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Audubon Christmas Bird Count 1986-1989

Species

1986

1987

1988

1989

. . . . .

Pacific Loon

-

-

-

-

Common Loon

-

-

1

-

Yellow-billed Loon

-

-

1

-

Pied-billed Grebe

-

1

10

7

Eared Grebe
-
-
-
-

Horned Grebe

-

2

5

5

Red-necked Grebe

-

-

1

-

Western Grebe

5

11

9

6

Clark's Grebe

-

-

1

-

Double-crested Cormorant

-

1

-

-

Great Blue Heron

-

-

1

-

Snow Goose

-

-

-

-

Ross' Goose

-

-

-

-

Canada Goose

1,834

3,100

2,270

6,000

Cackling Goose
-
-
-
-

Wood Duck

-

1

-

-

American Green-winged Teal

23

2

5

2

Dunlin
-
-
-
-

Mallard

561

950

2,006

6,500

Northern Pintail

25

19

43

49

Northern Shoveler

1

15

165

55

Gadwall

28

86

89

69

American Wigeon

5

20

49

19

Canvasback

1

66

27

15

Redhead

3

30

28

10

Ring-necked Duck

-

3

40

10

Lesser Scaup

8

300

198

132

Greater Scaup
-
-

-

-

Black Scoter

-

1

-

-

Surf Scoter

-

3

-

-

White-winged Scoter

-

1

1

3

Oldsquaw

-

-

-

-

Common Goldeneye

17

400

134

49

Bufflehead

64

115

230

169

Hooded Merganser

14

4

39

7

Common Merganser

30

109

385

171

Red-breasted Merganser

-

-

2

-

Ruddy Duck

3

6

108

76

Bald Eagle

1

7

5

6

Northern Harrier

2

6

5

6

Sharp-shinned Hawk

-

2

-

-

Cooper's Hawk

-

-

1

-

Northern Goshawk

1

2

1

-

Red-tailed Hawk

2

5

6

4

Ferruginous Hawk

4

1

3

-

Rough-legged Hawk

8

9

7

14

Golden Eagle

6

10

11

7

American Kestrel

3

2

5

-

Merlin

1

1

1

-

Peregrine

-

-

-

-

Prairie Falcon

-

3

4

-

Ring-necked Pheasant

-

8

1

4

Virginia Rail

-

-

1

-

American Coot

40

266

961

509

Killdeer

-

-

3

3

Wilson's Snipe

25

3

11

3

Ring-billed Gull

3

3

39

10

Herring Gull

-

1

3

1

California Gull

- - - -

Thayer's Gull

-

-

-

-

Mourning Dove

-

-

-

-

Rock Pigeon

323

109

79

198

Great Horned Owl

2

2

7

10

Long-eared Owl

-

-

-

-

Short-eared Owl

- - - -

Pygmy Owl

-

-

-

-

Belted Kingfisher

-

1

-

-

Downy Woodpecker

3

6

-

2

Hairy Woodpecker

1

-

-

-

Northern Flicker

3

15

4

5

E. Phoebe

-

-

-

-

Horned Lark

156

425

363

594

Steller's Jay

1

-

2

-

Blue Jay

2

1

2

2

W. Scrub Jay

9

4

7

10

Pinyon Jay

-

-

-

-

Clark's Nutcracker

2

-

-

-

Black-billed Magpie

19

41

66

29

American Crow

1

1

-

-

Common Raven

13

38

10

21

Black-capped Chickadee

5

10

3

17

Mountain Chickadee

12

4

4

6

Red-breasted Nuthatch

1

1

-

-

White-breasted Nuthatch

-

-

-

1

Pygmy Nuthatch

-

-

6

-

Brown Creeper

1

-

-

-

Rock Wren - - - -

Canyon Wren

-

-

2

-

Winter Wren

-

-

1

-

Wren Sp.

-

-

-

-

American Dipper

-

-

-

-

Golden-crowned Kinglet

2

-

-

-

Townsend's Solitaire

14

14

13

1

American Robin

1

-

9

4

Brown Thrasher

-

-

-

-

Bohemian Waxwing - - - -

Cedar Waxwing

-

-

-

-

Northern Shrike

2

1

6

2

European Starling

167

516

157

119

American Tree Sparrow

134

44

115

136

Song Sparrow

5

3

8

-

White-crowned Sparrow

3

-

2

2

Harris' Sparrow

-

-

-

-

Dark-eyed Junco

51

37

81

60

Dark-eyed (Gray-headed) Junco

-

- -

-

Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco

-

-

-

-

Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco
-
-
-
-
Dark-eyed (White-winged) Junco
-
-
-
-

Lapland Longspur

-

-

-

-

Snow Bunting

-

-

-

-

Rufous-sided Towhee

-

-

-

-

Spotted Towhee

-

-

-

-

Red-winged Blackbird

1,509

10

320

-

Brewer's Blackbird

-

-

-

-

Common Grackle
- - - -

Western Meadowlark

36

16

18

-

Gray-crowned Rosy Finch

8

50

4

100

Red Crossbill

2

-

-

1

Common Redpoll

-

-

1

-

House Finch

4

1

7

32

Cassin's Finch

26

2

24

27

Evening Grosbeak

-

1

-

-

American Goldfinch

1

-

4

-

Pine Siskin

-

-

5

-

House Sparrow

257

389

276

273

. . . . .

Number of Species Seen

62

67

76

55

CW-Seen count week but not count day


 
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