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Birds you might view at The Rose Creek Nature Preserve
The Rose Creek Bird List is a compilation of birds sited there over a
15-year timeframe. The list was compiled by Tom and Diane Weber of the
Palouse Audobon Society. The species common names are listed below and
sorted into groups of likelihood of viewing. The "Ones" are highly
likely to see where the "Fives" are very rare. The birding is
excellent at the Preserve so bring your binoculars and favorite bird
guide and bird on.
If you would like to share your birding experience and sightings while
visitng the Preserve please email PCEI at watersheds@pcei.org.
Birdlist last updated (Feb. 12, 2008).
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The Ones
American Crow
American Goldfinch
American Kestrel
American Robin
Bank Swallow
Black-billed Magpie
Black-capped Chickadee
Brewer’s Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
California Quail
Canada Goose
Chipping Sparrow
Cliff Swallow
Common Nighthawk
Common Raven
Common Snipe
Dark-eyed Junco
Eastern Kingbird
European Starling
Evening Grosbeak
Great Blue Heron
Great Horned Owl
Horned Lark
House Finch
House Sparrow
House Wren
Killdeer
Mallard
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
Northern Harrier
Pine Siskin
Pygmy Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-necked Pheasant
Rock Dove
Rough-winged Swallow
Song Sparrow
Violet-green Swallow
Warbling Vireo
Western Kingbird
Western Meadowlark
Western Wood Pewee
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
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Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)
Photographed at Rose Creek by Chris Bare
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The Twos
Barn Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Black-headed Grosbeak
Bohemian Waxwing
Brown Creeper
Bullock’s Oriole
Cassin’s Vireo
Cedar Waxwing
Downy Woodpecker
Dusky Flycatcher
Fox Sparrow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Gray Partridge
Hairy Woodpecker
Hammond’s Flycatcher
Hermit Thrush
Lazuli Bunting
Least Flycatcher
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Northern Shrike
Orange-crowned Warbler
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Red Crossbill
Red-naped Sapsucker
Rough-legged Hawk
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Savannah Sparrow
Say’s Phoebe
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Short-eared Owl
Spotted Towhee
Townsend’s Warbler
Varied Thrush
Vesper Sparrow
Western Screech Owl
Western tanager
White-crowned Sparrow
Winter Wren
Yellow-breasted Chat |
Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
Photo: Terry Gray |
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The Threes
American Tree Sparrow
Bald Eagle
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Cassin’s Finch
Gray Catbird
Lincoln’s sparrow
Long-eared Owl
Merlin
Mountain Bluebird
Mountain Chickadee
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Red-eyed Vireo
Rufous Hummingbird
Townsend’s Solitaire
Tree Swallow
Veery
Western Bluebird
White-breasted Nuthatch
Wild Turkey
Wilson’s Warbler
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The Fours
Bewick’s Wren
Blue Jay
Clark’s Nutcracker
Common Yellowthroat
Cooper’s Hawk
Golden-crowned sparrow
Gray Flycatcher
Northern Pygmy Owl
Steller’s Jay
Turkey Vulture
Vaux’s Swift |
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The Fives
American Dipper
Barred Owl
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
White-throated Sparrow |
