On Saturday December 17, 2005 14 people in 5 vehicles,
1 snowmobile, and 2 persons at feeders participated in the humble
Evanston Wyoming/Utah Audubon Christmas Bird Count. Highlights were
288 Greater Sage-Grouse,
our count target species, 3 Ferruginous Hawks (could be some double
counting here), Snow Bunting and Black Rosy-Finch. Noticeably absent
were Great Horned Owl, Wilson's Snipe, woodpeckers and blackbirds.
Count tally is as follows:
Mallard - 18
Ring-necked Duck - 2
Northern Pintail - 4
Green-winged Teal - 2
Common Goldeneye - 69
Barrow's Goldeneye - 2
Common Merganser - 3
Northern Harrier - 7
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ferruginous Hawk - 3
Rough-legged Hawk - 12
Greater Sage-Grouse - 288
Golden Eagle - 11 (Adt 7, imm 4) Bald Eagle - 30 (Adt 23,
imm 7) Prairie Falcon - 1 |
Merlin - 1
Rock Pigeon - 30
Eurasian Collared-Dove - 22
Short-eared Owl - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 2
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker - 7
Loggerhead Shrike - 1
Northern Shrike - 5
Black-billed Magpie - 201
American Crow - 2
Common Raven - 11
Horned Lark - 174
Black-capped Chickadee - 15
Mountain Chickadee - 7
American Dipper - 1 |
Townsend's Solitaire - 4
European Starling - 200
Bohemian Waxwing - 14
Cedar Waxwing - 10
American Tree Sparrow - 21
Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco - 8 Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco - 8
Song Sparrow - 6
Snow Bunting - 22
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch - 14
Black Rosy-Finch - 9
House Finch - 248
Cassin's Finch - 9
House Sparrow-183
|
Total Species - 44
Individuals - 1486
Miles: Driving - 249, Walking - 7,
Hours: Driving - 62, Walking - 9, Owling - 2
Additional species sighted during count week:
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1,
Cooper's hawk - 1,
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Tim Gorman, compiler
Dinosaur/Jensen Christmas Bird Count
2005
reported by
Jon Hughes
Here's what was seen on the Dino/Jensen CBC. Thanks to
everyone who came out to help!
Dinosaur/Jensen CBC
12/31/2005
Canada goose 1031
Wood duck 3
Mallard 476
Northern pintail 4
Common goldeneye 3
Common merganser 6
Bald eagle 11
Northern harrier 14
Cooper's hawk 3
Red-tailed hawk 7
Golden eagle 9
American kestrel 9
Chukar 4
Ring-necked pheasant 4
Wild turkey 33
Sandhill crane 545
Rock pigeon 44
Eurasion collared-dove 52 |
Great horned owl 2
Western screech-owl 1
Long-eared owl 2
Northern flicker 36
Northern shrike 5
Say's phoebe 1
Horned lark 10
Clark's nutcracker cw
Black-billed magpie 46
American crow 13
Common raven 19
Juniper titmouse cw
Mountain chickadee 10
Bushtit 30
Red-breasted nuthatch cw
Brown creeper 3
Marsh wren 1
|
Canyon wren 1
Townsend's solitaire 6
Mountain bluebird 134
American robin 30
European starling 417
Spotted towhee 1
Green-tailed towhee 1
American tree sparrow 13
Song sparrow 74
White-crowned sparrow 82
Dark-eyed junco 95
Red-winged blackbird 269
Western meadowlark 4
Brewer's blackbird 135
House finch 96
American goldfinch 20
House sparrow 136
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49 species on count day, 52 in the count week