The Methow Valley’s annual Christmas bird count on Dec.14 drew 43 observers who counted a total of 3,351 individual birds representing a record 72 species, including a never-before-seen trumpeter swan, according to organizer Juliet Rhodes.
Rhodes said that all of the 19 species that have been observed every year since the first count in 1988 were seen in the Christmas count. A total of 121 unique species have been observed over the years, she said. Barrow’s Goldeneye, Northern Harrier, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Harris’s Sparrow and Black-backed Woodpecker were also seen during the week of the count, Rhodes said.
|
SPECIES |
2014 |
AVG. |
# YRS SEEN |
|
Trumpeter Swan |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Mallard |
90 |
149 |
27 |
|
Green-winged Teal |
14 |
2 |
12 |
|
Greater Scaup |
25 |
2 |
4 |
|
Common Goldeneye |
13 |
14 |
23 |
|
Barrow’s Goldeneye |
cw |
6 |
16 |
|
Hooded Merganser |
10 |
3 |
18 |
|
Common Merganser |
8 |
8 |
24 |
|
California Quail |
304 |
327 |
27 |
|
Gray Partridge |
12 |
9 |
16 |
|
Ruffed Grouse |
1 |
2 |
20 |
|
Dusky Grouse |
6 |
0 |
3 |
|
Wild Turkey |
98 |
28 |
11 |
|
Great Blue Heron |
1 |
3 |
24 |
|
Bald Eagle |
51 |
34 |
27 |
|
Northern Harrier |
cw |
1 |
7 |
|
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
2 |
2 |
20 |
|
Northern Goshawk |
1 |
1 |
17 |
|
Red-tailed Hawk |
26 |
13 |
26 |
|
Rough-legged Hawk |
1 |
2 |
12 |
|
Golden Eagle |
4 |
7 |
27 |
|
nknown bald or golden eagle |
4 |
1 |
|
|
Killdeer |
2 |
0 |
6 |
|
Wilson’s Snipe |
1 |
1 |
10 |
|
Rock Pigeon |
40 |
43 |
23 |
|
Eurasian Collared-Dove |
138 |
36 |
7 |
|
Mourning Dove |
64 |
43 |
25 |
|
Great Horned Owl |
4 |
1 |
16 |
|
Northern Pygmy-Owl |
8 |
2 |
22 |
|
Northern Saw-whet Owl |
cw |
0 |
5 |
|
Belted Kingfisher |
9 |
5 |
27 |
|
Downy Woodpecker |
28 |
11 |
27 |
|
Hairy Woodpecker |
12 |
8 |
27 |
|
White-headed Woodpecker |
1 |
1 |
12 |
|
Black-backed Woodpecker |
cw |
0 |
2 |
|
Northern Flicker (red-shafted) |
81 |
37 |
27 |
|
Pileated Woodpecker |
4 |
2 |
19 |
|
nknown woodpecker |
2 |
0 |
|
|
American Kestrel |
5 |
2 |
16 |
|
Prairie Falcon |
2 |
0 |
5 |
|
Northern Shrike |
6 |
4 |
26 |
|
Steller’s Jay |
41 |
18 |
27 |
|
Clark’s Nutcracker |
23 |
23 |
24 |
|
Black-billed Magpie |
121 |
102 |
27 |
|
American Crow |
38 |
38 |
26 |
|
Common Raven |
286 |
147 |
27 |
|
Black-capped Chickadee |
185 |
141 |
27 |
|
Mountain Chickadee |
86 |
53 |
27 |
|
nknown chickadee |
13 |
3 |
|
|
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
27 |
45 |
27 |
|
White-breasted Nuthatch |
13 |
9 |
25 |
|
Pygmy Nuthatch |
31 |
7 |
14 |
|
Brown Creeper |
4 |
2 |
15 |
|
Pacific Wren |
1 |
1 |
13 |
|
American Dipper |
10 |
11 |
27 |
|
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
28 |
15 |
19 |
|
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
1 |
1 |
7 |
|
Townsend’s Solitaire |
1 |
1 |
12 |
|
American Robin |
17 |
10 |
18 |
|
Varied Thrush |
2 |
15 |
15 |
|
European Starling |
109 |
77 |
26 |
|
Bohemian Waxwing |
392 |
121 |
21 |
|
Cedar Waxwing |
85 |
15 |
10 |
|
nknown waxwing |
15 |
1 |
|
|
Snow Bunting |
7 |
19 |
10 |
|
Spotted Towhee |
4 |
2 |
20 |
|
Song Sparrow |
23 |
14 |
26 |
|
Harris’s Sparrow |
cw |
0 |
0 |
|
White-crowned Sparrow |
30 |
3 |
15 |
|
Dark-eyed Junco |
267 |
187 |
27 |
|
Brewer’s Blackbird |
10 |
6 |
7 |
|
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch |
40 |
50 |
11 |
|
Pine Grosbeak |
27 |
10 |
14 |
|
House Finch |
97 |
126 |
27 |
|
Cassin’s Finch |
1 |
16 |
22 |
|
Red Crossbill |
1 |
29 |
16 |
|
Common Redpoll |
33 |
37 |
15 |
|
Pine Siskin |
27 |
52 |
27 |
|
American Goldfinch |
89 |
27 |
|
|
Evening Grosbeak |
1 |
61 |
23 |
|
House Sparrow |
86 |
68 |
26 |
|
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS |
3351 |
2521 |
|
|
TOTAL SPECIES |
72 |
58 |
