Pullman-Moscow Count, Saturday, December 20, 2003
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 33rd 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 field participants and feeder watchers for turning in another successful winter event. Dave Holick, Count Coordinator.
Idaho Count Participants (incomplete): Eric Carpenter, Jerry Cebula, Tiffany Cooper, Kas Dumroese, Christine Gray, Terry Gray, Dave Holick, Paul Holick, Curt Martyn, Barbara Morgan, Sara Robson, Joel Sauder, Debra Stenkamp, Charles Swift, Jane Westervelt. Feeder watch participants: Tom Besser, Albert Stage, Marjorie Stage.
Washington Count Participants: George Ball, Kelly Cassidy, Marie Dymkaski, Doug Flansburg, Alex Hammond, John Kramer, Kelle Van Ness, Hart Sturgeon-Reed, Tim Reed, Tom Weber, Rick Wekenman, Clare Wiser, Sharon Wiser. Feeder watch participants: Barbara Hammond.
| Great Blue Heron 10 | Mourning Dove 389 | Marsh Wren 2 |
| Canada Goose 1019 | Barn Owl 12 | Golden-crowned Kinglet 12 |
| Green-winged Teal 6 | Great Horned Owl 17 | Townsend's Solitaire 2 |
| Mallard 705 | Barred Owl 1 | American Robin 133 |
| Common Goldeneye 1 | Short-eared Owl 4 | Varied Thrush 2 |
| Duck, (species?) 10 | Long-eared Owl 1 | Bohemian Waxwing 28 |
| Bald Eagle CW | Belted Kingfisher 4 | Cedar Waxwing 293 |
| Northern Harrier 9 | Downy Woodpecker 8 | Northern Shrike 9 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 | Hairy Woodpecker 6 | European Starling 3056 |
| Coopers Hawk 7 | Red-shafted Flicker 88 | Spotted Towhee CW |
| Red-tail Hawk 112 | Pileated Woodpecker 1 | American Tree Sparrow 12 |
| Red-tail Hawk (Harlan's) 1 | Steller's Jay 4 | Song Sparrow 95 |
| Rough-leg Hawk 22 | Blue Jay 1 | White-crowned Sparrow 8 |
| Buteo (species?) 12 | Black-billed Magpie 463 | Dark-eyed (Slate) Junco 8 |
| American Kestrel 104 | American Crow 1 | Oregon Dark-eye Junco 518 |
| Merlin 4 | Common Raven 44 | Dark-eyed Junco, form 88 |
| Prairie Falcon 1 | Black-capped Chickadee 127 | Red-winged Blackbird 32 |
| Falcon (species?) 1 | Mountain Chickadee 17 | Gray-crowned Rosy Finch 32 |
| Gray Partridge 57 | Chestnut-backed Chickadee 13 | Cassin's Finch 3 |
| Ring-neck Pheasant 208 | Red-breasted Nuthatch 35 | House Finch 502 |
| Wild Turkey 52 | White-breasted Nuthatch 5 | Common Redpoll 83 |
| California Quail 624 | Pygmy Nuthatch 47 | Pine Siskin 34 |
| American Coot 1 | Brown Creeper 9 | American Goldfinch 161 |
| Common Snipe 2 | Bewick's Wren 15 | House Sparrow 663 |
| Rock Pigeon 186 | House Wren 1 | 66 SPECIES (10,246 individuals) |
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Lewiston-Clarkston Count, Saturday, January 3, 2004
Thanks to all who participated on our 6th count. We had 4 new species for the count: Eared Grebe (well studied and relocated after the count), Hermit Thrush (probably overdue), Snow Bunting, and American Tree Sparrow (also probably overdue). We had large numbers of raptors, particularly over 70 Northern Harriers (the total number was even reduced by 20% to account for possible duplication), as well as 85 American Kestrels, 3 Merlins, 2 Peregrine Falcons (more or less resident on the cliffs west of Clarkston), and a Prairie Falcon. We also had a huge count of Mourning Doves (over 2000), Horned Larks (~1800) and good numbers of most of the sparrows. Large raptors, Horned Lark, and dove counts may be attributable to heavy snows just before (and during!) the count and the good sparrow count to the deep freeze forcing birds to lower elevations earlier in the fall. Semi-hardy over-winter birds included 3 Say's Phoebes (for the 2nd time), a record 11 Rock Wrens, a Spotted Towhee, and a Hermit Thrush. Gull numbers were down from last year perhaps due to the early freeze. We missed Cedar Waxwing for the first time - an odd miss but we never have that many anyway. We had 84 species plus 3 count week birds which is about average for the count.
Participants (incomplete): Terry Gray, Dave Holick, Charles Swift, Diane Weber, Tom Weber
| Common Loon 1 | Sharp-shinned Hawk 12 | Common Raven 16 |
| Pied-billed Grebe CW | Cooper's Hawk 2 | Black-capped Chickadee 53 |
| Horned Grebe 1 | Accipter (species?) 1 | Brown Creeper 7 |
| Eared Grebe 4 | Red-tailed Hawk 62 | Rock Wren 11 |
| Western Grebe 2 | Rough-legged Hawk 7 | Canyon Wren 4 |
| Double-crested Cormorant 20 | American Kestrel 85 | Bewick's Wren 23 |
| Great Blue Heron 17 | Merlin 3 | Marsh Wren 3 |
| Black-crowned Night Heron 4 | Prairie Falcon 1 | Golden-crowned Kinglet 38 |
| Canada Goose 740 | Peregrine Falcon 2 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet 22 |
| Wood Duck 250 | Gray Partridge 50 | Townsend's Solitaire 1 |
| Green-winged Teal 19 | Chukar 49 | Hermit Thrush 1 |
| Mallard 2169 | Ring-necked Pheasant 140 | American Robin 48 |
| Northern Pintail 10 | California Quail 791 | Northern Shrike 1 |
| Northern Shoveler 1 | Virginia Rail 1 | European Starling 4026 |
| Gadwall 2 | American Coot 106 | Yellow-rumped Warbler 4 |
| American Wigeon 456 | Killdeer 39 | Spotted Towhee 1 |
| Eurasian Wigeon 2 | Common Snipe 4 | American Tree Sparrow 3 |
| Redhead CW | Ring-billed Gull 196 | Song Sparrow 425 |
| Ring-necked Duck 26 | California Gull 12 | White-crowned Sparrow 391 |
| Lesser Scaup 4 | Herring Gull 13 | Dark-eyed Junco 380 |
| Long-tailed Duck CW | Rock Pigeon 787 | Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 5 |
| Common Goldeneye 1000 | Mourning Dove 2180 | Red-winged Blackbird 60 |
| Barrow's Goldeneye 1000 | Barn Owl 2 | Western Meadowlark 75 |
| Bufflehead 500 | Great Horned Owl 2 | Snow Bunting 5 |
| Hooded Merganser 10 | Belted Kingfisher 6 | House Finch 447 |
| Common Merganser 8 | Downy Woodpecker 3 | Pine Siskin 3 |
| Ruddy Duck 3 | Northern Flicker 84 | American Goldfinch 113 |
| Golden Eagle 2 | Say's Phoebe 3 | House Sparrow 1066 |
| Bald Eagle (adult) 4 | Horned Lark 1816 | |
| Bald Eagle (imm) 2 | Black-billed Magpie 171 | |
| Northern Harrier 71 | American Crow 47 | 84 SPECIES (15,164 individuals) |