The Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness would like to thank Jon Isacoff of Gonzaga University for contributing these photos and for compiling the list below. Thanks Jon!
About the phographer:
Jon Isacoff is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Environmental Studies at Gonzaga University. He received his B.A. and M.P.A. at Cornell University and his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania.
Jon has designed a unique Service-Learning course on Ecology and Environmentalism in partnership with the United States Forest Service (USFS) and Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness.
Jon served as Co-Chair of the Hiking Committee of the Spokane Mountaineers from 2006-2008. He is a Lifetime Member of the Spokane Audubon Society and a Regional Reviewer for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Ebird.org, and is the Washington Birder County Year Lister for Spokane County.
Jon has been birding, hiking, and backpacking for 27 years. He has hiked and backpacked in 10 states on both coasts of the US.
Although he does not have an official “favorite bird”, when asked the question, the Pygmy Nuthatch always seems to come to mind!
Printable version – Birds_of_SPW.pdf (73kb PDF file)
Birds of the Scotchman Peaks Region – 196 Species BLUE = Common GREEN = Uncommon YELLOW = Harder to find ORANGE = Rare RED = Very Rare (<10 records) Compiled by Jon Isacoff |
Season Spring = March-May Summer = June-August Fall = September-October Winter = December-February Resident = All Year |
Breeding Status52 – Resident Breeding Species 89 – Migrant Breeding Species 55 – Migrant Non-Breeding Species |
Checklist |
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I. Birds of the Upland Region/Wilderness Area |
96 Species | 45 – Resident Breeding Species 44 – Migrant Breeding Species 7 – Migrant Non-Breeding Species |
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*Harlequin Duck | Spring/Summer | Yes | |
Ring-necked Pheasant | Resident | Yes | |
Ruffed Grouse | Resident | Yes | |
*Spruce Grouse | Resident | Yes | |
*White-tailed Ptarmigan | Resident | Yes | |
*Dusky Grouse | Resident | Yes | |
Wild Turkey | Resident | Yes | |
Turkey Vulture | Spring/Summer/Fall | No | |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | Resident | Yes | |
Cooper’s Hawk | Resident | Yes | |
*Northern Goshawk | Resident | Yes | |
Red-tailed Hawk | Resident | Yes | |
Golden Eagle | Fall/Winter/Spring | No | |
American Kestrel | Resident | Yes | |
*Merlin | Resident | Yes | |
*Flammulated Owl | Resident | Yes | |
Western Screech Owl | Resident | Yes | |
Great Horned Owl | Resident | Yes | |
*Northern Hawk Owl | Winter | No | |
*Northern Pygmy Owl | Resident | Yes | |
Barred Owl | Resident | Yes | |
*Great Gray Owl | Winter | No | |
*Boreal Owl | Resident | Yes | |
Northern Saw-whet Owl | Resident | Yes | |
Common Nighthawk | Summer | Yes | |
Vaux’s Swift | Summer | Yes | |
Black-chinned Hummingbird | Summer | Yes | |
Calliope Hummingbird | Summer | Yes | |
Rufous Hummingbird | Summer | Yes | |
Belted Kingfisher | Resident | Yes | |
Red-Naped Sapsucker | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Downy Woodpecker | Resident | Yes | |
Hairy Woodpecker | Resident | Yes | |
*American Three-toed WP | Resident | Yes | |
*Black-backed WP | Resident | Yes | |
Northern Flicker | Resident | Yes | |
Pileated Woodpecker | Resident | Yes | |
*Olive-sided Flycatcher | Summer | Yes | |
Western Wood-Pewee | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Willow Flycatcher | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Hammond’s Flycatcher | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Dusky Flycatcher | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Cordillerian Flycatcher | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Cassin’s Vireo | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Warbling Vireo | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Red-eyed Vireo | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
*Gray Jay | Resident | Yes | |
*Stellar’s Jay | Resident | Yes | |
*Clark’s Nutcracker | Resident | Yes | |
Common Raven | Resident | Yes | |
Horned Lark | Resident | Yes | |
Tree Swallow | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Violet-green Swallow | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Black-capped Chickadee | Resident | Yes | |
Mountan Chickadee | Resident | Yes | |
*Chestnut-backed Chickadee | Resident | Yes | |
*Boreal Chickadee | Resident | Yes | |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | Resident | Yes | |
Brown Creeper | Resident | Yes | |
Winter Wren | Resident | Yes | |
*American Dipper | Resident | Yes | |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | Resident | Yes | |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Spring/Fall | No | |
Mountain Bluebird | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Townsend’s Solitaire | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Swainson’s Thrush | Summer/Fall | Yes | |
*Hermit Thrush | Summer/Fall | Yes | |
American Robin | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Varied Thrush | Resident | Yes | |
Orange-crowned Warbler | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Nashville Warbler | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Townsend’s Warbler | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
*American Redstart | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
*Northern Waterthrush | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
MacGillvray’s Warbler | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Wilson’s Warbler | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Western Tanager | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Spotted Towhee | Resident | Yes | |
Chipping Sparrow | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Vesper Sparrow | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Fox Sparrow | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Savannah Sparrow | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Song Sparrow | Resident | Yes | |
Lincoln’s Sparrow | Spring/Fall | No | |
White-crowned Sparrow | Spring/Fall | No | |
Dark-eyed Junco | Resident | Yes | |
Black-headed Grosbeak | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Lazuli Bunting | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
*Pine Grosbeak | Resident | Yes | |
Cassin’s Finch | Resident | Yes | |
Red Crossbill | Resident | Yes | |
*White-winged Crossbill | Resident | Yes | |
Pine Siskin | Resident | Yes | |
Evening Grosbeak | Resident | Yes | |
*Boreal Specialty Species | |||
II. Birds of the Lake Pend Oreille Region |
71 Species | 16 – Resident Breeding Species 12 – Migrant Breeding Species 43 – Migrant Non-Breeding Species |
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Greater White-fronted Goose | Spring/Fall | No | |
Snow Goose | Spring/Fall | No | |
Cackling Goose | Spring/Fall | No | |
Canada Goose | Resident | Yes | |
Trumpeter Swan | Fall/Winter | No | |
Tundra Swan | Fall/Winter | No | |
Wood Duck | Resident | Yes | |
Gadwall | Resident | Yes | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Fall/Winter/Spring | No | |
American Wigeon | Fall/Winter/Spring | No | |
Mallard | Resident | Yes | |
Blue-winged Teal | Summer | Yes | |
Cinammon Teal | Summer | Yes | |
Northern Shoveler | Resident | Yes | |
Northern Pintail | Fall/Winter/Spring | No | |
Green-winged Teal | Fall/Winter/Spring | No | |
Canvasback | Fall/Winter/Spring | No | |
Redhead | Resident | Yes | |
Ring-necked Duck | Resident | Yes | |
Greater Scaup | Fall/Winter/Spring | No | |
Lesser Scaup | Fall/Winter/Spring | No | |
Surf Scoter | Fall/Winter | No | |
White-winged Scoter | Fall/Winter | No | |
Bufflehead | Fall/Winter/Spring | No | |
Common Goldeneye | Fall/Winter/Spring | No | |
Barrow’s Goldeneye | Fall/Winter/Spring | No | |
Hooded Merganser | Resident | Yes | |
Common Merganser | Resident | Yes | |
Ruddy Duck | Resident | Yes | |
Pacific Loon | Fall/Winter | No | |
Common Loon | Fall/Winter | No | |
Pied-billed Grebe | Resident | Yes | |
Horned Grebe | Fall/Winter | No | |
Red-necked Grebe | Resident | Yes | |
Western Grebe | Fall/Winter | No | |
Double-crested Cormorant | Spring/Summer/Fall | No | |
American Bittern | Spring/Summer | Yes | |
Great Blue Heron | Resident | Yes | |
Osprey | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Bald Eagle | Resident | Yes | |
Virginia Rail | Spring/Summer | Yes | |
Sora | Spring/Summer | Yes | |
American Coot | Resident | Yes | |
Black-bellied Plover | Spring/Fall | No | |
Semipalmated Plover | Spring/Fall | No | |
Killdeer | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Black-necked Stilt | Spring | No | |
American Avocet | Spring | No | |
Greater Yellowlegs | Spring/Fall | No | |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Spring/Fall | No | |
Solitary Sandpiper | Spring/Fall | No | |
Spotted Sandpiper | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | Spring/Fall | No | |
Western Sandpiper | Spring/Fall | No | |
Least Sandpiper | Spring/Fall | No | |
Baird’s Sandpiper | Spring/Fall | No | |
Long-billed Dowitcher | Spring/Fall | No | |
Common Snipe | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Wilson’s Phalarope | Spring/Fall | No | |
Franklin’s Gull | Spring/Fall | No | |
Bonaparte’s Gull | Spring/Fall | No | |
Mew Gull | Winter | No | |
Ring-billed Gull | Resident | Yes | |
California Gull | Spring/Summer/Fall | No | |
Herring Gull | Winter | No | |
Thayer’s Gull | Winter | No | |
Sabine’s Gull | Spring/Fall | No | |
Marsh Wren | Spring/Fall/Summer | Yes | |
American Pipit | Spring/Fall | No | |
Yellow Warbler | Spring/Summer | Yes | |
Common Yellowthroat | Spring/Summer | Yes | |
III. Town and Farm Species | 29 Species | 11 – Resident Breeding Species 13 – Migrant Breeding Species 5 – Migrant Non-Breeding Species |
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Northern Harrier | Resident | Yes | |
Rough-legged Hawk | Winter | No | |
Rock Pigeon | Resident | Yes | |
Mourning Dove | Resident | Yes | |
Western Kingbird | Spring/Summer | Yes | |
Eastern Kingbird | Spring/Summer | Yes | |
Northern Shrike | Winter | No | |
Blue Jay | Winter | No | |
Black-billed Magpie | Resident | Yes | |
American Crow | Resident | Yes | |
Bank Swallow | Resident | Yes | |
Cliff Swallow | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Barn Swallow | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Western Bluebird | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Veery | Summer | Yes | |
Gray Catbird | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
European Starling | Resident | Yes | |
Bohemian Waxwing | Winter | No | |
Cedar Waxwing | Resident | Yes | |
Red-winged Blackbird | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Western Meadowlark | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Yellow-headed Blackbird | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Brewer’s Blackbird | Spring/Summer/Fall | Yes | |
Brown-headed Cowbird | Spring/Summer | Yes | |
Bullock’s Oriole | Spring/Summer | Yes | |
House Finch | Resident | Yes | |
Common Redpoll | Winter | No | |
American Goldfinch | Resident | Yes | |
House Sparrow | Resident | Yes |