Larch Creek Birds

What the birds (and frogs) are saying at a creek in western Washington

Sunday, November 1, 2026 · 46 °F / 8 °C, overcast night · sunrise 6:55 am, sunset 4:51 pm (9 h 55 min of daylight)

At the creek now: low 35° / high 50° over the last 24 h; humidity 92%; wind 1 mph E; dry for 24 h; barometer steady; last quarter moon (56%). Read from the weather station beside the microphone.

New for the creek: Common Loon. Heard in the dark: Coyote, Barred Owl, Red Crossbill, Common Loon, Wild Turkey, Common Raven, Trumpeter Swan, Great Horned Owl.
8
species today
7 birds, 1 others
31
calls identified
busiest hour 1:00
1
new for the creek
Common Loon
48
species on the list
since Oct 28
132600:00 — 1 calls001:00 — 26 calls02:00 — 3 calls03:00 — 1 calls304:00 — 0 calls05:00 — 0 calls06:00 — 0 calls607:00 — 0 calls08:00 — 0 calls09:00 — 0 calls910:00 — 0 calls11:00 — 0 calls12:00 — 0 calls1213:00 — 0 calls14:00 — 0 calls15:00 — 0 calls1516:00 — 0 calls17:00 — 0 calls18:00 — 0 calls1819:00 — 0 calls20:00 — 0 calls21:00 — 0 calls2122:00 — 0 calls23:00 — 0 callssunrisesunset
Fig. 1. Calls identified in each hour today. Shaded bands are night, when most birds have the decency to be asleep and the owls get the floor.

Heard today 8 species, most heard first

Plate 43
Coyote
Coyote
Canis latrans
Mammal
heard 12× · 1:24 am – 2:52 am
00:00 — 001:00 — 1102:00 — 103:00 — 004:00 — 005:00 — 006:00 — 007:00 — 008:00 — 009:00 — 010:00 — 011:00 — 012:00 — 013:00 — 014:00 — 015:00 — 016:00 — 017:00 — 018:00 — 019:00 — 020:00 — 021:00 — 022:00 — 023:00 — 0
Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1890
Plate 15
Barred Owl
Barred Owl
Strix varia
heard 11× · 1:03 am – 1:56 am
00:00 — 001:00 — 1102:00 — 003:00 — 004:00 — 005:00 — 006:00 — 007:00 — 008:00 — 009:00 — 010:00 — 011:00 — 012:00 — 013:00 — 014:00 — 015:00 — 016:00 — 017:00 — 018:00 — 019:00 — 020:00 — 021:00 — 022:00 — 023:00 — 0
John James Audubon, Draw
Plate 18
Red Crossbill
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
heard 2× · 12:06 am – 3:00 am
00:00 — 101:00 — 002:00 — 003:00 — 104:00 — 005:00 — 006:00 — 007:00 — 008:00 — 009:00 — 010:00 — 011:00 — 012:00 — 013:00 — 014:00 — 015:00 — 016:00 — 017:00 — 018:00 — 019:00 — 020:00 — 021:00 — 022:00 — 023:00 — 0
Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Bird-Lore, 1912 · No restrictions
Plate 48
no plate yet
Common Loon
Gavia immer
New for the creek
heard 2× · 1:24 am – 1:27 am
00:00 — 001:00 — 202:00 — 003:00 — 004:00 — 005:00 — 006:00 — 007:00 — 008:00 — 009:00 — 010:00 — 011:00 — 012:00 — 013:00 — 014:00 — 015:00 — 016:00 — 017:00 — 018:00 — 019:00 — 020:00 — 021:00 — 022:00 — 023:00 — 0
Plate 3
Wild Turkey
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
heard 1× · 1:22 am – 1:22 am
00:00 — 001:00 — 102:00 — 003:00 — 004:00 — 005:00 — 006:00 — 007:00 — 008:00 — 009:00 — 010:00 — 011:00 — 012:00 — 013:00 — 014:00 — 015:00 — 016:00 — 017:00 — 018:00 — 019:00 — 020:00 — 021:00 — 022:00 — 023:00 — 0
Julius Bien / John James Audubon, circ
Plate 5
Common Raven
Common Raven
Corvus corax
heard 1× · 2:23 am – 2:23 am
00:00 — 001:00 — 002:00 — 103:00 — 004:00 — 005:00 — 006:00 — 007:00 — 008:00 — 009:00 — 010:00 — 011:00 — 012:00 — 013:00 — 014:00 — 015:00 — 016:00 — 017:00 — 018:00 — 019:00 — 020:00 — 021:00 — 022:00 — 023:00 — 0
Allan Brooks, Dawson's The Birds of Washington, 1909
Plate 28
Trumpeter Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Cygnus buccinator
heard 1× · 1:27 am – 1:27 am
00:00 — 001:00 — 102:00 — 003:00 — 004:00 — 005:00 — 006:00 — 007:00 — 008:00 — 009:00 — 010:00 — 011:00 — 012:00 — 013:00 — 014:00 — 015:00 — 016:00 — 017:00 — 018:00 — 019:00 — 020:00 — 021:00 — 022:00 — 023:00 — 0
John James Audubon, betw
Plate 41
Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
heard 1× · 2:56 am – 2:56 am
00:00 — 001:00 — 002:00 — 103:00 — 004:00 — 005:00 — 006:00 — 007:00 — 008:00 — 009:00 — 010:00 — 011:00 — 012:00 — 013:00 — 014:00 — 015:00 — 016:00 — 017:00 — 018:00 — 019:00 — 020:00 — 021:00 — 022:00 — 023:00 — 0
Unknown artist, Birds, 1878

The last 30 days

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Fig. 2. Species heard per day.
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Fig. 3. The list grows: species recorded to date. It can only go up, which is the nice thing about lists.