PADILLA BAY CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT—DECEMBER 29TH, 2007
Sixty-four birdwatchers spent a cold, cloudy day counting birds in western Skagit County for the National Audubon Society’s 108th Annual Christmas Bird Count. Below are the results of their efforts. Bob Barry: count organizer, Bob Kuntz: count compiler. Species in bold underlined were recorded for the first time on this count circle. Numbers in bold underlined represent all-time high counts for this count circle.
Red-throated Loon 1251
Pacific Loon 7
Common Loon 95
loon (sp.) 5
Pied-billed Grebe 31
Horned Grebe 67
Red-necked Grebe 47
Eared Grebe 4
Western Grebe 556
Double-crested Cormorant 472
Brandt's Cormorant 29
Pelagic Cormorant 223
cormorant (sp.) 24
Great Blue Heron 232
Tundra Swan 75
Trumpeter Swan 584
now Goose 367
Brant 1876
Canada Goose 251
Wood Duck 1
Green-winged Teal 111
Mallard 17554
Northen Pintail 21017
Northern Shoveler 42
Gadwall 43
Eurasian Wigeon 15
American Wigeon 19877
Canvasback 2
Ringed-necked Duck 141
Greater Scaup 118
Lesser Scaup 151
scaup (sp.) 49
Harlequin Duck 3
Long-tailed Duck 11
Surf Scoter 706
White-winged Scoter 48
scoter (sp.) 43
Common Goldeneye 265
Barrow's Goldeneye 14
Goldeneye (sp.) 2
Bufflehead 725
Hooded Merganser 149
Common Merganser 147
Red-breasted Merganser 169
merganser (sp.) 6
Ruddy Duck 46
duck (sp.) 661
Bald Eagle 217
Northern Harrier 54
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Cooper's Hawk 7
Red-tailed Hawk 101
Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rough-legged Hawk 24
American Kestrel 7
Merlin 4
Peregrine Falcon 13
falcon (sp.) 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
California Quail 20
Virginia Rail 3
American Coot 132
Pacific Golden-Plover 1
Black-bellied Plover 51
Killdeer 21
Black Oystercatcher 38
Black Turnstone 96
Surfbird 6
Least Sandpiper 24
Dunlin 5064
sandpiper (sp.) 6
Mew Gull1 165
Ring-billed Gull 577
Herring Gull 1
Thayer’s Gull 5
W. X Glaucous-w. Gull 77
Glaucous-winged Gull1 1111
gull (sp.) 294
Common Murre 318
Pigeon Guillemot 116
Marbled Murrelet 19
Rhinoceros Auklet 1
Rock Pigeon 284
Eurasian Collared Dove 1
Mourning Dove 68
Barn Owl 2
Great Horned Owl 12
Barred Owl 1
Short-eared Owl 3
Anna’s Hummingbird 3
Belted Kingfisher 40
Red-breasted Sapsucker 3
Downy Woodpecker 26
Hairy Woodpecker 11
No. ‘Red-shafted’ Flicker 122
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Steller's Jay 26
American/NW Crow 380
Common Raven 94
Black-capped Chickadee 216
Chestnut-back. Chickadee 313
Bushtit 12
Red-breasted Nuthatch 105
Brown Creeper 45
Bewick's Wren 37
Winter Wren 186
Marsh Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 773
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 33
Townsend’s Solitaire 1
Hermit Thrush 8
American Robin 914
Varied Thrush 141
European Starling 4886
Hutton's Vireo 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 307
Savannah Sparrow 20
Fox Sparrow 128
Song Sparrow 639
Lincoln’s Sparrow 8
White-throated Sparrow 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow 487
White-crowned Sparrow 92
Dark-eyed ‘Oregon’ Junco 1442
D.-e. ‘Slate-colored’ Junco 1
Red-winged Blackbird 861
Western Meadowlark 31
Brewer's Blackbird 878
Brown-headed Cowbird 11
Purple Finch 45
House Finch 354
Red Crossbill 10
Pine Siskin 2104
American Goldfinch 15
Evening Grosbeak 20
House Sparrow 507
Total # of Species 125
Total # of Individuals 94406
(February 2008 Skagit Flyer INSERT)
PADILLA BAY CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT—DECEMBER 29TH, 2007
Sixty-four birdwatchers spent a cold, cloudy day counting birds in western Skagit County for the National Audubon Society’s 108th Annual Christmas Bird Count. Below are the results of their efforts. Bob Barry: count organizer, Bob Kuntz: count compiler. Species in bold underlined were recorded for the first time on this count circle. Numbers in bold underlined represent all-time high counts for this count circle.
Red-throated Loon 1251
Pacific Loon 7
Common Loon 95
loon (sp.) 5
Pied-billed Grebe 31
Horned Grebe 67
Red-necked Grebe 47
Eared Grebe 4
Western Grebe 556
Double-crested Cormorant 472
Brandt's Cormorant 29
Pelagic Cormorant 223
cormorant (sp.) 24
Great Blue Heron 232
Tundra Swan 75
Trumpeter Swan 584
now Goose 367
Brant 1876
Canada Goose 251
Wood Duck 1
Green-winged Teal 111
Mallard 17554
Northen Pintail 21017
Northern Shoveler 42
Gadwall 43
Eurasian Wigeon 15
American Wigeon 19877
Canvasback 2
Ringed-necked Duck 141
Greater Scaup 118
Lesser Scaup 151
scaup (sp.) 49
Harlequin Duck 3
Long-tailed Duck 11
Surf Scoter 706
White-winged Scoter 48
scoter (sp.) 43
Common Goldeneye 265
Barrow's Goldeneye 14
Goldeneye (sp.) 2
Bufflehead 725
Hooded Merganser 149
Common Merganser 147
Red-breasted Merganser 169
merganser (sp.) 6
Ruddy Duck 46
duck (sp.) 661
Bald Eagle 217
Northern Harrier 54
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Cooper's Hawk 7
Red-tailed Hawk 101
Harlan’s Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rough-legged Hawk 24
American Kestrel 7
Merlin 4
Peregrine Falcon 13
falcon (sp.) 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
California Quail 20
Virginia Rail 3
American Coot 132
Pacific Golden-Plover 1
Black-bellied Plover 51
Killdeer 21
Black Oystercatcher 38
Black Turnstone 96
Surfbird 6
Least Sandpiper 24
Dunlin 5064
sandpiper (sp.) 6
Mew Gull1 165
Ring-billed Gull 577
Herring Gull 1
Thayer’s Gull 5
W. X Glaucous-w. Gull 77
Glaucous-winged Gull1 1111
gull (sp.) 294
Common Murre 318
Pigeon Guillemot 116
Marbled Murrelet 19
Rhinoceros Auklet 1
Rock Pigeon 284
Eurasian Collared Dove 1
Mourning Dove 68
Barn Owl 2
Great Horned Owl 12
Barred Owl 1
Short-eared Owl 3
Anna’s Hummingbird 3
Belted Kingfisher 40
Red-breasted Sapsucker 3
Downy Woodpecker 26
Hairy Woodpecker 11
No. ‘Red-shafted’ Flicker 122
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Steller's Jay 26
American/NW Crow 380
Common Raven 94
Black-capped Chickadee 216
Chestnut-back. Chickadee 313
Bushtit 12
Red-breasted Nuthatch 105
Brown Creeper 45
Bewick's Wren 37
Winter Wren 186
Marsh Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 773
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 33
Townsend’s Solitaire 1
Hermit Thrush 8
American Robin 914
Varied Thrush 141
European Starling 4886
Hutton's Vireo 1
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Spotted Towhee 307
Savannah Sparrow 20
Fox Sparrow 128
Song Sparrow 639
Lincoln’s Sparrow 8
White-throated Sparrow 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow 487
White-crowned Sparrow 92
Dark-eyed ‘Oregon’ Junco 1442
D.-e. ‘Slate-colored’ Junco 1
Red-winged Blackbird 861
Western Meadowlark 31
Brewer's Blackbird 878
Brown-headed Cowbird 11
Purple Finch 45
House Finch 354
Red Crossbill 10
Pine Siskin 2104
American Goldfinch 15
Evening Grosbeak 20
House Sparrow 507
Total # of Species 125
Total # of Individuals 94406
(February 2008 Skagit Flyer INSERT)
