Bird Sightings

With over 100 species of birds documented, Wahkeena is a fantastic birding site! Keep up to date with the bird sightings here. 

Birds of Wahkeena

X	Family	Habitat	Season	Seen Recently?
Acadian Flycatcher	Flycatcher	Forest	Migration/Nester	X
Horned Grebe	Grebes	Water	Migration
Pied-Billed Grebe	Grebes	Water	Migration
American Crow	Crow	Forest	Resident	X
American Goldfinch	Finch	Forest/ Nature Center	Resident	X
American Redstart	Warbler	Forest/Edges	Migration	X
American Robin	Thrush	Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center	Resident	X
Baltimore Oriole	Blackbird	Wetlands	Summer	X
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	X
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-Fall
Brown-headed Cowbird	Blackbird	Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center	Spring/Summer
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
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	X
Gray Catbird	Catbird	Nature Center/ Wetland	Migration/ Summer	X
Great Blue Heron	Heron	Wetland	Resident	X
Great Horned Owl	Owl	Forest	Resident	X
Green Heron	Heron	Wetland	Summer	X
Hairy Woodpecker	Woodpecker	Forest/ Nature Center	Resident	X
Hooded Merganser	Duck	Wetland	Summer	X
Hooded Warbler	Wood Warbler	Forest	Migration/ Summer	X
House Wren	Wren	Forest/ Nature Center	Summer	X
Killdeer	Plover	Wetland	Migration	X
Louisiana Waterthrush	Wood Warbler	Forest/ Nature Center/ Wetlands	Migration/ Summer	X
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	X
Ovenbird	Wood Warbler	Forest	Migration/ Summer	X
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
Red-shouldered Hawk	Hawk	Forest	Resident	X
Red-tailed Hawk	Hawk	Edges & Clearings/ Forest	Resident	X
Red-winged Blackbird	Blackbird	Wetland	Spr/Summer/fall	X
Rough-winged Swallow	Swallow	Wetland	Spring/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	X
Song Sparrow	Sparrow	Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center	Resident	X
Tree Swallow	Swallow	Edges & Clearings/ Wetland	Migration	X
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	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
Black and White Warbler	Wood Warbler	Forest	Migration/ Summer	X
Black-throated Blue Warbler	Wood Warbler	Forest	Migration
Blackburninan Warbler	Wood Warbler	Forest	Migration	X
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	X
Common Yellowthroat	Wood Warbler	Wetland	Migration/ Summer	X
Hermit Thrush	Thrush	Forest	Resident	X
Kentucky Warbler	Wood Warbler	Forest	Migration/ Summer	X
Prothonotary Warbler	Wood Warbler	Wetland	Migration
Red-eyed Vireo	Vireo	Forest	Summer	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	Grosbeak	Edges & Clearings/ Forest/ Nature Center	Migration	X
Scarlet Tanager	Tanager	Forest	Summer	X
Common Name	Family	Habitat	Season	Seen Recently?
Fox Sparrow	Sparrow	Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center	Winter
American Bittern	Bittern	Wetland	Migration	X 3/28,29/26
American Coot	Coot	Wetland	Summer
American Kestrel	Falcon	Edges & Clearings	Resident
Bald Eagle	Eagle	Wetland	Resident/visitor
Bank Swallow	Swallow	Edges & Clearings	Migration	X
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	X
Cedar Waxwing	Waxwing	Nature Center	Resident	X
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	X
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	X
Great Egret	Egret	Wetland	Spring/Summer
House Sparrow	Sparrow	Nature Center	Resident	X
Indigo Bunting	Bunting	Edges & Clearings/ Nature Center	Summer
Least Flycatcher	Flycatcher	Forest/ Nature Center	Migration
Magnolia Warbler	Wood Warbler	Edges & Clearings/ Forest	Migration	X
Nashville Warbler	Wood Warbler	Forest	Migration	X
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
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	X
Rock Dove	Dove	Edges & Clearings	Resident
Ruffed Grouse	Grouse	Forest
Rusty Blackbird	Blackbird	Edges & Clearings/ Wetlands	Migration/ Winter
Solitary Sandpiper	Sandpiper	Wetlands	Spring	X
Spotted Sandpiper	Sandpiper	Wetland	Migration
Summer Tanager	Tanager	Forest	Summer
Swainson's Thrush	Thrush	Forest	Migration	X
Swamp Sparrow	Sparrow	Wetland	Migration/ Winter
Tennessee Warbler	Wood Warbler	Edges & Clearings/ Forest	Migration	X
Tree Sparrow	Sparrow	Edges & Clearings	Winter	X
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	X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Woodpecker	Forest/ Nature Center	Resident	X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Cuckoo	Forest	Summer
Yellow-breasted Chat	Wood Warbler	Wetland	Summer
Yellow-throated Vireo	Vireo	Forest	Summer	X
Eastern Phoebe	Flycatcher	Near Stuctures	Spring - Fall	X

UPDATED: 4/09/2026