Larch Creek Birds

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

Monday, November 2, 2026 · 41 °F / 5 °C, foggy · sunrise 6:57 am, sunset 4:49 pm (9 h 52 min of daylight)

At the creek now: low 33° / high 55° over the last 24 h; humidity 99%; wind 0 mph N; 0.01 in of rain in 24 h; barometer steady; last quarter moon (45%). Read from the weather station beside the microphone.

Heard in the dark: Great Horned Owl, Common Raven, Barred Owl, Red Crossbill, Coyote.
5
species today
4 birds, 1 others
10
calls identified
busiest hour 0:00
0
new for the creek
nothing new today
53
species on the list
since Oct 28
2300:00 — 3 calls001:00 — 0 calls02:00 — 2 calls03:00 — 2 calls304:00 — 3 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 5 species, most heard first

Plate 42
Great Horned Owl
Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
heard 6× · 12:03 am – 4:17 am
00:00 — 201:00 — 002:00 — 103:00 — 004:00 — 305:00 — 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
Plate 5
Common Raven
Common Raven
Corvus corax
heard 1× · 3:43 am – 3:43 am
00:00 — 001:00 — 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
Allan Brooks, Dawson's The Birds of Washington, 1909
Plate 15
Barred Owl
Barred Owl
Strix varia
heard 1× · 2:20 am – 2:20 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
John James Audubon, Draw
Plate 18
Red Crossbill
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
heard 1× · 3:47 am – 3:47 am
00:00 — 001:00 — 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 44
Coyote
Coyote
Canis latrans
Mammal
heard 1× · 12:25 am – 12:25 am
00:00 — 101:00 — 002:00 — 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
Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1890

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.