Birding on Orcas Island
Birding on Orcas Island
Bird watching on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands, and particularly at Otters Pond Bed and Breakfast, is a memorable experience for any birder. At the bottom see links to other useful birding sites. We have a well-positioned photo area for great image taking!
Birders Online Resources
Washington Ornithological Society
- Pied-billed Grebe * All / C / OP
- Double-crested Cormorant * All / C /OP
- Great Blue Heron*? All / C /OP
- Trumpeter Swan F,W,Sp / C /OP
- Canada Goose* All / C/ OP
- Mallard* All / A/ OP
- Northern Pintail F,W,Sp / C
- Blue-winged Teal S / U
- Cinnamon Teal*? Sp, S / U
- Gadwall* All / C
- American Widgeon Sp,W,F / A / OP
- Canvasback Duck Sp,W / U / OP
- Ringed-neck Duck* All / A / OP
- Lesser Scaup Sp,W / U
- Common Goldeneye F,W,Sp / C / OP
- Hooded Merganser* All / C / OP
- Common Merganser F,W,Sp / C / OP
- Red-breasted Merganser F,W,SP / C / OP
- Osprey* Sp,S,F / U / OP
- Bald Eagle* All / C / OP
- Sharp-shinned Hawk* All / C / OP
- Cooper’s Hawk* All / C / OP
- Night Hawk * S / OP
- Red-tailed Hawk* All / A / OP
- Golden Eagle* All / U / OP
- American Kestrel All / U
- Merlin All / U
- Peregrine Falcon* All / U / OP
- Rough-legged Hawk F,W / U
- Ring-necked Pheasant All / U
- American Coot* All / C / OP
- California Quail* All / A
- Black-bellied Plover F,W,Sp / U
- Semi-palmated Plover Sp,F / U
- Bufflehead F,W,SP / A / OP
- Killdeer* All / C
- Greater Yellowlegs F,W,Sp / C
- Black Turnstone F,W,Sp / C
- Western Sandpiper F,Sp / U
- Least Sandpiper F,Sp / U
- Dunlin F,W,Sp / C
- Short-billed Dowitcher Sp,F / U
- Long-billed Dowitcher Sp,F / U
- Common Snipe Sp,S,F / U / OP
- Bonapart’s Gull Sp,W.F / C
- Heerman’s Gull F / C
- Thayer’s Gull W / C
- Mew Gull Sp,S,F / A
- Glaucous-winged Gull* All / A
- Rock Dove* All / C
- Band-tailed Pigeon* All / C / OP
- Mourning Dove* Sp,S / U / OP
- Western Screech Owl* All / U
- Northern Saw-whet Owl* All / U
- Great Horned Owl* All / C / OP
- Rufous Hummingbird* Sp,S / A / OP
- Belted Kingfisher* All / C / OP
- Red-breasted Sapsucker W U
- Downy Woodpecker* All / C / OP
- Hairy Woodpecker* All / C / OP
- Northern Flicker* All / A / OP
- Pileated Woodpecker* All / C / OP
- Olive-sided Flycatcher* S / C
- Western Wood Peewee* S / U
- Pacific Slope Flycatcher* Sp,S / U
- Tree Swallow* Sp,S / A / OP
- Violet-green Swallow* Sp,S / A / OP
- Cliff Swallow Sp,S / C
- Barn Swallow Sp,S,F / A
- American Crow* All / A / OP
- Common Raven All / C / OP
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee* All / C/ OP
- Bushtit* All / C / OP
- Red-breasted Nuthatch* All / C / OP
- Brown Creeper* All / U
- Bewick’s Wren* All / C
- House Wren S / C
- Winter Wren All / C / OP
- Golden-crowned Kinglet* All / C
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet F,W,Sp / U
- Swainson’s Thrush* S / C
- Hermit Thrush Sp,W,F / U
- American Robin* All / A / OP
- Varied Thrush Sp,W,F / C / OP
- Cedar Waxwing* S,F / C / OP
- European Starling* All / A / OP
- Cassin’s Vireo S / U
- Northern Shrike F,W / U
- Hutton’s Vireo* All / U
- Warbling Vireo* S / C
- Orange-crowned Warbler* Sp,S / C
- Yellow Warbler* S / U
- Yellow-rumped Warbler* Sp,S,F / C
- Black-throated Gray Warbler* S / U
- Common Yellowthroat* S / C
- Wilson’s Warbler* S / U
- Western Tanager* S / U
- Black-headed Grosbeak* S / U / OP
- Spotted Towhee* All / A / OP
- Chipping Sparrow* Sp,S / C
- Savannah Sparrow* Sp,S / C
- Fox Sparrow F,S,Sp / U
- Song Sparrow* All / A
- Golden-crowned Sparrow F,W,Sp / C / OP
- White-crowned Sparrow* F,S,Sp / C OP
- Dark-eyed Junco* All / A / OP
- Brewer’s Blackbird All / C
- Red-winged Blackbird* All / C / OP
- Brown-headed Blackbird* Sp,S / C / OP
- Purple Finch* All / U / OP
- House Finch* All / C / OP
- Red Crossbill* All / U
- Pine Siskin* All / C / OP
- American Goldfinch* S,F / C / OP
- Evening Grosbeak* All / U / OP
- Wood Duck* C SP S / OP
- Steller Blue Jay * SP / S / F / OP
