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Ruxton Island Field Guide

Ruxton Island is in the Canadian province of BC, in the warm, sunny Gulf Islands. I'm constantly adding observations. Please enter your photos on iNat's Ruxton Island Biodiversity Project, and I'll add them here. Birds are under 2 headings on the left, due to a glitch in iNat.

California Gull 1
Larus californicus
Harlequin Duck 2
Histrionicus histrionicus
Ring-billed Gull 3
Larus delawarensis
Northern Flicker 4
Colaptes auratus
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Phalacrocorax auritus
Mew Gull 6
Larus canus
Pacific Wren 7
Troglodytes pacificus
Horned Grebe 2
Podiceps auritus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
Regulus calendula
American Wigeon 9
Mareca americana
Mallard 10
Anas platyrhynchos
Bufflehead 9
Bucephala albeola
Barrow's Goldeneye 11
Bucephala islandica
Red-breasted Merganser 12
Mergus serrator
Pileated Woodpecker 13
Dryocopus pileatus
Varied Thrush 14
Ixoreus naevius
Canada Goose 15
Branta canadensis
Trumpeter Swan 16
Cygnus buccinator
Common Goldeneye 11
Bucephala clangula
Red-necked Grebe 17
Podiceps grisegena
Common Merganser 18
Mergus merganser
Tree Swallow 9
Tachycineta bicolor
Brown Creeper 19
Certhia americana
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
Setophaga coronata
Virginia Rail 6
Rallus limicola
Anna's Hummingbird 21
Calypte anna
Warbling Vireo 22
Vireo gilvus
Swainson's Thrush 23
Catharus ustulatus
Purple Martin 24
Progne subis
Barn Swallow 25
Hirundo rustica
Red Crossbill 26
Loxia curvirostra
Pine Siskin 27
Spinus pinus
Downy Woodpecker 28
Picoides pubescens
Common Yellowthroat 29
Geothlypis trichas
Lincoln's Sparrow 30
Melospiza lincolnii
Fox Sparrow 31
Passerella iliaca
Black-throated Gray Warbler 21
Setophaga nigrescens
Purple Finch 32
Haemorhous purpureus
Dunlin 33
Calidris alpina
White-winged Scoter 9
Melanitta fusca
Yellow Warbler 30
Setophaga petechia
Brown-headed Cowbird 34
Molothrus ater
Cedar Waxwing 35
Bombycilla cedrorum
Black-headed Grosbeak 21
Pheucticus melanocephalus
Western Sandpiper 36
Calidris mauri
Spotted Sandpiper 37
Actitis macularius
Belted Kingfisher 31
Megaceryle alcyon
American Mink 31
Neovison vison
Orca 38
Orcinus orca
Common Loon 34
Gavia immer
North American River Otter 1
Lontra canadensis
Northern Pacific Treefrog 1
Pseudacris regilla
Hairy Woodpecker 39
Picoides villosus
Surfbird 40
Calidris virgata
Black Turnstone 11
Arenaria melanocephala
Glaucous-winged Gull 41
Larus glaucescens
Pigeon Guillemot 42
Cepphus columba
Black Oystercatcher 42
Haematopus bachmani
Great Blue Heron 42
Ardea herodias
Rufous Hummingbird 43
Selasphorus rufus
Surf Scoter 9
Melanitta perspicillata
Bald Eagle 44
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Turkey Vulture 45
Cathartes aura
Pelagic Cormorant 46
Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Brandt's Cormorant 42
Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Violet-green Swallow 2
Tachycineta thalassina
Red-winged Blackbird 47
Agelaius phoeniceus
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 40
Poecile rufescens
Red-breasted Nuthatch 48
Sitta canadensis
House Wren 34
Troglodytes aedon
American Robin 49
Turdus migratorius
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 50
Empidonax difficilis
Hutton's Vireo 51
Vireo huttoni
Golden-crowned Kinglet 52
Regulus satrapa
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Junco hyemalis
Song Sparrow 53
Melospiza melodia
Golden-crowned Sparrow 54
Zonotrichia atricapilla
White-crowned Sparrow 55
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Spotted Towhee 56
Pipilo maculatus
Wilson's Warbler 57
Cardellina pusilla
Orange-crowned Warbler 31
Oreothlypis celata
Northwestern Crow 58
Corvus caurinus
Common Raven 59
Corvus corax
American Goldfinch 60
Spinus tristis
Harbor Seal 1
Phoca vitulina
Douglas Squirrel 1
Tamiasciurus douglasii
Tidepool Sculpin 61
Oligocottus maculosus

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