Bird Study Group

Milk River / Writing-on-Stone May Species Count 2001 - 2009 Historical Data

Compiler: Bob Parsons

(Note: 2008 Count cancelled due to torrential rain and bad roads)

Species 2009 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
Common Loon   1            
Pied-billed Grebe
8
   1 1   12 1 2
Horned Grebe 5 2 12 5 7 12 6 4
Red-necked Grebe   18 2 4 3 1 5 4
Eared Grebe 246 472 245 473 745 120 32 76
Western Grebe 29 179 5 21 26 79 14 23
Clark's Grebe     1   2 6    
American White Pelican 115 105 310 135 34 48 31 99
Double-crested Cormorant 6 26 4 1 3 2   10
American Bittern 9 4 2 5 1 6 1  
Great Blue Heron       2   5   1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 15 18 39 12 17 32 7 1
White-faced Ibis 9 36 3 4 1 1 2 CW 6
Turkey Vulture 4 2 2     1   CW 1
Snow Goose
1
              
Ross's Goose     1     1   1
Canada Goose 250 767 820 1110 536 359 320 671
Gadwall 431 300 441 544 251 314 189 336
Eurasian Wigeon           2   CW 1
American Wigeon 109 75 189 66 24 93 110 51
Mallard 350 210 435 539 410 381 420 235
Blue-winged Teal 266 147 211 293 185 289 672 210
Cinnamon Teal 151 58 25 85 47 83 18 61
Northern Shoveler 534 255 291 127 367 469 980 475
Northern Pintail 219 107 280 168 120 648 154 131
Green-winged Teal 42 4 26 4 6 27 41 36
Canvasback 63 39 43 35 27 92 57 11
Redhead 55 129 79 36 66 182 124 52
Ring-necked Duck 4 34 16     12 6 1
Greater Scaup 4 4   1   1    
Lesser Scaup 137 160 130 37 31 117 48 70
Bufflehead 3 37 4 13   24   CW 1
White-winged Scoter   2       1    
Common Goldeneye 4 29 8   3 9 2 8
Hooded Merganser
CW 1
     4 1      
Common Merganser CW 1 5   2 CW 1 54 2  
Red-breasted Merganser   7 6     2    
Wood Duck CW 1              
Ruddy Duck 169 248 21 52 41 61 15 121
Duck (species)   1000 613 570        
Osprey           1    
Bald Eagle 1 1            
Northern Harrier 65 33 51 21 31 59 14 11
Sharp-shinned Hawk               CW 1
Cooper's Hawk             1 CW 1
Northern Goshawk               CW 1
Swainson's Hawk 44 22 24 30 15 33 47 28
Red-tailed Hawk 7 14 8   7 11 10 10
Ferruginous Hawk 10 6 4 2 3 5 11 3
Rough-legged Hawk               CW 1
Golden Eagle 3 7 6 3 CW 4 8 1  
Accipiter (species)       CW 1        
American Kestrel 8 7 9   CW 2 9 3 3
Merlin 2 1 2 1 3 5 6 2
Prairie Falcon 5 4 2 2 2 4 2 2
Gray Partridge 26 76 50 18 33 33 46 42
Ring-necked Pheasant 40 19 25 10 6 18 12 5
Greater Sage-Grouse
N.A.
   22 25 24 46 37 25
Sharp-tailed Grouse 7 1 2 20   12 8 3
Sora 31 24 4 9 12 24 4 4
American Coot 595 338 73 69 360 408 81 354
Black-bellied Plover
5
   1 2   31 4 2
American Golden-Plover               4
Semipalmated Plover   CW 2            
Killdeer 61 128 126 72 98 185 104 65
Black-necked Stilt   8 1 60 18 21 5 17
American Avocet 241 38 30 46 135 540 221 237
Lesser Yellowlegs         1   3 1
Solitary Sandpiper
1
             CW 1
Willet 78 68 120 98 24 91 102 122
Spotted Sandpiper 14 46 13 13 13 35 9 28
Upland Sandpiper 11 1       3 3  
Whimbrel     CW 1     5 4  
Long-billed Curlew 20 8 34 9 9 43 37 6
Marbled Godwit 118 35 46 97 43 86 82 112
Sanderling 3 20         95 86
Semipalmated Sandpiper 74 6   2   11 185 60
Western Sandpiper           5 2  
Least Sandpiper       3   3 27  
White-rumped Sandpiper
1
         CW 10    
Baird's Sandpiper 41 12       25 19 8
Pectoral Sandpiper CW 1 120     CW 1 6 5  
Stilt Sandpiper     1       6  
Short-billed Dowitcher     18   CW 1   11 14
Wilson's Snipe
6
   3 1 2 3 1 5
Wilson's Phalarope 386 200 179 192 174 319 1210 89
Red-necked Phalarope 97 1     8 96 121  
Phalarope (sp) 30              
Franklin's Gull 7 11 32 25 18 133 20 3
Bonaparte's Gull 7 13       1 5  
Ring-billed Gull 18 72 17 9 20 63 63 53
California Gull 3 4 18 2 6 10 119 15
Herring Gull         CW 1      
Gull (species)   200 25 12 31      
Caspian Tern   1            
Common Tern
14
CW 60
 16 3 2 31 12 46
Forster's Tern 8 19 2 33 15 13 3  
Black Tern 20 21 4 1 19 17 26 2
Rock Pigeon 85 74 85 34 43 86 51 20
Eurasian Collared Dove 9              
Mourning Dove 141 130 88 57 45 91 104 39
Great Horned Owl 26 23 24 10 13 20 27 11
Burrowing Owl       1 4 5 6 3
Long-eared Owl           2 4  
Short-eared Owl 4 3 1   2 3   CW 1
Common Nighthawk             CW 1 CW 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird             1  
Lewis's Woodpecker   CW 1            
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker           2 2 CW 1
Red-naped Sapsucker 1 1            
Downy Woodpecker 2 2 2 1   5 2 3
Northern Flicker 6 5 2 1 1 4 2 2
Olive-sided Flycatcher           1    
Western Wood-Pewee
1
   4 3 1 8    
Alder Flycatcher   2       2    
Least Flycatcher 8 24 14 11 14 32 9 4
Empidonax (species)   3            
Eastern Phoebe   1   2     CW 1  
Say's Phoebe 5 9 2 1   6 10 1
Western Kingbird 32 30 12 26 19 32 21 6
Eastern Kingbird 36 88 55 21 34 52 30 19
Loggerhead Shrike 17 7 6 2 4 14 16 3
Cassin's Vireo           1   CW 1
Warbling Vireo 2 4   CW 1   2    
Philadelphia Vireo               CW 1
Red-eyed Vireo     2 1 CW 1 1    
Black-billed Magpie 30 44 37 8 7 63 45 31
American Crow 26 30 28 8 9 60 26 23
Common Raven 8 1 2 1   2    
Horned Lark 2193 4216 4890 4890 4900 4990 4996 292
Purple Martin   1            
Tree Swallow 12 20 14 3 17 36 2 13
Violet-green Swallow 9 26 17     1 4 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow   12       1   1
Bank Swallow 85 49 139   300 7 6 CW 1
Cliff Swallow 713 1198 1537 618 1205 509 128 430
Barn Swallow 90 480 94 105 418 100 55 34
Swallow (species) 20 114 560   500      
Black-capped Chickadee 1 2 3 1 3 3 1 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 CW 1   1 CW 1 1 5 CW 1
Rock Wren 10 7 7 1 2 17 8 7
House Wren 2 51 15 10 21 20 3 13
Winter Wren               CW 1
Marsh Wren 117 214 128 95 29 29 1 13
Golden-crowned Kinglet CW 1              
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1              
Mountain Bluebird 1 1 2       1  
Townsend's Solitaire               CW 1
Veery         1 3 1  
Gray-cheeked Thrush
1
         1 1 CW 1
Swainson's Thrush 27 17 12 6 75 37 61 1
Hermit Thrush
CW 1
   CW 1   11 1 2  
American Robin 154 213 202 135 122 196 100 65
Varied Thrush           1    
Gray Catbird 5 25 10 2 1 16 20 2
Northern Mockingbird           2    
Brown Thrasher 12 18 7 4 1 13 18 12
European Starling 68 87 76 44 19 123 80 43
American Pipit 1              
Sprague's Pipit 35 29 42 4 3 40 19  
Cedar Waxwing 13 8 19 4 36 1 17  
Tennessee Warbler 1 2 1 CW 2   3 7  
Orange-crowned Warbler 15 1   1   1 3  
Yellow Warbler 40 93 81 61 27 32 13 22
Magnolia Warbler       1       CW 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 52 1 2   3 6 12 1
Blackburnian Warbler             1  
Blackpoll Warbler
CW 1
         1 3 CW 1
American Redstart CW 1 1   1 2 4   1
Ovenbird        
1
     CW 1
Northern Waterthrush       CW 1    
3
  
MacGillivray's Warbler               2
Common Yellowthroat 22 71 10 19 9 31 2 5
Wilson's Warbler   1 8   1 1 4 1
Yellow-breasted Chat
CW 1
   CW 1         CW 3
Western Tanager
CW 1
             CW 1
Spotted Towhee 11 14 10 2 4 22 11 10
Chipping Sparrow 293 54 75 8 87 28 26 4
Clay-colored Sparrow 21 38 10 2 11 7 14 10
Brewer's Sparrow 1 2       2 CW 1 10
Vesper Sparrow 613 1400 1500 1600 749 1000 1000 132
Lark Sparrow 6 14 29 CW 1   10 28 CW 1
Lark Bunting 18 3   19 18 51 13 1
Savannah Sparrow 233 98 60 21 23 42 42 44
Grasshopper Sparrow         CW 1 1   CW 1
Baird's Sparrow 1 1 4 9 4 12 3 CW 1
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow               1
Fox Sparrow           1    
Song Sparrow   1 1 CW 1 3 3 4 1
Lincoln's Sparrow
4
   1 1 2   1 CW 1
White-throated Sparrow
3
           4 CW 1
White-crowned Sparrow
11
     CW 1 3 6 1  
Dark-eyed Junco             1  
McCown's Longspur   41 46 45 8 25 23 2
Longspur hybrid               1
Chestnut-collared Longspur 193 488 304 78 276 176 70 41
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 2   2   1 17 CW 1
Black-headed Grosbeak               1
Lazuli Bunting     CW 1     1    
Bobolink 2 6   6 7 6   CW 1
Red-winged Blackbird 622 1095 805 6000 313 447 300 166
Western Meadowlark 725 498 788 383 609 656 442 118
Yellow-headed Blackbird 915 658 471 2001 176 532 325 195
Brewer's Blackbird 110 187 168 81 46 167 208 31
Rusty Blackbird CW 2              
Blackbird (species)   12 232 426 16      
Common Grackle 34 28 3 6 2 28 2 9
Brown-headed Cowbird 249 399 189 70 73 241 74 112
Baltimore Oriole 5 11 2 CW 1 1 6 2 4
Bullock's Oriole
CW 1
         1    
House Finch   20 60   31 3    
Common Redpoll             1  
Pine Siskin 35 42         12 CW 1
American Goldfinch 60 105 42 11 11 63 14 10
House Sparrow 289 388 280 626 273 495 160 104
                 
Numbers of species seen on Count Days
 137 141 126 119 116 159 143 115
Seen only in Count Week, not on Count Days
 12 4 4 8 9 1 3 32
Grand Total
 149 145 130 127 125 160 146 147

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