Br-r-r it was cold for our 30th Annual Cowlitz Columbia Christmas Bird Count, but there was no wind or rain (What a difference that makes!).
19 field observers and 4 feeder watchers enjoyed discovering 100 Species and 14,528 individual birds. We also had 6 additional species, we managed to miss on count day, reported within the count week,. The temperature ranged from 19° to 37°. We had a scrumptious potluck afterwards.
Thank you to all that helped.
We had a large number of all-time high counts - they are marked by HC. Low counts are marked with a LC. Seen in count week = CW. NC = Means new to our count.
Plan now for the 31th Annual 3CBC on January 1, 2012. Contact
Here is the list of 1/1/2011 sightings:
- Pied-billed Grebe, 39
- Horned Grebe, CW
- Western Grebe, 22
- Double-crested Cormorant, 129
- American Bittern, 1
- Great Blue Heron, 109
- Great Egret, 5
- Tundra Swan, 244 H
- Gtr, White-fronted Goose, 1
- Canada Goose, 844
- Cackling Goose, 298
- Goose sp., 2500
- Wood Duck, CW
- Mallard, 580
- Northern Pintail, 74
- Gadwall, 111
- American Wigeon, 248
- Eurasian Wigeon, 2
- Northern Shoveler, 237
- Green-winged Teal (Am), 553
- Greater Scaup, 1537, HC
- Lesser Scaup, 1058, HC
- Ring-necked Duck, 76
- Common Goldeneye, 11
- Barrow’s Goldeneye, 1
- Bufflehead, 149
- Hooded Merganser, 14
- Common Merganser, 195
- Ruddy Duck, CW
- Northern Harrier, 2
- Cooper's Hawk, 2
- Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2
- Red-shouldered Hawk, CW
- Red-tailed Hawk, 45, HC
- Rough-legged Hawk, 1
- Bald Eagle, 14
- American Kestrel, 14
- Peregrine Falcon, CW
- Ringed-necked Pheasant, 2
- Ruffed Grouse, 1
- California Quail, 9
- Common Loon, 1
- American Coot, 12
- Killdeer, 18
- Spotted Sandpiper, 3, HC
- Greater Yellowlegs, 2, NC
- Wilson’s Snipe, 15
- Mew Gull, 3
- Ring-billed Gull, 2
- California Gull, 1
- Herring Gull, 1
- Glaucous-winged Gull, 40
- Western Gull, 9
- W./Glaucous-winged Gull, 86
- Gull sp, 211
- Rock Pigeon, 434, HC
- Band-tailed Pigeon, 12 NC
- Mourning Dove, 64
- Eurasian Collared Dove, 17, HC
- Barn Owl, 1
- Great Horned Owl, 2
- Anna's Hummingbird, 7, HC
- Belted Kingfisher, 10
- Northern Flicker, 52
- Downy Woodpecker, 12
- Hairy Woodoecker, 1
- Pileated Woodpecker, 2
- Red-breasted Sapsucker, 3
- Steller's Jay, 66, HC
- Scrub Jay, 121, HC
- American Crow, 607
- Common Raven, 15, HC
- Horned Lark, CW
- Black-capped Chickadee, 96
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee, 26
- Bushtit, 40
- Red-breasted Nuthatch, 7
- White-breasted Nuthatch, 2
- Creeper, Brown, 4, HC
- Bewick’s Wren, 4
- Marsh Wren, 1
- Winter Wren, 12
- Golden-crowned Kinglet, 59
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 63
- Hermit Thrush, 5
- Varied Thrush, 68
- American Robin, 205
- European Starling, 1035
- Townsend’s Warbler, 1
- Orange-crowned Warbler, 1
- Yellow-rumped Warbler, 16
- Spotted Towhee, 66
- Savanah Sparrow, 4, HC
- Fox Sparrow, 83 HC
- Song Sparrow, 281, HC
- Lincoln’s Sparrow, 13, HC
- Golden-crowned Sparrow, 210,HC
- White-crowned Sparrow, 33
- White-throated Sparrow, 1
- Dark-eyed Junco, 690, HC
- Western Meadowlark, 1
- Red-winged Blackbird, 106
- Brewer's Blackbird, 113
- Evening Grosbeak, 130
- House Finch, 32
- Purple Finch, 5
- Pine Siskin, 12
- House Sparrow, 164
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS, 14,528
TOTAL SPECIES, 100 plus 6 others in count week