Birds

BARN OWL

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Scientific Name: 
Tyto alba

Barn owls can be heard shreeking as they fly over the watershed at night looking for rats to eat.

Great Horned Owl

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Scientific Name: 
Bubo virginianus

The most common owl in our watershed, it can be heard hooting on the Bridgeview trail at night.

mockingbird

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Scientific Name: 
Mimus polyglottos

The mockingbird likes backyard shrubbery, eating berries and fruit. They also can sing all night, using phrases from other birds to fill it's song.

Fox Sparrow

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Scientific Name: 
Passerella ilaca

A winter visitor to the garden and dense shrubbery, it feeds by scratching chicken-like in the earth for seeds and insects.

White-throated Sparrow

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Scientific Name: 
Zonotrichia albicolis

Generally rare in the west, the white-throated sparrow has a range similar to the catbird.

They are a few that winter in the watershed.

MacGiillivray's Warbler

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Scientific Name: 
Oporonris tolmiei

A rare migrant passing through the watershed.

Anna's Hummingbird-male

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Scientific Name: 
Calypte anna

Jewels of the garden, hummingbirds visit the flowers for sweet nectar to power their zippy flight.

Golden-crowned Sparrow

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Scientific Name: 
Zonotrichia atricapilla

A winter visitor to our watershed, this bird breeds in Alaska

Bewick's Wren

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Scientific Name: 
Thryomanes bewickii

An insect eater, the wren is heard scolding from the under growth.

Red-breasted Nuthatch

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Scientific Name: 
Sitta canadensis

A small bird that acts like a woodpecker, creeping along tree trunks, looking for insects and pine seeds.

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