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Audubon Christmas Bird Count 2000-2009

Species

 2000 2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
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Pacific Loon

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Common Loon

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Yellow-billed Loon

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Pied-billed Grebe

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

Horned Grebe

 2 2
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Red-necked Grebe

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Western Grebe

 - 2
-
2
1
-
2
-
-
1

Clark's Grebe

 - -
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-

Double-crested Cormorant

 - -
1
1
2
3
5
1
7
-

Great Blue Heron

 1 2
3
-
-
1
2
2
4
2

Gr. White-fronted Goose

 - -
1
-
-
-
-
-
1
-

Snow Goose

 - -
2
1
-
-
-
-
3
-

Ross' Goose

 - -
-
1
-
-
-
-
1
-

Canada Goose

 3,304 2,172
4,288
2,500
6,329
4,345
7,392
8,784
16,322
604
Cackling Goose
 - -
-
-
37
2
215
62
246
162

Wood Duck

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

American Green-winged Teal

 12 4
7
10
44
19
79
26
-
9
Dunlin
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Mallard

 673 243
905
589
901
915
1,125
2,119
1,872
885

Northern Pintail

 8 2
2
10
11
-
12
7
35
3

Northern Shoveler

 - 2
15
-
74
46
40
23
36
-

Gadwall

 - 23
6
-
71
18
12
31
14
-

American Wigeon

 1 1
14
5
11
76
-
3
12
2

Canvasback

 2 -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Redhead

 - -
-
-
-
6
-
-
7
14

Ring-necked Duck

 1 -
-
-
1
1
-
1
-
-

Lesser Scaup

 14 12
1
-
31
42
16
9

10
19
Greater Scaup

-

-
-
-

-

-
-
-
1
-

Black Scoter

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Surf Scoter

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

White-winged Scoter

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Oldsquaw

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Common Goldeneye

 6 24
8
2
30
71
57
36
159
43

Bufflehead

 24 5
-
1
52
11
19
10
28
14

Hooded Merganser

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Common Merganser

 13 106
11
8
52
16
22
14
18
22

Red-breasted Merganser

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Ruddy Duck

 10 12
-
10
14
8
9
7
4
5

Bald Eagle

 6 4
4
1
9
5
2
1
7
6

Northern Harrier

 9 8
7
20
21
11
2
5
13
2

Sharp-shinned Hawk

 - -
1
-
1
-
2
-
-
-

Cooper's Hawk

 - -
2
-
-
-
2
-
-
-

Northern Goshawk

 - -
-
-
1
-
CW
-
-
-

Red-tailed Hawk

 5 7
8
4
16
9
5
17
18
5

Ferruginous Hawk

 9 4
3
1
4
3
-
-
1
-

Rough-legged Hawk

 10 20
7
5
7
2
3
6
-
2

Golden Eagle

 11 8
11
3
8
3
6
2
3
4

American Kestrel

 16 12
15
9
31
13
16
19
26
6

Merlin

 - -
1
-
-
1
-
2
1
-

Peregrine

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Prairie Falcon

 1 -
4
1
2
3
1
5
2
-

Ring-necked Pheasant

 3 3
8
2
1
-
-
3
1
-

Wild Turkey

 - -
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Virginia Rail

 - -
1
1
3
-
-
-
-
-

American Coot

 2 -
-
1
16
130
89
37
61
40

Killdeer

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Wilson's Snipe

 10 1
1
4
-
-
4
2
-
-

Ring-billed Gull

 1 3
12
6
2
23
2
4
1
1

Herring Gull

 - 1
6
-
3
6
1
5
4
3

California Gull

 - -
1
-
1
-
-
-
1
-

Thayer's Gull

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Mourning Dove

 - -
-
1
-
1
-
7
50
-

Eurasian Collared Dove

- -
2
4
64
66
34
379
417
107

Rock Pigeon

 427 88
98
193
112
79
23
369
235
295

Great Horned Owl

 5 4
8
3
5
4
3
2
6
2

Long-eared Owl

 1 1
3
-
-
6
-
3
-
-
Short-eared Owl - -
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-

Pygmy Owl

 - -
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-

Belted Kingfisher

 2 2
1
1
2
3
2
-
1
-

Downy Woodpecker

 2 2
19
-
1
4
4
3
3
-

Hairy Woodpecker

 - -
1
-
2
-
1
1
-
-

Northern Flicker

 15 13
14
8
36
22
7
19
26
-

E. Phoebe

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Horned Lark

 298 422
223
825
447
385
85
1,855
375
3,936

Steller's Jay

 1 -
4
-
2
3
-
4
-
-

Blue Jay

 1 1
3
8
16
12
5
9
5
11
W. Scrub Jay 14 15
18
3
6
7
2
6
2
1

Pinyon Jay

 - 1
-
-
-
50
-
-
-
-

Clark's Nutcracker

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Black-billed Magpie

 55 11
29
11
32
24
16
20
13
10

American Crow

 4 -
2
2
-
2
1
316
-
-

Common Raven

 19 10
7
4
19
37
35
41
35
37

Black-capped Chickadee

 20 7
16
-
8
7
3
18
1
-

Mountain Chickadee

 4 4
22
-
13
5
-
13
4
2

Red-breasted Nuthatch

 - -
-
-
-
2
2
-
-
-

White-breasted Nuthatch

 1 -
2
-
1
1
-
1
-
-

Pygmy Nuthatch

 - 6
4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Brown Creeper

 - -
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-

Marsh Wren

 - -
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Rock Wren - -
-
-
-
5
-
-
-
-

Canyon Wren

 1 -
-
-
CW
-
-
-
-
-

Winter Wren

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Wren Sp.

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

American Dipper

 1 1
1
1
1
1
-
-
1
-

Golden-crowned Kinglet

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Townsend's Solitaire

 14 12
8
7
10
22
6
10
10
-

American Robin

 9 24
104
51
59
117
36
123
79
5

Brown Thrasher

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Bohemian Waxwing - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Cedar Waxwing

 - -
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-

Northern Shrike

 2 2
-
3
7
3
-
4
1
1

European Starling

 463 81
425
850
166
517
205
216
478
9

American Tree Sparrow

 111 132
74
79
324
53
90
122
75
19

Song Sparrow

 5 5
32
17
48
13

14
4
14
1

White-crowned Sparrow

 - -
-
-
38
-
-
8
9
7

Harris' Sparrow

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Dark-eyed Junco

 52 59
40
68
89
69
57
150
51
24
Dark-eyed (Gray-headed) Junco
 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
1
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco
 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
4
Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
Dark-eyed (White-winged) Junco
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Lapland Longspur

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
-

Snow Bunting

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Spotted Towhee

 - -
1
1
-
-
-
1
-
-

Red-winged Blackbird

 27 -
28
29
305
243
414
132
64
49

Brewer's Blackbird

 - -
-
-
21
-
-
-
-
-
Common Grackle
 - -
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-

Western Meadowlark

 - -
-
5
-
-
-
1
5
2

Gray-crowned Rosy Finch

 - 350
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Red Crossbill

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
5
-
-

Common Redpoll

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

House Finch

 17 18
14
21
56
19
70
173
47
39

Cassin's Finch

 10 13
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-

Evening Grosbeak

 - -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

American Goldfinch

 15 -
2
-
-
6
11
10
15
6

Pine Siskin

 4 7
7
-
-
-
-
6
-
5

House Sparrow

 88 103
149
202
226
141
58
444
387
91
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Number of Species Seen

57 54
66
55
61
63
56
66
63
48
. ..CW-Seen count week but not count day

 
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