2003 Lyle Christmas Bird Count

Sunday, December 14, 2003

Compiled by Bob Hansen
Formatted for the Web by Jane Hadley

Version 12.21.01

	Species	Sectors											Total
			Catherine Creek		Silva Creek	Klickitat Canyon	Stacker Butte	Columbia Hills	Dalles- port	The Dalles	Rowena	Mosier
		Zed	Bob	Dan
	Pacific Loon												0
1	Common Loon	1								2			3
	loon, sp.												0
1	Pied-bill Grebe	1	3						12	12	10		38
1	Horned Grebe							3		1	6	2	12
1	Red-necked Grebe		1						1		1		3
	Eared Grebe												0
1	Western Grebe	39								7	49	1	96
1	Clark's Grebe	1											1
1	Double-crested Cormorant	45	3			3		18	285	14	61	3	432
													0
1	Great Blue Heron	12	1			5		5	1	5	4	1	34
	Black-crowned Night Heron												0
	Tundra Swan												0
	swan, sp.												0
1	Canada Goose	61	44					196	55	1002	391	1	1750
	Greater-white Fronted Goose												0
1	Wood Duck		54								2		56
1	Gadwall		3					1	3	12	37	10	66
	Eurasian Wigeon												0
1	American Wigeon	35	8					36	15	60	33	28	215
1	Mallard		66					5	3	86	137		297
1	Northern Shoveler	2								1	42		45
1	Northern Pintail		1								2		3
1	Green-winged Teal								6	1	10	2	19
1	Canvasback		12						cw	2			14
	Redhead												0
1	Ring-necked Duck	2	2					29	30	12	34	3	112
1	Greater Scaup	12	4							1	15		32
1	Lesser Scaup	67	4						8	10	16		105
	Scaup,species		4							216		30	250
	Long-tailed Duck												0
	White-winged Scoter												0
1	Common Goldeneye	1	14			6		39	15	49	7	4	135
1	Barrow's Goldeneye									2			2
1	Bufflehead	1	3					29	1	8	12	10	64
1	Hooded Merganser		27					17	3	2		6	55
1	Common Merganser	2	4			7		19			3	1	36
	Red-breasted Merganser												0
	Ruddy Duck												0
	duck,sp.												0
													0
1	Bald Eagle				1					1			2
	adults	2	5	1	6	7			2		2		25
	immatures	3	2		1	23			2		3		34
													0
1	Northern Harrier		cw		1			1	1		1		4
1	Sharp-shinned Hawk			1		1			1	2		1	6
	accipiter, sp.							1					1
1	Cooper's Hawk									1			1
1	Red-tailed Hawk	6	3	3	5	4	2	7	2	4	8	9	53
	Ferruginous Hawk												0
1	Rough-legged Hawk					7						1	8
	buteo, species								1				1
1	Golden Eagle									1			1
	adults					1	1						2
	immatures		1									1	2
	eagle, species					6							6
	raptor, species												0
1	American Kestral	1	3		1	1		1					7
	Merlin												0
1	Peregrine Falcon									1			1
1	Prairie Falcon								1			1	2
	falcon, sp					1							1
													0
	Gray Partridge												0
	Chucker												0
	Ringed-neck Pheasant												0
	Ruffed Grouse												0
1	Wild Turkey					3						6	9
1	California Quail		49	10		23		29			10	1	122
													0
1	Virginia Rail		2										2
	Sora												0
1	American Coot							110	23	193	18	25	369
1	Killdeer		1							2	2		5
	Spotted Sandpiper												0
	Least Sandpiper												0
1	Dunlin									1			1
	Common Snipe												0
													0
	Bonaparte's Gull												0
1	Mew Gull									1			1
1	Ring-billed Gull		3							32			35
1	California Gull	2	4							3			9
1	Herring Gull		1										1
1	Glaucous-winged Gull	1	2			2			1	19	6		31
	W.x Glaucous-winged Gull												0
	Gull, species		20	7		11		2	52				92
													0
1	Rock Pigeon	25	34					27			40	30	156
cw	Mourning Dove											cw	0
													0
	Western Screech-Owl												0
cw	Great Horned Owl		cw										0
	Northern Pygmy Owl												0
1	Barred Owl		1										1
	Owl, sp.												0
													0
1	Anna's Hummingbird					2			1				3
	hummingbird, sp		1										1
1	Belted Kingfisher	2	3			1		2	2		5		15
1	Lewis's Woodpecker	23	66	58	55	46		9		2	5	5	269
1	Acorn Woodpecker		2										2
	Red-naped Sapsucker												0
1	Red-breasted Sapsucker	1											1
1	Downy Woodpecker		cw			1	2		1	1	2		7
	Hairy Woodpecker												0
1	Northern Flicker	9	10	6	36	10		2	15	8	22	26	144
	N. Flicker, hybred												0
1	Pileated Woodpecker			1									1
	woodpecker, sp.											1	1
													0
1	Say's Phoebe										1		1
1	Northern Shrike							1					1
													0
1	Gray Jay				1								1
1	Steller's Jay	11	4	193	88	45		4		7	19	21	392
1	Scrub Jay	17	25	19	7	30	3	8	8	3	61	14	195
1	Black-billed Magpie							13					13
1	American Crow	4	10			24		3		6	7	1	55
1	Common Raven	6	5	9	22	41		3			7	7	100
	Horned Lark												0
1	Black-capped Chickadee	14	2	8	15	12	1	1	6	6	10	2	77
1	Mountain Chickadee				1	3							4
1	Chestnut-backed Chickadee			20	2	1							23
1	Bushtit					8					28		36
1	Red-breasted Nuthatch	5	2	9	6	6					3		31
1	White-breasted Nuthatch	4	2	4	3	8				2	1		24
	nuthatch, sp												0
	Brown Creeper												0
cw	Rock Wren								cw				0
1	Canyon Wren	1							1				2
1	Bewick's Wren		1	4				2	4	1	6		18
1	Winter Wren			3						1			4
1	Marsh Wren								2				2
1	American Dipper				2	3							5
1	Golden-crowned Kinglet		2	20	1	7		4		4			38
1	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	8		4	1	1		6	8	5	14	2	49
1	Western Bluebird							1	14				15
1	Townsend's Solitaire	1	1										2
1	Hermit Thrush	2	1	2				1	9				15
1	American Robin	1				2			20	49	6	25	103
1	Varied Thrush			2								5	7
1	American Pipit						16						16
													0
1	Cedar Waxwing		cw							15			15
1	European Starling	45	63	35		49		2	57	250	200	75	776
1	Yellow-rumped Warbler	2							3	29	38		72
	Y-rmped Warbler(Myrtle)								1	1			2
	Y-rmped Warbler (Audubon)								2		5		7
	Townsend's Warbler												0
1	Spotted Towhee	2	10	11	3	8			11	4	19		68
1	Savannah Sparrow								4	1			5
1	Fox Sparrow		1						4		3		8
1	Song Sparrow	10	10	2		2	1	2	20	13	64	3	127
1	Lincoln's Sparrow		cw						2	2			4
	White-throated Sparrow												0
1	White-crowned Sparrow		4	1				16	18	23		2	64
1	Golden-crowned Sparrow		26	8		3		7	47	15	86	3	195
	sparrow, sp		2										2
	Slate-colored Junco							1			1		2
1	Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco	8	23	19	70	173	17	163	62		240	110	885
													0
1	Red-winged Blackbird		15					32	28	19			94
1	Western Meadowlark					2	3	24	5			3	37
1	Brewer's Blackbird		15					59	22	66			162
	blackbird, sp.		50						35				85
1	Brown-headed Cowbird								1				1
	Purple Finch												0
1	House Finch		14	1		28		67	144	23	61	1	339
	Finch, sp												0
	Red Crossbill												0
	Common Redpoll												0
1	Pine Siskin		1										1
1	Lesser Goldfinch	6						21	2				29
1	American Goldfinch	25	1			60		1	2	35	18	1	143
	goldfinch, sp												0
	Evening Grosbeak												0
1	House Sparrow		31			69			21	33	34		188
													0
	Total birds ----->	529	792	461	328	756	46	1030	1106	2390	1928	484	9850
103	<--Total count day species ---->			27	20	42	9		53		54
3	Count week only
106	Total count species
	Start time	932	730	815	820	800	730	805	735	800	730	741
	Stop time	1400	1630	1556	1610	1615	1445	1435	1700	1630	1630	1643
	Miles driven	7	20	17	11.5	50	0	34.5	28.35	30	59	42	299.35
	Hours in car	3.5	2	4.5	5	6	0	2	2.45	4.5	3	9	41.95
	Miles on foot	1.5	1	2	2.5	0.5	5.5	3.5	2.25	5	6	2.5	32.25
	Hours on foot	1	5.5	3.5	3	2	7.25	4.5	6.2	4	6	0.75	43.7
	Owling, miles in car			5
	miles on foot			0
	time, hours			2
	Weather:
	Precipitation			lt snow		0				lt rain		rain, snow
	Cloud cover,%			60-85		50-90	fog,					60-10
	Temperature			39-40		36-34	32			40		40-46
	Wind speed and direction			0-10		3-7	20-35w			0-15		calm
	Snow on ground					0-2"
	Participants:
	Washington:
	Catherine Creek, Bob Hansen, Zed and Miko Ruhlen, Modene Miles, Larry Miles, John Sauter
	Silva Creek, Dan Lichtenwald, Susan Saul, Roger Anderson
	Columbia Hills, Henry Gilmore, Mike Marsh, Kevin Glueckert, Eileen Rock
	Dallesport, Stuart Johnston, Barbara Robinson
	Oregon:
	The Dalles, Diane and Roger Gadway, Bets Stover
	Rowena, Donna Lusthoff, Bing Wong, Char Cockran
	Mosier, Tom and Connie Herzig, Heidi Kinsey
	Other observations: