Monday, February 15, 2010

Great Backyard Bird Count Results

Had a great time (as usual) during the GBBC. I allowed myself to be lazy over the weekend, so I know I won't get out today to do any more counts. Payback time for work.

Anyway, my counts (remember that the methodology is to count the largest number of birds seen at one time, NOT the total number of bird seen):

Friday, Feb 12, Feeders:

Blue jay 4
Junco 21
Mourning dove 3
White-winged dove 22
House sparrow 6
House finch 9
Gold finch 7
Northern cardinal 3
Eurasian collared dove 2
Harris' sparrow 2
Orange-crowned warbler 1
White-crowned sparrow 3
Ruby-crowned kinglet 1
Field sparrow 1
Spotted towhee 1
Chipping sparrow 2

February 13, Lake Wichita, Chat trail and barrow pit

Great-tailed grackle 1
Double-crested cormorant 12
Northern cardinal 3
Ruddy duck 27
White pelican 4
Canada goose 2
Carolina wren 2
Red-winged blackbird 7
American coot 13
Pied-billed grebe 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
Robin 1
Bufflehead 2
Canvasback 7
Mallard 11
Ring-billed gull 6
Song sparrow 2
Blue jay 1
Bonaparte's gull 1
White-crowned sparrow 13
Red-bellied woodpecker 1
Meadowlark sp. 7
Great blue heron 1
Kestrel 1
Red-tailed hawk 1

Feb 14, Wild Bird Rescue, Lake Wichita (with Elizabeth Hawley, Terry and June McKee)

Great blue heron 2
Canada goose 2
White pelican 120
American coot 9
Ring-billed gull 6
Red-winged blackbird 2
Double-crested cormorant 42
Robin 1
Blue jay 2
Mallard 2
Cedar waxwing 22
Pintail 9
Bufflehead 1
House sparrow 2
Starling 3
Cooper's Hawk 1
Yellow throated warbler 1
Winter wren 1
Great-tailed grackle 1

Overall, I had a great time. As always.

Good birding!

1 comment:

Elizabeth B Hawley said...

Thanks for posting the list from Lake Wichita. The pintails were exciting to see.