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Posted by Bill Boeringer on 17:43:44 01/07/10
The Kendall CBC was held on December 26, 2009.The "lucky 13" valiant participants, working in generally undermanned teams, enjoyed great weather and a fun day in the field. A total of 125 species were found; we also had 12 species of exotics (and another count week), and 3 Count Week species (Bonaparte s Gull, Shiny Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole). There were no outstanding rarities, but we did add a new species to the all-time count (Marsh Wren), our first count-day House Finches, and several new exotics.
The 5 most common birds seen were: Laughing Gull (4,476), Starling (3,232), White Ibis (2,765), Ring-billed Gull (1,413), and Turkey Vulture (1,060). Our overall numbers were comparable to prior counts.
A special thanks to all the participants, whose efforts were really needed this year:
Team Matheson (Jeff Weber, Miguel Padura, Ross Hancock)
Team Deering (Trey Mitchell, Bill Searcy, Ernie Lent, and John O Leary)
Team Black Point (Roberto Torres, Paul Bithorn)
Team Barnes (Carlos Sanchez, Elsa Alvear)
Team Kendall (Steven Paez)
Team Thompson (me).
Also thanks to Wil Domke, Roxanne Featherly and Kevin Sarsfield for their yard counts, and thanks once again to the folks at Fairchild Gardens and Deering Estate for allowing access to our teams.
Stay thirsty, my friends...
The Count:
Muscovy Duck 398
American Wigeon 5
Mallard 23
Mottled Duck 62
Blue-winged Teal 120
Am. Green-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 17
Ring-necked Duck 57
Hooded Merganser 1
Red-breasted Merganser 27
Pied-billed Grebe 32
American White Pelican 127
Brown Pelican 63
Double-crested Cormorant 553
Anhinga 11
Great Blue Heron 23
Great Blue Heron (white form)1
Great Egret 74
Snowy Egret 9
Little Blue Heron 57
Tricolored Heron 14
Cattle Egret 837
Green Heron 10
Black-crowned Night Heron 13
Yellow-crowned Night Heron 3
White Ibis 2,765
Glossy Ibis 8
Roseate Spoonbill 10
Wood Stork 46
Black Vulture 173
Turkey Vulture 1,060
Osprey 11
Bald Eagle 3
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 12
Red-shouldered Hawk 9
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Short-tailed Hawk 7
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Kestrel 23
Merlin 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Common Moorhen 88
American Coot 660
Semipalmated Plover 5
Killdeer 49
Black-necked Stilt 1
Greater Yellowlegs 28
Lesser Yellowlegs 17
Spotted Sandpiper 5
Ruddy Turnstone 32
Least Sandpiper 4
Long-billed Dowitcher 25
Wilson's Snipe 1
Laughing Gull 4,476
Bonaparte's Gull CW
Ring-billed Gull 1,413
Herring Gull 25
Lesser Black-backed Gull 53
Royal Tern 21
Rock Pigeon 604
White-crowned Pigeon 7
Eurasian Collared Dove 617
White-winged Dove 7
Mourning Dove 204
Common Ground-Dove 1
Monk Parakeet 110
Barn Owl 2
Eastern Screech Owl 1
Burrowing Owl 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 34
Belted Kingfisher 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 26
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 13
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Loggerhead Shrike 31
White-eyed Vireo 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Blue-headed Vireo 19
Blue Jay 68
Fish Crow 133
Tree Swallow 26
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
Cave Swallow 1
Marsh Wren 1
House Wren 6
Red-whiskered Bulbul 9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 126
Gray Catbird 13
Northern Mockingbird 78
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 3,232
Common Myna 13
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Northern Parula 18
Magnolia Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 49
Black-throated Green Warbler 4
Yellow-throated Warbler 8
Pine Warbler 27
Prairie Warbler 25
Palm Warbler 113
Black & White Warbler 19
American Redstart 9
Ovenbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 14
Summer Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Savannah Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 50
Painted Bunting 13
Red-winged Blackbird 376
Eastern Meadowlark 3
Common Grackle 461
Boat-tailed Grackle 997
Brown-headed Cowbird 108
*Shiny Cowbird CW
*Bronzed Cowbird 1
Baltimore Oriole CW
Spot-breasted Oriole 4
House Finch 2
House Sparrow 36
Mute Swan 2
Greylag" Goose 8
White" Goose 2
Chinese Swan Goose 8
Sacred Ibis CW
Common Peafowl 30
Black-hooded Parakeet 8
Mitred Parakeet 318
Red-masked Parakeet 7
Blue-and-Yellow Macaw 14
Yellow-chevroned Parakeet 18
Red-crowned Parrot CW
Hill Myna 39
Nutmeg Mannikin 1
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