Here are the results of the Salt Lake City 1999 Christmas Bird Count held on Sunday, December 19. We had 34 field observers and 2 feeder watchers. On count day, we recorded 85 species of birds, and 20,766 individuals counted. An additional 8 species were seen during count week, but not on count day, for a total of 93 species recorded. Of course, starlings were the high count with 11,404 individuals. Our most unusual birds were a Golden-crowned Sparrow (a first for the count) seen along the Jordan River by Colby and Tom Neuman, a Common Loon (also a count-first) seen at an industrial park lake in West Valley City by Colby and Tom, and a Sandhill Crane (a second count record) over the airport, seen by David Wheeler, Larene Wyss, Laura Lockhart and myself. Other "good" birds were 8 White Pelicans, an American Crow, 15 Bushtits, and a "Myrtle" Warbler. We had especially high numbers of Black-crowned Night-Herons (198), Northern Shovelers (538), Mourning Doves (26), and Yellow-rumped Warblers (78).

Following is the list and the numbers for each species:

Common Loon	1
Pied-billed Grebe	29
Eared Grebe	1
American White Pelican	8
Great Blue Heron	12
Black-crowned Night Heron	198
Tundra Swan	149
Canada Goose	982
Wood Duck	5
Green-winged Teal	55
Mallard	1402
Northern Pintail	37
Cinnamon Teal	2
Northern Shoveler	538
Gadwall	231
American Wigeon	39
Canvasback	1
Redhead	6
Ring-necked Duck	9
Lesser Scaup	11
Common Goldeneye	9
Bufflehead	2
Ruddy Duck	70
Bald Eagle	3
Norhern Harrier	13
Sharp-shinned Hawk	4
Cooper's Hawk	1
Accipiter sp.	1
Red-tailed Hawk	30
Rough-legged Hawk	5
Golden Eagle	5
American Kestrel	60
Merlin	4
Prairie Falcon	4
Chukar	(count week)
Ring-necked Pheasant	3
California Quail	48
Virginia Rail	13
American Coot	171
Sandhill Crane	1
Killdeer	12
American Avocet	(count week)
Greater Yellowlegs	6
Lesser Yellowlegs	8
Common Snipe	(count week)
Ring-billed Gull	319
California Gull	798
Rock Dove	543
Mourning Dove	26
Barn Owl	2
Western Screech-Owl	2
Great Horned Owl	5
Northern Pygmy-Owl	1
Long-eared Owl	(count week)
Belted Kingfisher	6
Downy Woodpecker	10
Northern Flicker	124
Horned Lark	3
Steller's Jay	1
Western Scrub-Jay	71
Black-billed Magpie	379
American Crow	1
Common Raven	7
Black-capped Chickadee	164
Mountain Chickadee	(count week)
Bushtit	15
Red-breasted Nuthatch	(count week)
Brown Creeper	(count week)
Winter Wren	1
Marsh Wren	19
American Dipper	3
Golden-crowned Kinglet	10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	12
Townsend's Solitaire	2
Hermit Thrush	(count week)
American Robin	696
American Pipit	2
Cedar Waxwing	97
Northern Shrike	3
European Starling	11,404
Yellow-rumped Warbler	78 (including 1 "Myrtle")
Spotted Towhee	6
Song Sparrow	134
Golden-crowned Sparrow	1
White-crowned Sparrow	381
Dark-eyed Junco	226
Red-winged Blackbird	192
Western Meadowlark	9
Brewer's Blackbird	1
House Finch	501
Pine Siskin	5
Lesser Goldfinch	9
American Goldfinch	50
House Sparrow	258

Thanks to all of you who came out to help with this year's count. I hope to see you on next year's Salt Lake City CBC on December 17.