Evanston WY/UT106th CBC

["Tim Gorman" <wyogoob at allwest dot net>]

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 (Adult 7, immature 4), Bald Eagle - 30 (Adult 23, immature 
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



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