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Birding at the Koeye


 
 

Koeye is a haven for the birding enthusiast.

Productive old growth forests, wetlands, river and estuary are home to a significant number of rare and threatened species, including red and blue listed waterfowl, western grebes, marbled murrelets and trumpeter swans.

Take a light walk to the mudflats of Koeye, an ideal location for bird watching.

While your time at the ocean's edge where eagles fish and sandpipers dodge and dance across the rhythmic waves of the Pacific.

See our birding checklist below of birds found in the Koeye River area.
A checkmark indicates birds sighted by season at the Koeye.


 


Checklist of birds sighted in the Koeye River area

This mark indicates indicates birds sited by season in the Koeye River area.

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Species
   
  BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES
Brewer's Blackbird
  Brown-headed Cowbird
      Yellow-headed Blackbird
       

 

        CHICKADEES
Chestnut Backed Chickadee
         
        CORMORANTS
  Brandt's Cormorant
Double-Crested Cormorant
         
Spring Summer Autumn Winter CRANES
Sandhill Crane
Whooping Crane
         
        CROWS, MAGPIES & JAYS
Steller's Jay
Northwestern Crow
Common Raven
         
        DIPPERS
American Dipper
Spring Summer Autumn Winter
DUCKS, GEESE & SWANS
Barrow's Goldeneye
Black Scoter
      Brandt
Bufflehead
Canada Goose
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganzer
      Greater Scaup
      Greater White-fronted Goose
    Green-winged Teal
    Blue-winged Teal
Harlequin Duck
      Lesser Scaup
Mallard
      Northern Pintail
Red-breasted Merganzer
Surf Scoter
      Trumpeter Swan
      White-winged Scoter
         
        FINCHES
    Evening Grosbeak
    House Finch
    Pine Siskin
  Purple Finch
      Red Crossbill
      White-billed Crossbill
         
        GREBES
      Horned Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Western Grebe
         
        GROUSE
Ruffed Grouse
         
        HAWKS & EAGLES
Bald Eagle
  Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
         
Spring Summer Autumn Winter HERONS
Great Blue Heron
         
        HUMMINGBIRDS
  Rufous Hummingbird
         
        KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher
         
        KINGLETS
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
         
        LOONS
Common Loon
    Pacific Loon
    Red-throated Loon
         
Spring Summer Autumn Winter MURRES, AUKS & PUFFINS
Common Murre
Marbled Murrelet
  Pigeon Guillemot
      Rhinoceros Auklet
         
        OYSTERCATCHERS
Black Oystercatcher
         
Spring Summer Autumn Winter OWLS
      Barred Owl
Northern Pygmy Owl
Western Screech-Owl
         
        PIGEONS & DOVES
  Band-tailed Pigeon
    Rock Dove
         
        PIPITS
    American Pipit
         
        PLOVERS
    Black-bellied Plover
    Killdeer
      Semi-palmated Plover
         
        RAILS & COOTS
      American Coot
         
Spring Summer Autumn Winter SANDPIPERS & PHALAROPES
Black Turnstone
Common Snipe
Jack Snipe
    Dunlin
    Greater Yellowlegs
    Least Sandpiper
    Short-billed Dowitcher
    Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
  Surfbird
      Western Sandpiper
         
Spring Summer Autumn Winter SKUAS, GULLS & TERNS
  Bonaparte's Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Mew Gull
         
        SPARROWS & LONG-SPURS
Dark-Eyed Junco
Pink-sided Junco
Slate Coloured Junco (rare)
  Fox Sparrow
  Golden-crowned Sparrow
    Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
      Vesper Sparrow
  White-crowned Sparrow
         
Spring Summer Autumn Winter STARLINGS
European Starling
         
        SWALLOWS
  Barn Swallow
    Tree Swallow
    Violet-green Swallow
         
        TANAGERS
  Western Tanager
         
Spring Summer Autumn Winter THRUSHES
American Robin
  Hermit Thrush
  Swainson's Thrush
Varied Thrush
         
        TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
    Olive-sided Flycatcher
    Pacific-slope Flycatcher
      Willow Flycatcher
         
Spring Summer Autumn Winter WOODPECKERS
Red-headed Woodpecker
    Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
  Pileated Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
  Red-shafted Flicker
Red-shafted Woodpecker
         
        WAXWINGS
  Cedar Waxwing
    Bohemian Waxwing
         
        WOOD WARBLERS
  Common Yellowthroat
  McGillivray's Warbler
  Orange-crowned Warbler
    Townsend's Warbler
    Yellow Warbler