | u | |
| COME | * | Common Merganser | f | u | u | |
| RBME | Red-breasted Merganser + | ca | ca | |||
| RUDU | Ruddy Duck | ca | ||||
| OSPR | * | Osprey | r | u | ||
| BAEA | * | Bald Eagle | u | u | u | ca |
| NOHA | Northern Harrier | ca | ca | r | ||
| SSHA | * | Sharp-shinned Hawk | u | r | u | |
| COHA | * | Cooper's Hawk | u | r | u | |
| NOGO | * | Northern Goshawk | u | u | u | r |
| RTHA | * | Red-tailed Hawk | u | u | u | ca |
| GOEA | Golden Eagle | ca | ca | ca | ca | |
| AMKE | * | American Kestrel | r | u | u | ca |
| MERL | Merlin | r | r | u | ||
| RUGR | * | Ruffed Grouse | f | u | f | f |
| SPGR | * | Spruce Grouse | r | r | ||
| BLGR | * | Blue Grouse | f | u | u | u |
| WTPT | White-tailed Ptarmigan + | ca | ||||
| VIRA | * | Virginia Rail + | r | ca | ||
| AMCO | * | American Coot | r | ca | f | ca |
| SACR | Sandhill Crane + | ca | ||||
| AGPL | American Golden-Plover + | ac | ||||
| SEPL | Semiplamated Plover | ac | ||||
| KILL | * | Killdeer | u | u | ca | ca |
| GRYE | Greater Yellowlegs + | ca | ca | |||
| LEYE | Lesser Yellowlegs + | ca | ||||
| SPSA | * | Spotted Sandpiper | f | u | r | |
| LBCU | Long-billed Curlew + | ca | ||||
| SESA | Semipalmated Sandpiper + | ca | ||||
| LESA | Least Sandpiper | ca | ||||
| PESA | Pectoral Sandpiper + | ca | ||||
| LBDO | Long-billed Dowitcher + | ca | ca | |||
| COSN | * | Common Snipe | r | r | u | ca |
| BOGU | Bonaparte's Gull | ac | ||||
| MEGU | Mew Gull | ca | ||||
| RBGU | Ring-billed Gull | ca | ca | |||
| CAGU | California Gull | ca | ca | |||
| GWGU | Glaucous-winged Gull | ca | ca | |||
| RODO | Rock Dove [I] | ca | ||||
| BTPI | * | Band-tailed Pigeon | ca | r | r | |
| MODO | * | Mourning Dove | r | r | r | |
| BNOW | * | Barn Owl | ca | ca | ca | ca |
| WSOW | * | Western Screech-Owl | r | ca | ||
| GHOW | * | Great Horned Owl | r | r | r | r |
| NPOW | Northern Pygmy-Owl | r | r | r | u | |
| SPOW | * | Spotted Owl | r | r | r | r |
| BDOW | * | Barred Owl | r | r | r | |
| SEOW | Short-eared Owl | ca | ||||
| BOOW | Boreal Owl | ca | ||||
| NSWO | * | Northern Saw-Whet Owl | r | r | r | r |
| CONI | * | Common Nighthawk | f | |||
| COPO | Common Poorwill + | ac | ||||
| BLSW | Black Swift | u | ||||
| VASW | * | Vaux's Swift | u | f | ||
| ANHU | Anna's Hummingbird | ac | ||||
| CAHU | * | Calliope Hummingbird + | u | u | ||
| RUHU | * | Rufous Hummingbird | c | c | ||
| BEKI | * | Belted Kingfisher | r | u | u | r |
| LEWP | Lewis's Woodpecker | ca | ||||
| RNSA | * | Red-naped Sapsucker | u | r | r | |
| RBSA | * | Red-breasted Sapsucker | u | u | r | |
| DOWO | * | Downy Woodpecker | u | u | u | f |
| HAWO | * | Hairy Woodpecker | u | u | u | u |
| TTWO | Three-toed Woodpecker + | r | ca | ca | ||
| BBWO | Black-backed Woodpecker + | ca | ||||
| NOFL | * | Northern Flicker | u | f | f | |
| PIWO | * | Pileated Woodpecker | u | u | f | f |
| OSFL | Olive-sided Flycatcher | r | ||||
| WWPE | * | Western Wood-Pewee | r | |||
| ALFL | Alder Flycatcher + | ac | ||||
| WIFL | * | Willow Flycatcher | u | |||
| HAFL | * | Hammond's Flycatcher | c | f | ||
| DUFL | * | Dusky Flycatcher | r | |||
| PSFL | * | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | f | r | ||
| COFL | * | Cordilleran Flycatcher | r | |||
| SAPH | Say's Phoebe | ca | ||||
| WEKI | Western Kingbird | ca | ||||
| EAKI | Eastern Kingbird | ca | ||||
| STFL | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | ac | ||||
| NOSH | Northern Shrike | r | r | ca | ||
| LOSH | Loggerhead Shrike | ca | ca | |||
| CAVI | * | Cassin's Vireo | u | u | r | |
| HUVI | Hutton's Vireo | ac | ||||
| WAVI | * | Warbling Vireo | u | u | ||
| REVI | * | Red-eyed Vireo | r | |||
| GRJA | * | Gray Jay | r | r | u | u |
| STJA | * | Steller's Jay | r | u | u | u |
| CLNU | * | Clark's Nutcracker | ca | r | r | |
| BBMA | Black-billed Magpie | r | r | |||
| AMCR | * | American Crow | f | f | f | f |
| NOCR | Northwestern Crow | ca | ca | |||
| CORA | * | Common Raven | u | f | f | u |
| HOLA | Horned Lark | r | r | |||
| TRSW | * | Tree Swallow | u | c | ||
| VGSW | * | Violet-green Swallow | u | c | ||
| NRWS | * | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | r | u | ||
| BKSW | Bank Swallow | r | ||||
| BASW | * | Barn Swallow | r | u | ||
| CLSW | * | Cliff Swallow | u | |||
| BCCH | * | Black-capped Chickadee | f | f | f | f |
| CBCH | * | Chestnut-backed Chickadee | f | f | f | f |
| RBNU | * | Red-breasted Nuthatch | f | f | f | f |
| PYNU | Pygmy Nuthatch | ac | ||||
| BRCR | * | Brown Creeper | u | u | u | u |
| ROWR | Rock Wren | ac | ||||
| BEWR | Bewick's Wren | ac | ||||
| HOWR | * | House Wren | ca | |||
| WIWR | * | Winter Wren | f | u | f | f |
| AMDI | * | American Dipper | r | r | f | f |
| GCKI | * | Golden-crowned Kinglet | f | f | f | ca |
| RCKI | * | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | f | r | u | |
| WEBL | Western Bluebird | ca | ||||
| MOBL | Mountain Bluebird | u | ca | u | ||
| TOSO | Townsend's Solitaire | u | r | r | ||
| VEER | * | Veery | r | u | ||
| HETH | Hermit Thrush | u | u | u | ||
| AMRO | * | American Robin | c | c | f | |
| VATH | * | Varied Thrush | f | u | c | ca |
| GRCA | Gray Catbird | ac | ||||
| EUST | * | European Starling [I] | u | f | u | r |
| AMPI | American Pipit | ca | ca | |||
| CEWA | * | Cedar Waxwing | f | |||
| OCWA | * | Orange-crowned Warbler | u | r | r | |
| NAWA | Nashville Warbler | r | ca | |||
| YEWA | * | Yellow Warbler | u | u | r | |
| YRWA | * | Yellow-rumped Warbler | f | f | u | |
| BTGW | Black-throated Gray Warbler | ca | r | r | ||
| TOWA | * | Townsend's Warbler | u | u | ca | |
| AMRE | * | American Redstart | ca | r | ||
| NOWA | Northern Waterthrush | ca | ||||
| MACW | * | MacGillivray's Warbler | u | ca | ||
| COYE | * | Common Yellowthroat | r | f | r | |
| WIWA | Wilson's Warbler | r | r | ca | ||
| WETA | * | Western Tanager | u | f | r | |
| SPTO | * | Spotted Towhee | r | u | r | ca |
| ATSP | American Tree Sparrow | ca | ca | |||
| CHSP | * | Chipping Sparrow | c | f | r | |
| VESP | Vesper Sparrow | r | ca | r | ||
| LASP | Lark Sparrow | ca | ||||
| SAVS | Savannah Sparrow | ca | r | |||
| FOSP | Fox Sparrow | r | r | r | ||
| SOSP | * | Song Sparrow | u | f | f | u |
| LISP | Lincoln's Sparrow | r | r | |||
| HASP | Harris's Sparrow | ac | ||||
| WCSP | * | White-crowned Sparrow | f | u | c | |
| GCSP | Golden-crowned Sparrow | u | r | |||
| DEJU | * | Dark-eyed Junco | c | f | u | r |
| SNBU | Snow Bunting | ca | ||||
| BHGR | * | Black-headed Grosbeak | r | u | ||
| LZBU | Lazuli Bunting | ca | ||||
| BOBO | Bobolink | ac | ||||
| RWBL | * | Red-winged Blackbird | u | c | u | |
| WEME | Western Meadowlark | r | r | |||
| YHBL | Yellow-headed Blackbird | ca | r | |||
| BRBL | * | Brewer's Blackbird | ca | r | r | |
| BHCO | * | Brown-headed Cowbird | r | u | ||
| BUOR | Bullock's Oriole | ca | ca | |||
| PIGR | Pine Grosbeak | ca | ca | |||
| PUFI | * | Purple Finch | u | f | u | f |
| CAFI | Cassin's Finch | ca | ||||
| RECR | * | Red Crossbill | r | u | u | f |
| WWCR | White-winged Crossbill | ca | ||||
| CORE | Common Redpoll | ca | ||||
| PISI | * | Pine Siskin | f | u | u | f |
| AMGO | American Goldfinch | r | r | c | ||
| EVGR | * | Evening Grosbeak | c | f | u | f |