Report Your Sightings

Birders in Washington State can make important contributions to scientific investigations by reporting their sightings to the appropriate places.  Do your part to make to share what you see!

For telephone hotlines, see the page on the Washington BirdBox

For email birding lists, see the Tweeters etc., page.

Washington Rare Bird Reports - Report sightings unusual for the state Field Notes Washington Field Notes Washington Review Species Washington Bird Records Committee

Band Recoveries - Report band numbers for birds with silver USFW bands Auxiliary Markers - Report neck rings, nasal and patagial markers, etc.

Sighting Requests By Location

Birds of Skagit County
Breeding songbirds in Pierce and Thurston Counties
Leadbetter Point

 

Sighting Requests By Species

Accipiters: Winter site fidelity study
American Crows wanted: dead or alive
Burrowing Owls: Year-round sightings of banded burrowing owls
Clark's Nutcrackers:  Sightings are needed
Cooper's Hawks: Color banded
Merlins: All sightings for The Merlin Falcon Foundation
Northern Harriers: Patagial marked bird
Songbird Survey:  Colormarked  crows, robins, warblers, thrushes, sparrows, towhees, juncos, wrens, and flycatchers.
"Streaked" Horned Lark Research: Colormarked
Turkey Vultures:  Any sightings from British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho will be welcomed
Saskatchewan Vultures: With green herculite patagial tags

Northwest Nest Record Program - Monitor nests in the Northwest

Bird Nest Blowfly Program - Collecting Bird Nests for Protocalliphora