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Text Box: Legend: Season
SP=spring,  SU=summer
W=winter, F=fall
Legend: Occurrence 
A=abundant, C=common
U=uncommon, R=rare
BR=breeding, OS=offshore
M=migrating
 
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Text Box: The Makah Indian Reservation has 44 square miles that are bordered by the Pacific Ocean and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.  It offers rocky shoreline, sand dunes and offshore islands to many species of birds.  The coastal forests, lowland valleys and wet meadows also attract many nesting, wintering and migrating species.
This list includes 239 species of birds that are found year round or seasonally on the Reservation or in the adjacent waters.  It is by no means an exhaustive list.   We would appreciate reports of sightings of unlisted birds to info@neahbaychamberofcommerce.com  
Credit:  The information on the page was compiled by the Makah Tribal Planning Department.  Permission for its use was given by the Makah Cultural and Resource Center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Loons / Grebes W SP SU F Herons / Swans / Geese W SP SU F
Common Loon A C U C Black Crowed Night Heron R R   R
Yellow Billed Loon R R   R Green Backed Night Heron (BR) R R U U
Pacific Loon C C U C Great Blue Heron (BR) C C C C
Red-Throated Loon C C U C Sandhill Crane (M) R C R R
Western Grebe A C U C Tundra Swan (M) U U   U
Red-Necked Grebe C C U C Trumpeter Swan (M) U U   U
Horned Grebe C C U C Greater White Footed Goose (M) U U R U
Eared Grebe U U   U Snow Goose (M)       R
Pied-Billed Grebe U U U U Canada Goose (M) U C C U
          Black Brandt (M) U C R R
Seabirds W SP SU F Waterfowl / Rails / Coots W SP SU F
Black Footed Albatross (OS) R U C U Mallard (BR) C C C C
Laysan Albatross (OS) R R   R Gadwall U U   U
Northern Fulmar (OS) U U U C Blue Winged Teal (M)   R R  
Sooty Shearwater (OS) R U C C Green Winged Teal (BR) C C R C
Short Tailed Shearwater (OS) R   R R Eurasian Widgeon R R   R
Pink Footed Shearwater (OS)   R C U American Widgeon A C   C
Buller's Shearwater (OS) (M)     R R Northern Pintail C U   U
Leaches Storm Petrel (BR) (OS) R R C R Northern Shoveler U U   U
Fork Tailed Storm Petrel (BR) (OS)         Cinnamon Teal   R U R
Double Crested Cormorant (BR) C C C C Ruddy Duck R R   R
Brandt's Cormorant (BR) C C C C Canvasback U R   U
Pelagic Cormorant (BR) C C C C Ringed-Necked Duck C U   C
Brown Pelican (OS) R U C C Wood Duck (BR) R C C U
          Redhead Duck U U    
          Tufted Duck R R    
        Greater Scaup C U R U
          Lesser Scaup C U R R
          Black Scoter U U R U
          White Winged Scoter C C C C
          Surf Scoter C C C C
          Harlequin C U U C
          Oldsquaw C C R U
          Common Goldeneye C U   U
          Barrows Goldeneye C U   U
          Bufflehead A C R U
          Common Merganser (BR) C C C C
          Red Breasted Merganser  C C R U
          Hooded Merganser (BR) C C U C
          Virginia Rail (BR) U C C U
          Sora Rail (BR) R U C U
          American Coot (BR) U U U U
Shore Birds W SP SU F Gulls / Terns W SP SU F
Black Oystercatcher (BR) C C C C Bonaparte's Gull (M) U U U C
Killdeer (BR) C C C C Sabine's Gull (OS) (M)   R R R
Semi-Palmated Plover (M) R R U U Ring Billed Gull (M) U U U U
Black Bellied Plover (M) C C U U Mew Gull (M) C C R C
Lesser Golden Plover (M)   R   R Herring Gull U U   U
Marbled Godwit R R R R California Gull U R U U
Willet (M) R R R R Glaucous Gull R R   R
Greater Yellowlegs (M) R U U U Thayer's Gull C U   U
Lesser Yellowlegs (M) R R R R Western Gull (BR) A A A A
Red-Necked Phalarope (OS) (M)   R   R Glaucous Winged Gull (BR) A A A A
Red Phalarope (OS) (M) R R R R Black Legged Kittiwake (OS) U U R U
Wilson's Phalarope (M)   U U R Pomarine Jaeger (OS) U R U U
Spotted Sandpiper (M) R R U R Parasitic Jaeger (OS) U R R U
Whimbrel (M) U U C U Artic Tern (M) (OS)   R R R
Wandering Tattler (M)   R U R Common Tern (OS) (M)   U R U
Short Billed Dowitcher   U C U Caspian Tern (M)   U C U
Long Billed Dowitcher (M) R U R U          
Common Snipe (BR) U U U U          
Black Turnstone (M) C C U C          
Ruddy Turnstone (M) U R U R          
Surf Bird (M) C C U C          
Rock Sandpiper  U U   U          
Dulin (M) C C   C          
Sandering (M) U U R C          
Western Sandpiper (M) U U U U          
Bairds Sandpiper (M)     R R          
Least Sandpiper (M) U U U C          
Pectoral Sandpiper (M)     R R          
Murres / Puffins W SP SU F King Fishers / Woodpeckers W SP SU F
Common Murre (BR) (OS) C C C C Belted Kingfisher (BR) C C C C
Pigeon Guillemont (BR) (OS) C C C C Northern Flicker (BR) C C C C
Marbled Murrelet (BR) (OS) C C C C Red Breasted Sapsucker (BR) U R R R
Ancient Murrelet (OS) C U R R Downy Woodpecker (BR) C C C C
Cassin's Auklet (OS) U U C C Hairy Woodpecker (BR) C C C C
Parakeet Auklet (OS) R R   R Pileated Woodpecker (BR) U U U U
Rhinoceros Auklet (BR) (OS) U C C U          
Tufted Puffin (BR) ()S) R U C U          
Vultures / Eagles  / Hawks / Falcons  W SP SU F Flycatchers / Larks / Swallows W SP SU F
Turkey Vulture (M) R C C C Olive sided Flycatcher (BR)   U C U
Golden Eagle (M) R U U U Western Wood Pewee (BR)   R U  
Bald Eagle (BR) A A C C Say's Phoebe (BR)   R R  
Northern Harrier (M) U U U U Dusky Flycatchers (BR)   U U  
Sharp Skinned Hawk (BR) C C U U Hammonds Flycatcher   U C U
Cooper's Hawk (BR) C C U C Willow Flycatchers (BR)   R U U
Northern Goshawk U U U U Western Kingbird (BR)   R R  
Red Tailed Hawk (BR) C C C C Horned Lark U U C U
Swainsons Hawk (BR)   R R   Tree Swallow (BR)   C C U
Rough Legged Hawk (M) R R   R Violet Green Swallow (BR)   C C U
Ferruginous Hawk (M)   R R   Bank Swallow (BR)   R R  
Osprey (BR) R C C U Northern Rough Winged Swallow (BR)   R U R
American Kestrel U C U U Cliff Swallow (BR)   U C U
Merlin (M) (BR) U U R U Barn Swallow (BR)   U C U
Peregrine Falcon (BR) (M) C C C C Purple Martin    R R  
Gyrfalcon (M) R                
Humming Birds W SP SU F Night Jars / Swifts W SP SU F
Anna's Hummingbird (M) (BR) U U U U Common Nighthawk (BR)     U R
Rufous Hummingbird (M) (BR)   C C C Black Swift (BR)   U U U
          Vaux's Swift (BR)   U C U
Owls  W SP SU F Grouse / Ptarmigans W SP SU F
Short Eared Owl U U R U Ruffled Grouse (BR) C C C C
Great Horned Owl (BR) U U U U Spruce Grouse U U U U
Barred Owl (BR) U U U U Blue Grouse (BR) C C C C
Snowy Owl U       California Quail (BR) U U U U
Western Screech Owl (BR) C C C C Band Tailed Pigeon (BR) R R U U
Northern Pygmy Owl (BR) C C C C Rock Dove (BR) R R R R
Northern Saw-Whet Owl (BR) C C C C Mourning Dove (BR) U U U U
Jays / Crows W SP SU F Shrikes / Starlings, Waxwings W SP SU F
Stellars Jay (BR) C C C C Northern Strike  U U   U
Gray Jay (BR) U U   U American Pipit R U R U
Clarks Nutcracker U U U U American Dipper U U U U
American Crow (BR) C C C C Bohemian Waxwing R R R  
Northwestern Crow (BR)  A A A A Cedar Waxwing (BR) U U C C
Common Raven (BR) U U U U European Starling (BR) A A A A
Chickadees / Nuthatches  W SP SU F          
Black Capped Chickadee (BR) U U U U          
Chestnut Backed Chickadee (BR) C C C C          
Bushtit (BR) U U U U          
Brown Creeper (BR) C C C C          
Red Breasted Nuthatch (BR) C C U C          
Wrens / thrushes / Kinglets W SP SU F Grosbeaks / Buntings / Sparrows W SP SU F
House Wren (BR)   U U   Black Headed Grosbeak R U U