2012 YARDLIST CHALLENGE

Compiled by Doug Ward

After over 10 years of compiling the annual "Yardlist Challenge" for Coeur d'Alene Audubon, Lisa Hardy has passed the torch to Doug Ward this year. Thank you Lisa for keeping this fun project going and setting it up for future "Challenges" .

This year (2012) was a good one for birding in Kootenai County with a record number (209) of species seen during the year! While our yard watchers didn't break any records this year, an impressive 110 species were seen in and around our collective yards. We had 9 contributors scattered throughout the area with some in town, and others on our lakes which led to a wide range of birds, from Tundra Swans to Pacific Wrens, being seen. There were 7 species seen at everyone's place (Calliope Hummingbird, Northern Flicker, Black-capped Chickadee, Red-breasted Nuthatch, American Robin, Dark-eyed Junco, and Pine Siskin) while a whopping 25 were only seen in one yard.

The Hanson's had the only American White Pelican as well as a nice Bullock's Oriole, the Sturts' turned in a couple of grebes (Horned & Western), the Buchler's had Northern Harrier and Common Loon (in the bird bath...just kidding), a Gray Jay showed up at the Moen's, and the Ward's had an immature Chestnut-sided Warbler. In addition to these single yard birds, several other nice ones showed like the Waring's and Zagar's and their Bohemian Waxwings, Killdeer at the Callen's, the Sheridan's getting one of only two Brewer's Blackbirds reported, and Northern Pygmy-Owls found by the Hanson's and Buchler's. There were a few surprise too. Ruby-crowned Kinglets were only seen in two yards, but Common Redpolls showed up in four - I'll take that trade.

So if you haven't already, start keeping track for 2013 so we can all see what shows up in your yard this year.

2012 CdA Audubon YARDLIST CHALLENGE

Results sorted by AOU order:

Species

Buchler

Callen

Hanson

Moen

Saylor

Sheridan

Sturts

Ward

Waring

Zagar

All Yards

1

Canada Goose

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

7

2

Tundra Swan

X

X

X

3

3

Wood Duck

4

Gadwall

5

American Wigeon

6

Mallard

X

X

X

3

7

Northern Pintail

8

Blue-winged Teal

9

Cinnamon Teal

10

Northern Shoveler

11

Green-winged Teal

12

Canvasback

13

Ring-necked Duck

14

Harlequin Duck

15

Bufflehead

X

X

X

3

16

Common Goldeneye

17

Barrow's Goldeneye

18

Hooded Merganser

19

Common Merganser

X

X

X

X

4

20

Red-breasted Merganser

21

Gray Partridge

22

California Quail

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

7

23

Northern Bobwhite (assumed exotic)

24

Ring-necked Pheasant

X

X

2

25

Ruffed Grouse

X

X

X

3

26

Wild Turkey

X

X

X

X

X

5

27

Common Loon

X

X

2

28

Pied-billed Grebe

29

Horned Grebe

X

1

30

Red-necked Grebe

31

Western Grebe

X

1

32

American White Pelican

X

1

33

Double-crested Cormorant

X

X

X

3

34

American Bittern

35

Great Blue Heron

X

X

X

X

4

36

Turkey Vulture

X

X

X

X

4

37

Osprey

X

X

X

X

X

X

6

38

Northern Harrier

X

1

39

Sharp-shinned Hawk

X

X

X

X

4

40

Cooper's Hawk

X

X

2

41

Northern Goshawk

42

Bald Eagle

X

X

X

X

X

5

43

Red-tailed Hawk

X

X

X

X

4

44

Rough-legged Hawk

45

Golden Eagle

46

American Coot

X

1

47

Sandhill Crane

48

Killdeer

X

X

2

49

Greater Yellowlegs

X

1

50

Lesser Yellowlegs

51

Spotted Sandpiper

52

Wilson's Snipe

53

Ring-billed Gull

X

X

X

3

54

California Gull

55

Herring Gull

gull sp.

56

Caspian Tern

57

Black Tern

58

Rock Pigeon

X

1

59

Eurasian Collared-Dove

X

1

60

Mourning Dove

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

7

61

Barn Owl

62

Western Screech-Owl

63

Great Horned Owl

X

X

X

3

64

Northern Pygmy Owl

X

X

2

65

Northern Saw-Whet Owl

66

Barred Owl

67

Long-eared Owl

68

Common Nighthawk

X

X

X

3

69

Vaux's Swift

X

X

2

70

Anna's Hummingbird

71

Black-chinned Hummingbird

X

X

X

X

X

X

6

72

Calliope Hummingbird

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

9

73

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

74

Rufous Hummingbird

X

X

X

X

X

X

6

75

Belted Kingfisher

X

X

2

76

Lewis's Woodpecker

77

Red-naped Sapsucker

X

1

78

Downy Woodpecker

X

X

X

X

X

X

6

79

Hairy Woodpecker

X

X

2

80

Northern Flicker

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

9

81

Pileated Woodpecker

X

X

X

X

4

82

American Kestrel

83

Merlin

X

1

84

Prairie Falcon

85

Olive-sided Flycatcher

X

X

2

86

Western Wood-Pewee

X

X

2

87

Willow Flycatcher

88

Least Flycatcher

89

Hammond's Flycatcher

X

1

90

Dusky Flycatcher

91

Western Flycatcher

X

X

X

X

4

92

Say's Phoebe

93

Western Kingbird

94

Eastern Kingbird

X

1

95

Northern Shrike

96

Cassin's Vireo

X

X

X

X

4

97

Warbling Vireo

X

X

2

98

Red-eyed Vireo

X

1

99

Gray Jay

X

1

100

Steller's Jay

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

7

101

Blue Jay

Steller's X Blue Jay

102

Clark's Nutcracker

103

Black-billed Magpie

X

X

X

X

X

5

104

American Crow

X

X

X

X

X

5

105

Common Raven

X

X

X

X

X

X

6

106

Horned Lark

107

Tree Swallow

X

X

2

108

Violet-green Swallow

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

7

109

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

X

X

2

110

Bank Swallow

111

Barn Swallow

X

X

2

112

Cliff Swallow

113

Black-capped Chickadee

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

9

114

Mountain Chickadee

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

8

115

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

7

116

Red-breasted Nuthatch

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

9

117

White-breasted Nuthatch

X

1

118

Pygmy Nuthatch

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

7

119

Brown Creeper

X

X

X

X

X

5

120

Bewick's Wren

121

House Wren

X

X

X

X

X

5

122

Pacific Wren

X

1

123

American Dipper

124

Golden-crowned Kinglet

X

X

X

3

125

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

X

X

2

126

Western Bluebird

127

Mountain Bluebird

128

Townsend’s Solitare

X

1

129

Veery

130

Swainson's Thrush

X

X

X

X

4

131

Hermit Thrush

132

American Robin

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

9

133

Varied Thrush

X

X

X

3

134

Gray Catbird

X

X

X

X

4

135

European Starling

X

X

X

X

X

X

6

136

Bohemian Waxwing

X

X

X

X

4

137

Cedar Waxwing

X

X

X

X

X

X

6

138

Tennessee Warbler

139

Orange-crowned Warbler

X

X

2

140

Nashville Warbler

X

X

X

3

141

Common Yellowthroat

X

1

142

Yellow Warbler

X

X

X

X

4

143

Chestnut-sided Warbler

X

1

144

Yellow-rumped Warbler - "Audubon's"

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

7

144

- "Myrtle"

X

1

145

Townsend's Warbler

X

X

2

146

American Redstart

147

Northern Waterthrush

148

MacGillivray's Warbler

X

X

2

149

Wilson's Warbler

X

1

150

Spotted Towhee

X

X

X

X

X

5

151

American Tree Sparrow

152

Chipping Sparrow

X

X

X

X

4

153

Vesper Sparrow

154

Savannah Sparrow

155

Fox Sparrow

156

Song Sparrow

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

8

157

Lincoln's Sparrow

X

1

158

White-throated Sparrow

X

1

159

Harris' Sparrow

160

White-crowned Sparrow

X

X

X

X

4

161

Dark-eyed Junco - "Oregon"

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

9

161

- "Slate-colored"

X

X

2

162

Snow Bunting

163

Western Tanager

X

X

X

X

X

5

164

Black-headed Grosbeak

X

X

X

X

X

X

6

165

Lazuli Bunting

X

1

166

Red-winged Blackbird

X

X

X

3

167

Western Meadowlark

168

Yellow-headed Blackbird

169

Brewer's Blackbird

X

X

2

170

Brown-headed Cowbird

X

X

X

X

X

5

171

Bullock's Oriole

X

1

172

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

173

Pine Grosbeak

174

Cassin's Finch

X

X

X

X

X

5

175

House Finch

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

8

176

Red Crossbill

X

X

X

3

177

White-winged Crossbill

178

Common Redpoll

X

X

X

X

4

179

Pine Siskin

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

9

180

American Goldfinch

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

8

181

Evening Grosbeak

X

X

X

X

X

X

6

182

House Sparrow

X

X

X

X

4

Total species

72

37

60

37

0

26

49

87

27

23

110