2000 Provo Christmas Bird Count Report
by Merrill Webb



Following is the results of the Provo 2000 Christmas Bird Count held on Saturday, December 16. Total of 108 species were seen by 58 field observers

List of numbers for each species:

Pied-billed Grebe  23
Eared Grebe 1
Western Grebe 3
Gt. Blue Heron 23
Canada Goose 591
Wood Duck 2
Green-winged Teal 753
Mallard 749
No. Pintail  2
Cinnamon Teal 1
No. Shoveler 115
Gadwall 175
Am. Wigeon 516
Canvasback  3
Ring-necked Duck  84
Greater Scaup  1
Lesser Scaup 72
Common Goldeneye 12
Hooded Merganser  4
Common Merganser  239
Bufflehead 2
Ruddy Duck 45
Approximately 2,000
 unidentified waterfowl
 out in Provo Bay
Bald Eagle  11
No. Harrier 44
Sharp-shinned Hawk 9
Cooper's Hawk  5
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  82
Rough-legged Hawk 39
Golden Eagle 2
Am. Kestrel 76
Merlin 4
Peregrine Falcon 4
Prairie Falcon  7
Chukar 11
Ring-necked Pheasant 46
Calif. Quail 429
Virginia Rail 26
Sora  2
Common Moorhen  1
Am. Coot 565
Killdeer  32
Greater Yellowlegs  7
Long-billed Dowitcher  2
Common Snipe  23
Ring-billed Gull 734
Calif. Gull 14
Rock Dove  2069
Mourning Dove  36
Barn Owl 4
W. Screech Owl 2
Gt. Horned Owl 6
No. Pygmy Owl 1
Short-eared Owl  3
Belted Kingfisher 11
Red-naped Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  28
No. Flicker 353
Horned Lark 84
* Barn Swallow  1
Steller's Jay 116
W. Scrub Jay 105
Black-billed Magpie 394
Am. Crow 494
Common Raven 7
Black-capped Chickadee 414
Mt. Chickadee 42
Bushtit 59
Red-breasted Nuthatch  14
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  37
Canyon Wren 5
Bewick's Wren  1
Winter Wren 1
Marsh Wren 26
Am Dipper  6
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Townsend's Solitaire 54
Hermit Thrush 3
Am. Robin 2188
Am. Pipit 352
Cedar Waxwing 103
Northern Shrike  2
Starling 12,396
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  78
* Green-tailed Towhee  1
Spotted Towhee 46
Am. Tree Sparrow  11
Song Sparrow 216
White-throated Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 763
Harris' Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco 1346
Red-winged Blackbird 3817
W. Meadowlark 155
Yellow-headed Blackbird 5
Brewer's Blackbird 807
Great-tailed Grackle 1
* Common Grackle  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  14
Cassin's Finch  16
House Finch  747
Red Crossbill  50
Pine Siskin  101
Lesser Goldfinch 27
American Goldfinch  140
Evening Grosbeak  83
House Sparrow 1269
Total of 108 species and 58 observers.
* = first time for a Provo CBC

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