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Fraser River Ecological Reserves Species list to 2014

Posted November 15, 2014 | Categories : 76,Rare Species,Species List,Warden Reports |

Records combined 1985-1992 (Anthea Farr, Dan Rempel, and assisted by Ray Gurr), and

2004-Dec 2014 (Bill and Bev Ramey)

NOTE:  to date observations have not been made in Jan, Feb, or Jul.

Birds

Records combined 1985-1992 (Anthea Farr, Dan Rempel, and assisted by Ray Gurr), and

2004-Dec 2014 (Bill and Bev Ramey)

NOTE:  to date observations have not been made in Jan, Feb, or Jul.

served**  Ruffed Grouse has not been sighted since 1992; however April 2014 a possible sighting.Note some species such as Double-crested cormorant and cliff swallow were observed in the vicinity of the islands, flying over the Fraser River and not on the islands nor their inner waters.Note:  October 2013 observed large numbers of crows moving in, about 700, possibly to roost for the evening.Note:  After 2014 the bird observations, species and numbers, have been recorded in eBird for Fraser River Islands Ecological Reserve at this link:<ahref=”https://ebird.org/canada/hotspot/L844938″>https://ebird.org/canada/hotspot/L844938

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Canada Goose* X X X X X X X
Trumpeter Swan X X
Wood Duck* X X
Gadwall X
American Widgeon X X
Mallard X X X X X X X X
Bufflehead X X X X
Common Goldeneye X X X X
Common Merganser X X X X X
Ruffed Grouse** X ? X
Double-crested Cormorant X X X X X
Great Blue Heron X X X X X X X
Turkey Vulture X X X
Northern Harrier X X X
Cooper’s Hawk X
Red-tailed Hawk* X X X X X X X X
Osprey X X X
Bald Eagle* X X X X X X X X
Peregrine Falcon X
Black-Bellied Plover X
Killdeer X X X X X
Spotted Sandpiper X X X X
Greater Yellowlegs X X
Lesser Yellowlegs X
Dunlin X
Wilson’s Snipe X
Bonaparte’s Gull X
Mew Gull X X X
Ring-billed Gull X X
Thayer’s Gull X X X X
Glaucous-winged Gull X X X X X X
gull sp. X X X X
Barred Owl X
Burrowing Owl X
Belted Kingfisher X
Vaux’s Swift X X
Rufous Hummingbird X X
Belted Kingfisher X X X X
Downy Woodpecker* X X X X X
Hairy Woodpecker X X
Northern Flicker X X X X
Pacific-slope Flycatcher X
Northern Shrike X
Hutton’s Vireo X
Cassin’s Vireo X
Steller’s Jay X X
Northwestern Crow X X X X X X X
Common Raven X X X X X
Tree Swallow* X X X
Violet-green Swallow X X X X
Cliff Swallow X
Barn Swallow X X
Black-capped Chickadee X X X X X X X X
Red-breasted Nuthatch X
Brown Creeper X
Bewick’s Wren X X X
Pacific (Winter) Wren X X X X X X
Golden-crowned Kinglet X X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet X X
Swainson’s Thrush X
American Robin X X X X X X X X
European Starling X X X
American Pipit X
Cedar Waxwing X
Yellow Warbler X
Yellow-rumped Warbler(A) X X X
Spotted Towhee X X X X X X
Song Sparrow* X X X X X X X
White-crowned Sparrow X X X X
Dark-eyed Junco X X X X
Brown-headed Cowbird X
American Goldfinch X X
65 species observed