19 December
Reported by Dick Cannings
12 observers in 7 to 10 parties. -2 to 0°C, oxbows partly frozen, other water open; snow depth 0-2” in valley bottom, calm, mostly cloudy in valley with some sunny periods.
Cackling Goose 11
Canada Goose 224
Trumpeter Swan 62
Tundra Swan 6
Wood Duck 4
Gadwall 2
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 257
Mallard 477
Canvasback 6
Redhead 302
Ring-necked Duck 90
Greater Scaup 7
Lesser Scaup 8
Bufflehead 136
Common Goldeneye 17
Barrow’s Goldeneye 77
Hooded Merganser 32
Common Merganser 592
Chukar 11
Gray Partridge 13
Ring-necked Pheasant 2
Ruffed Grouse count week
California Quail 1428
Pied-billed Grebe 30
Horned Grebe 55
Red-necked Grebe 4
Western Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 7
Bald Eagle: adult 9
Bald Eagle: immature 5
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper’s Hawk 9
Northern Goshawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 17
Rough-legged Hawk 3
Golden Eagle: adult 3
Golden Eagle: immature 2
American Kestrel 7
Merlin 1
Virginia Rail 1
American Coot 664
Ring-billed Gull 2
California Gull 6
Herring Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 74
Eurasian Collared-Dove 65
Mourning Dove 11
Great Horned Owl 2
Northern Pygmy-Owl 2
Long-eared Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 4
Downy Woodpecker 9
Hairy Woodpecker 13
Am. 3-toed Woodpecker 1
Black-backed Woodpecker 1
Northern (R.-s.) Flicker 116
Pileated Woodpecker 5
Northern Shrike 5
Steller’s Jay 40
Clark’s Nutcracker 21
Black-billed Magpie 77
American Crow 3
Common Raven 37
Black-capped Chickadee 53
Mountain Chickadee 54
Boreal Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 58
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Pygmy Nuthatch 167
Brown Creeper 1
Canyon Wren 8
Bewick’s Wren 1
Pacific Wren 2
Marsh Wren 1
American Dipper 9
Golden-crowned Kinglet 11
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Western Bluebird 36
Townsend’s Solitaire 11
American Robin 23
European Starling 896
Bohemian Waxwing 115
Cedar Waxwing 2
Spotted Towhee 2
Song Sparrow 90
White-crowned Sparrow 15
Dark-eyed (Ore) Junco 423
Dark-eyed (Sc) Junco 2
Red-winged Blackbird 31
Brewer’s Blackbird 1
Pine Grosbeak 20
Cassin’s Finch 4
House Finch 392
Red Crossbill 21
Common Redpoll 38
Pine Siskin 18
American Goldfinch 113
House Sparrow 158
Total individuals 7854
Total Species 96
Hours on foot 25.25
Hours by car 30.5
Km on foot 32
Km by car 332.6
Feeders 2