Christmas Bird Count

Christmas Bird Count

All about the Christmas Bird Count:
More than 50,000 observers participate each year in this all-day census of early-winter bird populations. The results of their efforts are compiled into the longest running database in ornithology, representing over a century of unbroken data on trends of early-winter bird populations across the Americas. Simply put, the Christmas Bird Count, or "CBC", is citizen science in action.

Counters persevered in the face of bad weather across the continent during the 108th CBC, December 14th 2007 to January 5th 2008.

Loess Hills Audubon Members participate in several CBC's each year and some serve as the count compiler. Listed below are results of some of those counts.

Sioux City CBC 12-15-2007--Compiler Jerry Probst
Snow Goose                                   4
Cackling Goose                               8
Canada Goose                          3,517
Gadwall                                          2
Mallard                                   10,348
Northern Pintail                               4
Green-winged Teal                          3
Redhead                                       11
Lesser Scaup                                 3
Common Goldeneye                      41
Common Merganser                      28
Ring-necked Pheasant                   51
Wild Turkey                                294
Great Blue Heron                            1
Bald Eagle                                    12
Sharp-shinned Hawk                        3
Cooper’s Hawk                                3
Northern Goshawk                           1
Red-tailed Hawk                            88
Rough-legged Hawk                         6
American Kestrel                             7
Merlin                                             1
American Coot                                4
Rock Pigeon                                833
Eurasian Collared-dove                 14
Mourning Dove                               18
Eastern Screech Owl                       5
Great Horned Owl                          2
Barred Owl                                      1
Belted Kingfisher                             1
Red-bellied Woodpecker                 52
Downy Woodpecker                       68
Hairy Woodpecker                         11
Northern Flicker                              8
Northern Shrike                               1
Blue Jay                                       67
American Crow                             72
Horned Lark                                158
Black-capped Chickadee             164
Red-breasted Nuthatch                  24
White-breasted Nuthatch               81
Brown Creeper                                2
Winter Wren                                   3
Marsh Wren                                   1
Eastern Bluebird                           18
American Robin                            16
European Starling                     2,836
Cedar Waxwing                            11
American Tree Sparrow               89
Harris’s Sparrow                             5
Dark-eyed Junco                    1,048
Snow Bunting                                7
Northern Cardinal                          34
Red-winged Blackbird                    44
Meadowlark Sp.                            38
Common Grackle                            6
Brown-headed Cowbird                    3
Purple Finch                                   7
House Finch                                 13
Pine Siskin                                     6
American Goldfinch                      50
House Sparrow                           469

Total Birds Counted 20,631
Total Species Counted 62

Ida County CBC 12-22-2007--Compiler Don Poggensee

Rock Pigeon 57

Mourning Dove 3

Northern Flicker 4

Red-bellied Woodpecker 6

Hairy Woodpecker 5

Downy Woodpecker 15

Horned Lark 339

Black-capped Chickadee 7

White-breasted Nuthatch 19

Red-breasted Nuthatch 24

Brown Creeper 2

American Robin 5

Blue Jay 98

American Crow 79

Northern Shrike 3

European Starling 964

House Sparrow 277

Red-winged Blackbird 1

Common Grackle 5

Northern Cardinal 28

Purple Finch 13

House Finch 50

Western Meadowlark 7

Snow Goose 1

Wild Turkey 9

Short-eared Owl 1

Merlin 1

Eurasian Collared-dove 5

Pine Siskin 10

American Goldfinch 105

Dark-eyed Junco 621

American Tree Sparrow 5

Harris’s Sparrow 1

Snow Bunting 20

Mallard 92

Cooper's Hawk 2

Sharp-shinned Hawk 1

Rough-legged Hawk 1

Red-tailed Hawk 47

Bald Eagle 4

American Kestrel 6

Ring-necked Pheasant 28

Great Horned Owl 3

Long-eared Owl 8

Total Birds Counted 3,036
Total Species Counted 44

Ponca State Park CBC 12-22-2007--Compiler Bill Huser
Canada Goose             25
Mallard                       4
Common Goldeneye     11
Common Merganser       9
Ring-necked Pheasant   52
Wild Turkey               148
Northern Bobwhite        7
Bald Eagle                  17
Northern Harrier            1
Red-tailed Hawk         26
Rough-legged Hawk   18
American Kestrel          2
Rock Pigeon               36
Mourning Dove              3
Great Horned Owl        1
Barred Owl                   1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 12
Downy Woodpecker    9
Hairy Woodpecker       5
Northern Flicker          5
Northern Shrike           4
Blue Jay                      22
American Crow          32
Horned Lark              74
Black-capped Chickadee 23
Red-breasted Nuthatch 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 25
Eastern Bluebird          50
Townsend's Solitaire      1    US
American Robin            2
European Starling      229
Cedar Waxwing          10
American Tree Sparrow 187
Song Sparrow               7
Harris's Sparrow           5
Dark-eyed Junco       473
Northern Cardinal        30
Red-winged Blackbird   1
Western Meadowlark     2
Purple Finch                 10
House Finch                19
American Goldfinch   142
House Sparrow         199

Total Birds Counted 1,945
Total Species Counted 43

Count Week=Sharp-shinned Hawk

Westfield CBC 1-5-2008--Compiler Scott Moats (individual species totals not available at this time)

Canada Goose

Gadwall

Mallard

Common Goldeneye

Common Merganser

Ring-necked Pheasant

Wild Turkey

Bald Eagle

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper’s Hawk

Northern Goshawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

American Kestrel

Merlin

Rock Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-dove

Mourning Dove

Eastern Screech Owl

Great Horned Owl

Barred Owl

Long-eared Owl

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Northern Shrike

Blue Jay

American Crow

Horned Lark

Black-capped Chickadee

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Eastern Bluebird

Townsend’s Solitaire

American Robin

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

American Tree Sparrow

Song Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Harris’s Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Northern Cardinal

Red-winged Blackbird

Western Meadowlark

Rusty Blackbird

Purple Finch

House Finch

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

Total Birds Counted 2615

Total Species Counted 56

Count Week=Black-billed Magpie