If the turkey vulture is accepted, we’ll have a record high species count of 80. A CBC rare bird report was submitted to the regional CBC editor.
1 Pied-billed Grebe 19,200 Canada Goose 4,800 Cackling Goose 2 Snow Goose 1 Ross's Goose 1 Greater White-fronted Goose 15,250 Mallard 1 Northern Pintail 7 Wood Duck 4 American Wigeon 2 Lesser Scaup 10 Greater Scaup 18 Redhead 1 Ring-necked Duck 31 Common Goldeneye 17 Hooded Merganser 633 Common Merganser 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 24 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Ferruginous Hawk 20 Rough-legged Hawk 11 Northern Harrier 3 Golden Eagle 59 Bald Eagle 4 Prairie Falcon 2 Merlin 5 American Kestrel 1 Turkey Vulture 203 Greater Prairie Chicken 67 Sharp-tailed Grouse 352 Ring-necked Pheasant 34 Wild Turkey 43 American Coot 2 Thayer's Gull 1 Glaucous Gull 40 Herring Gull 44 Ring-billed Gull 5 Bonaparte's Gull 2 Black-legged Kittiwake 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 California Gull 481 Rock Dove 231 Eurasian Collared Dove 10 Great Horned Owl 2 Northern Saw-whet Owl 2 Long-eared Owl 1 Short-eared Owl 7 Eastern Screech-Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher 12 Northern Flicker 9 Red-bellied Woodpecker 26 Hairy Woodpecker 23 Downy Woodpecker 428 Horned Lark 12 Blue Jay 173 Black-capped Chickadee 24 White-breasted Nuthatch 8 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Brown Creeper 2 Townsend's Solitaire 95 American Robin 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet 15 Cedar Waxwing 3 Bohemian Waxwing 5 Northern Shrike 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 996 European Starling 319 House Sparrow 17 Northern Cardinal 10 Purple Finch 202 House Finch 114 American Goldfinch 5 Pine Siskin 60 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Brewer's Blackbird 1 Common Grackle 135 Dark-eyed Junco 29 American Tree Sparrow 11 Lapland Longspur
Count Week
Western Grebe Horned Grebe Red-breasted Merganser Double-crested Cormorant Song Sparrow Mourning Dove Chipping Sparrow Snow Bunting
Hours 24.75 foot 39.25 vehicle 14 feeders 2.5 owling
Miles 30.5 foot 598 vehicle
Clear, Low 1F Hi 22F, wind NW 10-20 <1 in. snow cover Moving water open, otherwise all frozen.
Participants: Richard McEntaffer, Ricky Olson, Scott Stoltz, Bill Bossman, Dave Krueger, Chuck and Myrtle Backlund, Nathan Baker, Kenny Miller, Tina Manning, Glen Moravek, Carrol Hanten, Rex Riis, Ruben Mares, Kris Dozark, Dave Ode, Wally Larsen, Doug Backlund (Count Coordinator).
Many thanks to Dave and Joanne Johnson for hosting the group at their home after the count.
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