2015 Cache Valley (Logan) Christmas Bird Count Report

2015 Logan Christmas Bird Count Results
(No photos…sorry…just data on final tallies.)
Total birds = 34,613
Total # spp = 98 (+ 4 count week so far)
Total # spp where only one bird found = 17 (high; usually 12-13)
Total # observers = 55 (respectable, but not highest)
Total # parties = 24 (same as last year)
Species list below. (Data available in XLSX format.)
Many thanks to everyone in the field and at the feeders: Jackie Allan, Kon Allan, Dennis Austin, Eddy Berry, Eric Amber Bingham, Dillon Blankenship, Chris Call, Jim Cane, Scott Datwyler, Mary Debyle, Norb Debyle, Bryan Dixon, John Ellerbeck, Barbara Farris, Mike Fish, Nick Flann, Jake Gibson, Lisa Grant, Val Grant, Jack Greene, Dane Hepworth, Frank Howe, Paul Jamison, Brett Johnson, Linda Kervin, Jim Kingsland, Andy Kleinhesselink, Carol Kochan, Dave Kotter, Kurt Kotter, Linda L’ai, George Stanley Laughlin, Byron Love, Jean Lown, Bill Masslich, Christopher McGinty, Ellie McGinty, Bret Nainoa Mossman, Bill Oblock, Diane Browning Oblock, Cody Patton, Bruce Pendery, Andrew Semadeni, Andrew Semadeni’s four students, Hilary Shughart, Mike Taylor, Kazuko Toelken, Bryan Williams, Nancy Nancy Matlack Williams, Mike Wolfe, Wayne Wurtsbaugh, Daniel Zamecnik.
Andy Kleinhesselink and Bret Nainoa Mossman are compiling a summary of guilds and notable hits and misses.
Thanks! Yet another outstanding contribution to citizen science!
Common Name  #
Canada Goose  673
Gadwall  610
American Wigeon  70
Mallard  760
Northern Shoveler  85
Northern Pintail  1
Green-winged Teal  15
Canvasback  1
Redhead  10
Ring-necked Duck  400
Lesser Scaup  61
Common Goldeneye  65
Barrow’s Goldeneye  50
Hooded Merganser  3
Common Merganser  7
Ruddy Duck  3
California Quail  16
Chukar  2
Ring-necked Pheasant  99
Ruffed Grouse  1
Sharp-tailed Grouse  1
Wild Turkey  19
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Eared Grebe  1
Great Blue Heron  8
Bald Eagle  17
Northern Harrier  38
Sharp-shinned Hawk  5
Cooper’s Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  169
Ferruginous Hawk  3
Rough-legged Hawk  11
Golden Eagle  6
Virginia Rail  1
American Coot  22
Killdeer  3
Wilson’s Snipe  20
Ring-billed Gull  240
California Gull  562
Rock Pigeon  571
Eurasian Collared-Dove  624
Mourning Dove  9
Barn Owl  9
Western Screech-Owl  3
Great Horned Owl  9
Northern Pygmy-Owl  1
Long-eared Owl  1
Short-eared Owl  1
Northern Saw-whet Owl  3
Belted Kingfisher  15
Red-naped Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  17
Northern Flicker  92
American Kestrel  81
Merlin  2
Prairie Falcon  2
Northern Shrike  1
Blue Jay  1
Clark’s Nutcracker  1
Black-billed Magpie  494
American Crow  63
Common Raven  49
Horned Lark  155
Black-capped Chickadee  144
Mountain Chickadee  6
Red-breasted Nuthatch  8
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Brown Creeper  16
Canyon Wren  6
Pacific Wren  1
Marsh Wren  5
American Dipper  3
Golden-crowned Kinglet  7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  13
Townsend’s Solitaire  36
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  302
European Starling  15,719
American Pipit  1
Cedar Waxwing  90
Yellow-rumped Warbler  9
Spotted Towhee  10
American Tree Sparrow  8
Song Sparrow  86
White-crowned Sparrow  360
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)  906
Red-winged Blackbird  5,592
Western Meadowlark  107
Yellow-headed Blackbird  2
Rusty Blackbird  598
House Finch  754
Cassin’s Finch  7
Red Crossbill  25
Pine Siskin  60
Lesser Goldfinch  11
American Goldfinch  153
Evening Grosbeak  3
House Sparrow  3,296
Total  34,613