Wednesday 30 December 2015

2015 ECBC Final Results

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.

Red Crossbill by Janice Hurlburt
# of Bushbeaters: 168
# 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
"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
"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
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

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)