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Backyard Winter Bird Survey

Tabular Results for 1999-2002

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, where Consulting Ornithologist Pam Hunt describes this effect in more detail.

Species 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
Canada Goose 261 60 168 140 936 48 189 82
Mute Swan 2 4 4 1 13      
Muscovy Duck-introduced                
Wood Duck                
American Black Duck 28 8 38 17 103 24 71 80
Mallard 452 460 959 321 663 651 391 433
Northern Pintail             1  
Bufflehead 10 1 11 3 21 4 1 6
Common Goldeneye 4 21 2   1 10 17 4
Hooded Merganser 6 2   6     5 5
Common Merganser 12 29 62 8 3   44 10
Red-breasted Merganser       4   4   2
Merganser sp.                
Duck sp. 2 5 8 10   25   26
Gray Partridge-introduced                
Ring-necked Pheasant 2 5 4 7 7 8 3 8
Ruffed Grouse 15 25 32 31 21 25 17 66
Spruce Grouse               1
Wild Turkey 963 1107 752 838 870 386 415 348
Northern Bobwhite 1 1 1 2 1 5 7 10
Common Loon               1
Cormorant sp.     1          
Great Blue Heron         2 1    
Turkey Vulture 1 2 1   1      
Bald Eagle 2 14 12 4 2 4 7 3
Eagle sp.   1     3      
Northern Harrier 1 1            
Sharp-shinned Hawk 14 12 22 22 25 31 25 21
Cooper's Hawk 23 15 8 12 9 11 2  
Cooper's Hawk/
Shapr-shinned Hawk
15 17 10 18 14 1    
Northern Goshawk 5 4 5 7 8 4   3
Red-shouldered Hawk           1    
Red-tailed Hawk 28 25 29 38 42 30 16 22
American Kestrel           1 1  
Peregrine Falcon   1       1    
Hawk sp. 13 15 15 21 12 11 8 8
American Woodcock     1          
Ring-billed Gull       3 12 7 3 10
Herring Gull 38 83 59 81 179 276 83 45
Great Black-backed Gull 2 8 1 8 153 48 161 3
Gull sp. 40 111 76 126 133 21 18 99
Rock Pigeon 341 551 501 656 854 701 625 515
Ringed Turtle Dove       1        
Mourning Dove 4614 6418 4951 6301 8606 8089 5421 5204
Eastern Screech-Owl         1   1  
Great Horned Owl   1 2 2 1 2 3 2
Snowy Owl                
Barred Owl 9 7 14 5 31 1 20 9
Northern Saw-whet Owl           1   3
Owl sp.     2 4 1      
Belted Kingfisher       1 1 2    
Red-headed Woodpecker     1          
Red-bellied Woodpecker 74 107 61 50 40 47 28 23
Downy Woodpecker 1573 1550 1315 1456 1746 1618 1046 1109
Hairy Woodpecker 1046 1064 883 1031 1234 1027 785 754
Northern Flicker 18 25 14 23 20 22 14 10
N. Flicker - Red-shafted subsp 1              
Pileated Woodpecker 36 42 49 34 70 43 34 47
Woodpecker sp.   1 3 3 5 5 1  
Northern Shrike 3 5 1 1 3 5 10 1
Gray Jay 8 2 11 1 6 14 6 8
Blue Jay 4845 3381 4492 6812 6977 8040 3410 4428
American Crow 1711 1688 1879 2466 3027 3889 1739 2140
Common Raven 58 81 80 60 104 106 48 73
Horned Lark             1  
Black-capped Chickadee 7022 6417 6421 6233 8700 6033 5171 5292
Boreal Chickadee         2   3 6
Tufted Titmouse 2151 2398 1952 2329 2953 2454 1512 1754
Red-breasted Nuthatch 774 816 810 562 918 264 685 664
White-breasted Nuthatch 1552 1762 1482 1600 2114 1247 1183 1327
Nuthatch sp. 6 10 7 21 26 8 1  
Brown Creeper 79 80 60 94 132 62 187 120
Carolina Wren 40 45 34 50 47 14 12 12
Winter Wren 1   1     1    
Wren Species   2 1 2        
Golden-crowned Kinglet 9 6 7 13 7 6   55
Ruby-crowned Kinglet   1       1    
Eastern Bluebird 79 98 80 119 49 26 48 27
Veery           1    
Hermit Thrush 1     3   2 1  
American Robin 1158 883 925 1030 1209 740 506 613
Varied Thrush                
Gray Catbird 2     1        
Northern Mockingbird 40 46 47 89 102 93 80 44
Brown Thrasher   1 1       1  
European Starling 1369 1421 1704 2536 3436 3123 2509 2106
Bohemian Waxwing 10 2 202 4 49   206 5
Cedar Waxwing 402 320 346 316 720 424 488 252
Waxwing sp.     22 316     55  
Orange-crowned Warbler                
Yellow-rumped Warbler   1           2
Pine Warbler       2       2
Ovenbird                
Yellow-breasted Chat         1      
Eastern (Rufous-sided) Towhee 3     2 1 4    
American Tree Sparrow 1024 1051 1376 1232 1467 1466 881 1660
Chipping Sparrow 4 1 2 1     3 2
Field Sparrow             1
Lark Sparrow           1    
Fox Sparrow 5 6 10 4 8 65   8
Song Sparrow 49 37 33 48 30 86 31 30
Swamp Sparrow                
White-throated Sparrow 238 193 157 220 241 819 83 82
White-crowned Sparrow           1    
Sparrow sp. 23 24 33 118 134 94 16 24
Dark-eyed Junco 3836 4365 2535 4816 3218 18654 2016 5201
Dark-eyed J.-Oregon subsp                
Snow Bunting 1 21 31 12 104 352 14 12
Northern Cardinal 1643 1482 1167 1634 1559 2106 883 939
Northern Cardinal - male           1143 507 526
Northern Cardinal - female           963 376 413
Rose-breasted Grosbeak                
Dickcissel 1              
Red-winged Blackbird 34 5 1   16 9 3 32
Rusty Blackbird               2
Common Grackle 1 41 63 28 50 41 6 14
Brown-headed Cowbird 16 61 15 7 5 13    
Northern Oriole 2              
Blackbird sp.   1 18         4
Pine Grosbeak 36 41 107 2 281 9 170 12
Purple Finch 300 1688 351 422 643 3086 375 715
House Finch 903 1085 845 1216 1294 1664 814 807
House Finch - orange var.                
Finch sp.   1 18 34 43      
Red Crossbill             17 3
White-winged Crossbill         14 25   9
Crossbill species           3    
Common Redpoll 2006 598 4978 6 3187 60 2994 30
Hoary Redpoll 1   5   2   1  
Pine Siskin 288 737 358 140 411 305 289 178
American Goldfinch 4076 11569 4118 5679 4393 10439 2383 11261
Evening Grosbeak 455 392 570 156 783 1160 827 368
House Sparrow 1595 1664 1533 1797 2278 1997 1387 1344
                 
Red Squirrel 1109 1384 2042 1424 2730      
Gray Squirrel 1789 2092 2626 3023 3621      
Squirrel Species       3        
                 
Total Confirmed Bird Species 73 73 74 73 74 77 70 74
Total # of Watchers 1137 1214 1170 1325 1583 1761 887 1052


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