The Black-throated Gray Warbler is a specialty species of the western United States and British Columbia. Its bold black and white coloration gives it a unique look among western warblers and makes it fairly easy to identify.
Mountain Bluebird
The Mountain Bluebird, sometimes called the “prairie bluebird” (Dunne), is a bird of open grasslands. It is seen most frequently in Central and Eastern Washington. It enjoys a wide range of habitats including an altitudinal range from grasslands to open areas in forests, to alpine tundra (Alderfer).
Sage Thrasher
American Golden Plover and Pacific Golden Plover
Willet
Red-throated Loon
Steller's Jay
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Siskin
The genus name Carduelis (Card-dyou-EE-liss) is from the Latin carduus, thistle (eats seeds of thistle). The species name pinus (PINE-us) is Latin for pine which is its common name apparently from the siskin of Europe, a yellow-green finch. Siskin apparently is derived from Danish sidsken or Swedish siska, a “chirper.”
Dark-eyed Junco
Long-billed/short-billed Dowitcher
Osprey
Common Loon
Northern Flicker
Canada Jay
Hermit Warbler
The Hermit Warbler is considered a specialist in living in the canopy of 200 foot tall conifers. In western Washington it populates Douglas firs, western hemlocks, and western red cedars. It winters in pine-oak forests in Mexico and in California it enjoys Jeffrey, pondersosa, and lodgepole pines. It forages so high that it is often heard long before it is seen.
