Breeding Bird Survey - Anchor River

The Breeding Bird Survey is conducted in conjunction with a program to monitor songbird populations across the hemisphere. For details and data see their website.

Follows North Fork Road (starting near Anchor Point where pavement ends), along Sterling Hwy, turns onto Diamond Ridge Rd and then Skyline Dr., ending near the junction with East Hill Rd.

Note: The following frequencies are for species seen or heard during the actual survey and do not necessarily reflect their population statuses during more normal birding efforts.

 Species  Frequency
   
 Red-necked Grebe  rare
 American Wigeon  common
 Northern Pintail  rare
 Green-winged Teal  rare
 Common Merganser  rare
 Red-breasted Merganser  rare
 Bald Eagle  uncommon
 Red-tailed Hawk  rare
 Ring-necked Pheasant  uncommon
 Sandhill Crane  common
 Greater Yellowlegs  common
 Lesser Yellowlegs  uncommon
 Spotted Sandpiper  uncommon
 Common Snipe  common
 Glaucous-winged Gull  common
 Belted Kingfisher  uncommon
 Downy Woodpecker  rare
 Hairy Woodpecker  uncommon
 Three-toed Woodpecker  common
 Yellow-shafted Flicker  rare
 Olive-sided Flycatcher  common
 Western Wood-pewee  rare
 Alder Flycatcher  abundant
 Gray Jay  common
 Steller's Jay  common
 Black-billed Magpie  common
 Northwestern Crow  rare
 Common Raven  common
 Tree Swallow  common
 Violet-green Swallow  common
 Bank Swallow  uncommon
 Cliff Swallow  uncommon
 Black-capped Chickadee  common
 Boreal Chickadee  common
 Red-breasted Nuthatch  common
 Brown Creeper  rare
 Golden-crowned Kinglet  common
 Ruby-crowned Kinglet  abundant
 Swainson's Thrush  uncommon
 Hermit Thrush  abundant
 American Robin  abundant
 Varied Thrush  abundant
 Orange-crowned Warbler  abundant
 Yellow Warbler  uncommon
 Myrtle Warbler  abundant
 Townsend's Warbler  abundant
 Blackpoll Warbler  common
 Northern Waterthrush  common
 Wilson's Warbler  abundant
 Savannah Sparrow  common
 Fox Sparrow  abundant
 Song Sparrow  uncommon
 Lincoln's Sparrow  common
 White-crowned Sparrow  uncommon
 Slate-colored Junco  common
 Pine Grosbeak  uncommon
 White-winged Crossbill  common
 Pine Siskin  common


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