Friday 3 January 2020

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