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More than 70 bird species regularly utilize Puget Sound during some or all stages of their life histories, but only a portion of these are actively being investigated.

Brandt's cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus). Photo by Finley and Bohlman, courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Sitta carolinensis aculeata
Recurvirostra americana - (American Avocet)
Botaurus lentiginosus - (American Bittern)
Fulica americana - (American Coot)
Corvus brachyrhynchos - (American Crow)
Cinclus mexicanus - (American Dipper)
Pluvialis dominica - (American Golden-Plover)
Spinus tristis - (American Goldfinch)
Falco sparverius - (American Kestrel)
Falco peregrinus anatum - (American Peregrine Falcon)
Anthus rubescens - (American Pipit)
Setophaga ruticilla - (American Redstart)
Turdus migratorius - (American Robin)
Picoides dorsalis - (American Three-toed Woodpecker)
Spizella arborea - (American Tree Sparrow)
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos - (American White Pelican)
Anas americana - (American Wigeon)
Synthliboramphus antiquus - (Ancient Murrelet)
Calypte anna - (Anna's Hummingbird)
Gavia arctica - (Arctic Loon)
Sterna paradisaea - (Arctic Tern)
Myiarchus cinerascens - (Ash-throated Flycatcher)
Calidris bairdii - (Baird's Sandpiper)
Haliaeetus leucocephalus - (Bald Eagle)
Patagioenas fasciata - (Band-tailed Pigeon)
Riparia riparia - (Bank Swallow)
Limosa lapponica - (Bar-tailed Godwit)
Tyto alba - (Barn Owl)
Hirundo rustica - (Barn Swallow)
Strix varia - (Barred Owl)
Bucephala islandica - (Barrow's Goldeneye)
Megaceryle alcyon - (Belted Kingfisher)
Thryomanes bewickii - (Bewick's Wren)
Haematopus bachmani - (Black Oystercatcher)
Cypseloides niger - (Black Swift)
Chlidonias niger - (Black Tern)
Arenaria melanocephala - (Black Turnstone)
Picoides arcticus - (Black-backed Woodpecker)
Pluvialis squatarola - (Black-bellied Plover)
Poecile atricapillus - (Black-capped Chickadee)
Archilochus alexandri - (Black-chinned Hummingbird)
Nycticorax nycticorax - (Black-crowned Night-Heron)
Phoebastria nigripes - (Black-footed Albatross)
Pheucticus melanocephalus - (Black-headed Grosbeak)
Chroicocephalus ridibundus - (Black-headed Gull)
Rissa tridactyla - (Black-legged Kittiwake)
Himantopus mexicanus - (Black-necked Stilt)
Dendroica nigrescens - (Black-throated Gray Warbler)
Amphispiza bilineata - (Black-throated Sparrow)
Anas discors - (Blue-winged Teal)
Dolichonyx oryzivorus - (Bobolink)
Bombycilla garrulus - (Bohemian Waxwing)
Chroicocephalus philadelphia - (Bonaparte's Gull)
Poecile hudsonicus - (Boreal Chickadee)
Aegolius funereus - (Boreal Owl)
Phalacrocorax penicillatus - (Brandt's Cormorant)
Branta bernicla - (Brant)
Euphagus cyanocephalus - (Brewer's Blackbird)
Spizella breweri - (Brewer's Sparrow)
Certhia americana - (Brown Creeper)
Pelecanus occidentalis - (Brown Pelican)
Molothrus ater - (Brown-headed Cowbird)
Tryngites subruficollis - (Buff-breasted Sandpiper)
Bucephala albeola - (Bufflehead)
Puffinus bulleri - (Buller's Shearwater)
Icterus bullockii - (Bullock's Oriole)
Athene cunicularia - (Burrowing Owl)
Psaltriparus minimus - (Bushtit)
Branta hutchinsii - (Cackling Goose)
Larus californicus - (California Gull)
Callipepla californica - (California Quail)
Stellula calliope - (Calliope Hummingbird)
Branta canadensis - (Canada Goose)
Aythya valisineria - (Canvasback)
Hydroprogne caspia - (Caspian Tern)
Ptychoramphus aleuticus - (Cassin's Auklet)
Carpodacus cassinii - (Cassin's Finch)
Vireo cassinii - (Cassin's Vireo)
Bubulcus ibis - (Cattle Egret)
Bombycilla cedrorum - (Cedar Waxwing)
Poecile rufescens - (Chestnut-backed Chickadee)
Spizella passerina - (Chipping Sparrow)
Anas cyanoptera - (Cinnamon Teal)
Aechmophorus clarkii - (Clark's Grebe)
Nucifraga columbiana - (Clark's Nutcracker)
Spizella pallida - (Clay-colored Sparrow)
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota - (Cliff Swallow)
Bucephala clangula - (Common Goldeneye)
Gavia immer - (Common Loon)
Mergus merganser - (Common Merganser)
Uria aalge - (Common Murre)
Chordeiles minor - (Common Nighthawk)
Phalaenoptilus nuttallii - (Common Poorwill)
Corvus corax - (Common Raven)
Acanthis flammea - (Common Redpoll)
Melanitta nigra - (Common Scoter)
Sterna hirundo - (Common Tern)
Geothlypis trichas - (Common Yellowthroat)
Accipiter cooperii - (Cooper's Hawk)
Junco hyemalis - (Dark-eyed Junco)