RIVEREDGE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT REPORT

December 21, 2013

List the number of each species seen or heard on the count day next to the species name. Indicate any species heard or seen within 3 days before or after, but not on the day of the count with a “CW” (no number). Documentation is required for species typed in bold lettering or not found on the list. Documentation is also needed for any species with a # before its name if it is found AWAY fromLake Michigan.

Snow Goose / 1
Canada Goose / 2973
Cackling Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Am. Black Duck / 11
Mallard / 374
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead / 3
Ring-necked Duck
# Greater Scaup / 6
Lesser Scaup
Scaup sp.
# Harlequin Duck
# Surf Scoter
# White-winged Scoter
# Black Scoter
# Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead / 18
Common Goldeneye / 320
Barrow’s Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser / 85
Red-breasted Merganser / 34
Ruddy Duck
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant / 8
Ruffed Grouse
Spruce Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Greater Prairie Chicken
Wild Turkey / 616
Northern Bobwhite
Common Loon
Red-throated Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron / 2
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle / 2
Northern Harrier / 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk / 3
Cooper’s Hawk / 16
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk / 67
Rough-legged Hawk / 3
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel / 21
Merlin
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
American Coot / 1
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Wilson’s Snipe
Bonaparte’s Gull
Ring-billed Gull / 46
Herring Gull / 27
Thayer’s Gull
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Doves (Feral Pigeon) / 1181
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove / 892
E. Screech-Owl / 31
Great Horned Owl / 31
Snowy Owl
N. Hawk-Owl
Barred Owl / 12
Great Gray Owl
Long-eared Owl / 3
Short-eared Owl
N. Saw-whet Owl / 3
Belted Kingfisher / 4
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker / 136
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker / 4
Downy Woodpecker / 259
Hairy Woodpecker / 90
Black-backed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker / 20
Pileated Woodpecker / 10
Northern Shrike / 3
Gray Jay
Blue Jay / 510
American Crow / 808
Common Raven
Horned Lark / 176
Black-capped Chickadee / 869
Boreal Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse / 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch / 54
White-breasted Nuthatch / 272
Brown Creeper / 13
Carolina Wren / 2
Winter Wren / 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet / 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird / 26
Townsend’s Solitaire
Hermit Thrush
American Robin / 261
Varied Thrush
Northern Mockingbird
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling / 1803
Cedar Waxwing / 509
Bohemian Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler / 1
Eastern Towhee
Am. Tree Sparrow / 373
Chipping Sparrow / 4
Field Sparrow / 20
Fox Sparrow / 6
Song Sparrow / 1
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow / 5
Harris’s Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco / 2007
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting / 3
Northern Cardinal / 359
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird / 1
Eastern Meadowlark
Western Meadowlark
Meadowlark sp.
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer’s Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch / 64
House Finch / 429
Red Crossbill / 2
White-winged Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin / 10
American Goldfinch / 850
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow / 1210
Total Species / 71
Total # of individuals / 18,177