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Backyard Winter Bird Survey

Tabular Results for 1987-1998

Please note that the data presented here includes total individuals of each species reported each year. The number of participants (shown in the last row) should be taken into consideration when interpreting these results. Please read the summary of the data (1967-1997), where Consulting Ornithologist Pam Hunt describes this effect in more detail.

Species 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987
Cormorant sp. 1                      
Great Blue Heron             2 1        
Mute Swan 9 4           3        
Canada Goose 167 40 100 21 16 1 5 224 3 65    
Muscovy Duck-introduced   1                    
Wood Duck               1   1    
American Black Duck 36 424 178 6 33 4 10 24 40 34    
Mallard 243 887 570 265 225 237 168 406 394 331    
Common Goldeneye   13   5 22     3 5      
Bufflehead         6 2 1 2        
Hooded Merganser 3 8 1     1       1    
Common Merganser 30 16 2   3 1   10        
Red-breasted Merganser     5   3 1            
Merganser sp.             20          
Duck sp.   30 26 50   75   106        
Turkey Vulture               2 2 1    
Bald Eagle 3   5   3 2 1   2      
Northern Harrier             3   2 1   1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 24 21 21 14 13 13 10 8 8 7 16
Cooper's Hawk 1 3 1 2 2 1 1   1 2 2 8
Northern Goshawk 4 4 6 4 7 2 4   12 5 4 8
Accipiter sp.   1                    
Red-shouldered Hawk                       4
Red-tailed Hawk 17 18 11 8 16 12 12 16 9 12 7 2
American Kestrel 1     2   1 3 8   2 3 3
Hawk sp. 3 12 8 21 16 6            
Gray Partridge-introduced                   7    
Ring-necked Pheasant 8 21 4 14 16 19 7 21 10 2 6 33
Spruce Grouse 1 5                    
Ruffed Grouse 29 60 33 17 14 10 25 28 28 17 24 12
Wild Turkey 286 324 130 96 116 73 77 66 59 19 8 19
Northern Bobwhite 1 4 8 2 3 2 2     1   1
American Woodcock 1                      
Ring-billed Gull 1   18 29                
Herring Gull 142 337 124 135 18 35 221     102    
Great Black-backed Gull 137 234 11 118 24 35 157 2 18 1    
Gull sp. 206 450 375 233 263 129 404 278 561 180 73 268
Rock Dove 519 1092 572 715 797 874 1010 785 642 739 205 136
Mourning Dove 4644 7884 5274 6483 6618 7685 7866 5687 5290 7420 6473 5965
Eastern Screech-Owl                     1  
Great Horned Owl 1 2   1     1 3     1 2
Snowy Owl                   1 1 1
Barred Owl 8 7 12   5 2 2 1   1 8 5
Northern Saw-whet Owl   2                   1
Owl sp.   1     4              
Belted Kingfisher 2 2           4     1  
Red-headed Woodpecker 1                     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 14 21 16 1 1 1   1   2    
Downy Woodpecker 1247 1664 1109 1280 1499 1267 1223 1080 1107 1299 1003 1058
Hairy Woodpecker 838 1117 806 737 990 782 794 654 683 757 631 721
Northern Flicker 11 19 8 9 9 10 4 9 2 4 4 2
Pileated Woodpecker 34 58 28 21 43 18 34 30 10 11 16 7
Woodpecker sp. 1       1 1            
Horned Lark         33              
Gray Jay 4 6 6     8 4 1       1
Blue Jay 5082 9775 3251 5318 6442 4048 4572 3904 4893 5166 3148 7546
American Crow 1730 3036 1534 2211 2103 1715 1775 1706 1482 1670 500 460
Common Raven 55 92 44 63 34 44 48 36 40 32 9 15
Black-capped Chickadee 6851 9218 5784 6381 9636 7222 6976 6444 7265 8247 7478 8306
Boreal Chickadee 2       2              
Tufted Titmouse 1838 2673 1433 2171 2523 1809 1816 1529 1374 1560 1608 1905
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1016 853 789 705 2362 792 651 751 588 528 243 402
White-breasted Nuthatch 1361 1836 1130 1315 1988 1457 1520 1324 1376 1512 1315 1273
Nuthatch sp. 1 3 1                  
Brown Creeper 60 118 121 93 159 165 146 119 98 126 78 127
Carolina Wren 7 12 3 11 20 23 9 5 3 2 4 2
Winter Wren             2         2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 11 7     1     1 11 4 21
Ruby-crowned Kinglet                     5 1
Eastern Bluebird 14 6 4 32 2       1 6    
Hermit Thrush   2   2               2
American Robin 184 490 11 72 28 72 35 4 4 10 4 4
Varied Thrush                       1
Gray Catbird                       1
Northern Mockingbird 43 82 59 77 113 110 105 102 137 127 163 149
Brown Thrasher       1           2   1
Bohemian Waxwing 95 8     49       42   41 30
Cedar Waxwing 223 226 215 147 331 297 369 105 75 73 48 111
Waxwing sp.       2                
Northern Shrike 1 2 10       1 1 3 2 8 4
European Starling 2504 3283 3050 2693 2098 3136 2861 1734 1750 1993 1042 759
Orange-crowned Warbler 1                      
Yellow-rumped Warbler   1                   1
Ovenbird   1                    
Northern Cardinal 820 1423 601 1136 1380 1146 981 730 745 927 883 950
Male 456 762 334 631 754 583 531 404 415 499 433 549
Female 364 661 267 500 625 563 450 326 330 427 348 401
Rose-breasted Grosbeak                 3      
Rufous-sided Towhee   2 1 1         1     1
American Tree Sparrow 939 1710 916 1308 1406 1126 1187 653 1101 1004 1484 1718
Chipping Sparrow 1 3 1 1     14   7 7 14 11
Field Sparrow   2           1 1   4 1
Fox Sparrow 2 5   3 2   3 2 12 10 13 12
Song Sparrow 18 46 8 36 44 45 57 20 55 28 401 359
Swamp Sparrow                 3 2    
White-throated Sparrow 105 199 57 177 136 218 190 125 248 231    
White-crowned Sparrow                 1 3    
Sparrow sp. 19 25 56 52 64 13 76 18        
Dark-eyed Junco 1956 6382 1015 7723 2379 2371 3312 1130 2696 3638 2267 1976
Dark-eyed J.-Oregon subsp   1                    
Snow Bunting 85 217 144 114 135 65 133 177 29 51 60 63
Blackbird sp.               97        
Red-winged Blackbird 21       14 1 4 6 24 27 7 21
Rusty Blackbird                 3     2
Common Grackle 9 34 2 19 17 34 53 108 422 563 777 1049
Brown-headed Cowbird 1 19 2 16   5 105 13 42 10 41 65
Northern Oriole           1            
Pine Grosbeak 319 15 158   93   3 5     22 75
Purple Finch 455 1534 336 924 1063 1884 1667 471 688 936 1625 1521
House Finch 988 1338 670 1724 1747 2347 1630 786 1146 1332 1230 1358
House Finch - orange var.   1                    
Finch sp. 7 8   12 74 40 29          
Red Crossbill 9                   1  
White-winged Crossbill 97 4   6         3     6
Common Redpoll 4497 16 2907 16 5668 4 40 12 83   262 5207
Hoary Redpoll         1             3
Pine Siskin 188 332 280 280 566 211 6034 215 5570 408 7561 4554
American Goldfinch 2918 8679 3269 10138 3756 3508 8679 1398 4038 3274 2870 2546
Evening Grosbeak 1008 1261 1393 1342 2345 3508 6968 2035 4023 3984 5452 6124
House Sparrow 1166 2385 1224 2071 2043 1822 2067 1825 2166 2122 415 366
                         
Total Confirmed Species 74 75 61 59 61 59 62 61 63 64 57 70
Total # of Watchers 1000 1649 894 1114 1186 943 973 847 868 982 992 950


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