The 40th Pierre Christmas Bird Count was held on December 19, 2009. We recorded 77 species of birds and five Count Week species. Canada Goose | 20,650 | Cackling Goose | 2,200 | Mallard | 1,350 | Double-crested Cormorant | 1 | American White Pelican | 1 | Northern Pintail | 2 | Wood Duck | 3 | American Wigeon | 1 | Canvasback | 1 | Northern Shoveler | 1 | Lesser Scaup | 3 | Greater Scaup | 12 | Redhead | 35 | Ring-necked Duck | 1 | Common Goldeneye | 132 | Hooded Merganser | 7 | Common Merganser | 61 | Ruddy Duck | 1 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | 4 | Cooper's Hawk | 2 | Northern Goshawk | 2 | Red-tailed Hawk | 16 | Ferruginous Hawk | 3 | Rough-legged Hawk | 3 | Golden Eagle | 6 | Bald Eagle | 61 | Prairie Falcon | 4 | Merlin | 1 | American Kestrel | 5 | Greater Prairie Chicken | 26 | Sharp-tailed Grouse | 15 | Ring-necked Pheasant | 357 | Wild Turkey | 77 | American Coot | 2 | Thayer's Gull | 2 | Glaucous Gull | 1 | Herring Gull | 26 | Ring-billed Gull | 58 | Bonaparte's Gull | 1 | Black-legged Kittiwake | 1 | California Gull | 1 | Rock Pigeon | 894 | Eurasian Collared Dove | 350 | Great Horned Owl | 10 | Northern Saw-whet Owl | 1 | Eastern Screech-Owl | 2 | Belted Kingfisher | 1 | Northern Flicker | 27 | Red-bellied Woodpecker | 5 | Hairy Woodpecker | 11 | Downy Woodpecker | 25 | Horned Lark | 386 | Blue Jay | 13 | Black-capped Chickadee | 51 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 17 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1 | Townsend's Solitaire | 1 | American Robin | 572 | Eastern Bluebird | 3 | Brown Creeper | 1 | Cedar Waxwing | 537 | Northern Shrike | 2 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 1 | European Starling | 860 | House Sparrow | 702 | Western Meadowlark | 3 | Northern Cardinal | 4 | Purple Finch | 10 | House Finch | 135 | American Goldfinch | 61 | Pine Siskin | 1 | Dark-eyed Junco | 162 | Song Sparrow | 1 | American Tree Sparrow | 185 | Spotted Towhee | 1 | Lapland Longspur | 239 | Snow Bunting | 1 | Total | 30,483 |
Count Week Species Golden-crowned Kinglet
Rusty Blackbird
Gadwall
Northern Harrier
Mourning Dove Hours
foot 18
vehicle 43 Miles
foot 21
vehicle 615
feeders 4.5 hours
owling 5.5 hours Weather Hi 35 f Low 21 f
Wind WNW 5-15 mph
Fog in morning, cloudy and light fog most of the day, brief periods of sunshine in afternoon.
2-4 inches of snow cover.
Still water frozen, Lake Oahe and moving water open. Participants: Doug Backlund, Charles and Myrtle Backlund, Bill Bossman, Carol Hanten, Dave Krueger, Richard McEntaffer, Kenny Miller, Dave Ode, Peder Ode, Ricky Olson, Rex Riis, Charles Sisk, Scott Stolz. Special Thanks to Dave and Joanne Johnson for inviting us to their house for food and hot drinks at the end of the day! |
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