Big Day (Bird Race)
16 January 1998
by Ed Burroughs
Big Day Statistics:
In any winter big bay north of 60 degrees latitude, darkness is a problem. Another obvious northern winter problem is a lack of birds. We have decided to use both excuses to explain our low total.
Species list:
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Pelagic Cormorant
Mallard
American Wigeon
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Bald Eagle
Accipiter, sp
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Common Murre
Belted Kingfisher
Steller’s Jay
Black-billed Magpie
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Townsend's Solitaire
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Northern Shrike
American Tree Sparrow (CB)
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco
Pine Grosbeak
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
Ed & Carol Burroughs
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