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Christmas Bird Count
Longmont, Colorado December 18, 2021 Greater White-fronted Goose 1 Snow Goose white morph 9 SnowXCanada hybrid 4 SnowXCackling hybrid 1 Ross’s Goose 2 Cackling Goose 13061 Canada Goose 13362 Trumpeter Swan 5 Wood Duck 13 Gadwall 55 American Wigeon 168 Mallard 564 Cinnamon Teal 1 (new to count) Northern Shoveler 100 Northern Pintail 4 American Green-winged Teal 61 Canvasback 1 Redhead 60 Ring-necked Duck 212 Lesser Scaup 29 Bufflehead 34 Common Goldeneye 1139 Hooded Merganser 30 Common Merganser 5 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Wild Turkey 173 Pied-billed Grebe 9 Horned Grebe 2 Eared Grebe 105 Western Grebe 8 White Pelican 58 Great Blue Heron 13 Bald Eagle adult 27 juvenile/sub-adult 27 Northern Harrier 9 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Northern Goshawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 87 Harlan’s form 4 Rough-legged Hawk 4 Ferruginous Hawk 13 Golden Eagle adult 8 juvenile/sub-adult 1 American Kestrel 53 Prairie Falcon 3 Virginia Rail 2 American Coot 80 Killdeer 1 Wilson’s Snipe 5 ------------------------------------------------------ Christmas Bird Count Longmont, Colorado December 14, 2019 Greater White-fronted Goose 3 Snow Goose white morph CW Cackling Goose 11121 Canada Goose 16862 Gadwall 38 American Wigeon 328 Mallard 1878 Northern Shoveler 3 Northern Pintail 5 Am. Green-winged Teal 90 Redhead 2 Ring-necked Duck 116 Lesser Scaup 72 Bufflehead 2 Common Goldeneye 235 Hooded Merganser 12 Common Merganser 521 Red-breasted Merganser 3 Ring-necked Pheasant 9 Wild Turkey 87 Great Blue Heron 11 Bald Eagle adult 14 immature 18 Northern Harrier 4 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 5 Northern Goshawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 122 Harlan’s form 1 Rough-legged Hawk 2 Ferruginous Hawk 15 Golden Eagle adult 7 immature 4 American Kestrel 45 Merlin 1 Prairie Falcon 1 Virginia Rail 2 American Coot 13 Least Sandpiper 1 Wilson’s Snipe 8 Bonaparte’s Gull 20 Ring-billed Gull 2063 California Gull 10 CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT DECEMBER 15, 2018 LONGMONT, COLORADO Greater White-fronted Goose 2 Snow Goose white morph 21 Snow Goose blue morph 6 Cackling Goose 24078 Canada Goose 20177 Gadwall 47 American Wigeon 325 Mallard 1332 Northern Shoveler 31 Northern Pintail 2 Green-winged Teal 40 Canvasback 2 Redhead 1371 Ring-necked Duck 31 Lesser Scaup 16 Bufflehead 15 Common Goldeneye 59 Common Merganser 13 Red-breasted Merganser 28 Ring-necked Pheasant 4 Wild Turkey 241 Western Grebe count week American White Pelican count week Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 4 Black-crowned Night Heron 3 Bald Eagle adult 17 immature 18 Northern Harrier 9 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 Cooper's Hawk 6 Red-tailed Hawk 123 Harlan's form 4 Ferruginous Hawk 5 Rough-legged Hawk 1 Golden Eagle adult 5 immature 1 American Kestrel 79 Merlin 2 Prairie Falcon 3 Virginia Rail 1 American Coot 365 Killdeer 5 Wilson's Snipe 8 Ring-billed Gull 227 California Gull 2 Rock Pigeon 315 Eurasian Collared Dove 428 Mourning Dove 21 Great Horned Owl 20 Belted Kingfisher 16 Downy Woodpecker 26 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker Red-shafted 99 Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted 1 ___________________________________CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT DECEMBER 16, 2017 LONGMONT, COLORADO Greater White-fronted Goose 3 Snow Goose white morph 20 Snow Goose blue morph 4 Cackling Goose 633 Canada Goose 13054 Gadwall 47 American Wigeon 246 Mallard 422 Northern Shoveler 4 Northern Pintail 1 Green-winged Teal 25 Redhead 141 Ring-necked Duck 126 Lesser Scaup 16 Bufflehead 10 Common Goldeneye 73 Hooded Merganser 5 Common Merganser 468 Red-headed Merganser 10 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Wild Turkey 6 Common Loon 1 Pied-billed Grebe 5 Horned Grebe 3 Eared Grebe 3 Western Grebe 7 American White Pelican 1 Great Blue Heron 8 Black-crowned Night Heron 2 Bald Eagle adult 15 immature 8 Northern Harrier 9 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 3 Red-tailed Hawk 109 Harlan's form 1 Ferruginous Hawk 5 Rough-legged Hawk 4 Golden Eagle adult 9 immature 1 American Kestrel 74 Prairie Falcon 5 Sora 3 American Coot 83 Wilson's Snipe 3 Bonaparte's Gull 50 ___________________________________ CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT DECEMBER 17, 2016 LONGMONT, COLORADO Greater White-fronted Goose 1 Snow Goose white morph cw Snow Goose blue morph 1 Cackling Goose 4213 Canada Goose 6849 Gadwall 30 American Wigeon 53 Mallard 255 Northern Pintail cw Green-winged Teal 50 Redhead 32 Ring-necked Duck 36 Lesser Scaup 27 Common Goldeneye 16 Hooded Merganser 3 Common Merganser 2 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Wild Turkey 53 Western Grebe 4 Great Blue Heron 4 Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle 21 (adult 17) (sub-adult 4) Northern Harrier 8 Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 Cooper's Hawk 10 Northern Goshawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 193 Harlan's form 3 Krider's form 3 Ferruginous Hawk 9 Rough-legged Hawk 3 Golden Eagle 8 (adult 5) (sub-adult 3) American Kestrel 61 Merlin 3 Prairie Falcon 1 American Coot 18 Killdeer 2 Wilson's Snipe 2 Ring-billed Gull 28 Rock Pigeon 414 Eurasian Collared Dove 465 Mourning Dove 14 CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
DECEMBER 19, 2015 LONGMONT, COLORADO Ross’s Goose 1 Cackling Goose 2357 Canada Goose 14033 Trumpeter Swan 3 Gadwall 17 American Widgeon 151 Mallard 714 Blue-winged Teal count week Northern Shoveler 16 American Green-winged Teal 41 Redhead 34 Ring-necked Duck 91 Lesser Scaup 1 Bufflehead count week Common Goldeneye 36 Hooded Merganser count week Common Merganser count week Ring-necked Pheasant 11 Wild Turkey 3 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Western Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 8 Bald Eagle adult 11 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 Cooper’s Hawk 2 Northern Goshawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 97 Harlan’s form 1 Ferruginous Hawk 3 Rough-legged Hawk 1 Golden Eagle adult 4 American Kestrel 106 Merlin 2 Prairie Falcon 4 Virginia Rail 3 American Coot 151 Killdeer 4 Wilson’s Snipe 9 Ring-billed Gull 63 Herring Gull count week Rock Pigeon 680 Eurasian Collared-Dove 508 Mourning Dove 19 Barn Owl 3 Great Horned Owl 19 Belted Kingfisher 15 |
Bonaparte’s Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 597 California Gull 2 Herring Gull 10 Rock Pigeon 391 Eurasian Collared-Dove 207 Mourning Dove 4 Great Horned Owl 17 Long-eared Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher 11 Downy Woodpecker 12 Hairy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker Red-shafted 96 Yellow-shaftedXRed-shafted 2 Northern Shrike 3 Steller’s Jay 4 Blue Jay 132 Woodhouse’s Scrub Jay 11 Black-billed Magpie 159 American Crow 1131 Common Raven 22 Horned Lark 132 Black-capped Chickadee 109 Bushtit 23 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 11 American Dipper 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Townsend’s Solitaire 20 American Robin 442 European Starling 1381 Yellow-rumped Warbler Myrtle form 1 count week Spotted Towhee 7 American Tree Sparrow 214 Song Sparrow 53 Harris’ Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow 204 Dark-eyed Junco species 48 Cassiar 6 Oregon 41 Pink-sided 44 Slate-colored 91 Gray-headed 11 Red-winged Blackbird 1924 Western Meadowlark 29 Common Grackle 1 House Finch 350 Pine Siskin 43 American Goldfinch 118 House Sparrow 307 ---------------------------------------------------------- Northern Shrike 1 Steller's Jay 15 Blue Jay 118 Woodhouse's Jay 21 Black-billed Magpie 119 American Crow 633 Common Raven 59 Horned Lark 70 Black-capped Chickadee 117 Mountain Chickadee 1 Bushtit 6 Red-breasted Nuthatch 217 White-breasted Nuthatch 21 Pygmy Nuthatch 10 Brown Creeper 6 Canyon Wren 3 Winter Wren 2 American Dipper 23 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Townsend's Solitaire 24 American Robin 886 European Starling 2527 Cedar Waxwing 31 Orange-crowned Warbler count week Yellow Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler Myrtle 6 Spotted Towhee 5 American Tree Sparrow 34 Song Sparrow 36 Harris' Sparrow 3 White-crowned Sparrow 44 Dark-eyed Junco species 139 Gray-headed 45 Oregon 43 Pink-sided 78 Slate-colored 61 White-winged 2 Cassiar 59 Red-winged Blackbird 1677 Western Meadowlark 7 Cassin's Finch 6 House Finch 261 Pine Siskin 22 Lesser Goldfinch 1 American Goldfinch 93 Evening Grosbeak 16 House Sparrow 206 ___________________________________ Ring-billed Gull 711 Rock Pigeon 618 Eurasian Collared Dove 620 Mourning Dove 30 Great Horned Owl 31 Short-eared Owl count week Belted Kingfisher 20 Downy Woodpecker 25 Hairy Woodpecker 6 Northern Flicker Red-shafted 100 Eastern Phoebe 1 Say's Phoebe 1 Northern Shrike 1 Steller's Jay 26 Blue Jay 110 Woodhouse's Jay 19 Black-billed Magpie 164 American Crow 353 Common Raven 43 Black-capped Chickadee 185 Mountain Chickadee 43 Bushtit 14 Red-breasted Nuthatch 17 White-breasted Nuthatch 49 Pygmy Nuthatch 19 Brown Creeper 17 Canyon Wren 6 Pacific Wren count week Marsh Wren 1 American Dipper 9 Golden-crowned Kinglet 15 Townsend's Solitaire 44 American Robin 332 European Starling 2012 Spotted Towhee 7 American Tree Sparrow 108 Song Sparrow 79 White-crowned Sparrow 84 Dark-eyed Junco species 51 Gray-headed 41 Oregon 68 Pink-sided 67 Slate-colored 55 Cassiar 9 Red-winged Blackbird 1170 Western Meadowlark 3 Brewer's Blackbird 60 Common Grackle 60 House Finch 409 Pine Siskin 1 American Goldfinch 86 House Sparrow 261 ___________________________________ Great Horned Owl 12 Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 (1st ct) Belted Kingfisher 10 Downy Woodpecker 12 Hairy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 79 (Red-shafted 78) (Yellow-shaftedXRed-shafted 1) Say's Phoebe 1 Northern Shrike 3 Steller's Jay 3 Blue Jay 114 Western Scrub Jay 1 Black-billed Magpie 157 American Crow 46 Common Raven 20 Horned Lark 1018 Black-capped Chickadee 86 Bushtit 12 White-breasted Nuthatch 5 Pygmy Nuthatch 1 Townsend's Solitaire 15 American Robin 2341 European Starling 2669 American Pipit 11 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 (Myrtle 1) (Audubon's 1) Spotted Towhee 3 American Tree Sparrow 27 Song Sparrow 70 White-crowned Sparrow 198 Dark-eye Junco species 414 Gray-Headed 3 Oregon 97 Pink-Sided 115 Slate-Colored 104 Cassiar 4 Red-winged Blackbird 2880 Western Meadowlark 40 Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 Brewer's Blackbird 18 Common Grackle 5 Great-tailed Grackle 60 House Finch 310 American Goldfinch 65 House Sparrow 317 Downy Woodpecker 34 Hairy Woodpecker 4 Northern Flicker Red-shafted 113 Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted 2 Say’s Phoebe 3 Northern Shrike 1 Steller’s Jay 16 Blue Jay 140 Western Scrub-Jay 18 Black-billed Magpie 148 American Crow 50 Common Raven 22 Horned Lark 616 Black-capped Chickadee 152 Mountain Chickadee 58 Bushtit 82 Red-breasted Nuthatch 45 White-breasted Nuthatch 26 Pygmy Nuthatch 56 Brown Creeper 7 Rock Wren 1 Canyon Wren 1 Marsh Wren 1 American Dipper 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Western Bluebird 5 Townsend’s Solitaire 19 American Robin 230 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 1813 Cedar Waxwing 27 Yellow-rumped Warbler Myrtle form 20 Audubon’s form 1 Spotted Towhee 10 American Tree Sparrow 28 Song Sparrow 106 Harris’ Sparrow 1 White-crowned Sparrow 346 Dark-eyed Junco species 29 Oregon 137 Pink-sided 114 White-winged 3 Slate-colored 126 Cassiar 7 Grey-headed 26 Red-winged Blackbird 1365 Western Meadowlark 90 Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 Brewer’s Blackbird 55 Great-tailed Grackle 5 Cassin’s Finch count week House Finch 314 Common Redpoll 6 American Goldfinch 55 House Sparrow 527 |
Total species 90 plus 1 additional form plus 1 count week plus 3 hybrids Total individuals 38103 Observers: Ann Delzell Jenifer and Gary Cline Paul Opler Diane Kristoff Ann Colpitts Helmut Retzer Erika Coan Dain Coan Mike Figgs and Nan Lederer Chris Pague Pete Devine Charlotte Wollesen Ron Harden Stephen Chang Sarah Spotten Shelley Dahme Karen Hawley Kat Bradley-Bennett Nadeen Lester Carl Starace Sally Swain Ellen Harris Michael Brennan Bruce and Sara Raup Adrian Lakin Elena Klaver Gary Hays Chris Kirt Kelly Ormisher Red-winged Blackbird 1018 Western Meadowlark 108 Brewer’s Blackbird 61 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 House Finch 217 Cassin Finch 6 Red Crossbill 35 Pine Siskin 1 American Goldfinch 42 House Sparrow 360 Total species 87 Plus one count week Total individuals 40723 Observers: Ann Delzell Gary and Jenifer Cline Paul Opler Paul Ode Ann Colpitts Lurie Kleespies Nan Lederer Mike Figgs Chris Pague Charlotte Wollesen Ron Harden Todd Deininger Maggie Boswell Joyce Takamine Connie Takamine Nelda Gamble Brenda Linfield Jill Feeney Shelley Dahme Wendy Vetterling Karen Hawley Pam Koen Kat Bradley-Bennett Nadeen Lester Carl Starace Sally Swain Rolf Hertenstein Suzanne and Ramesh Bhatt Emily Walker Adrian Lakin Bill Prather Alex Cruz Judie Wright Mark Wolenetz ----------------------------------------------------------- Total species 87 plus 3 count week Total individuals 55,896 Observers: Gary & Jenifer Cline Paul Opler Diane Kristoff Helmut Retzer Ann Colpitts Erika Coan Dair Coan Richard Trinkner Christian Nunes Mike Figgs Nan Lederer Stephan Chang Mark Wolenetz Todd Deininger Renee Haip Sandra Arnesen Maggie Boswell Charlotte Wollesen Ron Harden Kat Bradley-Bennett Nadeen Lester Carl Starace Sally Swain Cristine Guzy Elena Klaver Emily Walker Suzanne Bhatt Gary Hays Leonard Sitongia Rolf Hertenstein Luke Pheneger Bill Prather Judie Wright Total individuals 23,993 Total species 86 plus 2 count week 6:38 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 15 parties, 106 party hours 52 3/4 hours walking 53 1/4 hours driving 423.5 party miles 360.5 miles driving 63 miles walking Owling: 24 miles driving 3 miles walking Observers: Ann Delzell, Gary and Jenifer Cline, Bruce Clifford, Paul Ode, Dhaval Vyas, Helmut Retzer, Erika Coan, Edain Coan, Ann Colpitts, Mike Figgs and Nan Lederer, Bill Kaempfer, Chris Pague, Chris Nunes, Mark and Diana Wolenetz, Joyce and Connie Talcamine, Roger and Brenda Linfield, Maggie Boswell, Charlotte Wollesen, Ron Harden, Todd Deininger, Kat Bradley-Bennett, Jasey Chanders, Nadeen Lester, Judie Wright, Bill and Inez Prather, Marcelina Prather-Ortiz, Shelley Dahme, Carl Starace, Sally Swain, Leonard Sitongia, Christine Guzy, Gary Hayes, Emily Walker, Elena Klaver, Topiltzin Martinez, Kim Scor ___________________________________ 
White-breasted Nuthatch
 Great Horned Owl
76 species plus 2 count week species
23,935 individuals Start time 7:00 a.m., end time 4:30. Temperature range 1 to 7 degrees Fahrenheit. Snow coverage average 4 inches. Time driving 52 hours, time walking 20.25 hours, miles driving 289.5, miles walking 19.5. FIELD PARTICIPANTS: Ann Delzell, Gary and Jenifer Cline, Paul Ode, Dhaval Vyas, Heather and Riley Morris, Mike Figgs and Nan Lederer, Chris Pague, Todd Deininger, Maggie Boswell, Brenda Linfield, Joyce Takamine, Charlotte Wollesen, Ron Harden, Kat Bradley-Bennett, Nadeen Lester, Peter Hartlove, Bill and Inez Prather, Marcelina Prather-Ortiz, Carl Starace and Sally Swain, Christine Gusy, Elena Klaver, Patrick Bottan, Leonard Sitongia ADDITIONAL OBSERVATION: Terry Stuart 
Say's Phoebe
total species 87
count week species 6 total individuals 26,298 field participants: Ann Delzell Jenifer and Gary Cline Paul Ode Dhaval Vyas Bruce Clifford Charlote Wollesen Ron Harden Mike Figgs Nan Lederer Chris Pague Erica Goad Todd Deininger Maggie Boswell Joyce and Connie Takamini Brenda and Roger Linfield Shelley Dahme Karen Hawley Diana and Mark Wolenetz Kat Bradley-Bennett Peter Hartlove Carl Starace Sally Swain Robin and Kevin Bodin Ron and Marti Martin Patrick Bottan Bill, Inez and Marcelina Prather Judie Wright Virginia Dionigi Tony Esposito Elena Klaver feeder watchers: George Alexander Rudy Dionigi Judith Nielsen extra sightings reported: Ira Sanders |
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CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
DECEMBER 20, 2014 LONGMONT, COLORADO (updated 2/5/15) Cackling Goose 2331 Canada Goose 10356 Gadwall 77 American Wigeon 193 Mallard 1783 Northern Shoveler 109 Northern Pintail 15 American Green-winged Teal 75 Canvasback 2 Redhead 37 Ring-necked Duck 47 Lesser Scaup 47 Bufflehead 23 Common Goldeneye 283 Hooded Merganser 4 Common Merganser 3938 Red-breasted Merganser 10 Ring-necked Pheasant 3 Wild Turkey 152 Pied-billed Grebe 4 Horned Grebe 3 Eared Grebe 1 Western Grebe 8 American White Pelican 1 Great Blue Heron 4 Bald Eagle adult 17 immature 8 Northern Harrier 6 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 139 Harlan's form 2 Ferruginous Hawk 1 Rough-legged Hawk 1 Golden Eagle adult 4 immature 2 American Kestrel 88 Merlin 1 Prairie Falcon 1 Virginia Rail 1 American Coot 456 Killdeer 1 Wilson's Snipe 5 Bonaparte's Gull 3 Ring-billed Gull 680 California Gull 10 Herring Gull 20 Thayer's Gull 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Rock Pigeon 629 Eurasian Collared-Dove 618 Mourning Dove 9 |
Barn Owl, Public
Barn Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 15 Belted Kingfisher 13 Downy Woodpecker 18 Hairy Woodpecker 10 Northern Flicker Red-shafted 160 Northern Shrike 1 Steller's Jay 12 Blue Jay 130 Western Scrub-Jay 18 Black-billed Magpie 185 American Crow 59 Common Raven 11 Horned Lark 10 Black-capped Chickadee 123 Mountain Chickadee 17 Bushtit 19 Red-breasted Nuthatch 16 White-breasted Nuthatch 25 Pygmy Nuthatch 59 Brown Creeper 17 Canyon Wren 8 American Dipper 8 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 Townsend's Solitaire 23 American Robin 659 European Starling 3151 Cedar Waxwing 64 Spotted Towhee 10 American Tree Sparrow 49 Song Sparrow 68 Harris' Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow 44 Dark- eyed Junco species 84 Gray-Headed 39 Oregon 120 Pink-sided 65 Slate-colored 87 |
Evening Grosbeak, Public
Red-winged Blackbird 773
Western Meadowlark 9 Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 Brewer's Blackbird 40 Common Grackle 2 Great-tailed Grackle 300 Purple Finch 1 Cassin's Finch 9 House Finch 293 American Goldfinch 116 Evening Grosbeak 3 House Sparrow 285 Total species 95 Total individuals 29,447 Count week species: Greater White-fronted Goose Pacific Loon Iceland Gull White-winged Dove American Pipit Feeder watchers: George Alexander Pam Piombino John & Susanne Page Field Observers: Ann Delzell, Gary & Jenifer Cline, Bruce Clifford, Paul Opler, Charlotte Wollesen, Kim Oldehoeft, Jeff Trow, Ron Harden, Mike Figgs & Nan Lederer, Chris Pague, Joel Such, Marcel Such, Bryan Guarenete, Todd Deininger, Maggie Boswell, Roger Linfield, Shelley Dahme, Karen Hawley, Sally Niemann, Kat Bradley-Bennett, Nadeen Lester, Meredeth Neitenbach, Louise Bercaw, Jim Mitchell, Doyen Mitchell, Bill & Inez Prather, Marcelina Prather-Ortiz, Virginia Dionigi, Tony Esposito, Carl Starace, and Sally Swain |
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2013 CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT DECEMBER 14, 2013 Longmont, Colorado (updated 2/24/14)
2013 CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT DECEMBER 14, 2013 Longmont, Colorado (updated 2/24/14)
Black-billed Magpies, Ron Harden
Greater White-fronted Goose 1 (count week) Snow Goose white morph 2 Snow Goose blue morph 2 Ross’s Goose 1 Cackling Goose 4,174 Canada Goose 22,292 American Wigeon 98 Mallard 6,098 Northern Shoveler 3 Northern Pintail 1 American Green-winged Teal 37 Blue-winged Teal 3 Redhead 24 Ring-necked Duck 49 Lesser Scaup 1 Bufflehead 3 Common Goldeneye 34 Barrow’s Goldeneye 1 Hooded Merganser 1 Common Merganser 1 Ring-necked Pheasant 4 Wild Turkey 13 Great Blue Heron 10 Bald Eagle adult 27 immature 16 Northern Harrier 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 100 Harlan’s form 1 Ferruginous Hawk 3 Rough-legged Hawk 5 Golden Eagle adult 7 immature 2 American Kestrel 63 Prairie Falcon 5 American Coot 5 Killdeer 1 Wilson's Snipe 9 Ring-billed Gull 35 Rock Pigeon 306 Eurasian Collared-Dove 454 Mourning Dove 25 White-winged Dove 1 Barn Owl 1 (count week) ___________________________________ |
Stellar's Jay, Barb Miller
Great Horned Owl 17 Belted Kingfisher 14 Downy Woodpecker 23 Hairy Woodpecker 5 Red-shafted Flicker 99 Northern Shrike 1 Steller’s Jay 65 Blue Jay 114 Western Scrub-Jay 12 Black-billed Magpie 156 American Crow 395 Common Raven 25 Horned Lark 4 Black-capped Chickadee 142 Mountain Chickadee 6 Bushtit 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 20 Pygmy Nuthatch 21 Canyon Wren 3 American Dipper 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Townsend’s Solitaire 43 American Robin 219 European Starling 1,634 Cedar Waxwing 6 Yellow-rumped Warbler species 2 Ovenbird 1 (count week) Spotted Towhee 14 American Tree Sparrow 59 Song Sparrow 39 White-throated Sparrow 1 (count week) White-crowned Sparrow 27 Dark-eyed Junco species 228 Gray-headed 25 Oregon 82 Pink-sided 145 Slate-colored 192 White-winged 11 Red-winged Blackbird 884 Western Meadowlark 13 House Finch 524 Pine Siskin 9 American Goldfinch 63 Evening Grosbeak 1 House Sparrow 774 ___________________________________ |
American Kestrel, Nancy Abrahams
TOTALS: 78 species (count day) 40,067 individuals FIELD OBSERVERS: Ann Delzell, Jenifer Cline, Gary Cline, Bruce Clifford, Paul Opler, Charlotte Wollesen, Dick Pratt, Ron Harden (compiler), Mike Figgs, Nan Lederer, Chris Pague, Bill Kaempfer, Joel Such, Marcel Such, David Such, Todd Deininger, David Gillilan, Maggie Boswell, Pam Piombino, Shelley Dahme, Marcy Rahner, Sally Neimann, Karen Hawley, Kat Bennett, Nadeen Lester, Peter Hartlove, Sally Swain, Carl Starace, Bill Prather, Inez Prather, Marcelina Prather-Ortiz, Virginia Dionigi, & Tony Esposito. FEEDER WATCHERS: George Alexander Wanda Griest Mike Dionigi Susanne Page Jake Page Judith Nielsen Additional observations from Bill Schmoker and Cathy Sheeter. ___________________________________ |
2012 CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
Greater White-fronted Goose 1 Snow Goose white morph 18 Snow Goose blue morph 1 Ross’s Goose 6 Cackling Goose 2021 Canada Goose 8738 Wood Duck 3 Gadwall 64 American Wigeon 683 Mallard 1073 Northern Shoveler 892 Northern Pintail 8 American Green-winged Teal 46 Redhead 161 Ring-necked Duck 286 Greater Scaup 3 Lesser Scaup 11 Bufflehead 3 Common Goldeneye 157 Hooded Merganser 4 Common Merganser 399 Red-breasted Merganser 7 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Wild Turkey 93 Pied-billed Grebe 9 Horned Grebe 2 Western Grebe 6 American white Pelican 2 Great Blue Heron 10 Bald Eagle adult 26 immature 29 Northern Harrier 22 Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 Red-tailed Hawk 131 Harlan’s form 9 Ferruginous Hawk 9 Rough-legged Hawk 2 Golden Eagle adult 6 immature 1 American Kestrel 101 Merlin 1 Prairie Falcon 3 Virginia Rail 1 American Coot 579 Killdeer 2 Common Snipe 25 Ring-billed Gull 261 Herring Gull 23 ___________________________________ |
DECEMBER 15, 2012
Rock Pigeon 1021 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1221 White-winged Dove 1 Mourning Dove 62 Barn Owl 1 Eastern Screech Owl 2 Great Horned Owl 16 Long-eared Owl 3 Belted Kingfisher 27 Downy Woodpecker 29 Hairy Woodpecker 6 Northern Flicker species 20 Red-shafted 149 YellowXRed hybrid 4 Eastern Phoebe 1 Northern Shrike 6 Steller’s Jay 27 Blue Jay 173 Western Scrub-Jay 19 Black-billed Magpie 291 American Crow 919 Raven species 1 Common Raven 35 Black-capped Chickadee 176 Mountain Chickadee 46 Bushtit 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch 6 White-breasted Nuthatch 33 Pygmy Nuthatch 88 Brown Creeper 18 Canyon Wren 3 Winter Wren 3 American Dipper 23 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Mountain Bluebird 47 Townsend’s Solitaire 67 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin 23 European Starling 5554 Cedar Waxwing 191 Spotted Towhee 9 American Tree Sparrow 159 Song Sparrow 73 Harris’ Sparrow 6 White-crowned Sparrow 87 Dark-eyed Junco species 120 Gray-headed 30 Oregon 120 Pink-sided 146 Slate-colored 178 White-winged 9 ___________________________________ |
Longmont, Colorado
Red-winged Blackbird 2230 Western Meadowlark 40 Brewer’s Blackbird 5 Pine Grosbeak 1 House Finch 622 Common Redpoll 32 Pine Siskin 3 American Goldfinch 151 Evening Grosbeak 9 House Sparrow 1066 96 species plus 6 additional forms and 1 hybrid 32,747 individuals Field observers: Bruce Clifford, Paul Opler, Paul Ode, Marcy Rahner, Ted Floyd, Mike Figgs and Nan Lederer, Bill Kaempfer, Chris Pague, Bryan Guarente, Marcel Such, Joel Such, Todd Deininger, David Gillilan, Ron Harden (compiler), Charlotte Wollesen, Pam Biombino, Maggie Boswell, J Kleypas, Peter Gent, Shelley Dahme, Nancy Wesorick, Nancy Abrahams, Kat Bradley- Bennett, Nadeen T. Lester, Patrick Hogan, Jerry Spangler, Steve Nichols, Bill and Inez Prather, Marcelina Prather-Ortiz, Melissa Wolfe, Steven Mlodinow, Virginia Dionigi, Tony Esposito, Louise Bercaw, Angela Borland, Ann Delzell, Jenifer and Gary Cline, Mary Griest, Wanda Griest, Katheryn Paullus Feeder watchers: George Alexander Judith Nielsen PHOTOS ABOVE: Ring-necked Pheasant - public Great Blue Heron - Nancy Abrahams American Robin - Ron Harden ___________________________________ |
2011 Christmas Bird Count Tally
Snow Goose white morph 9 Cackling Goose 408 Canada Goose 10757 Wood Duck 1 Gadwall 32 American Wigeon 641 Mallard 3448 Northern Shoveler 3 Northern Pintail 2 American Green-winged Teal 53 Canvasback 3 Redhead 162 Ring-necked Duck 177 Lesser Scaup 5 Bufflehead 4 Common Goldeneye 69 Hooded Merganser 2 Common Merganser 17 Ring-necked Pheasant 2 Wild Turkey 88 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 4 Bald Eagle adult 12 immature 3 Northern Harrier 6 Sharp-shinned Hawk 8 Cooper's Hawk 5 Red-tailed Hawk 135 Harlan's form 3 Ferruginous Hawk 14 Rough-legged Hawk 1 Golden Eagle adult 5 American Kestrel 92 Prairie Falcon 1 Virginia Rail 2 American Coot 214 Common Snipe 2 Ring-billed Gull 51 Rock Pigeon 900 |
DECEMBER 17, 2011
Eurasian Collared-Dove 616 Mourning Dove 34 Great Horned Owl 13 Long-eared Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher 31 Downy Woodpecker 38 Hairy Woodpecker 13 Northern Flicker Red-shafted 147 Yellow-shaftedXRed-shafted 1 Say's Phoebe 1 Northern Shrike 1 Steller's Jay 22 Blue Jay 139 Western Scrub-Jay 34 Black-billed Magpie 241 American Crow 706 Common Raven 48 Black-capped Chickadee 190 Mountain Chickadee 32 Bushtit 46 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 35 Pygmy Nuthatch 45 Winter Wren 2 American Dipper 21 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin 1993 European Starling 4085 Cedar Waxwing 40 Yellow-rumped Warbler species 1 Spotted Towhee 16 American Tree Sparrow 55 Song Sparrow 87 Harris' Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow 11 Dark-eyed Junco species 119 Gray-headed 101 Oregon 132 Pink-sided 276 Slate-colored 104 White-winged 27 Red-winged Blackbird 908 Western Meadowlark 36 |
Longmont, Colorado
Yellow-headed Blackbird 16 additional forms, 1 hybrid Brewer’s Blackbird 34 Common Grackle 12 Great-tailed Grackle 6 House Finch 715 Red Crossbill 5 Pine Siskin 8 American Goldfinch 38 House Sparrow 1103 Count week species: Horned Lark Eastern Towhee TOTALS: 29,714 individuals 84 species Participants in field: Ann Delzell, Gary & Jenifer Cline, Paul Opler, Bruce Clifford, Bill Schmoker, Dick Pratt, John Barr, Mike Figgs & Nan Lederer, Bill Kaempfer, Chris Pague, Mary Griest, Wanda Griest, Katheryn Paullus, Wendy Sydow, Charles Hundertmark, David Gillilan, Maggie Boswell, Deanna Williams, Ron Harden, Bob Barron, Joel Such, Marcel Such, Bryan Guarente, Shelley Dahme, Nancy Wesorick, Nancy Abrahams, Kat Bradley-Bennett, Patrick Hogan, Barbara & Peter Bridgman, Jerry Spangler, AI Clark, Bill & Inez Prather, Virginia Dionigi, Tony Esposito Left Photo: Bald Eagle adult, Ron Harden Center Photo: Yellow x Red-shafted Flicker, Jenifer Cline Right Photo: Eastern Towhee, Shelley Dahme |
