Carroll Winter Count
Robert Ringler (ringler@cct.infi.net)
Tue, 03 Feb 1998 07:51:50 -0800
The following is the final tally from the 11th annual Carroll County
Winter Bird Count held on January 24, 1998:
Common Loon 1, Pied-billed Grebe 17, Great Blue Heron 8, Snow Goose 2,
Canada Goose 4616, Black Duck 283, Mallard 520, Pintail 1, Shoveler
1, Gadwall 26, American Wigeon 7, Redhead 3, Ring-necked Duck 24,
Lesser Scaup 3, unidentified scaup 2, Bufflehead 34, Hooded Merganser
54, Common Merganser 163, Ruddy Duck 108, Black Vulture 50, Turkey
Vulture 254, Bald Eagle 1 adult, Sharp-shinned Hawk 6, Cooper's Hawk
6, Red-shouldered Hawk 28, Red-tailed Hawk 66, Kestrel 42, Coot 430,
Killdeer 6, Ring-billed Gull 2348, Herring Gull 243, Lesser
Black-back 1, Great Black-back 4, Feral Pigeon 572, Mourning Dove 967,
Great Horned Owl 7, Barred Owl 4, Belted Kingfisher 24, Red-headed
Woodpecker 5, Red-bellied Woodpecker 129, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5,
Downy Woodpecker 104, Hairy Woodpecker 24, Flicker 69, Pileated
Woodpecker 16, Phoebe 2, Horned Lark 470, Blue Jay 188, American Crow
2014, Fish Crow 272, Carolina Chickadee 560, Tufted Titmouse 353,
Red-breasted Nuthatch 183, White-breasted Nuthatch 108, Brown Creeper
38, Carolina Wren 119, Winter Wren 8, Golden-crowned Kinglet 43,
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1, Bluebird 163, Hermit Thrush 8, Robin 42,
Mockingbird 194, Cedar Waxwing 113, Starling 10170, Yellow-rumped
Warbler 26, Cardinal 614, Towhee 5, Tree Sparrow 43, Field Sparrow
11, Fox Sparrow 1, Song Sparrow 246, Swamp Sparrow 10, White-throated
Sparrow 839, White-crowned Sparrow 57, Junco 1432, Lapland Longspur 6,
Red-winged Blackbird 92, Meadowlark 9, Common Grackle 9464, Cowbird
111, unidentified blackbirds 25, Baltimore Oriole 1, House Finch 387,
Red Crossbill 61, White-winged Crossbill 24, Pine Siskin 24,
Goldfinch 302, House Sparrow 428.
Total: 87 species, 40551 individuals, 33 observers in 20 parties.
The previous high species count was 85. Both crossbills were new for the
cumulative list. Coverage was outstanding, better than most years, but
there were misses such as Screech Owl. Join us next year to see what the
winter brings.
Bob Ringler