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Pacific Rim Campus
Biodiversity
Preliminary surveys of the biota were made during the summer of 1999
on Smith Prairie, Central Whidbey Island, Washington. The following is
a list of avian species identified on the site. These lists must be considered
tentative and a work in progress.
BIRDS
Birds seen on Smith Prairie:
| Family |
Species |
| Raptors (Falconidae) |
American kestrel (1)
Merlin |
| Eagles (Acciptinae) |
Bald eagle |
| Buteos |
Red-tailed Hawk (2)*
Roughlegged Hawk (winter resident) |
| Accipiters |
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp Shinned Hawk |
| Harriers |
Northern |
| Owls (Strigiformes) |
Great Horned (3)*
Short-Eared
Northern Saw -Whet |
| Vultures (Cathartidae) |
Turkey (Catharters aura 6/13/99) |
| Gulls (Larinae) |
Glaucous-Winged (Laurus glaucescens) |
| Assorted Passerines: |
California Quail
American Goldfinch*
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (4)*
Black-capped Chickadee
Red Crossbill
Rufus-sided Towhee*
House Finch*
Pine Siskin
Sparrows (Emberizidae):
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Savannah*
Fox
White Crowned*
Song*
Golden Crowned*
Vesper
|
| Warblers (Emberizidae): |
Yellow-Rumped (Ellis, 4/24/99)
Orange-Crowned (Ellis, 4/24/99)
Black-Throated Gray (Piazzon, 5/26/99)
Yellow-Throated Gray
Wilson's (Piazzon7/11/99)
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Western Wood Peewee
Swallows (Hirundinidae) |
Violet-Green
Barn
Cliff (5/15/99)
Tree (Piazzon 7/11/99)
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
Browncreeper
Winter Wren*
Bewick's Wren (5)*
Mourning Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Starling*
Common Raven
Thrushes (Muscipidae): |
Varied
Swainson's
American Robin
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Golden Crowned Kinglet
Ruby Crowned Kinglet
Darkeyed Junco*
Ring-necked Pheasant
Canada Goose
Common Nighthawk
Bushtits
Mountain Bluebird (Merrit, 4/99)
American Pipit (Merrit, 4/99)
Pacific Slope Flycatcher (5/1/99)
Hutton's Vireo (Piazzon, 5/30/99)
Western Tanager (Piazzon,/27/99)*
Black-Headed Grosbeak (5/27/99)
Cedarwaxwing (5/27/99)
Brewer's Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Western Meadowlark
American Crow
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| Woodpeckers (Picidae): |
Northern Flickers
Pileated Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker |
| Shorebirds: |
Killdeer
Common Snipe.
Hummingbirds (Trochilidae):
Rufous |
TOTAL SPECIES= 75 (7/11/99)
[Footnotes]
1. The only place on Whidbey that this falcon is routinely seen. It is
suspected to nest here.
2. Nest identified on east side of property 100 meters from trail off
Morris Rd entrance. Fledgling 6/13/99.
3. Fledgling seen on 5/27/99 (GP) and several times thereafter by a variety
of observers, in the woodlot on the north end of property.
4. Nest in 35 foot snag, parents seen bringing insects, north woodlot.
5. Nest with young in salal covered stump nursing a deciduous tree, forest
edge northeast corner.
*Denotes nesting species as indicated by conventionally accepted observations:
nest building, seen entering nest, carrying nest building materials, etc.
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