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. . . other viewing opportunities at Maplewood Flats . . . more information on Maplewood Flats
. . . list of available bird checklists |
 May 2002 - The taxonomic order, common names and four-letter codes included in this web version of the Maplewood Flats Bird Checklist published in 1995 have been updated using the 7th edition of the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) Check-List of North American Birds (AOU 1998) and its supplement (AOU 2000). |
| The following is a list of the bird species that have been observed at Maplewood Flats. The status of each species is indicated by an abundance level in each of four seasons. The standard four letter code is shown for each species.
Explanation of Symbols Seasonal Occurrence
Relative Abundance
Other Symbols
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| Code | * | Species | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter |
| RTLO | Red-throated Loon | u | u | u | ||
| PALO | Pacific Loon | r | r | r | ||
| COLO | Common Loon | f | u | f | f | |
| PBGR | Pied-billed Grebe | r | r | u | ||
| HOGR | Horned Grebe | f | f | f | ||
| RNGR | Red-necked Grebe | f | f | f | ||
| WEGR | Western Grebe | f | f | f | ||
| AWPE | American White Pelican | ac | ||||
| DCCO | Double-crested Cormorant | f | u | f | f | |
| BRCO | Brandt's Cormorant | r | r | r | ||
| PECO | Pelagic Cormorant | c | a | c | c | |
| AMBI | American Bittern | ca | ca | |||
| GBHE | Great Blue Heron | f | f | f | f | |
| GRHE | * | Green Heron | r | r | r | |
| TUVU | Turkey Vulture | r | r | |||
| CAGO | * | Canada Goose | a | c | a | a |
| BRAN | Brant | ca | ca | ca | ||
| TRUS | Trumpeter Swan | ca | ca | ca | ||
| TUSW | Tundra Swan | ca | ca | ca | ||
| WODU | Wood Duck | r | r | |||
| GADW | * | Gadwall | f | u | f | f |
| EUWI | Eurasian Wigeon | r | r | r | ||
| AMWI | American Wigeon | c | u | c | c | |
| MALL | * | Mallard | a | c | a | a |
| BTWE | Blue-winged Teal | r | r | |||
| CITE | Cinnamon Teal | r | r | |||
| NOSL | Northern Shoveler | r | r | r | r | |
| NOPI | Northern Pintail | u | u | u | ||
| GWTE | Green-winged Teal | c | r | c | c | |
| CANV | Canvasback | ca | ||||
| RNDU | Ring-necked Duck | ca | ca | |||
| TUDU | Tufted Duck | ac | ac | |||
| GRSC | Greater Scaup | c | u | c | c | |
| LESC | Lesser Scaup | u | u | u | f | |
| HADU | Harlequin Duck | c | f | c | c | |
| SUSC | Surf Scoter | c | u | c | a | |
| WWSC | White-winged Scoter | f | u | f | f | |
| BLSC | Black Scoter | u | ca | u | u | |
| LTDU | Long-tailed Duck | r | r | r | ||
| BUFF | Bufflehead | f | f | f | ||
| COGO | Common Goldeneye | c | r | c | c | |
| BAGO | Barrow's Goldeneye | f | r | f | f | |
| HOME | Hooded Merganser | u | u | u | ||
| COME | Common Merganser | f | f | f | f | |
| RBME | Red-breasted Merganser | u | r | u | ||
| RUDU | Ruddy Duck | r | ||||
| OSPR | * | Osprey | u | u | r | |
| BAEA | Bald Eagle | f | f | f | f | |
| NOHA | Northern Harrier | r | r | r | ||
| SSHA | Sharp-shinned Hawk | u | r | u | u | |
| COHA | Cooper's Hawk | u | u | u | u | |
| RTHA | Red-tailed Hawk | u | u | u | u | |
| RLHA | Rough-legged Hawk | ca | ca | ca | ||
| GOEA | Golden Eagle | ac | ||||
| AMKE | American Kestrel | r | r | |||
| MERL | Merlin | u | u | u | u | |
| PEFA | Peregrine Falcon | r | r | r | r | |
| RUGR | Ruffed Grouse | ca | ca | ca | ca | |
| VIRA | Virginia Rail | r | r | r | r | |
| SORA | * | Sora | r | r | r | |
| AMCO | American Coot | r | r | r | ||
| BBPL | Black-bellied Plover | u | u | |||
| AGPL | American Golden-Plover | ac | ||||
| SEPL | Semipalmated Plover | r | r | |||
| KILL | * | Killdeer | f | f | f | u |
| AMAV | American Avocet | ac | ac | |||
| GRYE | Greater Yellowlegs | f | r | f | f | |
| LEYE | Lesser Yellowlegs | u | u | |||
| SOSA | Solitary Sandpiper | r | r | |||
| WATA | Wandering Tattler | ac | ||||
| SPSA | * | Spotted Sandpiper | f | f | u | ac |
| WHIM | Whimbrel | r | r | |||
| RUTU | Ruddy Turnstone | r | ca | |||
| BLTU | Black Turnstone | u | u | u | ||
| SAND | Sanderling | r | r | r | ||
| SESA | Semipalmated Sandpiper | r | ||||
| WESA | Western Sandpiper | a | a | |||
| LESA | Least Sandpiper | f | f | |||
| BASA | Baird's Sandpiper | r | r | |||
| PESA | Pectoral Sandpiper | r | r | |||
| DUNL | Dunlin | a | a | a | ||
| STSA | Stilt Sandpiper | r | ||||
| SBDO | Short-billed Dowitcher | u | u | |||
| LBDO | Long-billed Dowitcher | f | f | u | ||
| COSN | * | Common Snipe | f | u | f | r |
| WIPH | Wilson's Phalarope | r | ||||
| RNPL | Red-necked Phalarope | r | ca | r | ||
| REPH | Red Phalarope | ca | ||||
| PAJA | Parasitic Jaeger | ca | ||||
| FRGU | Franklin's Gull | ca | ||||
| BOGU | Bonaparte's Gull | u | f | |||
| MEGU | Mew Gull | c | r | c | c | |
| RBGU | Ring-billed Gull | f | u | f | f | |
| CAGU | California Gull | u | u | c | u | |
| HEGU | Herring Gull | r | r | r | ||
| THGU | Thayer's Gull | u | u | u | ||
| GWGU | Glaucous-winged Gull | a | a | a | a | |
| GLGU | Glaucous Gull | ca | ||||
| CATE | Caspian Tern | f | r | |||
| COTE | Common Tern | f | f | |||
| COMU | Common Murre | r | ||||
| PIGU | Pigeon Guillemot | r | u | r | r | |
| MAMU | Marbled Murrelet | r | r | r | r | |
| RODO | Rock Dove [I] | c | c | c | c | |
| BTPI | Band-tailed Pigeon | f | f | f | f | |
| MODO | Mourning Dove | u | r | u | ||
| BNOW | Barn Owl | ac | ||||
| GHOW | Great Horned Owl | r | r | r | r | |
| NPOW | Northern Pygmy-Owl | r | r | r | r | |
| SEOW | Short-eared Owl | r | r | r | ||
| CONI | Common Nighthawk | u | r | |||
| BLSW | Black Swift | u | f | f | ||
| VASW | Vaux's Swift | u | f | f | ||
| CAHU | Calliope Hummingbird | ca | ||||
| RUHU | Rufous Hummingbird | u | u | r | ||
| BEKI | Belted Kingfisher | u | u | u | u | |
| RBSA | Red-breasted Sapsucker | r | u | u | ||
| DOWO | * | Downy Woodpecker | u | u | u | u |
| HAWO | Hairy Woodpecker | r | r | r | r | |
| NOFL | * | Northern Flicker | f | f | f | f |
| PIWO | Pileated Woodpecker | u | r | u | u | |
| OSFL | Olive-sided Flycatcher | u | r | |||
| WWPE | Western Wood-Pewee | r | r | r | ||
| ALFL | Alder Flycatcher | ac | ||||
| WIFL | * | Willow Flycatcher | u | f | u | |
| HAFL | Hammond's Flycatcher | u | u | u | ||
| PSFL | Pacific-slope Flycatcher | u | u | u | ||
| SAPH | Say's Phoebe | ca | ||||
| ATFL | Ash-throated Flycatcher | ac | ||||
| WEKI | Western Kingbird | r | r | |||
| EAKI | Eastern Kingbird | r | ca | r | ||
| NOSH | Northern Shrike | r | r | r | ||
| CAVI | Cassin's Vireo | u | u | u | ||
| HUVI | Hutton's Vireo | u | u | u | u | |
| WAVI | Warbling Vireo | u | u | u | ||
| REVI | * | Red-eyed Vireo | f | |||
| STJA | Steller's Jay | u | u | u | u | |
| NOCR | Northwestern Crow | a | a | a | a | |
| CORA | Common Raven | u | u | u | u | |
| PUMA | * | Purple Martin | f | f | ||
| TRSW | * | Tree Swallow | f | f | u | |
| VGSW | * | Violet-green Swallow | c | c | u | |
| NRWS | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | f | f | u | ||
| BKSW | Bank Swallow | r | r | |||
| BASW | * | Barn Swallow | c | c | c | |
| CLSW | * | Cliff Swallow | u | u | u | |
| BCCH | * | Black-capped Chickadee | f | f | f | f |
| CBCH | Chestnut-backed Chickadee | r | r | r | r | |
| BUSH | Bushtit | f | f | f | f | |
| RBNU | Red-breasted Nuthatch | r | r | r | r | |
| BRCR | Brown Creeper | r | r | r | r | |
| BEWR | Bewick's Wren | r | r | r | r | |
| HOWR | House Wren | ca | ca | |||
| WIWR | * | Winter Wren | f | f | f | f |
| MAWR | Marsh Wren | ca | ca | ca | ||
| AMDI | American Dipper | ca | ca | ca | ||
| GCKI | Golden-crowned Kinglet | c | u | c | c | |
| RCKI | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | c | u | f | f | |
| MOBL | Mountain Bluebird | ca | ||||
| TOSO | Townsend's Solitaire | r | r | r | ||
| SWTH | * | Swainson's Thrush | f | f | u | |
| HETH | Hermit Thrush | r | r | ca | ||
| AMRO | * | American Robin | c | f | c | f |
| VATH | Varied Thrush | f | r | f | f | |
| EUST | * | European Starling [I] | c | c | c | c |
| AMPI | American Pipit | f | f | |||
| BOWA | Bohemian Waxwing | r | ||||
| CEWA | Cedar Waxwing | f | f | f | ||
| OCWA | Orange-crowned Warbler | u | u | u | ||
| NAWA | Nashville Warbler | ca | ca | |||
| YEWA | Yellow Warbler | f | u | f | ||
| YRWA | Yellow-rumped Warbler | f | u | f | ||
| BTGW | Black-throated Gray Warbler | f | u | f | ||
| TOWA | Townsend's Warbler | u | r | u | ||
| MACW | MacGillivray's Warbler | u | u | u | ||
| COYE | Common Yellowthroat | u | r | u | ||
| WIWA | Wilson's Warbler | f | f | f | ||
| WETA | Western Tanager | f | f | f | ||
| SPTO | * | Spotted Towhee | f | f | f | f |
| ATSP | American Tree Sparrow | ca | ||||
| CHSP | Chipping Sparrow | ac | ac | |||
| SAVS | * | Savannah Sparrow | f | f | f | ca |
| FOSP | Fox Sparrow | u | u | u | ||
| SOSP | * | Song Sparrow | c | c | c | c |
| LISP | Lincoln's Sparrow | ca | ca | ca | ||
| WCSP | * | White-crowned Sparrow | f | f | f | u |
| GCSP | Golden-crowned Sparrow | f | f | r | ||
| DEJU | Dark-eyed Junco | f | f | c | ||
| LALO | Lapland Longspur | ca | ca | |||
| CCLO | Chestnut-collared Longspur | ac | ||||
| SNBU | Snow Bunting | ca | ||||
| BHGR | * | Black-headed Grosbeak | u | f | u | |
| LZBU | Lazuli Bunting | ca | ||||
| BOBO | Bobolink | ac | ||||
| RWBL | * | Red-winged Blackbird | f | f | f | c |
| WEME | Western Meadowlark | r | r | r | ||
| YHBL | Yellow-headed Blackbird | r | ca | r | ||
| BRBL | Brewer's Blackbird | u | u | u | ||
| BHCO | * | Brown-headed Cowbird | f | f | f | |
| BUOR | Bullock's Oriole | ca | ||||
| PUFI | Purple Finch | u | u | u | u | |
| HOFI | * | House Finch | c | c | c | c |
| RECR | Red Crossbill # | u | u | f | u | |
| PISI | Pine Siskin # | f | u | c | c | |
| AMGO | * | American Goldfinch | f | f | f | r |
| EVGR | Evening Grosbeak # | u | u | u | u | |
| HOSP | House Sparrow [I] | u | u | u | u |