Here are the Final Results for the Edmonton Christmas Bird Count held Dec 20th, 2015.
Notable were the large number of both White-winged and Red Crossbills. A new species was added to the list with a Eurasian Collared Dove being confirmed in zone 13S.
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| Red Crossbill by Janice Hurlburt |
# of Feederwatchers: 352
Total Participants: 520
Total # of Birds: 27,106
Total Species: 55
Thanks to all our dedicated volunteers and intrepid bird counters!
A List (expected species, seen at least 16 of the last 20 years)
Mallard 185
Common Goldeneye 169
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| "Merlin at Daybreak" by Amelie Roberto-Charron |
Gray Partridge 45
Ruffed Grouse 1
Bald Eagle 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Northern Goshawk 5
Merlin 32
Rock Pigeon 2463
Great Horned Owl 7
Boreal Owl 1
N. Saw-whet Owl 7
Downy Woodpecker 568
Hairy Woodpecker 78
Three-toed Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 75
Pileated Woodpecker 52
Northern Shrike 1
Blue Jay 602
Black-billed Magpie 2736
American Crow 41
Common Raven 558
Black-capped Chickadee 5059
Boreal Chickadee 49
Red-breasted Nuthatch 825
White-breasted Nuthatch 380
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| "The Snowy Owl" by Gerry Fox |
Brown Creeper 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Townsend's Solitaire 11
American Robin 65
European Starling 146
Bohemian Waxwing 224
Cedar Waxwing 0
White-throated Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 313
Snow Bunting 15
Pine Grosbeak 371
Purple Finch 0
Purple Finch 0
House Finch 1159
White-winged Crossbill 2217
Common Redpoll 1145
Hoary Redpoll 6
Pine Siskin 945
House Sparrow 5769
43/45 Species on A List - missing Cedar Waxwing and Purple Finch
B List (difficult to find, seen 5 to 15 times in the last 20 years)
Canada Goose 3
Common Merganser 1
Rough-legged Hawk 5
Gyrfalcon 1
Snowy Owl 1
Barred Owl 1
Great Gray Owl 2
Long-eared Owl 1
Gray Jay 2
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Red Crossbill 741
11 species on B List
11 species on B List
C List - (rare, seen less than 5 times in the last 20 years)
confirmed
Eurasian Collared Dove 1 - in Zone 13S NEW
Total species 43 (A) + 11 (B) + 1 (C) for a total of 55 Species
Edmonton Records
Downy Woodpecker 568 (previously 519 in 2014)
House Finch 1159 (previously 1067 in 2013)
White-crowned Sparrow 4 (ties Edmonton record of 1999)
White-winged Crossbill 2217 (previously 1374 in 1991)
Red Crossbill 741 (previously 136 in 1998)
Zone Records
Downy Woodpecker 91 in Zone 4 (previously 85 in Zone 4 in 2013)
Northern Flicker 16 in Zone 13S (previously 13 in Zone 4 in 2007)
White-winged Crossbill 379 in Zone 3 (previously 315 in Zone 1 in 2001)
White-crowned Sparrow 3 in Zone 14 (previously 2 in Zone 1 and 13N in 1999 and 2002)
Red Crossbill 302 in Zone 4 (previously 63 in Zone 12 in 1984)
