Weekly Birders

September 4, 2010



Bill Diffin, leader

There will be no Weekly Birders field trip this week.



Info: WilliamDiffin@aol.com

2009

2009 Christmas Bird Count – Oklahoma City West
Count Day:  December 19, 2009
Participants:  55
Species Recorded:  113
Compiler: John Shackford

Species Total Birds
Greater White-fronted Goose

6

Snow Goose

4

Cacking Goose

79

Canada Goose

2715

Wood Duck

15

Gadwall

220

American Wigeon

59

Mallard

694

Northern Shoveler

429

Northern Pintail

40

Green-winged Teal

12

Canvasback

65

Redhead

10

Ring-necked Duck

61

Lesser Scaup

292

scaup sp.

14

Black Scoter

1

Bufflehead

68

Common Goldeneye

1228

Hooded Merganser

171

Common Merganser

855

Red-breasted Merganser

27

Ruddy Duck

95

Northern Bobwhite

3

Common Loon

12

Pied-billed Grebe

41

Horned Grebe

22

Eared Grebe

1

Western Grebe

3

American White Pelican

29

Double-crested Cormorant

519

Black-crowned Night-Heron

29

Great Blue Heron

147

Bald Eagle (adult)

3

Northern Harrier

13

Sharp-shinned Hawk

9

Cooper’s Hawk

3

medium-small Accipiter sp.

1

Red-shouldered Hawk

10

Red-tailed Hawk

104

Krider’s (Red-tailed)  Hawk

1

Rough-legged Hawk

1

American Kestrel

40

Merlin

2

Prairie Falcon

1

small falcon sp.

1

American Coot

140

Sandhill Crane

9

Killdeer

6

Greater Yellowlegs

3

Least Sandpiper

2

Wilson’s Snipe

3

Bonaparte’s Gull

255

Ring-billed Gull

10936

Herring Gull

64

gull sp.

1

Rock Pigeon

2241

Eurasian Collared-Dove

710

White-winged Dove

5

Mourning Dove

204

Eastern Screech-Owl count wk
Great Horned Owl

8

Barred Owl

6

large owl sp.

2

Belted Kingfisher

19

Red-bellied Woodpecker

44

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

8

Downy Woodpecker

63

Northern Flicker

117

Yellow-shafted Flicker

3

Pileated Woodpecker

1

Eastern Phoebe

6

Loggerhead Shrike

1

Blue Jay

189

American Crow

390

Horned Lark

307

Carolina Chickadee

178

Tufted Titmouse

40

White-breasted Nuthatch

1

Brown Creeper

3

Carolina Wren

63

Bewick’s Wren

8

Winter Wren

1

Marsh Wren

11

wren sp.

1

Golden-crowned Kinglet

5

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

18

Eastern Bluebird

63

American Robin

2711

Hermit Thrush

1

Northern Mockingbird

136

European Starling

4896

American Pipit

1

Cedar Waxwing

186

Yellow-rumped Warbler

180

Spotted Towhee

59

Eastern Towhee

1

American Tree Sparrow

17

Field Sparrow

9

Savannah Sparrow

16

LeConte’s Sparrow

1

Fox Sparrow

38

Song Sparrow

175

Lincoln’s Sparrow

17

Swamp Sparrow

9

White-throated Sparrow

35

Harris’s Sparrow

301

White-crowned Sparrow

80

Dark-eyed Junco

894

Slate-colored Junco

2

Oregon Junco

2

Lapland Longspur

115

Smith’s Longspur

2

Northern Cardinal

393

Red-winged Blackbird

4612

Eastern Meadowlark

3

Western Meadowlark

1

meadowlark sp.

300

Common Grackle

420

Great-tailed Grackle

325

Brown-headed Cowbird

18

Purple Finch

12

House Finch

114

American Goldfinch

412

House Sparrow

469

Total species 113
Total  birds

41253

2007

2007 Christmas Bird Count – Oklahoma City West

Count day: December 15, 2007
Participants: 33
Species Recorded: 110
Compiler: John Shackford


Species

number

Snow Goose (white form) 38
Snow Goose (blue form) 10
Cackling Goose 1
Canada Goose 4422
Wood Duck 23
Gadwall 41
Mallard 316
Northern Shoveler 33
Northern Pintail 3
Green-winged Teal 172
Canvasback 42
Ring-necked Duck 34
Lesser Scaup 17
Bufflehead 89
Common Goldeneye 27
Hooded Merganser 136
Common Merganser 13
Ruddy Duck 64
Wild Turkey 2
Northern Bobwhite 18
Common Loon 2
Pied-billed Grebe 19
Eared Grebe 7
American White Pelican 6
Double-crested Cormorant 121
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 37
Great Egret 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 8
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 13
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper’s Hawk 7
Red-shouldered Hawk 4
Red-tailed Hawk 61
American Kestrel 18
Merlin 1
American Coot 34
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 13
Long-billed Dowitcher (count week)  1
Wilson’s Snipe 6
Bonaparte’s Gull 111
Ring-billed Gull 1327
Herring Gull 35
Glaucous Gull 1
Forster’s Tern 1
Rock Pigeon 381
Eurasian Collared-Dove 61
White-winged Dove 1
Mourning Dove 94
Inca Dove (count week) 1
Barn Owl 1
Eastern Screech-Owl 3
Great Horned Owl 5
Barred Owl 2
Belted Kingfisher 10
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 26
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Downy Woodpecker 31
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 31
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker 15
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 94
American Crow 121
Horned Lark 428
Carolina Chickadee 152
Tufted Titmouse 42
Red-breasted Nuthatch 20
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 3
Carolina Wren 29
Bewick’s Wren 1
Winter Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 23
Eastern Bluebird 8
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 1106
Northern Mockingbird 32
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 3123
Cedar Waxwing 316
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler 129
Spotted Towhee 19
American Tree Sparrow 25
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 297
Le Conte’s Sparrow 2
Fox Sparrow 41
Song Sparrow 214
Lincoln’s Sparrow 11
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 157
Harris’s Sparrow 203
White-crowned Sparrow 21
Dark-eyed Junco 901
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco 40
McCown’s Longspur 20
Lapland Longspur 17
Smith’s Longspur 95
Chestnut-collared Longspur 2
Northern Cardinal 193
Red-winged Blackbird 5451
Eastern Meadowlark 11
Western Meadowlark 2
meadowlark sp. 197
Common Grackle 173
Great-tailed Grackle 2293
grackle sp. 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Purple Finch 16
House Finch 113
Pine Siskin 2
American Goldfinch 173
House Sparrow 233

2008 Christmas Bird Count


2008 Christmas Bird Count – Oklahoma
City West

Count day: December 20, 2008
Participants:  33
Species Recorded:  125, 2 additional forms, 3 additional species during count week
Compiler: John Shackford



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Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Northern Bobwhite
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Am. White Pelican
Double-cr. Cormorant
Black-cr. Night-Heron
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret

Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Krider’s (Red-t) Hawk
Ferruginous Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
American Coot
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Wilson’s Snipe
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Col.-Dove
White-winged Dove
Morning Dove
Greater Roadrunner
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl
Owl sp.
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-belly Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker <
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Red-shafted Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Loggerhead Shrike
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-br. Nuthatch
White-br. Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Bewick’s Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-cr. Kinglet
Ruby-cr. Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird  &nbs
American Robin
Hermit Thrush
Northern Mockingbird  
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-cr. Warbler   &n
Yellow-rump Warbler  
Pine Warbler &nbs
Spotted Towhee  
Eastern Towhee   &nb
Am. Tree Sparrow  &nbsp
Field Sparrow&nbsp
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throat Sparrow    
Harris’s Sparrow
White-crown Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
McCown’s Longspur
Lapland Longspur
Smith’s Longspur
Northern Cardinal       
Red-winged Blackbird  
Eastern Meadowlark
Meadowlark sp.
Common Grackle
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Purple Finch
House Finch
Pine Siskin
Lesser Goldfinch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow


1
57
1828
28
188
4
1299
134
7
1
110
8
57
11
139
1
93
837
166
356
56
58
3
15
cw
6
1
75
6
156
1157
7
125
1
1
2
6
6
1
22
139
1
3
1
31
1
561
26
6
5
140
4418
2
59
2
1713
347
12
162
cw
4
4
2
1
1
16
4
44
3
62
1
98
1
3
1
7
1
161
342
122
223
58
1
2
3
55
9
2
5
4
2
49
65
3151
1
111
3
3051
1
714
5
207
cw
26
1
20
20
1
27
22
84
5
4
80
338
131
1558
2
38
2
265
1527
2
407
455
1810
130
1
148
12
1
490
508