Kansas Winter Bird Count
39 degrees 00' North,
96 degrees 53'
7:30 AM to 5:30 PM
Temperature 20 to 51 degrees F. Wind direction S, wind speed 0 to 15 mph.
Snow 0 inches.
Still Water Partly Open
Moving Water Partly open
A.M.: Clear
P.M.: Clear
OBSERVERS: 9 in field in 5 parties (non-owling), plus 1 at feeders.
TIME and DISTANCE: 3 hours at feeders; 2.25 hours and 50 miles owling.
Total party-hours 34.5 and party miles 295;
6.5 hours and 6 miles on foot,
28 hours and 289 miles by car.
Species
Greater White-fronted Goose........... 4
Snow Goose - white form............ 901
Snow Goose - blue form.............. 100
Cackling Goose............................ 505
Canada Goose............................ 3518
Gadwall......................................... 39
Mallard...................................... 8209
Common Goldeneye....................... 57
Hooded Merganser......................... 15
Common Merganser....................... 60
Greater Prairie-Chicken................... 4
Wild Turkey................................... 24
Northern Bobwhite........................... 3
Great Blue Heron........................... 23
Bald Eagle..................................... 84
Northern Harrier............................ 23
Sharp-shinned Hawk........................ 3
Cooper's Hawk................................ 3
Red-tailed Hawk............................ 84
Red-tailed (Harlan's) Hawk............. 3
Rough-legged Hawk......................... 1
American Kestrel........................... 12
Merlin.............................................. 1
Virginia Rail.................................... 1
Black-legged Kittiwake................... 1
Bonaparte's Gull.............................. 2
Ring-billed Gull............................. 37
Herring Gull................................... 22
Rock Dove..................................... 81
Eurasian Collared-Dove.................. 3
Mourning Dove.............................. 23
Eastern Screech-Owl....................... 3
Great Horned Owl........................... 5
Barred Owl...................................... 3
Long-eared Owl............................... 1
Short-eared Owl.............................. 3
Belted Kingfisher............................. 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker............... 34
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker............... 3
Downy Woodpecker........................ 7
Hairy Woodpecker........................... 2
Northern Flicker............................. 12
Yellow-shafted.................. 33
Red-shafted.......................... 7
Northern Shrike................................ 2
Blue Jay......................................... 59
American Crow............................ 344
Horned Lark............................... 1693
Black-capped Chickadee............... 44
Tufted Titmouse............................. 14
Red-breasted Nuthatch..................... 3
White-breasted Nuthatch................ 16
Brown Creeper................................ 8
Bewick's Wren................................. 1
Winter Wren..................................... 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet..................... 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet.................. 5
Eastern Bluebird.......................... 110
Townsend's Solitaire....................... 4
Hermit Thrush.................................. 7
American Robin......................... 1145
Northern Mockingbird...................... 3
European Starling....................... 1161
Cedar Waxwing............................. 60
Yellow-rumped Warbler.............. 123
Eastern Towhee............................... 1
Spotted Towhee............................... 6
American Tree Sparrow.............. 310
Fox Sparrow.................................... 1
Song Sparrow................................ 16
White-throated Sparrow................. 12
Harris' Sparrow........................... 181
White-crowned Sparrow................ 39
Dark-eyed (SC) Junco.................. 550
Northern Cardinal.......................... 59
Red-winged Blackbird............... 1878
Western Meadowlark..................... 42
meadowlark sp............................. 237
Common Grackle............................. 1
House Finch..................................... 8
Pine Siskin....................................... 6
American Goldfinch....................... 54
House Sparrow.............................. 32
Number of Individuals............. 23132
Number of Species......................... 81
Additional species seen in count circle count week but not on count day.
American Wigeon
Red-breasted Merganser
American White Pelican
Doris Burnett
Warren Buss
Tom Ewert
Gregg Friesen
Carol Hoogheem
Hoogy Hoogheem
Robert Kruger
Chuck
Otte, compiler, 613 Tamerisk,
Jaye Otte