CBC Count Results 2007
Montrose 2007 CBC
For the Dec 16 Montrose Christmas bird count there were 11 birders in the field
and 3 counting at feeders. It was a beautiful day with a low of 9 and a high of 30. The day
was clear and the wind mostly calm. We were fortunate to have more open water than in
the last two years. Total species was 75. A Gray Catbird at Bill Harris's feeder and a dark
morph Ferruginous Hawk seen by two parties were the best birds. Just missed Bohemian
Waxwings for the count week. The Russian olive grove across the foot bridge from Baldridge park has been removed as part of an invasive plant eradication program. Those trees were a CBC hot spot for Bluebirds, Yellow-rumped Warblers, Cedar Waxwings,
Townsend's Solitaires, Robins and more. I guess one has to be a birder to like Russian
olives and sewage ponds.
Species seen:
Canada Goose 1285
Gadwall 6
American Widgeon 45
Mallard 468
Northern Pintail 4
American Green-winged Teal 7
Canvasback 1
Ring-necked Duck 53
Lesser Scaup 3
Goldeneye 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 3
Wild Turkey 33
Gambel's Quail 29
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Bald Eagle 13
Northern Harrier 17
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 45
Ferruginous Hawk 1
Rough-legged Hawk 3
Golden Eagle 4
American Kestrel 55
Prairie Falcon 3
American Coot 1
Sandhill Crane 111
Killdeer 2
Wilson's Snipe 2
Rock Pigeon 830
Eurasian Collared-Dove 93
Mourning Dove 223
Great Horned Owl 2
Belted Kingfisher 7
Lewis's Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Say's Pheobe 1
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Stellar's Jay 5
Western Scrub-Jay 13
Pinyon Jay 50
Black-billed Magpie 90
American Crow 415
Common Raven 281
Horned Lark 18
Black-capped Chickadee 46
Mountain Chickadee 6
Juniper Titmouse 1
Bushtit 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 7
Brown Creeper 2
Bewick's Wren 1
American Dipper 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Mountain Bluebird 85
Townsend's Solitaire 1
American Robin 45
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 2048
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 11
American Tree Sparrow 20
Song Sparrow 95
White-crowned Sparrow 128
Dark-eyed Junco 973
Red-winged Blackbird 898
Western Meadowlark 70
Brewer's Blackbird 60
Cassin's Finch 6
House Finch 104
American Goldfinch 6
Evening Grosbeak 7
House Sparrow 596
George Steele
gsteele05@centxurytel.net
Gunnison 2007 CBC
Hi Folks,
Here are the final results for the 2007 Gunnison Christmas Bird Count. Cold weather (it was -20 degrees when we started) and deep snow cut down on our mobility and species diversity this year. Twenty two hardy souls helped with the count including 5 kids. In addition, several folks helped with counts at their feeders. This is what we found.
Great Blue Heron - 1
Mallard - 431
Green Winged Teal - 25
Ring Necked Duck - 1
Common Merganser - 2
Red Tailed Hawk - 1
Bald Eagle - 6 (5 adults, 1 juv)
Golden Eagle - 2
Prairie Falcon - 1
Gunnison Sage Grouse - 2 (Count Week)
Common Snipe - 4
Rock Dove - 2
Eurasian Collared Dove - 235
Belted Kingfisher - 3
Northern Flicker - 6
Downy Woodpecker - 9
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Shrike - 1
Stellar's Jay - 19
Scrub Jay - 1 - seen at a feeder on the west side of town
Black Billed Magpie - 212
Common Raven - 383
American Crow - 268
Horned Lark - 2
Black Capped Chickadee - 176
Mountain Chickadee - 38
White Breasted Nuthatch - 22
American Dipper - 9
Townsend's Solitaire - 9
American Robin - 1 (Count Week)
European Starling - 420
Spotted Towhee - 1
American Tree Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 4
Dark Eyed Junco - 114
Red Winged Blackbird - 20
Brewer's Blackbird - 4
Rosy Finches - 376
House Finch - 87
Cassin's Finch - 4
Red Crossbill - 8 (Count Week)
Pine Siskin - 19
American Goldfinch - 26
House Sparrow - 1204
That is 41 species and 4151 individuals on count day and an additional 3 species and 11 individuals during the Count Week. Our most unusual species were the Scrub Jay which has been visiting a feeder since the fall and a lone Spotted Towhee. Collared Doves continue to populate the area with numbers doubled from last year and the lone Robin noted during count week stood in contrast to the hundreds we counted last year when it was quite a bit warmer. Rosy Finches were in abundance with the heavy snows pushing them down from higher elevations earlier than usual. A large percentage of our recorded species were seen at feeders throughout the valley as other food supplies were covered with snow. A number of regular birds on our Christmas count were absent this year. We searched in vain for Canada Goose, Northern Harrier, Sharp Shinned Hawk, Rough Legged Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Brown Creeper, and White Crowned Sparrow. Many thanks to everyone that made this a successful count. I hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Arden Anderson and Kathy Norris
kanxkan@frontier.net
www.gunnisonmapping.com
Hotchkiss 2007 CBC
The 40th Hotchkiss Christmas Bird Count was held yesterday, December 15th, on a cold but sunny day. A bank in Hotchkiss told Andrea Robinsong and I that it was -1 degree Fahrenheit when drove through town on our way to search for owls. It was definitely one of those mid-winter days when you appreciate every degree you can get. 13 stellar observers recorded 76 species including a record-high 24 Steller’s Jays. Many high elevation birds had ventured down to our level and were enjoyed by observers, including 2 Gray-crowned Rosy-finches and 28 Brown-capped Rosy-Finches.
Here’s a list of species detected this year that are infrequently detected on this count and of species that were more abundant this year than usual (comparisons date back to 1989 only):
Chukar – 9
Bald Eagle – 23
Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk – 1
Ferruginous Hawk – 1
Rough-legged Hawk – 15 (second highest total, in 1998 there were 17)
Merlin – 1
Prairie Falcon – count week
Barn Owl – 1
Great Horned Owl – 2
Northern Pygmy-Owl – 1 (with a freshly captured Spotted Towhee)
*just for fun; the average weight of a Spotted Towhee is 40 grams and a Northern Pygmy-Owl is 70 grams (weights from the Sibley guide)
Lewis’s Woodpecker – 20 (second highest total; there were 24 in 2000)
Northern Shrike – 1
Stellar’s Jay – 24
Pinyon Jay – 43
Juniper Titmouse – 5
Bushtit – 3
Bewick’s Wren – 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet – 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – 1
Northern Mockingbird – 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Dark-eyed Junco – 1351 (most common bird of the count!)
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch – 2
Brown-capped Rosy-Finch – 28
Cassin’s Finch – 16
Lesser Goldfinch – 1
Evening Grosbeak – 25
Jason Beason
aeronautes.saxatalis@gmxail.com
Delta 2007 CBC\
Hi all,
Today was the Delta Christmas Bird Count. Though there were only 7 of us, we
managed to get over 72 species. The best birds of the count were five species
of geese in one flock at Confluence (Greater White-front, Snow, Ross's,
Cackling, and Canada), Lincoln's Sparrow (Confluence Park), Hermit Thrush
(Confluence Park), Northern & Loggerhead Shrikes (Peach Valley), Blue-winged
Teal (southern Delta), and a dark-morph Rough-legged Hawk in Delta. Also of
note was a flock of 145 Mourning Doves near Fruitgrower's Reservoir. The
species list is below. Counters - If there are any mistakes, please let me
know.
Jacob Cooper
certhia@bresxnan.net
Greater White-fronted Goose 1
Snow Goose 7
Ross's Goose 2
Cackling Goose 2
Canada Goose 1230
Mallard 807
American Wigeon 15
Blue-winged Teal 1
Lesser Scaup 10
Common Goldeneye 18
Gambel's Quail 15
Great Blue Heron 1
Bald Eagle 4
Northern Harrier 6
Cooper's Hawk 2
Rough-legged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 31
American Kestrel 29
Merlin 2
Prairie Falcon 2
American Coot 56
Sandhill Crane 450
Virginia Rail 2
Ring-billed Gull 2
Rock Pigeon 136
Eurasian Collared-Dove 51
Mourning Dove 210
Barn Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Lewis's Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 42
Loggerhead Shrike 2
Northern Shrike 1
Western Scrub-Jay 2
Black-billed Magpie 21
American Crow 6
Common Raven 55
Horned Lark 375
Black-capped Chickadee 37
Mountain Chickadee 20
Bushtit 15
White-breasted Nuthatch 7
Brown Creeper 11
Bewick's Wren 4
Marsh Wren 14
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Mountain Bluebird 49
Townsend's Solitaire 3
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 161
European Starling 588
American Pipit 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 30
Spotted Towhee 11
American Tree Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 373
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
White-crowned Sparrow 276
Dark-eyed Junco 650
Red-winged Blackbird 1665
Western Meadowlark 43
Yellow-headed Blackbird 4
Brewer's Blackbird 186
Great-tailed Grackle 10
Cassin's Finch 2
House Finch 148
Lesser Goldfinch 1
American Goldfinch 17
House Sparrow 294
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