Kansas Winter Bird Count

Junction City, December 26, 2005

39 degrees 00' North, 96 degrees 53' West Center as described in 1992, I-70 roadside rest area west of Junction City

7:30 AM to 5:00 PM

Temperature 33  to 64 degrees  F.  Wind direction W-SW, wind speed 0 to 12 mph.

Snow 0 inches.

Still Water mostly open

Moving Water mostly open

A.M.: Clear

P.M.: Clear

OBSERVERS: 11 in field in 5 parties (non-owling), plus 0 at feeders.

TIME and DISTANCE: 0 hours at feeders; 0 hours and 0 miles owling.

Total party-hours 30.5 and party miles 289.9;

8.75 hours and 9.5 miles on foot,

21.75 hours and 280.4 miles by car.

Species

Cackling Goose ............................... 68

Canada Goose  .......................... 2,507

Gadwall ........................................... 20

American Wigeon.............................. 2

Mallard .......................................... 579

Northern Shoveler............................. 3

Northern Pintail ................................. 2

Canvasback ....................................... 1

Bufflehead ......................................... 2

Common Goldeneye ........................ 78

Hooded Merganser .......................... 22

Common Merganser .................. 12,164

Ring-necked Pheasant........................ 1

Wild Turkey .................................... 82

Northern Bobwhite ............................ 4

Common Loon   ................................ 2

Pied-billed Grebe.............................. 2

Great Blue Heron ............................ 38

Bald Eagle ....................................... 61

Northern Harrier .............................. 13

Sharp-shinned Hawk ......................... 3

Cooper's Hawk .................................. 4

Red-tailed Hawk ............................. 61

Red-tailed (Harlan's) Hawk .............. 6

Red-tailed (Krider's) Hawk .............. 3

Rough-legged Hawk .......................... 2

Buteo sp ............................................. 2

American Kestrel ............................ 18

Peregrine Falcon ............................... 1

Prairie Falcon .................................... 1

Virginia Rail ...................................... 3

Killdeer ............................................. 2

Ring-billed Gull ............................ 139

Herring Gull ...................................... 9

Rock Dove ..................................... 135

Mourning Dove ................................ 21

Great Horned Owl ............................. 5

Barred Owl ....................................... 4

Belted Kingfisher .............................. 8

Red-bellied Woodpecker ................ 37

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ................. 6

Downy Woodpecker ........................ 15

Hairy Woodpecker ............................ 8

Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker .. 16

Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker    ...... 4

Northern Flicker .............................. 25

Loggerhead Shrike ............................. 2

Northern Shrike ................................. 1

Blue Jay ........................................... 52

American Crow ............................. 148

Horned Lark .................................. 171

Black-capped Chickadee ................. 50

Tufted Titmouse ............................... 15

Red-breasted Nuthatch ...................... 3

White-breasted Nuthatch ................. 13

Brown Creeper .................................. 5

Carolina Wren ................................. 35

Bewick's Wren .................................. 6

Winter Wren ...................................... 2

Marsh Wren ....................................... 1

Golden-crowned Kinglet ................. 11

Eastern Bluebird ............................ 202

Hermit Thrush  ................................... 2

American Robin ............................ 664

Northern Mockingbird ....................... 4

European Starling ....................... 1,479

Cedar Waxwing ............................. 103

Yellow-rumped Warbler ............... 106

Spotted Towhee ................................. 5

American Tree Sparrow ................ 385

Fox Sparrow ...................................... 2

Song Sparrow   ................................ 45

White-throated Sparrow .................... 1

Harris' Sparrow ............................. 250

White-crowned Sparrow ................... 7

Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco .. 874

Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco ................ 2

Lapland Longspur ........................ 1126

Northern Cardinal ............................ 71

Red-winged Blackbird ................ 1238

Eastern Meadowlark ......................... 9

Western Meadowlark ........................ 9

Sturnella spp. ................................. 123

Purple Finch ...................................... 1

House Finch ..................................... 90

American Goldfinch ........................ 80

House Sparrow ................................ 59

Number of Individuals .............. 23,641

Number of Species .......................... 80

Number of sub-species ...................... 4

Count week species ........................... 0

Henry Armknecht, Warren Buss, Chod Hedinger, Jacob Keating, Jeff Keating, Joshua Keating, Dan Larson, Chuck Otte (compiler, 613 Tamerisk Dr, Junction City, KS 66441, otte@nqks.com), Jaye Otte, David Rintoul, Brett Sandercock