North Creek Park Bird List And Brochure

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a North Creek Park is a regional park within the Snohomish County Parks and Recreation System. The Bailey family, historic homesteaders, originally owned the land and used it for timber harvest and later for farming. It was acquired for use as a regional stormwater detention facility and to provide flood control, but it also offers a rich habitat for a variety of birds, mammals and amphibians. Throughout the year, pedestrians take advantage of the through park boardwalk that provides an excellent vantage point to view this rich and diverse environment. Park Features include: q Interpretive board walk q Educational signage q Picnic grounds/Picnic Shelter q Playground q Portable restroom q Viewpoints

Birds of North Creek Park

Additional information is available on the Snohomish County Parks and Recreations website at: http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Parks

A Checklist a Map Source: http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Parks

1011 - 183rd Street, S.E. Mill Creek, WA 98012

BIRD LIST

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This checklist is a single effort by Cindy Easterson and is based on personal observations as well as census data from nearby areas with similar habitats. While most of the species listed are likely inhabitants or visitors to the wetlands, some species will be found in the wooded & scrub/shrub areas located both north and south of the park. Please always stay in the public right-of-ways and respect sensitive habitat areas.

Western Grebe Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Green Heron Night Heron American Bittern Canada Goose Greater White-fronted Goose Snow Goose Brant Trumpeter Swan Wood Duck Green-winged Teal Cinnamon Teal Mallard Northern Pintail Blue-winged Teal Northern Shoveler Canvasback Ring-necked Duck Gadwall American Widgeon Eurasian Widgeon Greater Scaup Lesser Scaup Common Goldeneye Barrow’s Goldeneye Bufflehead Common Merganser

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Hooded Merganser Ruddy Duck California Quail Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper’s Hawk American Kestrel Red-tailed Hawk Osprey Perigrine Falcon American Coot Virginia Rail Sora Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Dunlin Wilson’s Snipe Rock Dove Mourning Dove Barn Owl Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Anna’s Hummingbird Rufous Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-breasted Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pilleated Woodpecker Willow Flycatcher Pacific-sloped Flycatcher Western Kingbird Vaux’s Swift Violet-green Swallow Tree Swallow Bank Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Northern Rough-winged Swallow Northern Shrike Stellar's Jay

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European Starling American Crow Common Raven Black-capped Chickadee Chestnut-backed Chickadee Brown Creeper Brewick’s Wren Winter Wren House Wren Marsh Wren Red-breasted Nuthatch Warbling Vireo Hutton’s Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Varied Thrush American Robin Cedar Waxwing Yellow Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Townsend's Warbler McGillvray's Warbler Wilson's Warbler Common Yellowthroat Spotted Towhee Savannah Sparrow Fox Sparrow Lincoln Sparrow Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Golden-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Bushtit Lazuli Bunting Red-winged Blackbird Brewer's Blackbird Brown-Headed Cowbird House Finch Purple Finch Pine Siskin American Goldfinch House Sparrow