Birds

Some of the species found here are quite uncommon. As an aid, the relative abundances in the Nature Vancouver bird list for the Vancouver area are given.

Species	Abundance	(Symbols Used:
Great Blue Heron	cR	a=abundant
Mallard	cS,aW	c=common
Turkey Vulture	raS,uF, caW	fc=fairly common
Bald Eagle	uS, fcW	u=unusual
Sharp-Shinned Hawk	raS, uW	ra=rare
Cooper’s Hawk	uR	ca=casual
Merlin	caS,uW	acc=accidental
Peregrine Falcon	raS, uW	R=resident
Barred Owl	raR	W=Winter
Black Swift	fcS	Sp=Spring
Anna’s Hummingbird	raS, uW	S=Summer
Rufous Hummingbird	fcS, cSp	F=Fall
Belted Kingfisher	uR	T=Transient Sp & F)
Red-breasted Sapsucker	uR
Downy Woodpecker	fcR
Hairy Woodpecker	uR
Northern Flicker	fcR
Pileated Woodpecker	uR
Olive-sided Flycatcher	fcS
Pacific-Slope Flycatcher	uS, fcT
Willow Flycatcher	fcS
Hammond’s Flycatcher	fcS
Tree Swallow	cS, caW
Violet-Green Swallow	cS, aSp
Barn Swallow	aS, caW
Steller’s Jay	fcR
Northwestern Crow	aR
Common Raven	fcR
Black-capped Chickadee	aR
Chestnut-backed Chickadee	aR
Bushtit	cR
Red-breasted Nuthatch	uR
Brown Creeper	uR
Bewick’s Wren	cR
Winter Wren	cR
Golden-crowned Kinglet	aR
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	raS, cT, fcW
Swainson’s Thrush	aS,caW
Hermit Thrush	fcS,raW
American Robin	aS,cW
Varied Thrush	fcS,cW
Cedar Waxwing	cS, uW
European Starling	aR
Hutton’s Vireo	uR
Cassin’s Vireo	fcs
Warbling Vireo	fcS
Chestnut-sided Warbler	acc
Orange-crowned Warbler	cS, caW
Yellow Warbler	cS
Yellow-rumped Warbler	uS, aT, uW