Bird Study Group - Species Count

Horseshoe Canyon Christmas Counts 1990 - 2008 Historical Data

Count Date
 DE21
DE22
DE23
DE17
DE18
DE20
DE14
DE22
DE23
JA02
JA03
DE25
DE25
DE25
DE25
DE25
DE25
DE25
DE25
Actual Year Count Done
 2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
2000
1999
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
Count Year
 08/09
07/08
06/07
05/06
04/05
03/04
02/03
01/02
00/01
99/00
98/99
97/98
96/97
95/96
94/95
93/94
92/93
91/92
90/91
Species
  
Canada Goose  
2 190
Tundra Swan  
American Wigeon  
1
Mallard
1
Common Goldeneye  
6
Common Merganser  
1
Gray Partridge 20
34
 29 8 97 22 33 5 28 31 10 21 35 11 12 14 41
Ring-necked Pheasant 29
9
 24 12 11 10 9 15 14 40 10 7 43 24 12 3 36 40
Ruffed Grouse  
1 1
Sharp-tailed Grouse  
1
 1 3 22 1 6 9
Bald Eagle
1
4 1 2 1 2 1 1 1
Northern Harrier  
3
 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  
1
 1 1
Cooper's Hawk  
1
Northern Goshawk 9
3
 5 3 4 11 1 6 3 2 1 5 3 8 1 6 2
Red-tailed Hawk  
1
Harlan's Hawk  
1 1
Rough-legged Hawk  
10
 1 5 1 1 4 4 1 1 1
Golden Eagle 2
2
 2 2 4 4 1 3 5 4 2 2 2 4 1 4 11 5
American Kestrel  
1
Merlin 1
3 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1
Gyrfalcon
1
1 1 1 1 1 2 2
Peregrine Falcon  
1 1
Prairie Falcon 2
1
 3 1 5 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Rock Pigeon 286
109
 111 72 286 190 150 128 94 75 45 194 71 95 52 63 60 274 79
Mourning Dove  
1
Dove (sp)  
1
Great Horned Owl 10
10
 4 3 17 15 5 8 7 9 6 6 9 6 3 3 9 9 7
Snowy Owl 2
1
 2
CW
 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 2
Barred Owl  
1
Short-eared Owl  
4
 2 2 1 2 5 1 1 1 1 5
Northern Saw-whet Owl  
1
 1 1
Downy Woodpecker 11
19
 21 12 33 40 12 27 7 13 10 17 16 19 12 17 13 27 20
Hairy Woodpecker 1
4
 6 1 6 11 7 10 3 8 2 9 4 5 7 6 6 11 3
Three-toed Woodpecker  
1 6
American Three-toed Woodpecker  
1
Northern Flicker 1
1
 3 2 1 4 1 1
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker  
2
 1 1 1
Northern (Red-shafted x Yellow-shafted) Flicker  
1 1
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker  
2
 1 1
Pileated Woodpecker  
2
 3 CW 5 5 2 2 1 2 1 1 4
CW
 4 3
Northern Shrike  
3
 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 4 2 1 1
Gray Jay  
Blue Jay 21
10
 41 6 11 18 29 12 5 3 34 23 20 52 19 32 26 23
Black-billed Magpie 171
149
 222 215 230 342 165 401 313 210 269 261 359 354 302 265 305 377 260
Common Raven 29
33
 38 24 31 62 18 42 22 12 13 17 9 10 9 4 3 2 6
Horned Lark 474
41
 104 39 4 7 2 52 77 40 143 11 121 2 12
Black-capped Chickadee 87
147
 198 71 176 170 113 228 144 132 117 316 165 160 189 190 236 336 243
Mountain Chickadee  
1
Boreal Chickadee  
1 2 1 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
56
 1 2 78 3 91 3 1 164 4 22 1 181 2 96 62
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
1
 7 5 2 6 5 1 3 3 6 5 2 10 6 6 3
Brown Creeper  
1
 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 5 1 9 3 1 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
34
 10 7 25 12 3 16 4 33 1 60 4 8 94 10 49 4
Townsend's Solitaire 1
4
 3 4 1 7 3 1 1 CW 1 1 1
Hermit Thrush  
1
American Robin  
1
 1 1 2 21 1 9 1 2
European Starling  
2
 4 12 3 19 4 31 25 6 90 8 3 18
Bohemian Waxwing 348
247
 460 408 107 310 165 993 305 369 489 885 73 523 86 145 434 795 277
Cedar Waxwing  
Spotted Towhee  
1 1
American Tree Sparrow  
1 4 3 21 4 3 3 1 1 10 5 4
Harris's Sparrow  
1 1 1
Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco  
12
 4 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 1
Lapland Longspur  
1 1
Snow Bunting 2103
56
 322 7 5 11 1 1049 324 471 16 112 131 1053 551 51 683 291
Red-winged Blackbird  
1 1
Western Meadowlark  
1
Rusty Blackbird  
1 1
Brewer's Blackbird  
1
Pine Grosbeak 73
77 12 121 21 14 30 88 105 7 82 23 147 11
Purple Finch  
5
House Finch
11
23
      
Red Crossbill  
2
 10 9 61
White-winged Crossbill 8
97
 85 2 271 769 118 720 547 39
Common Redpoll 1078
756
 2376 2 394 2137 27 3772 975 158 162 1327 17 1274 485 786 704
Hoary Redpoll 5
3
 7 2 1 3 1 3 5 1 23 2
Pine Siskin 41
4
 6 3 12
American Goldfinch  
2 1 3
Evening Grosbeak  
9 2
Finch (sp)  
House Sparrow 511
705
 1017 425 1106 640 1125 592 613 683 931 539 598 481 190 209 425 440
 
# of Species on Count Day
 34
41
 41 25 38 27 35 39 33 34 30 36 31 35 29 30 36 41 37
# of Species in Count Week Only
  
2 1 1
# of Participants
 18
17
 19 18 17 19 14 17 17 18 12 17 15 13 17 17 15 18 10
 

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