Birds of Bainbridge Island
For up-to-date seasonal statuses, consult eBird's Kitsap County's bar charts here. Once there, select Counties in Washington, click continue, then select Kitsap, then click continue. Some status differences between mainland Kitsap County and Bainbridge Island are listed below.
Italicized bird names in the list below are "Review Species" for which documentation should be provided, hopefully via eBird.
* = Breeding species
*? = Possible breeding species.
SPECIES
WATERFOWL
Snow Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose*
Trumpeter Swan Rare on Bainbridge.
Tundra Swan Rare on Bainbridge.
Wood Duck*
Blue-winged Teal Rare on Bainbridge.
Cinnamon Teal Rare on Bainbridge.
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard*
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback Fewer than ten records.
Redhead Fewer than ten records.
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
King Eider One record: 3-4 January 1981.
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser*
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck Fewer than ten records.
NEW WORLD QUAIL
Mountain Quail Two records: June 2011 and 2012.
California Quail*? Extirpated? Latest record: 25 June 2020.
PHEASANTS AND GROUSE
Ruffed Grouse*? Extirpated. Last record: 23 Feb. 2005.
Sooty Grouse*? Extirpated, circa 1978.
Ring-necked Pheasant*? Rare and declining on Bainbridge.
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe*
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe Rare on Bainbridge.
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Mourning Dove*
Band-tailed Pigeon*
Eurasian Collared-Dove*?
Rock Pigeon*
NIGHTJARS
Common Nighthawk
SWIFTS
Black Swift Rare on Bainbridge.
Vaux’s Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
Anna’s Hummingbird*
Rufous Hummingbird*
CRANES
Sandhill Crane Rare on Bainbridge.
RAILS AND COOTS
Virginia Rail*
Sora*
American Coot
OYSTERCATCHERS
Black Oystercatcher*
PLOVERS
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover One record: 4 Sept. 1994.
Killdeer*
Semipalmated Plover
SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES
Whimbrel Rare on Bainbridge.
Long-billed Curlew One record: 12 June 2023.
Marbled Godwit Two records: 12 May 2006 and 20 July 2024.
Ruddy Turnstone Rare on Bainbridge.
Black Turnstone
Red Knot Rare on Bainbridge.
Surfbird
Stilt Sandpiper Two records: 18-23 August 2005 and 23 Aug. 2005 (different birds).
Sanderling
Dunlin
Rock Sandpiper Rare and declining on Bainbridge.
Baird’s Sandpiper Rare on Bainbridge.
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper Three records: 15 May 1985, 22 July 1986, and 27 Aug. 2024.
Semipalmated Sandpiper Rare on Bainbridge.
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher Rare on Bainbridge.
Long-billed Dowitcher Rare on Bainbridge.
Wilson’s Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper Rare on Bainbridge.
Wandering Tattler Fewer than ten records.
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet One record: 20-21 Sept 2004.
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson's Phalarope One record: 17 June 2014.
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope Rare on Bainbridge.
JAEGERS
Pomarine Jaeger Rare on Bainbridge.
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed Jaeger Rare on Bainbridge.
ALCIDS
Common Murre
Pigeon Guillemot*
Marbled Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Cassin’s Auklet Rare on Bainbridge.
Rhinoceros Auklet
Horned Puffin Three records: 24 June 2022, 25 August 2022, and 15 June 2025.
Tufted Puffin Two records: 29 August 2022, and 16 June 2025.
GULLS AND TERNS
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern One record: 17-19 Sept 2022.
Elegant Tern One record: 4 Oct. 2014.
Black-legged Kittiwake Three records: 21 Oct. 2022, 19 Sept. 2022, and 4 May 2024.
Sabine’s Gull Rare on Bainbridge.
Bonaparte’s Gull
Black-headed Gull One record: 19-31 Dec. 2006.
Little Gull Two records: 11 April 1988 and 16 April 2006.
Franklin’s Gull Rare on Bainbridge.
Heermann’s Gull
Short-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull Rare on Bainbridge.
Western Gull Rare on Bainbridge.
California Gull
American Herring Gull Rare on Bainbridge.
Iceland Gull Rare on Bainbridge.
Slaty-backed Gull One record: 9 Sept 2023.
Glaucous-winged Gull*
Glaucous Gull Fewer than ten records.
LOONS
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon Fewer than ten records.
ALBATROSSES
Laysan Albatross One record: 1 Jan. 2019.
PETRELS AND SHEARWATERS
Northern Fulmar Fewer than ten records.
Short-tailed Shearwater Rare on Bainbridge.
Cocos Booby Two records: 18 Nov. 2012, and 9 Sept 2022.
CORMORANTS
PELICANS
American White Pelican Rare on Bainbridge.
Brown Pelican
HERONS
American Bittern Fewer than five records.
Black-crowned Night Heron One record: 11 July 2009.
Green Heron*?
Great Egret Fewer than ten records.
Western Cattle-Egret Two records: 14 Nov -2 Dec. 1997 and 21 Nov. 2002.
Great Blue Heron*
NEW WORLD VULTURES
Turkey Vulture
OSPREYS
Osprey*
HAWKS AND EAGLES
White-tailed Kite One record: 1 May 2006.
Golden Eagle One record: 24 Feb. 2013.
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk*
Cooper’s Hawk*
American Goshawk Rare on Bainbridge.
Bald Eagle*
Red-shouldered Hawk One record: 19 August/2 Sept. 2022.
Broad-winged Hawk One record: 1 May 2013.
Swainson’s Hawk Fewer than five records.
Red-tailed Hawk*?
Rough-legged Hawk Fewer than ten records.
Ferruginous Hawk One record: 1 April 2024.
BARN OWLS
American Barn Owl*
TYPICAL OWLS
Western Screech-Owl* Extirpated. Last record: 20 Feb. 2009.
Great Horned Owl*
Snowy Owl Two records: 5 Nov. 2012 and 10 Nov. 2012.
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Barred Owl*
Short-eared Owl Fewer than ten records.
Northern Saw-whet Owl*
KINGFISHERS
Belted Kingfisher*
WOODPECKERS
Lewis’s Woodpecker One record: 11 Sept 2009.
Red-naped Sapsucker Two records: 9 April 2013 and 25 Dec. 2017.
Red-breasted Sapsucker*
Downy Woodpecker*
Hairy Woodpecker*
Northern Flicker*
Pileated Woodpecker*
FALCONS
American Kestrel
Merlin*
Peregrine Falcon*
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Western Kingbird Rare on Bainbridge.
Eastern Kingbird Fewer than ten records.
Olive-sided Flycatcher*
Western Wood-Pewee*
Willow Flycatcher*
Least Flycatcher Three records: 25 May 2012, 14 Sept 2014, and 19 Aug. 2023.
Hammond’s Flycatcher*?
Gray Flycatcher One record: 3 Nov. 2013.
Dusky Flycatcher Fewer than ten records.
Western Flycatcher*
Black Phoebe Two records: 27-28 July 2023, and 13 Aug. 2023.
Say’s Phoebe Fewer than ten records.
VIREOS
Cassin’s Vireo*
Hutton’s Vireo*
Western Warbling-Vireo*
Red-eyed Vireo Three records: 25 June 1987, 25 Aug. 2010, and 25 June 2022.
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike One record: 24 April 2018.
Northern Shrike Rare on Bainbridge.
CROWS and ALLIES
Steller’s Jay*
California Scrub-Jay
Clark’s Nutcracker One record: 31 Dec. 1972.
American Crow*
Common Raven*
CHICKADEES
Black-capped Chickadee*
Mountain Chickadee One record: 1-18 Dec. 2004.
Chestnut-backed Chickadee*
LARKS
Horned Lark Fewer than ten records.
SWALLOWS
Bank Swallow One record: 15 June 2025.
Tree Swallow*
Violet-green Swallow*
Northern Rough-winged Swallow*
Purple Martin*
Barn Swallow*
Cliff Swallow*? Rare on Bainbridge.
BUSHTITS
Bushtit*
KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet*
Bohemian Waxwing About ten records from Dec 2016-Jan 2017.
Cedar Waxwing*
NUTHATCHES
Red-breasted Nuthatch*
White-breasted Nuthatch One record: 2 Sept. 2023
CREEPERS
Brown Creeper*
WRENS
Rock Wren Fewer than five records.
Bewick’s Wren*
Northern House Wren*
Pacific Wren*
Marsh Wren*
THRASHERS AND ALLIES
Sage Thrasher Two records: 14 May 2012 and 12 June 2020.
Northern Mockingbird One record: 1 June 1994.
STARLINGS
European Starling*
DIPPERS
American Dipper Four records: 8-20 Dec. 2006, 25-30 Oct. 2016, 31 Dec
2020- 5 Jan. 2021, and 10 Nov. 2024.
THRUSHES
Western Bluebird One record: 4 April 2012.
Mountain Bluebird Ten records.
Townsend’s Solitaire
Swainson’s Thrush*
Hermit Thrush
American Robin*
Varied Thrush*
OLD WORLD SPARROWS
House Sparrow*
PIPITS
Red-throated Pipit One record: 7 May 2004.
American Pipit
OLD WORLD FINCHES AND ALLIES
Evening Grosbeak*
Pine Grosbeak Two records: 25 May 2011 and 24 Jan.-6 Feb. 2016.
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch One record: 8 Dec. 2019.
House Finch*
Purple Finch*
Cassin's Finch One record: 26 April 2012.
Redpoll Ten records.
Red Crossbill*
White-winged Crossbill One record: 25 Sept. 1986.
Pine Siskin*
Lesser Goldfinch Fewer than ten records.
American Goldfinch*
LONGSPURS, ETC
Lapland Longspur Fewer than ten records.
Snow Bunting Two records: 30 Oct 1955 and 2 Nov. 2025.
NEW WORLD SPARROWS AND ALLIES
Lark Sparrow Two records: 29 Aug.-1 Sept. 2015, and 31 May 2018.
Chipping Sparrow*
Clay-colored Sparrow Five records.
Fox Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow One record: 27-30 April 2024.
Dark-eyed Junco*
White-crowned Sparrow*
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris’s Sparrow Three records: 6 Dec. 1998 to 13 March 1999, 4 Nov. 2006, and 24-25 Jan. 2023.
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow One record: 18 April 2019.
Savannah Sparrow*
Song Sparrow*
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow Fewer than ten records.
Green-tailed Towhee One bird: 26-27 May 2004.
Spotted Towhee*
BLACKBIRDS and ALLIES
Yellow-headed Blackbird Fewer than ten records.
Bobolink Two records: 20 Sept. 2008, and 7-8 Oct. 2014.
Western Meadowlark
Bullock’s Oriole*
Red-winged Blackbird*
Brown-headed Cowbird*
Brewer’s Blackbird*
WOOD WARBLERS
Golden-winged Warbler One record: 11-12 Sept. 2003
Orange-crowned Warbler*
Nashville Warbler Rare on Bainbridge.
MacGillivray’s Warbler*
Common Yellowthroat*
American Redstart One record: 12 Sept. 2016.
Yellow Warbler*
Blackpoll Warbler One record: 6 Sept. 2015.
Palm Warbler Two records: 13 Oct. 2003 and 29 April 2011.
Yellow-rumped Warbler*
Black-throated Gray Warbler*
Townsend’s Warbler*
Wilson’s Warbler*
GROSBEAKS and ALLIES
Western Tanager*
Black-headed Grosbeak*
Lazuli Bunting*
TOTAL: 296 species.
LAST UPDATED: November 2025.