IGT Bird Lists
List #1—This is a list by biologist Tim Cullinan from the Audubon Society (sent to me Nov 30, 2004), which I combined with their list for the Iron Goat Trail in the series “Birders’ Top Spots printed in The Seattle Times, NW Weekend June 26, 2003.
Bald Eagle
Northern Goshawk
Merlin
Cooper’s Hawk
Blue Grouse
Band-tailed Pigeon
Western Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Barred Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Vaux’s Swift
Rufous Hummingbird
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Pacific Slope Flycatcher
Horned Lark (alpine)
Gray Jay
Steller’s Jay
Clark’s Nutcracker
Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bewicks Wren
Winter Wren
Hermit Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Varied Thrush
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Hutton’s Vireo
Cassin’s Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Common Yellowthroat
MacGillivray’s Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Townsend’s Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Evening Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Purple Finch
List #2—Unfortunately, I did not label the source of this list, but I suspect it may have come from Dale Oberlag, the USFS wildlife biologist that also gave me a list of common mammals that one can see or find evidence of on the trail. I put an asterisk in front of those that are not on List #1.
Birds of the area that may also be seen or heard
*Harlequin Duck
*Sharp-shinned Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Western Screech Owl
Northern Pygmy Owl
*Common Nighthawk
Great Horned Owl
*Black Swift
Downy Woodpecker
*Hammond’s Flycatcher
*Tree Swallow
*Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
*Dipper
Song Sparrow
*White-crowned Sparrow
Purple Finch
List #3 is the bird list that is in the present IGT Guidebook, 1st and 2nd editions. Ruth Ittner tells me that we obtained the list from the Audubon Society when the first edition was written. As you have a copy of the guidebook, I won’t repeat the list, just point out birds that were on that list but left off Lists #1 and #2.______
Western Wood Pewee
Brown Creeper
American Robin
Black-throated Gray Warbler