2019 Edmonton Christmas Bird Count Results

Sunday, December 15 2019

2019 ECBC Results

2019 Edmonton Christmas Bird Count  Final Results

# of Bushbeaters: 169

# of Feederwatchers:  262

Total Participants: 431

Total # of Birds:  19270

Total Species: 48

In 2019 we set a couple of records:
Sharp-shinned Hawk - tied a zone record
(3 were counted in zone 10)
Pileated Woodpecker - we beat our own all-time Canadian record
(67 birds counted)

“A List”  Expected Bird Species:   37 out of 45    (19270 individuals)

Mallard  608

Brown Creeper - A Carter

Common Goldeneye  71

Gray Partridge  68

Ruffed Grouse NONE

Rock Pigeon  2068

Cooper's Hawk   NONE 

Sharp-shinned Hawk  3

Northern Goshawk  4

Bald Eagle  7

Great Horned Owl  4

Boreal Owl   NONE

N Saw-whet Owl   1

Three-toed WoodpeckerNONE

Downy Woodpecker  453

Hairy Woodpecker  74

Northern Flicker  63

Pileated Woodpecker  67

Merlin  7

Northern Shrike  5

Blue Jay  497

Black-billed Magpie  2287

Black-capped Chickadee - Manna Parseyan

American Crow  43

Common Raven  289

Blk-capped Chickadee 3276

Boreal Chickadee  27

Red-breasted Nuthatch  498

White-breasted Nuthatch  322

Brown Creeper  11

Golden-crowned KingletNONE

Townsend's Solitaire  5

American Robin  58
European Starling  42

Bohemian Waxwing  1905

Cedar Waxwing  NONE

Mallard - A Carter

Pine Grosbeak  50

House Finch  853

Purple Finch   6

Common Redpoll  95

Hoary Redpoll  ZERO

White-winged Crossbill  11

Pine Siskin  432

Snow Bunting  ZERO

Dark-eyed Junco  166

White-throated Sparrow  6

House Sparrow  4796

Rough-legged Hawk - Chris Rees

“B List”  Difficult To Find  Bird Species: 
Total of 7 species  (88 individuals )

Canada Goose 71

Common Merganser 1

Rough-legged Hawk 1  (Zone 13S)

Snowy Owl 1

Black-backed Woodpecker 12

Prairie Falcon 1

Canada Jay 1

“C List”  Rare Species: 

Song Sparrow - Teresa Androschuk

Total of 4 species (4 individuals)

Peregrine Falcon 1

Mountain Chickadee 1

Fox Sparrow 1

Song Sparrow 1  (Zone 10)



Interested in more detail? 

Numbers by zone CLICK HERE 

Lynn and Arnold Maki

Event Coordinators

2018 ECBC Results

2018 Edmonton Christmas Bird Count  Final Results

# of Bushbeaters: 220

# of Feederwatchers:  262

Total Participants: 482

Total # of Birds:  16289

Total Species: 47 (+ 2 in Count Week)

“A List”  Expected Bird Species:   39 out of 45    (16055 individuals)

Mallard  506

Common Goldeneye  174

Gray Partridge  49

Ruffed Grouse 1

Rock Pigeon  1582

Cooper's Hawk   ZERO

Sharp-shinned Hawk  1

Northern Goshawk  2

Bald Eagle  11

Great Horned Owl  5

Boreal Owl   ZERO

N Saw-whet Owl   ZERO

Three-toed Woodpecker 1

Downy Woodpecker  465

Hairy Woodpecker  67

Northern Flicker  38

Pileated Woodpecker  57

Merlin  13

Northern Shrike  2

Blue Jay  513

Black-billed Magpie  2037

American Crow  49

Common Raven  396

Blk-capped Chickadee 3153

Boreal Chickadee  13

Red-breasted Nuthatch  531

White-breasted Nuthatch  279

Brown Creeper  9

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2

Townsend's Solitaire  ZERO

American Robin  38
European Starling  8

Bohemian Waxwing  160

Cedar Waxwing  56

Pine Grosbeak  1

House Finch  1011

Purple Finch   4

Common Redpoll  132

Hoary Redpoll  ZERO

White-winged Crossbill  87

Pine Siskin  61

Snow Bunting  ZERO

Dark-eyed Junco  178

White-throated Sparrow  8

House Sparrow  4355

“B List”  Difficult To Find  Bird Species: 8 + 1 CW  (234 individuals )

Canada Goose 224

Lesser Scaup    2

Common Merganser  1

Blk-backed Woodpecker  3

Prairie Falcon  1

Gyrfalcon        1

Evening Grosbeak       1

Red Crossbill   1

Count Week
White Crowned Sparrow  1  

“C List”  Rare Species:  ZERO + 1 CW

Count Week
Peregrine Falcon 1 

Interested in more detail? Numbers by zone CLICK HERE 

Lynn and Arnold Maki

Event Coordinators

2017 ECBC Final Results

FINAL numbers for the Edmonton Christmas Bird Count Sun. December 17, 2017

450 people participated across the city (178 Bushbeaters and 272 Feeder watchers)

38 Species on the "A" List of Expected Birds  (15785 individuals)

Mallard  232

Common Goldeneye  20

Gray Partridge  51

Bald Eagle  2

Sharp-shinned Hawk  1

Cooper's Hawk  1

Northern Goshawk  6

Rock Dove  3663

Great Horned Owl  2

Downy Woodpecker  320

Hairy Woodpecker  41

Northern Flicker  40

Pileated Woodpecker  44

Merlin  15

Northern Shrike  8

Blue Jay  434

Black-billed Magpie  2425

American Crow  31

Common Raven  527

Black-capped Chickadee  2721

Boreal Chickadee  29

Red-breasted Nuthatch  365

White-breasted Nuthatch  189

Brown Creeper  4

Golden-crowned Kinglet  5

Townsend's Solitaire  4

American Robin  50
European Starling  64

Bohemian Waxwing  237

Cedar Waxwing  13

White-throated Sparrow  5

Dark-eyed Junco  135

Pine Grosbeak  135

House Finch  708

White-winged Crossbill  29

Common Redpoll  207

Pine Siskin  152

House Sparrow  2870

 6 species on the "B" List  Difficult To Find (34 individuals)

Common Merganser  2

Rough-legged Hawk  1

Black-backed Woodpecker  7

Gyrfalcon  1

Purple Finch  13

Red Crossbill  10

3 species on the "C" list Rare (1 on Count Day/2 during Count Week)   (3 individuals)

Prairie Falcon  1

Peregrine Falcon 1 CW

Mourning Dove 1  CW

Kim Blomme

Edmonton Compiler

2016 ECBC Final Results

Final Results for the 2016 Edmonton Christmas Bird Count:

# of Bushbeaters: 170

# of Feederwatchers:  286

Total Participants: 456

Total # of Birds:  40,878

Total Species: 47 (+ 1 in CW)

A List  - Expected Species: Counted 39 out of 45

Bohemian Waxwings by Adriana Faciu

Mallard 418

Common Goldeneye 72

Gray Partridge 66

Ruffed Grouse 1

Bald Eagle 4  

Sharp-shinned Hawk 4

Cooper's Hawk 2

Northern Goshawk 3

Merlin 23

Rock Pigeon 3013

Great Horned Owl 6

N. Saw-whet Owl 2

Downy Woodpecker 396

Hairy Woodpecker 54

Northern Flicker 47

Pileated Woodpecker 57

Northern Shrike 4

Blue Jay 472

Black-billed Magpie 2752

American Crow 59

Common Raven 599

Black-capped Chickadee 4119

Boreal Chickadee 36

Red-breasted Nuthatch 585

White-breasted Nuthatch 280

Brown Creeper 7

Townsend's Solitaire 1

American Robin 17

European Starling 191

Bohemian Waxwing 19448

Cedar Waxwing 34

White-throated Sparrow 20

Dark-eyed Junco 138

Pine Grosbeak 5
House Finch 1371

White-winged Crossbill 6

Common Redpoll 402

Pine Siskin 548

House Sparrow 5606

Bald Eagle by Don Delaney

39/45 Species on A List - missing: Boreal Owl, Three-toed Woodpecker, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Snow Bunting, Purple Finch & Hoary Redpoll

 B List  - Difficult to Find:  Counted 4 species on B List

Rough-legged Hawk 1

Gyrfalcon 1

Barred Owl 1

Black-backed Woodpecker  3

Juvenile Gyrfalcon by Adriana Faciu

C List – Rare: Found 4 species!

American Wigeon          1
Prairie Falcon                1

Northern Hawk Owl       1

Chukar                          1 

+ Eurasian Collared Dove 1 - in Zone 13S  CW (count week)

Total species 39 (A) + 4 (B) + 4 (C) for a total of 47 Species

Northern Hawk Owl by Steve Knight

Edmonton Records

House Finch 1371 (previously 1159 in 2015)

House Finch by Ann Carter

Also seen:

Coyote by Lu Carbyn