Mammals and Birds

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Terrestrial Mammals

Grizzly bear, Black bear,                                                   Mountain goat
Cinereus shrew, Dusky shrew, Navigator shrew,
Big brown bat, Silver-haired bat, California myotis,
Long-eared myotis, Keen myotis, Little myotis,
Yuma myotis, Rocky mountain pika, Snowshoe hare,         Brown Marmot, Hoary marmot, Red squirrel,
Chickaree (Douglas squirrel), Northern flying squirrel,              American  beaver,
Deer mouse, Bushy-tailed wood rat, Northern bog-lemming,
Mountain heather-vole, Boreal redback vole, Meadow vole,
Muskrat, Meadow jumping mouse, Western jumping mouse,
Porcupine,          Wolf,
Red fox ,Marten, Fisher,
Short-tailed weasel, Long-tailed weasel, Mink,
Wolverine, Canadian river otter,
Cougar, Lynx,
Blacktailed deer, Mule deer,
British Columbia Moose, Mountain Caribou,

Estuary and Terrestrial Birds
Ducks and Geese:

Bufflehead, Barrows Goldeneye, Common Goldeneye,
Canada Goose, Mallard, Common Merganser,
Hooded Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Northern Pintail,
Greater Scaup, Surf Scoter (B), Trumpeter Swan (B),
Northern Shoveler, Blue-winged Teal, Green-winged Teal,
American Widgeon, Gadwall, Cinnamon Teal,
Wood Duck, Canvasback, Lesser Scaup,
Black Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Harlequin Duck,
Old Squaw

Gulls and Terns

Bonaparte's Gull, Glaucous-winged Gull, Glaucous Gull,
Herring Gull, Mew Gull, Black-legged Kittiwake,
Ring-billed Gull, California Gull, Black Tern

Herons/ Cranes

Great Blue Heron, Black crowned Night Heron,
American Bittern, Sand Hill Crane,
Common Crane ( Eurasian #a)

Sandpipers/Phalaropes/Dowitchers

Dunlin, Least Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper,
Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Western Sandpiper,
Common Snipe, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs,
Wilson's Phalarope, Short-billed Dowitcher, Black Turnstone
Surfbird, Rock Sandpiper, Sanderling, Curlew Sandpiper

Plovers

Killdeer, Semipalmated Plover, Lesser Golden-Plover

Pipits

Water Pipit

Dippers

American Dipper

Grebes
Western Grebe, Eared Grebe,
Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe,
Pied-Billed Grebe

Loons

Common Loon
Arctic Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Red-throated Loon

Auks

Marble Murrelet

Grouse/Ptarmigans

Blue Grouse, Ruffed Grouse,
Spruce Grouse, White-tailed Ptarmigan ,
Rock Ptarmigan, Willow Ptarmigan

Hawks/Eagles/Falcons

Bald Eagle, Northern Goshawk, Northern Harrier,
Osprey, Golden Eagle, Sharp-shinned Hawk,
Red-tailed Hawk, Swainson's Hawk ,Rough-leggedHawk
American Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon

Owls

Short-eared Owl, Great Horned Owl, Barred Owl,
Great Gray Owl, Western Screech Owl,
Northern Pygmy-Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Boreal Owl

Nightjars

Common Nighthawk

Swifts:

Black Swift

King Fishers

Belted Kingfisher

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Dove, Band-tailed Pigeon

Hummingbirds

Rufous Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird ( A)

Woodpeckers

Northern Flicker, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Hairy Woodpecker,
Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker

Swallows

Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Tree Swallow,
Violet-green Swallow, Northern rough-winged Swallow,

Flycatchers and Kingbirds

Alder Flycatcher, Dusky Flycatcher, Hammond's Flycatcher,
Olive-sided Flycatcher, Pacific-sloped Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher
Western Kingbird, Western Wood-Pewee, Western Flycatcher

Larks

Horned Lark

Crows, Ravens and Jays

American Crow, Northwestern Crow, Stellars Jay,
Common Raven, Gray Jay, Clark's Nutcracker

Chickadees

Black-capped Chickadee, Boreal Chickadee,
Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Nuthatches

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Creepers

Brown Creeper

Wrens

House Wren, Winter Wren, Marsh Wren

Starlings

European Starling

Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing, Bohemian Waxwing

Thrushes

Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush,
Swainson's Thrush, Varied Thrush, American Robin,

Veery, Mountain Bluebird, Townsend's Solitaire

Shrikes

Northern Shrike

Mimic Thrushes

Gray Catbird

Vireos

Hutton's Vireo (B), Solitary Vireo, Warbling Vireo,
Red-eyed Vireo

Finches/Grosbeaks

Red-Crossbill, Purple Finch, Evening Grosbeak,
Pine Siskin, White-winged Crossbill, Pine Grosbeak,
Common Redpoll, Rosy Finch, Black-headed Grosbeak,
Hoary Redpoll

Warblers

Yellow-breasted Chat, Common Yellowthroat, Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler, American Redstart, Yellow Warbler,
MacGillivray's Warbler, Orange-crowned Warbler, Northern Waterthrush
Wilson's Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Tennessee Warbler

Sparrows

Fox Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Song Sparrow,
Savannah Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Rufous-sided Towhee, Vesper Sparrow Chipping Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Snow Bunting