Birding Checklists
Skagit County Checklist
This is a check list of the birds for which we currently have records in Skagit County. If you have records for, or identify any species that are not on this list, please contact the Skagit Audubon Society individuals listed below as soon as possible. For verification of rare species, an identifiable photo must be taken, a specimen presented (such as a road or cat kill), or a written description by two or more observers must be submitted.
The Skagit County checklist is available for downloading or on-line viewing in these formats:
Reporting Rare Bird Sightings in Skagit County
Bob Kuntz and Jan and Keith Wiggers continue to collect information about the birds of Skagit County. Local birders and many people from other areas of the state have contributed interesting and valuable information. Please send your reports/records to Keith Wiggers, 902 District Line Rd, Burlington, WA 98233 (phone (360) 757-0772, e-mail kwiggers@fidalgo.net).
Other Regional Checklists
- Birds of Washington Checklist from Seattle Audubon
- North Cascades National Park, prepared by Robert C. Kuntz II, John R. Douglass and Jonathan Bjorklund, North Cascades NPS Complex, Sedro-Woolley, Washington (on-line version provided by the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center).
- Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, provided by Glen "Alex" Alexander, alex@padillabay.gov, Padilla Bay NERR 1043 Bayview-Edison Road Mount Vernon, Washington (on-line version provided by the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center).
