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Spirit Lake Christmas Bird Count

Species
CBC
Observed 

Highest Number Observed
and Year Observed 

January 5, 2016
Past 19 Years
Canada Goose
2
16
103('14)
Tundra Swan
1
2('09)
American Wigeon
-
3
2('98'99) 
Mallard
59
19
250 ('97)
Redhead
-
1
1('06)
Ring-necked Duck
-
3
2('07'14)
Greater Scaup 
-
2
2('97)
Lesser Scaup 
2
3
1('07',08) 
Long-tailed Duck
-
4
3('97)
Bufflehead
12
19
48('11)
Common Goldeneye
56
19
56('16)
Barrow's Goldeneye 
30
15
30('16)
Barrow'sXCommon Hybrid
1
1
1('16)
Hooded Merganser
-
2
16('01)
Common Merganser
52
18
140('97)
Red-breasted Merganser
-
1
1('99)
Ring-necked Pheasant
-
2
1('98'02)
Ruffed Grouse
-
16
14('97) 
Wild Turkey
184
17
244('08)
California Quail
10
7
86('05)
Common Loon
9
10('04)
Pacific Loon
1
1('13)
Pied-billed Grebe
1
15
4('99)
Horned Grebe
22
18
88(‘11)
Red-necked Grebe
2
12
10('04)
Eared Grebe 
-
1
1('07) 
Western Grebe
-
3
3('97)
Double-crested Cormorant 
-
1
1('07)
Great Blue Heron
1
8
3('97'01)
Bald Eagle  adult
15
18
53(14)
              
Immature
2
8
7(97)
unknown
1
1('13)
Northern Harrier
-
1
1('99)
Cooper's Hawk 
-
1
1('03)
Northern Goshawk
-
3
2('14)
Red-tailed Hawk
3
16
10('12'14)
Rough-legged Hawk 
-
7
7('99)
hawk sp (Buteo)
3
American Kestrel 
-
1
1('02)
American Coot
-
15
51('09)
falcon (small)
-
2
1('13)
Mew Gull
1
1
1('16)
Ring-billed Gull
9
17
125('98)
California Gull
15
15
100('00)
Herring Gull
-
8
6('98)
Gull  Sp. 
27
11
41('12)
Rock Pigeon
-
10
52(97)
Eurasian-collared Dove
-
1
2('13)
Mourning Dove
3
15/ 1 cw
36('98)
Great-horned Owl 
-
4
1('99'03'12'14)
N. Pygmy Owl
-
12
5('97)
Barred Owl
-
2
1('00'06)
Belted Kingfisher
-
6
4('03)
Downy Woodpec..
2
10
9('97'99'00)
Hairy Woodpecker 
5
19
9('01)
Black-b Woodpecker
-
1
1('02
Northern Flicker
20
19
41('01
Piliated Woodpecker
-
11
3('14)
Northern Shrike
1
15
5('99'03)
Gray Jay
1
15, 2cw
11 ('97)
Steller's Jay
5
13, 1cw
5 ('02)
Western Scrub-Jay
1 cw
1 cw ('11)
Clark's Nutcracker
-
4, 1 cw
17 ('01)
Black-billed Magpie
4
16
12 ('99)
American Crow
44
17
115 ('14)
Common Raven
117
19
187 ('05)
Horned Lark
-
1
1 ('99)
Black-capped Chickadee
117
19
319 ('03)
Mountain Chickadee
23
19
86 ('97)
Chestnt-backed Chickadee
6
18
37 ('97)
Chickadee sp.
38
17
60 ('10)
Red-breasted Nuthatch
25
19
88 ('05)
White-breasted Nuthatch
-
3
1 ('05'08)
Pygmy Nuthatch
7
10
10 ('01)
Brown Creeper
4
11
10 ('06)
Canyon Wren
-
1
1 ('12)
Pacific Wren
1
11
5 ('00)
American Dipper
1
2
1 ('06'16
Golden-crowned Kinglet
10
18
54 ('01)
Townsend's Solitaire
1
9
2 ('99'01'02'03'09)
American Robin
-
9
26 ('10)
Varied Thrush
-
4+1cw
6 ('03)
European Starling
8
19
140 ('09)
Bohemian Waxwing
-
10
134 ('06)
Cedar Waxwing
-
4
18 ('13)
Waxwing sp
-
1
150 ('12)
Song Sparrow
20
19
20 ('16)
Dark-eyed Junco
...Oregon
30
18
83 ('98)
...Slate-colored
1
5
17 ('07)
Red-winged Blackbird
-
2
4 ('13)
Snow Bunting
-
1
120 ('01)
Pine Grosbeak
-
5
63 ('13)
Cassin's Finch
-
1
5 ('08)
House Finch
135
19
135 ('16)
Finch sp
-
4
13 ('02)
Red Crossbill
16
13
124 ('01)
Common Redpoll
20
7
319 ('02)
Pine Siskin
5
15, 1 cw
270 ('00)
American Goldfinch
2
12, 1 cw
40 ('08)
Evening Grosbeak
16
11
99 ('11)
House Sparrow
-
9
105 ('00)
       
Total Individuals
1193
1555('02)
Total Species
46
58('13)
Teams
4
   
Field Observers
16
   
Feeder Observers
   
Miles on foot
6.25
   
Miles by car
302.6
   
Hours on foot
8 hr
   
Hours by car
30 hr and 20 min
   
Hours at feeders
   
Temperature
27-37
   
Wind
calm
   
Snow depth
0-3 inches
   
Still water
partly frozen
   
Moving water
mostly open
   
Rain or snow
none
   
Cloud cover
am.pm cloudy some fog
   

 

 
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