"… 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? |
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American Crow | Crow | Forest | Resident | X |
American Goldfinch | Finch | Forest/ Nature Center | Resident | X |
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 | X |
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 | X |
Blue-winged Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration | |
Broad-winged Hawk | Hawk | Forest | Summer | |
Brown Creeper | Creeper | Forest/ Nature Center | Winter | |
Brown-headed Cowbird | Blackbird | Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center | Summer | X |
Canada Goose | Geese | Wetland | Resident | X |
Carolina Chickadee | Chickadee | Forest/ Nature Center | Resident | X |
Carolina Wren | Wren | Forest/ Nature Center | Resident | X |
Chipping Sparrow | Sparrow | Edges & Clearings | Summer | X |
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 | X |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | Kinglet | Forest | Winter | X |
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 | X |
Hooded Merganser | Duck | Wetland | Summer | |
Hooded Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration/ Summer | X |
House Wren | Wren | Forest/ Nature Center | Summer | |
Killdeer | Plover | Wetland | Migration | |
Louisiana Waterthrush | Wood Warbler | Forest/ Nature Center/ Wetlands | Migration/ Summer | X |
Mallard | Duck | Wetland | Resident | X |
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 | X |
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 | X |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | Woodpecker | Forest / Nature Center | Resident | X |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | Nuthatch | Forest/ Nature Center | Winter | X |
Red-shouldered Hawk | Hawk | Forest | Resident | X |
Red-tailed Hawk | Hawk | Edges & Clearings/ Forest | Resident | |
Red-winged Blackbird | Blackbird | Wetland | Summer | X |
Rough-winged Swallow | Swallow | Wetland | Summer | X |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Kinglet | Forest | Migration | X |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Hummingbird | Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center | Summer | X |
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 | X |
White-throated Sparrow | Sparrow | Edges & Clearings/ Forest/ Nature Center | Winter | X |
Winter Wren | Wren | Forest/ Nature Center | Winter | X |
Wood Duck | Duck | Wetland | Resident | X |
Wood Thrush | Thrush | Forest | Migration/ Summer | X |
Worm-eating Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration/ Summer | X |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | Wood Warbler | Forest | Migration/ Winter | X |
Yellow-throated Warbler | Wood Warbler | Edges & Clearings/ Forest/ Nature Center | Migration/ Summer | X |
American Redstart | Wood Warbler | Forest | 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 | X |
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 | X |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | 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 | Summer | X |
Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo | Edges & Clearings | Migration | |
Pied-billed Grebe | Grebe | Wetland | Migration | |
Pine Siskin | Finch | Forest/ Nature Center | Winter | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | X |
Yellow-breasted Chat | Wood Warbler | Wetland | Summer | |
Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo | Forest | Summer | |
Eastern Phoebe | Flycatcher | Near Stuctures | Spring - Fall |