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Winter Waterbird Seawall Survey
On Sunday, November 16, 2008 SPES staff, volunteers and members of the public conducted our first annual winter seawall survey. The survey aimed to count every bird using the seashore. The shoreline was broken into four zones for comparison and birds were recorded as either sitting on shore, using the intertidal zone (between the high tide and low tide lines), or using offshore areas. The results are displayed below.
Species List
- bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
- cormorant, double-crested (Phalacrocorax auritus)
- cormorant, pelagic (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
- crow, northwestern (Corvus caurinus)
- duck, harlequin (Histrionicus histrionicus)
- goldeneye, Barrow's (Bucephala islandica)
- goldeneye, common (Bucephala clangula)
- goose, Canada (Branta canadensis)
- grebe, horned (Podiceps auritus)
- grebe, western (Aechmophorus occidentalis)
- gull, glaucous-winged (Larus glaucescens)
- gull, herring (Larus argentatus)
- gull, ring-billed (Larus delawarensis)
- gull, mew (Larus canus)
- kingfisher, belted (Ceryle alcyon)
- loon, Pacific (Gavia pacifica)
- mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- merganser, common (Mergus merganser)
- merganser, hooded (Lophodytes cucullatus)
- merganser, red-breasted (Mergus serrator)
- oystercatcher, black (Haematopus bachmani)
- scaup, greater (Aythya marila)
- scoter, surf (Melanitta perspicillata)
- sparrow, song (Melospiza melodia)
- sparrow, white-crowned (Zonotrichia leucophrys)
- widgeon, American (Anas americana)
