Trout Creek Ecological Reserve Bird List from 1987

Birds listed here were seen on the reserve or flying over the reserve. Nest records are indicated by an *.Red or blue listed species are designated by an R or by a B. There is an earlier list by L.Sirk from June 7-July 1977 on file. Many species on this list are dubious not only because I have never seen or heard them, but more so because they are in the wrong habitat for that species or are not listed in a current checklist for the Birds of the Okanagan Valley; for example, the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

1. Chukar

2. Dusky Grouse*

3. Ruffed Grouse

4. California Quail

5. Osprey

6. Bald Eagle

7. Northern Harrier

8. Cooper’s Hawk

9. Northern Goshawk

10. Swainson’s Hawk

11. Red-tailed Hawk

12. Golden Eagle

13. American Kestrel

14. Merlin

15. Mourning Dove*

16. Common Nighthawk

17. Common Poorwill

18. Vaux’s Swift

19. White-throated Swift

20. Calliope Hummingbird

21. Rufous Hummingbird

22. Hairy Woodpecker

23. Red-naped Sapsucker

24. Northern Flicker

25. Pileated Woodpecker

26. Olive-sided Flycatcher

27. Western Wood Peewee

28. Dusky Flycatcher

29. Gray Flycatcher* B

30. Eastern Kingbird

31. Cassin’s Vireo

32. Steller’s Jay

33. Clarke’s Nutcracker*

34. Black-billed Magpie

35. American Crow

36. Common Raven

37. Horned Lark

38. Tree Swallow

39. Violet-green Swallow

40. Northern Rough-winged Swallow

41. Black-capped Chickadee

42. Mountain Chickadee

43. Red-breasted Nuthatch

44. White-breasted Nuthatch*

45. Pygmy Nuthatch*

46. Brown Creeper

47. Rock Wren

48. House Wren

49. Pacific Wren

50. Golden-crowned Kinglet

51. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

52. Western Bluebird*

53. Mountain Bluebird*

54. Townsend’s Solitaire*

55. Swainson’s Thrush

56. American Robin

57. Varied Thrush

58. European Starling

59. American Pipit

60. Cedar Waxwing

61. Yellow-rumped Warbler

62. Spotted Towhee

63. Chipping Sparrow

64. Spotted Towhee

65. Vesper Sparrow*

66. Dark-eyed Junco

67. Western Tanager

68. Western Meadowlark

69. Brewer`s Blackbird

70. Brown-headed Cowbird

71. Bullock`s Oriole

72. Gray-crowned Rosy Finch

73. Pine Grosbeak

74. Cassin`s Finch*

75. House Finch

76. Red crossbill

77. Pine Siskin

78. American Goldfinch

79. Evening Grosbeak

78 species as of July 14 2011