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King County Bird Guide

A guide to identifying the wide variety of birds in King County of Washington State.

Rock Sandpiper 1
Calidris ptilocnemis
Red Knot 2
Calidris canutus
Sanderling 3
Calidris alba
Western Sandpiper 4
Calidris mauri
Dunlin 5
Calidris alpina
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper 6
Calidris minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper 7
Calidris melanotos
Short-billed Dowitcher 8
Limnodromus griseus
Long-billed Dowitcher 9
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Tringa flavipes
Whimbrel 7
Numenius phaeopus
Long-billed Curlew 11
Numenius americanus
Common Snipe 12
Gallinago gallinago
Black Turnstone 13
Arenaria melanocephala
Spotted Sandpiper 14
Actitis macularius
Wandering Tattler 15
Tringa incana
Wilson's Snipe 16
Gallinago delicata
Wilson's Phalarope 17
Phalaropus tricolor
Surfbird 18
Calidris virgata

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