Jackson Bottom Wetlands

Yesterday, Michelle and I went to Jackson Bottom Wetlands to scout for some first of year birds. We weren't disappointed! We identified 51 species and suspect at few other species. It was a little foggy at first, but it burned off pretty quickly. Hope you enjoy the photos. A list of birds we saw is at the end of this post.


2 adult Bald Eagles flew right over our heads as we were making our way through the area.

This was a very friendly Song Sparrow that decided to investigate our intentions a little closer.

A Belted Kingfisher scanning for some breakfast.

We saw quite a few Fox Sparrows in our travels around the wetland.

Also plentiful were the Bewick's Wren.

A flock of Dunlin at one of the ponds. The were very well camouflaged.

One of our favorite birds is the White-Breasted Nuthatch. He was just slowly working his way around this tree.

List of birds we saw at Jackson Bottom:

American Goldfinch

Lesser Goldfinch

House Finch

Red-Winged Blackbird

Junco

Golden-Crowned Sparrow

White-Throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Spotted Towhee

Yellow-Rumped Warbler (both Audubon's and Myrtle)

Starling

Robin

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

Marsh Wren

Bewick's Wren

White-Breasted Nuthatch

Bushtit

Black-Capped Chickadee

Crow

Scrub-Jay

Steller's Jay

Flicker

Downy Woodpecker

Belted Kingfisher

Mourning Dove

Dunlin

Killdeer

Coot

Kestrel

Red-Tailed Hawk

Bald Eagle

Great Egret

Blue Heron

Cormorant

Pied-Billed Grebe

Ruddy Duck

Common Merganser

Bufflehead

Lesser Scaup

Canvasback

Green-Winged Teal

Pintail

Shoveler

Mallard

American Wigeon

Tundra Swan

Cackling Goose

Canada Goose