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Dinosaur-Jensen Christmas Bird Count (1 Jan 2005) Canada goose 631 Mallard 38 Common merganser 8 Common goldeneye 2 Bald eagle 27 Northern harrier 2 Rough-legged hawk 2 Golden eagle 4 American kestrel 7 Merlin 1 Ring-necked pheasant 8 Sandhill crane 1200 Rock dove 46 Eurasian collared-dove 1 Northern flicker 23 Horned lark 1 Western scrub-jay 2 Black-billed magpie 36 Common raven 16 Black-capped chickadee 1 Townsend's solitaire 2 American robin 14 Mountain bluebird 38 European starling 496 Cedar waxwing 2 Song sparrow 18 White-crowned sparrow 8 Dark-eyed junco 30 Red-winged black bird 150 Western meadowlark 37 Brewer's blackbird 40 House finch 58 Pine siskin 53 American goldfinch 31 House sparrow 248
Evanston Christmas Bird Count Report
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Three new species to the Evanston Count were encountered; Loggerhead Shrike, Spotted Towhee, and Great-tailed Grackle. Other highlights include a nice flock of Black Rosy-Finch, some Cedar Waxwings and 6 Prairie Falcons. Noticeably absent were teal, kingfisher, juncos, and longspurs. "Snowbird" numbers are down. Sage-Grouse numbers are normal but the birds were tough to locate because they're scattered or have migrated just outside the circle.
Count tally is as follows:
Canada Goose (small form) cw Mallard 63 Ring-necked Duck 3 Common Goldeneye 36 Barrow’s Goldeneye 3 Common Merganser 2 Greater Sage-Grouse 183 Bald Eagle 28 (Adult 21, immature 7) Northern Harrier 6 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper’s Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Ferruginous Hawk 1 Rough-legged Hawk 13 Golden Eagle 17 (Adult 12, immature 5) Prairie Falcon 6 Wilson’s Snipe 1 Rock Pigeon 30 Great Horned Owl 2 Short-eared Owl 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker 4 Loggerhead Shrike 1 Northern Shrike 5 Black-billed Magpie 240 Common Raven 21 Black-capped Chickadee 37 Mountain Chickadee 6 Townsend’s Solitaire 29
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European Starling 425 Bohemian Waxwing 35 Cedar Waxwing 130 Spotted Towhee 1 American Tree Sparrow 21 Song Sparrow 2 Red-winged Blackbird 9 Brewer’s Blackbird 2 Great-tailed Grackle 1 Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 44 Black Rosy-Finch 34 House Finch 67
House Sparrow 98
46 Total Species 1,703 Individuals
Ouray NWR / Green
River Christmas Bird Count
Provo Christmas Bird Count 2004 Provo Christmas Bird Count Results Compiled by Merrill Webb Ninety-five species were seen by 41 field observers, two owling parties and four feeder watchers on the Provo CBC, December 18, 2004. This compares with 93 species on last year's Provo count. Official temperatures for the day were 38 for a high and 21 for a low. For the first time no new species were observed on our count although Sandhill Crane, American Avocet, and Wild Turkey with high numbers of 82, 156 and 14 respectively, made their second appearance in 33 years. Utah Lake had frozen solid eight to nine days before the count date, but then when the temperatures warmed up to above freezing a couple of days prior to the 18th the ice broke up, open water occurred far out on the lake and waterfowl was numerous, scattered and difficult to I.D. Even so, observers were able to count 1696 Canada Geese, 3731 Mallards, 1909 Pintails, and 561 Green-winged Teal plus approximately 5,000 ducks that were too far out to correctly identify. Altogether there were 13 species of waterfowl accounted for, most of them dabbling ducks. The diving duck species and numbers were way down due mostly to the inactivity of Geneva Steel and the resultant drying up of deep cooling ponds west of the plant. As usual Starlings dominated the count with observers estimating their number at 9462. Rock Pigeons were higher than usual with an estimated 1131 followed by Ring-billed Gulls with 879 plus another estimated 200 gulls that were too far out on the ice to correctly differentiate into species. There were 10 species of diurnal raptors counted with the American Kestrel topping out at 70, Red-tailed Hawk with 43, Northern Harrier, 41 and Bald Eagle, 38. Corvid species were well represented on the count with the American Crow at 841, Black-billed Magpie 520, and Western Scrub Jay at 113. Even Steller ' s Jay numbers were higher than usual at 76.Other species that may be of interest to the reader were: Wood Duck (6), Chukar (7), Greater yellowlegs (10), No. Saw-whet Owl (1), Eurasian Collared-Dove (28), Yellow-headed Blackbird (4), Brown-headed Cowbird (11), Red Crossbill (16) and Evening Grosbeak (3). It was a fairly pleasant day to be out without any rain, snow or wind to dampen the enthusiasm of the observers. Many thanks to those who assisted. Please mark Saturday, December 17 on your calendars for this year ' s Provo CBC.
Tooele Christmas Bird Count (31 Dec 2004)
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