Courtesy of Gene Woodwick and The Ocean Shores Guide
Ocean Shores Interpretive Center
1013 Catala Ave. S.E.
Ocean Shores, WA 98569
(360) 289-4617
Seasons S - Spring March, April, May
  Su - Summer June, July
  F - Fall August, September, October, November
  W - Winter December, January, Febuary
Frequency C - Common Likely to be found on any trip to suitable habitat
  U - Uncommon Likely to be found on 25% to 75% of trips to suitable habitat
  R - Rare Likely to be found on less than 25% of trips to suitable habitat
  X - Accidental Fewer than 15 records
  I - Irregular Occurs on irregular basis in suitable habitat
  L - Local Occurs locally
  P - Pelagic Pelagic Species (rarely seen from shore)
 
Bird Species
S
Su
F
W
  Great Egret
X
X
R
X
  Black-Crowned Night Heron
-
-
X
X
  Trumpeter Swan
C
X
C
C
  Gr. White-fronted Goose
U
X
U
R
  Brant
C
R
U
U
  Green-winged Teal
C
R
C
C
  Northern Pintail
C
R
C
C
  Blue-winged Teal(L)
U
C
C
X
  Northern Shoveler
C
C
C
X
  Eurasian Wigeon
U
-
U
U
  Canvasback(L)
C
X
C
C
  Ring-necked Duck
C
X
C
C
  Red-throated Loon
X
-
X
R
  Common Loon
C
U
C
C
  Pied-billed Grebe
C
C
C
C
  Red-necked Grebe
R
-
R
R
  Western Grebe
C
R
C
C
  Northern Fulmar(P)
C
U
C
C
  Short-tailed Shearwater(P)
U
-
U
U
  Leach's Storm-Petrel(P)
X
R
X
-
  Double-crested Cormorant
C
C
C
C
  Pelagic Cormorant
C
C
C
C
  Great Blue Heron
C
C
C
C
  Rhinoceros Auklet
C
C
C
U
  Rock Dove
C
C
C
C
  Mourning Dove
U
U
U
R
  Western Screech Owl
C
C
C
C

 

  Snowy Owl
R
-
R
R
  Common Nighthawk
-
U
R
-
  Vaux's Swift
C
C
C
-
  Belted Kingfisher
C
C
C
C
  Downy Woodpecker
C
C
C
C
  Northern Flicker
C
C
C
C
  Olive-sided Flycatcher
C
C
C
-
  Willow Flycatcher
X
C
C
-
  Western Kingbird
R
X
X
-
  Tree Swallow
C
C
C
-
  N. Rough-winged Swallow
U
U
U
-
  Cliff Swallow
C
C
C
-
  Steller's Jay
C
C
C
C
  Common Raven
C
C
C
C
  Chestnut-backed Chickadee
C
C
C
C
  Red-breasted Nuthatch(I)
U
U
U
U
  Bewick's Wren
C
C
C
C
  Marsh Wren
C
C
C
C
  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
C
-
C
C
  Townsend's Solitaire
R
-
R
X
  Hermit Thrush
U
R
U
U
  Varied Thrush
C
C
C
C
  Cedar Waxwing
C
C
C
R
  European Starling
C
C
C
C
  Hutton's Vireo
C
C
C
C
  Orange-crowned Warbler
C
C
C
R
  Yellow-rumped Warbler-Myrtle
C
-
C
C
  Black-throated Gray Warbler
C
C
C
X
  Palm Warbler(L)
-
-
R
R
  Common Yellowthroat
C
C
C
R
  Western Tanger
C
C
C
-
  Chipping Sparrow(L)
U
C
X
-
  Savannah Sparrow
C
C
C
R
  Song Spparow
C
C
C
C
  White-throated Sparrow
X
-
X
R
  White-crowned Sparrow
C
C
C
U
  Lapland Longspur
U
-
U
R
  Harlequin Duck(L)
R
R
R
R
  Black Sooter
C
U
C
C
  Barrow's Goldeneye(L)
R
-
R
R
  Hooded Merganser
U
U
C
U
  Red-breasted Merganser
C
R
C
C
  Turkey Vulture
C
C
C
-
  White-tailed Kite
X
-
X
X
  Northen Harrier
C
U
C
C
  Cooper's Hawk
U
R
C
U
  Red-tailed Hawk
C
C
C
C
  Golden Eagle(L)
X
X
X
X

 

  Merlin
U
-
C
C
  Gyrfalcon
X
-
R
R
  Blue Grouse
U
U
U
U
  Virginia Rail
C
C
C
U
  American Coot
C
U
C
C
  Black-bellied Plover
C
U
C
C
  American Golden-Plover
X
R
U
-
  Semipalmated Plover
C
C
C
U
  Black Oystercatcher(L)
U
U
U
U
  Greater Yellowlegs
C
U
C
U
  Solitary Sandpiper
-
-
X
-
  Wandering Tattler
C
U
C
X
  Whimbrel
C
C
C
R
  Ruddy Tunstone
C
R
C
R
  Surfbird
C
U
C
C
  Sanderling
C
C
C
C
  Western Sandpiper
C
C
C
U
  Baird's Sandpiper
R
R
U
-
  Sharp-tailed Sandpiper(L)
-
-
R
-
  Dunlin
C
R
C
C
  Buff-breasted Sandpiper(L)
-
X
R
-
  Short-billed Dowitcher
C
R
C
U
  Common Snipe
C
U
C
C
  Red-necked Phalarope
C
U
C
-
  Pomarine Jaeger(P)
C
U
C
R
  Long-tailed Jaeger(P)
X
-
U
-
  Bonaparte's Gull
U
R
U
R
  Mew Gull
C
R
C
C
  California Gull
R
C
C
R
  Thayer's Gull
R
-
R
R
  Glauscous-winged Gull
C
C
C
C
  Black-legged Kittiwake(L)
U
U
U
U
  Caspian Tern
C
C
C
X
  Common Tern
U
R
C
-
  Black Tern
R
-
R
-
  Pigeon Guillemot
C
C
C
R
  Ancient Murrelet(P)
-
X
X
R
  Red-winged Blackbird
C
C
C
C
  Yellow-headed Blackbird
C
C
C
C
  Brown-headed Cowbird
C
C
C
R
  House Finch
C
C
C
C
  Pine Siskin(I)
C
C
C
C
  Evening Grosbeak
C
-
U
U
 
Bird Species
S
Su
F
W
  Green Heron
U
U
U
X
  Tundra Swan (L)
U
-
U
R
  Snow Goose
R
-
R
X
  Emperor Goose
X
-
X
X
  Canada Goose
C
C
C
C
  Wood Duck
U
U
U
R
  Mallard
C
C
C
C
  Cinnamon Teal
U
U
U
X
  Gadwall
C
U
C
C
  American Wigeon
C
R
C
C
  Redhead
R
X
R
R
  Greater Scaup
C
R
C
C
  Pacific Loon
C
R
C
C
  Yellow -billed Loon
X
-
X
R
  Horned Grebe
C
R
C
C
  Eared Grebe
R
-
R
R
  Clark's Grebe
X
-
X
X
  Sooty Shearwater
C
C
C
R
  Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel(P)
C
C
X
R
  Brown Pelican
R
C
C
R
  Brandt's Cormorant
C
C
C
U
  American Bittern
U
R
U
R
  Cassin's Auklet(P)
C
C
C
U
  Tufted Puffin(L)
C
C
C
R
  Band-tailed Pigeon
C
C
C
R
  Barn Owl
C
C
C
C
  Great Horned Owl
C
C
C
C

 

  Northern Pygmy-Owl(L)
U
U
U
U
  Black Swift
-
-
R
-
  Rufous Hummingbird
C
C
C
-
  Red-breasted Sapsucker
U
U
U
U
  Hairy Woodpecker
C
C
C
C
  Pileated Woodpecker
U
U
U
U
  Western Wood-Pewee
C
C
C
-
  Pacific-slope Flycatcher
C
C
C
-
  Horned Lark(L)
U
U
U
R
  Violet-green Swallow
C
C
C
-
  Bank Swallow
X
X
R
-
  Barn Swallow
C
C
C
-
  Crow species
C
C
C
C
  Black-capped Chickadee
C
C
C
C
  Bushtit
C
C
C
C
  Brown Creeper
U
U
U
U
  Winter Wren
C
C
C
C
  Golden-crowned Kinglet
C
C
C
C
  Mountain Bluebird
X
-
X
-
  Swainson's Thrush
C
C
C
-
  American Robin
C
C
C
C
  American Pipit
C
-
C
R
  Northern Shrike
U
-
U
U