Northern Goshawk (Voyageurs NP)
Canada Warbler (“
Franklin’s Gull (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
Eared Grebe (“
Sora (Riding Mounatin NP)
Red-necked Grebe (Elk Island NP)
Barrow’s Goldeneye (Jasper NP)
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch (“
American Pipit (“
Pine Sisken (“
Townsend’s Solitaire (“
California Gull (“
Three-toed Woodpecker (“
Varied Thrush (Banff NP)
Bohemian Waxwing (“
Brewer’s Blackbird (Edmonton, Alberta)
Western Grebe (Near Glacier NP)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Glacier NP)
Vaux’s Swift (Glacier NP)
Spotted Towhee (North Cascades NP)
Red-breasted Sapsucker (“
Glaucous-winged Gull (Vancouver, Washington)
Northwestern Crow (“
Mew Gull (Ferry to Vancouver Island)
Tufted Puffin (“
Black Oystercatcher (“
Brandt’s Cormorant (“
Pelagic Cormorant (“
Marbled Murrelet (“
Rhinoceros Auklet (Strait of Juan de Fuca)
Band-tailed Pigeon (Vancouver Island)
Sooty Grouse (“
Western Sandpiper (Olympic NP)
Orange-crowned Warbler (“
Sooty Shearwater (“
Lesser Goldfinch (Near Crater Lake NP)
Rufous Hummingbird (Crater Lake NP)
Pacific-Slope Flycatcher (Near Salem, Oregon)
Bushtit (Salem, Oregon)
Cinnamon Teal (Ankeny NWR)
Western Wood-Pewee (“
Bewick’s Wren (“
Townsend’s Warbler (Mt. Rainier)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Yellowstone NP)
Brewer’s Sparrow (“
Dusky Flycatcher (Grand Teton NP)
Short-eared Owl (Middle-of-nowhere in South Dakota)
Dickcissel (Des Moines, Iowa)
Unfortunately, this trip made my BIGGEST nemesis yet. Histrionicus histrionicus. The Harlequin Duck. It should be an easy bird, ‘specially since I live on the coast!! Nope. I scanned countless mountain streams, rapids, and Pacific coastal waters on far too many occasions to be allowed to come up empty handed. Very annoying!! I never saw one, and thus a nemesis is born.
Other things of note include mammals. We saw a great many bison in Yellowstone (as always), a lot of moose and elk, a wolf in Jasper and a pack in Yellowstone (my first wolves!), several Humpbacks on a whale-watching tour off Vancouver, and my first ever BULL MOOSE!! He was a huge animal, at least 8 foot tall, and he crossed the road right in front of us in Wyoming. We saw several grizzlies in Yellowstone, including a mother and cub who were eating a dead bison, at least until an enormous grizzly boar charged down the hill and scared them off. He stood up on his hind legs and just started ripping into the carcass. Also had many good looks and pictures of one of my favorite birds, the Bald Eagle.
