WALLA WALLA 2011 CBC RESULTS

Count week is over and the results are in on our Christmas Bird Count.  The spotted sandpiper was a new bird for the count. Steller's jay and varied thrush were missing from the count for the first time.  Total numbers were down from previous years – both number of species (71) and total number of birds(12,029) .  This was probably due to the weather conditions – dense fog for everyone who was below 1100 feet (which was most of us).  A big thank you to Mike and MerryLynn for organizing the count.  Below is the list.  Ginger

 

Canada goose – 1445

Wood duck – 24

American wigeon – 236

Mallard – 581

Green-winged teal – 3

Ring-necked duck – 2

Bufflehead – 2

Common goldeneye – 3

Hooded merganser – 47

Common merganser – 98

Ring-necked pheasant – 42

Ruffed grouse – 2

Wild turkey – 117

California quail – 98

Great blue heron – 13

Northern harrier – 7

Sharp-shinned hawk – 8

Cooper's hawk – 8

Red-tailed hawk – 61

American kestrel – 68

Merlin – 2

American coot – 20

Killdeer – 8

Spotted sandpiper – 1

Wilson's snipe – 2

Rock pigeon – 126

Eurasian collared dove – 120

Mourning dove – 105

Western screech owl – cw

Great horned owl – 16

Anna's hummingbird – 1

Belted kingfisher – 12

Downy woodpecker – 40

Hairy woodpecker – 3

Northern flicker – 225

Northern shrike – 6

Black-billed magpie – 232

American crow – 195

Common raven – 16

Horned lark – 15

Black-capped chickadee – 133

Chestnut-backed chickadee – 3

Red-breasted nuthatch – 4

Brown creeper – 1

Bewick's wren – 40

Pacific wren – 4

American dipper – 2

Golden-crowned kinglet – 30

Ruby-crowned kinglet – 32

Townsend's solitaire – 7

Hermit thrush – 1

American robin – 111

European starling – 3781

American pipit – 1

Bohemian waxwing – 13

Cedar waxwing – 102

Yellow-rumped warbler – 3

Spotted towhee – 5

American tree sparrow – cw

Fox sparrow – 1

Song sparrow – 248

White-crowned sparrow – 490

Dark-eyed junco – 1446

Dark-eyed junco (slate colored) – 3

Western meadowlark – 8

Cassin's finch – cw

House finch – 479

Common redpoll – cw

Pine siskin – 40

American goldfinch – 260

House sparrow – 771