On January 1, 2009 sandwiched between snow storms the 25th 3CBC was held as part of Audubon's 109th Christmas Bird Count. 13 field observers and 7 feeder watchers joined the party and spent the mostly rainy day searching for some 9,895 party loving birds.
The temperature ranged from 38° to 48° with winds out of the southwest at 0-5 mph.
We had several all-time high counts- they are marked by H. Low counts are marked with a L. Seen in count week = CW.
Plan now for the 26th Annual 3CBC on January 1, 2010.
Joining the party were:
Pied-billed Grebe, 27
Western Grebe, 2
Brown Pelecan, 1 CW
Double-crested Cormorant, 92
Great Blue Heron, 74 H
Great Egret, 7
Tundra Swan, 267 H
Gtr, White-fronted Goose, 4
Snow Goose, 71
Canada Goose, 368
Canada Goose (Small Forms), 512
Canada Goose (Lrge Forms), 1083
Wood Duck, 1
Mallard, 610
Northern Pintail, 3
Gadwall, 213 H
American Wigeon, 288
Eurasian Wigeon, 1
Northern Shoveler, 92
Cinnamon Teal, 2
Green-winged Teal (Am), 262
Greater Scaup, 251
Lesser Scaup, 47
Ring-necked Duck, 160
Canvasback, 1
Common Goldeneye, 29
Bufflehead, 135
Hooded Merganser, 50 H
Common Merganser, 56
Northern Harrier, 7 H
Cooper's Hawk, 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2
Red-tailed Hawk, 21
Bald Eagle (adult), 9
Bald Eagle (immature), 2
American Kestrel, 7
Peregrine Falcon, 1
Ringed-necked Pheasant, 2
California Quail, 6
Virginia Rail, 1
American Coot, 201
Killdeer, 10
Dunlin, 55
Wilson’s Snipe, 29
Mew Gull, 9
Ring-billed Gull, 1
Glaucous-winged Gull, 59
Western Gull, 2
W./Glaucous-winged Gull, 47
Gull sp, 24
Rock Pigeon, 174
Mourning Dove, 24
Eurasian Collared Dove, 2 H
Barn Owl, 1
Great Horned Owl, 1 CW
Belted Kingfisher, 8
Anna's Hummingbird, 3
Northern Flicker, 42
Downy Woodpecker, 6
Red-breasted Sapsucker, 6 H
Steller's Jay, 41
Scrub Jay, 62
American Crow, 352
Common Raven, 3
Black-capped Chickadee, 112
Chestnut-backed Chickadee, 28
Bushtit, 39
Red-breasted Nuthatch, 4
Creeper, Brown, 1
Marsh Wren, 2
Winter Wren, 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet, 13
Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 14 L
Thrush, Varied, 98
American Robin, 398
European Starling, 1523
Townsend’s Warbler, 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler, 4
Spotted Towhee, 41
Fox Sparrow, 51 H
Song Sparrow, 166
Lincoln’s Sparrow, 2
Golden-crowned, 123
White-crowned, 13
White-throated, 1
Dark-eyed Junco, 475
Dark-eyed Junco (Pied), 2
Western Meadowlark, 2
Red-winged Blackbird, 130
Brewer's Blackbird, 51
Evening Grosbeak, 7
House Finch, 167 H
Purple Finch, 1
American Goldfinch, 6
Pine Siskin, 442
House Sparrow, 84
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS, 9,895
TOTAL SPECIES, 92 plus 2 others in count week