"… to be used for nature study and as a preserve for birds and other wildlife."- Carmen Hambleton Warner
With over 100 species of birds documented, Wahkeena is a fantastic birding site! Keep up to date with the bird sightings here.
| Common Name | Family | Habitat | Season | Seen Recently? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadian Flycatcher | Flycatcher | Forest | Migration/Nester | |
| Horned Grebe | Grebes | Water | Migration | |
| Pied-Billed Grebe | Grebes | Water | Migration | |
| American Crow | Crow | Forest | Resident | |
| American Goldfinch | Finch | Forest/ Nature Center | Resident | |
| American Redstart | Warbler | Forest/Edges | Migration | |
| American Robin | Thrush | Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center | Resident | X |
| Baltimore Oriole | Blackbird | Wetlands | Summer | |
| Barn Swallow | Swallow | Edges & Clearings | Migration | |
| Barred Owl | Owl | Forest | Resident | |
| Belted Kingfisher | Kingfisher | Wetland | Resident | |
| Black Vulture | Vulture | Edges & Clearings/ Forest | Resident | X |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration | |
| Blue Jay | Jay | Forest/ Nature Center | Resident | X |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Gnatcatcher | Forest | Migration/ Summer | |
| Blue-winged Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration | |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Hawk | Forest | Summer | |
| Brown Creeper | Creeper | Forest/ Nature Center | Winter-Fall | |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Blackbird | Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center | Spring/Summer | |
| Canada Goose | Geese | Wetland | Resident | |
| Carolina Chickadee | Chickadee | Forest/ Nature Center | Resident | X |
| Carolina Wren | Wren | Forest/ Nature Center | Resident | X |
| Chipping Sparrow | Sparrow | Edges & Clearings | Summer | |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Sparrow | Edges & Clearings/ Forest/ Nature Center | Winter | X |
| Downy Woodpecker | Woodpecker | Forest/ Nature Center | Resident | X |
| Eastern Towhee | Sparrow | Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center | Resident | X |
| Field Sparrow | Sparrow | Edges & Clearings | Migration/ Winter | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Kinglet | Forest | Winter-Summer | |
| Gray Catbird | Catbird | Nature Center/ Wetland | Migration/ Summer | |
| Great Blue Heron | Heron | Wetland | Resident | X |
| Great Horned Owl | Owl | Forest | Resident | X |
| Green Heron | Heron | Wetland | Summer | |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Woodpecker | Forest/ Nature Center | Resident | |
| Hooded Merganser | Duck | Wetland | Summer | |
| Hooded Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration/ Summer | |
| House Wren | Wren | Forest/ Nature Center | Summer | |
| Killdeer | Plover | Wetland | Migration | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Wood Warbler | Forest/ Nature Center/ Wetlands | Migration/ Summer | |
| Mallard | Duck | Wetland | Resident | |
| Mourning Dove | Dove | Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center | Resident | X |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinal | Edges & Clearings/ Forest/ Nature Center | Resident | X |
| Northern Flicker | Woodpecker | Forest / Nature Center | Resident | X |
| Northern Parula | Wood Warbler | Edges & Clearings/ Forest | Migration/ Summer | |
| Ovenbird | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration/ Summer | |
| Palm Warbler | Wood Warbler | Edges & Clearings/ Wetland | Migration | |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Woodpecker | Forest | Resident | X |
| Pine Warbler | Wood Warbler | Tall Pines | Migration | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Woodpecker | Forest / Nature Center | Resident | X |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Nuthatch | Forest/ Nature Center | Winter | |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Hawk | Forest | Resident | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Hawk | Edges & Clearings/ Forest | Resident | X |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Blackbird | Wetland | Spr/Summer/fall | |
| Rough-winged Swallow | Swallow | Wetland | Spring/Summer | |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Kinglet | Forest | Migration | |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Hummingbird | Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center | Summer | |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Hawk | Forest | Resident | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Sandpiper | Wetland | Migration | |
| Song Sparrow | Sparrow | Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center | Resident | X |
| Tree Swallow | Swallow | Edges & Clearings/ Wetland | Migration | |
| Tufted Titmouse | Titmouse | Forest/ Nature Center | Resident | X |
| Turkey Vulture | Vulture | Edges & Clearings/ Forest | Resident | X |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Nuthatch | Forest/ Nature Center | Resident | X |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo | Edges & Clearings/ Forest | Summer | |
| White-throated Sparrow | Sparrow | Edges & Clearings/ Forest/ Nature Center | Winter | |
| Winter Wren | Wren | Forest/ Nature Center | Winter | |
| Wood Duck | Duck | Wetland | Resident | X |
| Wood Thrush | Thrush | Forest | Migration/ Summer | |
| Worm-eating Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration/ Summer | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration/ Winter | |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Wood Warbler | Edges & Clearings/ Forest/ Nature Center | Migration/ Summer | |
| Black and White Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration/ Summer | |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration | |
| Blackburninan Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration | |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo | Forest | Migration | |
| Brown Thrasher | Thrasher | Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center | Summer | |
| Cerulean Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Summer | |
| Common Grackle | Blackbird | Edges & Clearings/ Forest | Resident | |
| Common Yellowthroat | Wood Warbler | Wetland | Migration/ Summer | |
| Hermit Thrush | Thrush | Forest | Resident | |
| Kentucky Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration/ Summer | |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Wood Warbler | Wetland | Migration | |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo | Forest | Summer | |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Grosbeak | Edges & Clearings/ Forest/ Nature Center | Migration | |
| Scarlet Tanager | Tanager | Forest | Summer | |
| Common Name | Family | Habitat | Season | Seen Recently? |
| Fox Sparrow | Sparrow | Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center | Winter | |
| American Bittern | Bittern | Wetland | Migration | |
| American Coot | Coot | Wetland | Summer | |
| American Kestrel | Falcon | Edges & Clearings | Resident | |
| Bald Eagle | Eagle | Wetland | Resident/visitor | |
| Bank Swallow | Swallow | Edges & Clearings | Migration | |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration | |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Cuckoo | Forest | Summer | |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Chickadee | Forest/ Nature Center | Winter | |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Duck | Wetland | Migration | |
| Bobwhite Quail | Quail | Edges & Clearings | Summer | |
| Canada Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration | |
| Cape May Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration | |
| Cedar Waxwing | Waxwing | Nature Center | Resident | |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration/ Summer | |
| Chimney Swift | Swift | Edges & Clearings | Summer | |
| Common Nighthawk | Nightjar | Forest | Summer | |
| Cooper's Hawk | Hawk | Forest | Resident | |
| Eastern Bluebird | Thrush | Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center | Resident | |
| Eastern Kingbird | Flycatcher | Wetland | Migration | |
| Eastern Screech Owl | Owl | Forest | Summer | X |
| Eastern Wood Peewee | Flycatcher | Forest | Summer | |
| European Starling | Starling | Edges & Clearings | Resident | |
| Evening Grosbeak | Grosbeak | Forest/ Nature Center | Winter | |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration | |
| Gray-checked Thrush | Thrush | Forest | Migrant | |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Flycatcher | Forest/ Nature Center | Migration/ Summer | |
| Great Egret | Egret | Wetland | Spring/Summer | |
| House Sparrow | Sparrow | Nature Center | Resident | |
| Indigo Bunting | Bunting | Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center | Summer | |
| Least Flycatcher | Flycatcher | Forest/ Nature Center | Migration | |
| Magnolia Warbler | Wood Warbler | Edges & Clearings/ Forest | Migration | |
| Nashville Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mockingbird | Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center | Summer | |
| Northern Waterthrush | Wood Warbler | Forest/ Wetland | Migration | |
| Orchard Oriole | Blackbird | Edges & Clearings | Migration | |
| Osprey | Osprey | Wetland | Spring/Summer | |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo | Edges & Clearings | Migration | |
| Pine Siskin | Finch | Forest/ Nature Center | Winter | |
| Pine Warbler | Wood Warbler | Pine woods and edges | Spring/Summer | X |
| Prairie Warbler | Wood Warbler | Edges & Clearings/ Forest | Summer | |
| Purple Finch | Finch | Edges & Clearings/ Forest | Winter | |
| Purple Martin | Martin | Wetland | Summer | |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Woodpecker | Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center | Summer | |
| Rock Dove | Dove | Edges & Clearings | Resident | |
| Ruffed Grouse | Grouse | Forest | ||
| Rusty Blackbird | Blackbird | Edges & Clearings/ Wetlands | Migration/ Winter | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Sandpiper | Wetlands | Spring | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Sandpiper | Wetland | Migration | |
| Summer Tanager | Tanager | Forest | Summer | |
| Swainson's Thrush | Thrush | Forest | Migration | |
| Swamp Sparrow | Sparrow | Wetland | Migration/ Winter | |
| Tennessee Warbler | Wood Warbler | Edges & Clearings/ Forest | Migration | |
| Tree Sparrow | Sparrow | Edges & Clearings | Winter | |
| Veery | Thrush | Forest | Migration | |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo | Edges & Clearings/Wetland | Summer | |
| Whip-poor-will | Nightjar | Forest | Summer | |
| White-crowned Sparrow | Sparrow | Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center | Winter | |
| Wild Turkey | Turkey | Edges & Clearings/ Forest/ Nature Center | Resident | X |
| Wilson's Warbler | Wood Warbler | Wetland | Migration/ Summer | |
| Yellow Warbler | Wood Warbler | Wetland | Migration/ Summer | |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Woodpecker | Forest/ Nature Center | Resident | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Cuckoo | Forest | Summer | |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Wood Warbler | Wetland | Summer | |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo | Forest | Summer | |
| Eastern Phoebe | Flycatcher | Near Stuctures | Spring - Fall |