Ornithological Survey

Great Northern Area - Northwest of Spokane, WA

John and Mary Benham's Home

47^o 41' N 117^o 31' W

2,224 ft. elevation

Total Bird Count: 80 species

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Hawks & Eagles (6) (Family Accipitridae)

Bald Eagle Cooper's Hawk Golden Eagle

Osprey Red-tailed Hawk Swainson's Hawk

Falcons (2) (Family Falconidae)

American Kestrel Prairie Falcon

American Vultures (1) (Family Cathartidae)

Turkey Vulture

Owls (4) (Family Strigidae - Family Tytonidae for Barn Owl only)

Barn Owl Burrowing Owl Great Horned Owl Short-eared Owl

Nightjars (2) (Family Caprimulgidae)

Common Nighthawk Common Poorwill

Ducks, Geese (3) (Family Anatidae)

Mallard Wood Duck Canada Goose

Herons (1) (Family Ardeidae)

Great Blue Heron

Grouse, Pheasant, Quail, Turkey (5) (Family Phasianidae)

California Quail Ring-necked Pheasant

Ruffed Grouse Spruce Grouse Wild Turkey

Woodpeckers (5) (Family Picidae)

Downy Hairy Northern Flicker Pileated Red-naped Sapsucker

Crows, Magpies, Ravens (3) (Family Corvidae)

American Crow Black-billed Magpie Common Raven

Finches (8) (Family Fringillidae)

American Goldfinch Cassin's Finch Common Redpoll Evening Grosbeak

House Finch Pine Siskin Purple Finch Red Crossbill

Tyrant Flycatchers (2) (Family Tyranidae)

Gray Flycatcher Western Wood Pewee

Hummingbirds (4) (Family Trochilidae)

Anna's Humminbird Black-chinned Hummingbird

Calliope Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird

Thrushes (4) (Family Muscicapidae)

American Robin Townsend's Solitaire

Varied Thrush Western Bluebird

Chickadees (2) (Family Paridae)

Black-capped Chickadee Mountain Chickadee

Nuthatches (2) (Family Sittidae)

Pygmy Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch

Wrens (2) (Family Troglodytidae)

Canyon Wren House Wren

Waxwings (1) (Family Bombycillidae)

Cedar Waxwing

Doves (1) (Family Columbidae)

Mourning Dove

Plovers (1) (Family Charadriidae)

Killdeer

Grosbeaks (1) (Family Cardinalidae)

Black-headed Grosbeak

Tanagers (1) (Family Thraupidae)

Western Tanager

Blackbirds (4) (Family Icteridae)

Brewer's Blackbird Brown-headed Cowbird

Red-winged Blackbird Tricolored Blackbird

European Starling (1) (Family Sturnidae)

European Starling

Thrashers (1) (Family Mimidae)

Gray Catbird

Swallows (1) (Family Hirundinidae)

Violet-green Swallow

Wood Warblers (3) (Family Parulidae)

MacGillivray's Warbler Nashville Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler

Sparrows, Towhees, Juncos (8) (Family Emberizidae)

Oregon Dark-eyed Junco Rufous-sided Towhee

Chipping Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow House Sparrow Fox Sparrow

Lark Sparrow Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow

Probable local species but not verified (3)

Meadow Lark, Eastern Kingbird, Lazuli Bunting

Birds that winter over in our area

All photos by John R. Benham, digital and film

Dated digital recordings are recorded locally using a high quality directional shotgun microphone

Background recording is from our local birds

Other bird songs and calls were borrowed from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology

BirdNote theme composed by Nancy Rumbel

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