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)

2014 ECBC Final Results

Here are the final 2014 totals:

# of Bushbeaters = 154
# of Feederwatchers = 335  For a total # of participants = 489

# of Partyhours = 266.15
# of Feederwatcher hours = 539.25

Total # of Species = 48
Total # of Birds = 33729

A Species  EXPECTED

Mallard = 751
Common Goldeneye = 53
Gray Partridge = 66
Ruffed Grouse = 1
Bald Eagle = 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk = 1
Cooper's Hawk = 1
Northern Goshawk = 3
Merlin = 16
Rock Pigeon = 3335
Great Horned Owl = 8
Boreal Owl = 1
Northern Saw-Whet Owl = 4
Downy Woodpecker = 519
Hairy Woodpecker = 62
Three-toed Woodpecker = 1
Northern Flicker = 34
Pileated Woodpecker = 76 
Northern Shrike = 5
Blue Jay = 591
Black-billed Magpie = 2528
American Crow = 103
Common Raven = 1098
Black-capped Chickadee = 4406
Boreal Chickadee = 47
Red-breasted Nuthatch = 473
White-breasted Nuthatch = 392
Brown Creeper = 13
Golden-crowned Kinglet = 2
Townsend's Solitaire = 5
American Robin = 22
European Starling = 135
Bohemian Waxwing = 12674
Cedar Waxwing = 14
White-throated Sparrow = 16
Dark-eyed Junco = 158
Snow Bunting = 30
Pine Grosbeak = 46
House Finch = 838
Common Redpoll = 307
Pine Siskin = 70
House Sparrow = 4744

B Species DIFFICULT

Canada Goose = 1
Gyrfalcon = 4
Great Gray Owl = 1
Black-backed Woodpecker = 7
White-crowned Sparrow = 1

C Species  RARE
Short-eared Owl = 1

All in all, a great day for birding weather-wise and lots of enthusiastic bush-beaters and feederwatchers!  Keep up the good work and Happy New Year to all!

Kim Blomme
Edmonton Compiler

2013 ECBC Final Results

Edmonton Christmas Bird Count final results for 2013:Observers: Bushbeaters,159; Feederwatchers, 347; Total participants, 506Birds: Total species , 46; Total individuals , 26,566
Mallard = 444
Common Goldeneye = 20
Northern Goshawk = 5
Merlin = 21
Gray Partridge = 41
Ruffed Grouse = 1
Rock Pigeon = 3802
Great Horned Owl = 2
Downy Woodpecker = 474*
Hairy Woodpecker = 61
Three-toed Woodpecker = 1
Northern Flicker = 73
Pileated Woodpecker = 65*
Blue Jay = 741
Black-billed Magpie = 2745
American Crow = 40
Common Raven = 1053*
Black-capped Chickadee = 4841
Boreal Chickadee = 34
Red-breasted Nuthatch = 613
White-breasted Nuthatch = 377
Brown Creeper = 8
Golden-crowned Kinglet = 7
American Robin = 45
Bohemian Waxwing = 3941
Cedar Waxwing = 52
Northern Shrike = 3
European Starling = 107
Dark-eyed Junco = 646*
Snow Bunting = 5
Pine Grosbeak = 6
Common Redpoll = 144
Pine Siskin = 145
House Sparrow = 4901
Bald Eagle = 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk = 5
Coopers Hawk = 1
Rough-legged Hawk = 1
Gyrfalcon = 1
Prairie Falcon = 1
Great Gray Owl = 1
Townsend Solitaire = 8
White-throated Sparrow = 8
White-crowned Sparrow = 1
American Goldfinch = 5
House Finch = 1067 * New Record high

Kim Blomme
Edmonton Compiler    
There were five new (or joint) Edmonton records for 2013:
Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, Common Raven,
Dark-eyed Junco and House Finch.

2012 ECBC Final Results

Edmonton Christmas Bird Count results for 2012:
Observers: Bushbeaters,130; Feederwatchers, 342; Total participants, 472Birds: Total species , 60; Total individuals , 28567

"A" Species:  (Common) Mallard 1476 Common Goldeneye  91 Northern Goshawk 7 Merlin 28 Gray Partridge 41 Ruffed Grouse 2 Rock Pigeon 3863 Great Horned Owl 6 Snowy Owl 2 Northern Saw Whet Owl 3 Downy Woodpecker 407 Hairy Woodpecker 76 Three-toed Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 104 Pileated Woodpecker 65 Blue Jay 505 Black-billed Magpie 2291 American Crow 32 Common Raven 878 Black-capped Chickadee 4267 Boreal Chickadee 48 Red-breasted Nuthatch 506 White-breasted  Nuthatch 295 Brown Creeper 10 Golden-crowned Kinglet 6 American Robin 52 Bohemian Waxwing 4652 Cedar Waxwing 16 Northern Shrike 5 European Starling 96 Dark-eyed Junco 240 Pine Grosbeak 341 White-winged Crossbill 9 Common Redpoll 2066 Pine Siskin 222 House Sparrow 4809

"B" Species (Uncommon) Canada Goose 2 Lesser Scaup 6 Common Merganser 2 Bald Eagle 4 Cooper's Hawk 2 Rough-legged Hawk 1 Gyrfalcon 1 Short-eared Owl 1 Barred Owl 1 Boreal Owl 3 Townsend's Solitaire 2 American Tree Sparrow 9 White-throated Sparrow 5 White-crowned Sparrow 2 Purple Finch 2 (?) House Finch 973 Red Crossbill 8 Hoary Redpoll 28 Evening Grosbeak 24 American Goldfinch 3 "C" Species Prairie Falcon 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Varied Thrush 1 Chipping Sparrow 1  (NEW!) Northern Hawk Owl 1