Pullman-Moscow Count, Saturday, December 14, 2002
In spite of the weather, the total number of individual birds was well above the average of the last ten years with 9,062 birds. The 58 species is the second lowest number of species for this count in the last ten years. Probably most remarkable is the fact that this count produced all time high numbers of individuals for ten species (see bold numbers under total column). Since the Barrows Goldeneye is a new species for this count, it also is a new record.
The results of the count are posted on the web at: http://www.birdsource.com The four letter code for this count is IDMP. With this being our 32nd consecutive count and some results going back to 1914 for this area, there is some fascinating data, if numbers are your thing. My thanks to our 23 field participants and four feeder watchers for turning in another successful winter event. Dave Holick, Count Coordinator.
Idaho Count Participants: Jerry Cebula, Kas Dumroese, Terry Gray, Denny Hildreth, David Holick, Barbara Morgan. Deborah Stenkamp, Charles Swift, Jane Westervelt. Feeder watch participants: Tom Besser, Laila Carson, Ray Hoff.
Washington Count Participants: George Ball, Kelly Cassidy, Peggy Chevalier, Doug Flansburg, Alex Hammond, John Kramer, Chris Lupke, Grant Norton, Kelle Van Ness, Harold Ward, Diane Weber, Tom Weber, Clare Wiser, Sharon Wiser. Feeder watch participants: Barbara Hammond, Doug Rudolph.
| Great Blue Heron 7 | Mountain Chickadee 8 |
| Canada Goose 1078 | Chestnut-backed Chickadee 14 |
| Green-winged Teal 5 | Red-breasted Nuthatch 29 |
| Mallard 439 | Pygmy Nuthatch 77 |
| Barrow's Goldeneye 1 | Brown Creeper 1 |
| Bufflehead 3 | Bewick's Wren 6 |
| Duck, species? 15 | Marsh Wren 1 |
| Northern Harrier 14 | Golden-crowned Kinglet 17 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3 |
| Cooper's Hawk 3 | Bluebird, species? 20 |
| Accipiter, species? 1 | Townsend's Solitaire 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk 55 | American Robin 408 |
| Rough-legged Hawk 1 6 | Varied Thrush 8 |
| American Kestrel 37 | Cedar Waxwing 60 |
| Merlin 2 | Northern Shrike 3 |
| Prairie Falcon CW | European Starling 3409 |
| Gray Partridge 56 | Spotted Towhee 1 |
| Ring-necked Pheasant 118 | American Tree Sparrow 9 |
| Wild Turkey 25 | Song Sparrow 53 |
| California Quail 437 | White-crowned Sparrow 4 |
| Rock Dove 268 | Dark-eyed (Slate) Junco 10 |
| Mourning Dove 157 | Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco 323 |
| Barn Owl 2 | Dark-eyed Junco, form? 54 |
| Great-horned Owl 7 | Red-winged Blackbird 15 |
| Belted Kingfisher 2 | Gray-crowned Rosy Finch 65 |
| Hairy Woodpecker 1 | Cassin's Finch CW |
| Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker 96 | House Finch 378 |
| Horned Lark 5 | Red Crossbill 33 |
| Steller's Jay 2 | Pine Siskin 27 |
| Black-billed Magpie 507 | American Goldfinch 94 |
| American Crow 20 | House Sparrow 415 |
| Common Raven 23 | |
| Black-capped Chickadee 113 | 58 TOTAL SPECIES (9,062 Individuals) |
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Return to HOME Lewiston-Clarkston Count, Saturday,
January 4, 2003 Thanks to all who participated on our 5th count. It was a
dreary, rainy day and birds were hard to find. Some land
birds, most noticeably
sparrows, were low in numbers, possibly more dispersed due to the relatively
mild and snow-less late fall/early winter we experienced. Despite the
general lack of numbers, we found 91 species, which was a new high for the
count by 5 species. Waterfowl numbers were below average but well
represented in species with 6 loons and grebes and 19 geese and ducks.
Raptors were well represented with a total of 10 species including 4 falcon
species but numbers of buteos were low as they have been all fall in the
region. Gulls were found in good numbers with over 500
individuals of 5
species due largely to coverage of the Clarkston Landfill this year. New for the
count were Pacific Loon, Peregrine Falcon, Glaucous-winged Gull, Western
Gull, and Red-naped Sapsucker. Interestingly 19 species were represented
by only 1 individual each. Participants: Tom Besser, Keith Carlson, Marylin
Carlson, Francis Cassirer, Jerry Cebula, Rita Dixon, Doris Ferguson, Dwight Ferguson,
Christine Gray, Terry Gray, Elsa Hansen, Jerome Hansen, Winnifred Hepburn,
Denny Hildreath, Dave Holick, Collin Hughes, Merlene Koliner, Barbara Morgan,
Lou Potter, Ted Scherff, Kathy Schotzko, Deborah Stenkamp, Charles Swift
(compiler), Carole Vande Voorde, Rick Welle, and Jane Westervelt. Pacific Loon 1 Ring-billed Gull 215 Common Loon 1 California Gull 250 Red-necked Grebe 1 Herring Gull 45 Pied-billed Grebe 2 Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Horned Grebe 3 Western Gull 1 Western Grebe 4 Rock Dove 479 Double-crested Cormorant 14 Mourning Dove 863 Great Blue Heron 20 Barn Owl 1 Black-crowned Night Heron 3 Western Screech-owl 1 Canada Goose 810 Great Horned Owl 5 Wood Duck 116 Belted Kingfisher 10 Green-winged Teal 37 Red-naped Sapsucker 1 Mallard 1819 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Pintail 9 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Gadwall 2 Northern Flicker 53 American Wigeon 410 Horned Lark CW Eurasian Wigeon 3 Black-billed Magpie 118 Canvasback 1 American Crow 2 Redhead 2 Common Raven 22 Ring-necked Duck 37 Black-capped Chickadee 35 Lesser Scaup 12 Brown Creeper 2 Long-tailed Duck 2 Rock Wren 4 Common Goldeneye 500 Canyon Wren 2 Barrow's Goldeneye 1200 Bewick's Wren 13 Bufflehead 520 Marsh Wren 1 Hooded Merganser 3 American Dipper 1 Common Merganser 12 Golden-crowned Kinglet 37 Red-breasted Merganser CW Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Ruddy Duck 9 Townsend's Solitaire 1 Golden Eagle 3 American Robin 393 Bald Eagle 4 Cedar Waxwing 87 Northern Harrier 11 Northern Shrike 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 5 European Starling 1450 Cooper's Hawk 8 Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler 1 Accipiter sp. 4 Spotted Towhee 1 Red-tailed Hawk 29 Song Sparrow 211 Rough-legged Hawk 0 White-crowned Sparrow 62 American Kestrel 52 Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco 267 Merlin 1 Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco 1 Prairie Falcon 1 Red-winged Blackbird 2 Peregrine Falcon 1 Brewer's Blackbird 10 Ring-necked Pheasant 33 Gray-crowned Rosy Finch 20 California Quail 361 House Finch 533 Virginia Rail 3 Cassin's Finch 2 American Coot 114 American Goldfinch 472 Killdeer 48 Dunlin 5 Wilson's Snipe 2
House Sparrow 898
92 TOTAL SPECIES
(12,882 individuals)