To January 2011 Newsletter article
COEUR D'ALENE
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
compiler: Shirley Sturts
|
Species |
CBC Dec.17,
2011 |
Observed Past 21
Years |
Highest
Number Observed&Year Observed |
|
Cackling
Goose |
11 |
3 |
11('11) |
|
Canada
Goose |
2377 |
21 |
2841 ('07) |
|
Trumpeter
Swan |
3 |
2 |
3 ('11) |
|
Tundra
Swan |
- |
3 |
11 ('00) |
|
Swan sp. |
1 |
1 |
2('10) |
|
Wood Duck |
- |
5 |
2 ('93) |
|
Gadwall |
- |
6 |
9 ('00) |
|
American
Wigeon |
- |
13 |
81('01) |
|
Mallard |
671 |
21 |
828 ('03) |
|
Northern
Pintail |
1 |
3 + 2 cw |
1 ('95'00’11) |
|
American
Green-winged Teal |
- |
3 |
4 ('01'07) |
|
Canvasback |
24 |
11 + 1 cw |
24('11) |
|
Redhead |
34 |
7 |
34 ('11) |
|
Ring-necked
Duck |
265 |
21 |
319 ('07) |
|
Lesser
Scaup |
1 |
11 |
64 ('06) |
|
Greater
Scaup |
CW |
1 cw |
1(cw’11) |
|
Surf
Scoter |
- |
1 |
1('01) |
|
White-winged
Scoter |
- |
1 |
1('01) |
|
Long-tailed
Duck |
- |
6 |
6 ('91) |
|
Bufflehead |
440 |
21 |
1023('06) |
|
Common
Goldeneye |
145 |
21 |
348 ('04) |
|
Barrow's
Goldeneye |
- |
11 |
5 (96) |
|
Hooded
Merganser |
26 |
21 |
92 ('96) |
|
Common
Merganser |
420 |
21 |
420 ('11) |
|
Red-breasted
Merganser |
- |
5 + cw |
3('06) |
|
Ruddy
Duck |
- |
1 |
1 ('93) |
|
Duck
(hybrid) |
- |
? |
? |
|
Gray
Partridge |
- |
10+ 1cw |
46 ('92) |
|
Ring-necked
Pheasant |
3 |
20 + 1cw |
49('97) |
|
Ruffed
Grouse |
3 |
16 |
8 ('94) |
|
Blue
Grouse |
- |
1? |
2('92) |
|
Wild Turkey |
214 |
20 |
367 ('04) |
|
California
Quail |
144 |
21 |
467 ('04) |
|
Pacific
Loon |
- |
1 |
1 ('04) |
|
Common
Loon |
- |
8 |
3('06) |
|
Pied-billed
Grebe |
15 |
19 |
57 ('06) |
|
Horned
Grebe |
107 |
21 |
146('06) |
|
Red-necked
Grebe |
3 |
21 |
26 ('99'06) |
|
Eared
Grebe |
- |
3 +CW |
2('06) |
|
Western
Grebe |
1 |
16 |
13('08) |
|
Double-crested
Cormorant |
55 |
11 |
77(‘10) |
|
Great
Blue Heron |
3 |
20 |
30('03) |
|
Bald
Eagle adult Immature unknown |
7 1 |
21 |
26('03) 7 ('00) |
|
Northern Harrier |
- |
13 |
10 ('99) |
|
Sharp-shinned
Hawk |
- |
15 |
4 ('03,’10) |
|
Cooper's
Hawk |
cw |
9 + 2 cw |
4 ('04) |
|
Noethern
Goshawk |
- |
1 |
1 ('03 |
|
Accipiter
sp |
2 |
1 |
2(’11) |
|
Red-tailed
Hawk -
Harlan's |
17 - |
21 |
26 ('01) 2 (''04') |
|
Rough-legged
Hawk |
10 |
21 |
20 ('93) |
|
Buteo, sp |
3 |
3 |
3 ('11) |
|
Golden
Eagle |
- |
2 |
1 ('96'03) |
|
American
Kestrel |
7 |
20 |
15 ('99) |
|
Merlin |
1 |
14 + 1 cw |
6 ('04) |
|
Virginia Rail |
1 |
1 |
1(’11) |
|
American
Coot |
385 |
21 |
2234 ('97) |
|
Killdeer |
4 |
6 + 1 cw |
4 ('11) 3cw('05) |
|
Wilson's
Snipe |
- |
2 |
4 ('98) |
|
Mew Gull |
- |
1 + 2cw |
1 ('98) |
|
Ring-billed
Gull |
461 |
21 |
1077 ('91) |
|
California
Gull |
4 |
18 + 1 cw |
100 ('96) |
|
Herring
Gull |
7 |
20 |
562 ('91) |
|
Thayer's
Gull |
- |
3 + 1 cw |
3 ('93) |
|
Glaucous Gull |
- |
4 |
3 ('10) |
|
Gull, Sp. |
61 |
17 |
1161 ('92) |
|
Rock
Pigeon |
148 |
20 |
275('02) |
|
Eurasian
Collared-Dove |
3 |
2 |
6('10) |
|
Mourning
Dove |
23` |
20 |
107 ('03) |
|
Barn Owl |
- |
1 + 1cw |
2 ('95) |
|
Long-eared
Owl |
- |
1 cw |
|
|
Great Horned
Owl |
2 |
8+ 1cw |
4 (’10) |
|
Snowy Owl |
- |
2 |
1-'93'96 |
|
Northern
Pygmy-Owl |
- |
14 + 1 cw |
7 ('96) |
|
Barred
Owl |
- |
1 |
1( ('06) |
|
Short-eared
Owl |
- |
2 |
1 ('91'99) |
|
Northern
Saw-whet Owl |
- |
1 |
1 (’10) |
|
Belted
Kingfisher |
9 |
21 |
10('02) |
|
Downy
Woodpecker |
5 |
20 |
16 ('92) |
|
Hairy
Woodpecker |
8 |
20 + 1 cw |
16 ('92) |
|
Northern
Flicker Yellow-shafted
|
46 - |
21 2 |
61 ('07) 1 ('03 '04 |
|
Pileated
Woodpecker |
4 |
17 +1cw |
4 ('11) |
|
Northern
Shrike |
1 |
21 |
8('95) |
|
Gray Jay |
- |
4 |
2 ('92) |
|
Steller's
Jay |
7 |
20 |
26 ('04) |
|
Blue Jay Hybrids |
- |
4 + 2cw 1 + 2 cw |
3 ('94'97) 2 ('00) |
|
Clark's
Nutcracker |
- |
3 |
20 ('00) |
|
Black-billed
Magpie |
75 |
21 |
129 ('05) |
|
American
Crow |
70 |
21 |
211 ('00) |
|
Common
Raven |
40 |
21 |
158 ('96) |
|
Horned
Lark |
- |
8 + 2 cw |
85 ('05) |
|
Black-capped
Chickadee |
151 |
21 |
263('05) |
|
Mountain
Chickadee |
21 |
21 |
93 ('92) |
|
Chestnut-b
Chickadee |
35 |
21 |
37 ('04) |
|
Chickadee,
Sp. |
19 |
13 |
87 (08) |
|
Red-breasted
Nuthatch |
27 |
21 |
94 ('04) |
|
White-breasted
Nuthatch |
1 |
7 |
3 ('03) |
|
Pygmy
Nuthatch |
94 |
21 |
177('06) |
|
Brown
Creeper |
1 |
15 +2cw |
5 (' 92'93) |
|
Canyon
Wren |
- |
1 |
1 ('07) |
|
Bewick's
Wren |
- |
1 |
1 ('93) |
|
Pacific Wren |
2 |
9+ 1 cw |
9('02) |
|
American
Dipper |
- |
2 |
2 ('92'95) |
|
Golden-c
Kinglet |
4 |
21 |
54 ('02) |
|
Townsend's
Solitaire |
1 |
8+ 1 cw |
2 ('91'96) |
|
Hermit
Thrush |
- |
1 |
1('01) |
|
American
Robin |
53 |
19 |
783('01) |
|
Varied Thrush |
- |
9 |
4 ('00'01) |
|
Gray
Catbird |
- |
1 |
1 ('93) |
|
European
Starling |
1185 |
21 |
1805('07) |
|
Bohemian
Waxwing |
45 |
16 |
285('91) |
|
Cedar
Waxwing |
30 |
8 + 1 cw |
53('03) |
|
Waxwing
sp |
- |
1 |
20 ('10) |
|
Black-and-white
Warbler |
- |
1 |
1 ('04) |
|
Spotted
Towhee |
- |
3 cw |
1 cw ('93'07’10) |
|
American
Tree Sparrow |
- |
1 |
28? (6 verified) ('05) |
|
Song
Sparrow |
34 |
21 |
64 ('04) |
|
White-crowned
Sparrow |
- |
2 |
1 ('94'00) |
|
Dk-eJunco
Oregon) Slate-colored |
91 5 |
21 12 |
215 ('00) 16 ('03) |
|
Snow
Bunting |
- |
2 + 1 cw |
60 ('03) |
|
Red-winged
Blackbird |
- |
4 +1 cw |
55('02) |
|
Western
Meadowlark |
- |
5 + 2 cw |
14 ('00) |
|
Brewer's
Blackbird |
- |
1 + 1 CW |
1 ('04)+ 17cw'05 |
|
Pine
Grosbeak |
- |
3 |
13 ('92) |
|
Cassin's
Finch |
4 |
10 + 1 cw |
39 ('91) |
|
House
Finch |
223 |
21 |
701 ('97) |
|
Red
Crossbill |
- |
17 |
141 ('04) |
|
Common
Redpoll |
1 |
6 |
267('01) |
|
Pine
Siskin |
17 |
20 |
346 ('99) |
|
American
Goldfinch |
41 |
17 + 2 cw |
135 ('91) |
|
Evening
Grosbeak |
- |
13 + 2CW |
134 ('91) |
|
House
Sparrow |
330 |
21 |
330 ('11) |
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TOTAL
SPECIES Hybrid CW=Count
Period |
71 - |
|
75('07) |
|
TOTAL
NUMBERS |
8798 |
|
10,119 ('07) |
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OBSERVERS
(FIELD) |
25 |
7 teams |
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(FEEDERS) |
12 |
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