PNW Highlights
These are birds I’ve encountered across the Pacific Northwest. Some common, some rare, all memorable in their own way.
They are tied to places I return to again and again. Coastal rocks, quiet forests, open fields, and the in between spaces where something always seems to be happening if you slow down and pay attention.
“Birds, with their songs, teach us to listen deeply. The language of birds is the language of belonging.”
— Robin Wall Kimmerer
Lewis's Woodpecker - Okanogan County, WA
Short-Eared Owl - Samish Flats, WA
Black Oystercatcher - Deception Pass State Park, WA
Snow Geese - Skagit Valley, WA
Bullock's Oriole - Yakima River Canyon, WA
Long-Tailed Duck - Bellingham Bay, WA
Loggerhead Shrike - Moses Coulee, WA
Red-Breasted Sapsucker - Billy Frank, Jr NWR, WA
Lark Sparrow - Moses Coulee, WA
Western Tanager - Ahtanum State Forest, WA
California Gulls - Fort Flagler State Park, WA
Sandhill Cranes - Othello, WA
Acorn Woodpecker - William L. Finley NWR, OR
Gyrfalcon - Sammish Flats, WA
Savannah Sparrow - Whidbey Island, WA
Black-capped Chickadee - George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, British Columbia
Glaucous-winged Gull - Ediz Hook, WA
Lazuli Bunting - Yakima River Canyon, WA
Bald Eagle - Skagit Valley, WA
Harlequin Duck - Deception Pass State Park, WA
Chestnut-backed Chickadee - Seattle, WA
Black-footed Albatross - Pacific Ocean, WA
Hooded Merganser - Sullivan Lake USFS Campground, WA
Northern Saw-whet Owl - Moses Coulee, WA