Following is the results of the Provo 1999 Christmas Bird Count held on Saturday, December 18. There were 54 field observers plus 3 feeder watchers. Eighty-seven species were observed with 27,936 individual birds tallied. Starlings topped the list with the most at over 12,800 individuals. Only one individual of fourteen different species was observed, so the number of species might have even been lower. The three most rare birds accounted for were the No. Pygmy Owl (heard by Ned Hill's owling party) at Centennial Park in Provo, White-throated Sparrow north of the greenhouse on the BYU campus by Ned Hill's party and the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher on the foothills southeast of Provo by Cheryl Peterson.

Following is the list and the numbers for each species:

Pied-billed Grebe	32
Gt. Blue Heron	24
Black-crowned Night Heron	7
Canada Goose	692
Wood Duck	1
Green-winged Teal	640
Mallard	1762
No. Pintail	31
No. Shoveler	453
Gadwall	187
Am. Wigeon	445
Canvasback	1
Redhead	22
Ring-necked Duck	25
Lesser Scaup	32
Common Goldeneye	17
Bufflehead	2
Ruddy Duck	75
Bald Eagle	12
No. Harrier	61
Sharp-shinned Hawk	11
Red-tailed Hawk	51
Rough-legged Hawk	3
Golden Eagle	7
Am. Kestrel	76
Merlin	1
Peregrine Falcon	1
Prairie Falcon	1
Chukar	1
Ring-necked Pheasant	55
Calif. Quail	228
Virginia Rail	8
Am. Coot	1472
Killdeer	62
Greater Yellowlegs	1
Common Snipe	11
Ring-billed Gull	350
Calif. Gull	4
Rock Dove	882
Mourning Dove	1
Barn Owl	5
W. Screech Owl	8
Gt. Horned Owl	2
No. Pygmy Owl	1
Belted Kingfisher	8
Downy Woodpecker	10
No. Flicker	226
Horned Lark	62
Steller's Jay	3
W. Scrub Jay	42
Black-billed Magpie	395
Am. Crow	458
Common Raven	2
Black-capped Chickadee	133
Mt. Chickadee	1
Bushtit	33
Canyon Wren	1
Bewick's Wren	1
Winter Wren	1
Marsh Wren	12
Am Dipper	3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	72
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	1
Townsend's Solitaire	2
Hermit Thrush	2
Am. Robin	770
Am. Pipit	28
Cedar Waxwing	56
Starling	12,817
Orange-crowned Warbler	7
Yellow-rumped Warbler	106
Spotted Towhee	10
Am. Tree Sparrow	6
Song Sparrow	100
Lincoln's Sparrow	2
White-throated Sparrow	1
White-crowned Sparrow	518
Dark-eyed Junco	419
Red-winged Blackbird	5
W. Meadowlark	73
Yellow-headed Blackbird	5
Brewer's Blackbird	825
Great-tailed Grackle	20
House Finch	661
Lesser Goldfinch	13
American Goldfinch	120
House Sparrow	1016

I appreciated all those who helped with this year's count and tabulation. Next year's CBC will be December 16 so please calendar now for Provo's 30th consecutive count.