Bird Study Group - Species Counts

High River Christmas Bird Counts 2003 - 2007 Historical Data

Count Date
 DE18
DE19
DE20
DE14
DE16
Actual Year of Count Date
 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
Count Year
 07/08 06/07 05/06 04/05 03/04
Species
Canada Goose   10 101
Swan (sp) 1
Wood Duck    CW
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 1    CW
Mallard 1834 1700 555 1254 1014
Northern Shoveler CW 2 6
Northern Pintail 1 1
Green-winged Teal CW 2
Redhead 1 1
Lesser Scaup 1 1 1
Bufflehead    CW
Common Goldeneye    CW    CW 2
Ruddy Duck    CW 1
Gray Partridge 122 20 24 21 159
Ring-necked Pheasant 18 5 16 10 2
Sharp-tailed Grouse   1    CW 1 10
Great Blue Heron  1
Bald Eagle 18 11 9 11 6
Northern Harrier   2    CW
Northern Goshawk 1 1 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1      
Cooper's Hawk 1      
Rough-legged Hawk 2 12 7 2
American Kestrel 1 1
Merlin 4 1 1 1 2
Gyrfalcon 1 1 1
Prairie Falcon 2 1
Large Falcon (sp)    CW
American Coot 2 1 6
Killdeer 1 1
Wilson's Snipe 1 1
Rock Pigeon 760 605 639 526 492
Eurasian Collared-Dove 21        
Great Horned Owl 6 8 12 9 10
Snowy Owl 2 5 3
Short-eared Owl   1    CW
Long-eared Owl 1  
Northern Saw-whet Owl    CW
Belted Kingfisher 1 2 1
Downy Woodpecker 41 58 29 32 32
Hairy Woodpecker 12 7 9 7 4
Northern Flicker 40 33 20 20 28
Pileated Woodpecker 3 1 1 1
Northern Shrike 4 2 1
Blue Jay 41 35 20 58 22
Black-billed Magpie 472 438 474 505 437
American Crow 1        
Common Raven 77 100 168 107 80
Horned Lark 9    CW 1
Black-capped Chickadee 240 298 258 332 167
Mountain Chickadee 1
Boreal Chickadee 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 36 16 8 8 20
White-breasted Nuthatch 51 41 24 43 24
Brown Creeper 1 1 2
American Dipper 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet   1 2
Townsend's Solitaire 3 2 1
American Robin 3 1 1
European Starling 92 184 115 165 66
Bohemian Waxwing 621 2 41 53 216
American Tree Sparrow 5 22    CW 2
Song Sparrow 2CW 1 1
Harris's Sparrow 3CW  
Zonotricha (sp)   1
Sparrow (sp)   1
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco 28 15 2 2
Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco 9
Lapland Longspur 5CW        
Snow Bunting 50 1 30 113 1500
Western Meadowlark 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3    
Rusty Blackbird 4 2 10
Pine Grosbeak 5 13 7
House Finch 202 166 38 48 24
Red Crossbill 1
White-winged Crossbill 16
Common Redpoll 499 711 1 445 301
Hoary Redpoll 3 3 4 2
Pine Siskin   2    CW
House Sparrow 856 1110 979 1134 795
# of Species on Count Day
 46 38 40 46 44
# of Species in Count Week (CW) Only
 5 6 8
# of Participants
 35 8 28 23 21


 
 

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