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Audubon Christmas Bird Count 1990-1999

Species

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998 1999
. . . . . . . . . .. .

Pacific Loon

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Common Loon

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

- -

Yellow-billed Loon

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

Pied-billed Loon

9

11

8

10

6

5

6

CW

5 1
Eared Grebe
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Horned Grebe

5

6

22

13

2

8

11

3

14 12

Red-necked Grebe

-

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

- -

Western Grebe

4

1

7

1

6

1

40

2

58 -

Clark's Grebe

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

- -

Double-crested Cormorant

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

Great Blue Heron

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2 -
Gr. White-fronted Goose
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- -

Snow Goose

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

-

- -

Ross' Goose

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

- -

Canada Goose

1,000

3,389

9,149

818

1,963

1,584

15,867

375

1,615 4,980
Cackling Goose
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- -

Wood Duck

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

American Green-winged Teal

-

32

63

15

42

33

3

35

4 14
Dunlin
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Mallard

1,061

2,637

3,146

570

469

4,665

4,511

2,035

1,513 2,572

Northern Pintail

21

18

85

79

11

69

56

16

4 50

Northern Shoveler

19

15

16

24

7

31

12

10

10 123

Gadwall

30

104

40

64

57

108

18

22

23 89

American Wigeon

7

34

58

12

15

36

59

16

10 21

Canvasback

18

18

21

15

5

29

20

68

1 2

Redhead

-

14

25

-

6

6

-

-

- 8

Ring-necked Duck

-

7

-

2

3

1

-

-

- 2

Lesser Scaup

62

341

136

248

87

235

57

49

78 30
Greater Scaup
-
-

-

-

-
-

-

-

-
-

Black Scoter

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

Surf Scoter

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

White-winged Scoter

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

Oldsquaw

-

-

2

2

-

-

-

-

- -

Common Goldeneye

108

72

119

69

35

100

34

47

90 57

Bufflehead

47

234

122

82

19

68

106

50

62 28

Hooded Merganser

16

15

6

5

3

6

13

7

16 1

Common Merganser

468

434

141

110

67

112

189

39

257 102

Red-breasted Merganser

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

- -

Ruddy Duck

79

194

143

56

55

79

125

87

58 47

Bald Eagle

6

5

2

6

1

6

4

1

5 5

Northern Harrier

6

17

7

4

9

29

17

8

6 17

Sharp-shinned Hawk

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

- -

Cooper's Hawk

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 1

Northern Goshawk

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

Red-tailed Hawk

5

10

10

4

11

9

4

3

11 10

Ferruginous Hawk

2

3

2

6

3

2

2

1

1 3

Rough-legged Hawk

21

7

10

8

11

11

18

4

15 11

Golden Eagle

15

8

17

10

11

13

5

6

3 8

American Kestrel

6

8

7

6

12

13

16

2

29 18

Merlin

-

-

-

-

4

-

-

1

- 1

Peregrine

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

Prairie Falcon

3

3

2

1

2

-

1

3

4 4

Ring-necked Pheasant

22

5

3

-

5

1

-

-

2 -
Wild Turkey
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- -

Virginia Rail

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

American Coot

102

654

211

48

79

207

48

13

228 30

Killdeer

1

-

1

-

-

1

-

1

- -

Wilson's Snipe

15

6

6

4

7

-

7

3

9 2

Ring-billed Gull

15

24

5

16

33

30

79

17

21 2

Herring Gull

4

3

3

2

3

5

5

2

4 -

California Gull

- - - - - - - - - 3

Thayer's Gull

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

- -

Mourning Dove

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

- -
Eurasian Collared Dove
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- -

Rock Pigeon

158

48

328

66

27

279

68

89

145 57

Great Horned Owl

3

6

9

7

11

8

5

5

12 4

Long-eared Owl

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

- -
Short-eared Owl - - - - - - - - - 1

Pygmy Owl

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

Belted Kingfisher

-

-

3

-

2

2

2

1

4 2

Downy Woodpecker

3

5

5

2

7

1

6

2

6 -

Hairy Woodpecker

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

- -

Northern Flicker

12

13

11

13

26

26

11

15

40 15

E. Phoebe

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

- -

Horned Lark

2

173

348

51

948

625

152

150

135 124

Steller's Jay

2

-

2

1

-

7

2

-

4 -

Blue Jay

1

-

4

4

9

5

5

-

13 9
W. Scrub Jay

4

11

8

-

2 7 7 6 19 22

Pinyon Jay

7

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

Clark's Nutcracker

-

9

2

-

-

-

CW*

-

- -

Black-billed Magpie

34

63

99

14

16

24

16

1

29 32

American Crow

1

2

5

-

1

-

2

-

1 2

Common Raven

18

23

35

8

4

9

4

7

13 2

Black-capped Chickadee

19

22

42

34

35

29

13

14

52 9

Mountain Chickadee

2

10

8

29

-

8

5

4

4 3

Red-breasted Nuthatch

-

8

1

-

-

-

-

2

2 -

White-breasted Nuthatch

1

-

2

1

2

4

1

-

- -

Pygmy Nuthatch

-

2

11

1

-

8

2

-

- -

Brown Creeper

-

-

1

-

-

3

CW*

-

- -
Marsh Wren
- - - - - - - - - -

Rock Wren

- - - - - - - - 1 -

Canyon Wren

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

-

- 1

Winter Wren

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

Wren Sp.

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

American Dipper

3

15

9

9

8

4

4

1

9 5

Golden-crowned Kinglet

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

Townsend's Solitaire

2

16

16

15

10

11

6

13

26 8

American Robin

2

6

129

3

40

7

10

9

18 17

Brown Thrasher

-

-

-

-

-

1

1

-

- -

Bohemian Waxwing

-

- -

-

- - - - 36 -

Cedar Waxwing

-

-

-

-

50

-

-

-

- -

Northern Shrike

5

2

4

2

11

3

4

1

6 1

European Starling

301

1,604

923

290

375

664

380

427

437 220

American Tree Sparrow

353

219

233

162

590

491

120

115

196 197

Song Sparrow

37

4

58

24

22

17

7

11

12 8

White-crowned Sparrow

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- -

Harris' Sparrow

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

1

- -

Dark-eyed Junco

98

94

145

93

87

116

78

22

87 49
Dark-eyed (Gray-headed) Junco

-

- -

-

-

-

-

- - -
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco

-

-

-

-

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

Lapland Longspur

18

-

1

-

1

2

-

-

- 2

Snow Bunting

-

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

- -

Spotted Towhee

-

-

1

-

-

2

2

3

- -

Red-winged Blackbird

200

1,500

732

-

20

-

-

-

130 77

Brewer's Blackbird

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

- - -
Common Grackle
- - - - - - - - - -

Western Meadowlark

-

-

3

8

2

4

3

- - 11
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch 2 10 - - 110 - 29 - 62 -

Red Crossbill

-

9

-

-

55

-

6

- - 2

Common Redpoll

-

-

-

-

-

142

-

- - -

House Finch

6

54

51

68

2

63

44

43

41 18

Cassin's Finch

7

-

3

2

1

-

72

3

- -

Evening Grosbeak

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  - -

American Goldfinch

14

8

2

5

13

2

-

27

8 30

Pine Siskin

-

1

10

-

-

41

-

  - 1

House Sparrow

333

80

49

151

375

321

216

77

168 94
. . . . . . . . . .. .

Number of Species Seen

67

62

72

58

68

69

66

60

61 62

CW-Seen count week but not count day


 
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