Kansas Winter Bird Count

Junction City, December 27, 2006

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 34  to 58 degrees  F.  Wind direction S, wind speed 0 to 24 mph.

Snow 0 inches.

Still Water 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; 2.75 hours and 36 miles owling.

Total party-hours 38.25 and party miles 325.5;

10.00 hours and 9.5 miles on foot,

28.25 hours and 316.0 miles by car.

Species

Greater White-fronted Goose............. 1

Cackling Goose.................................. 5

Canada Goose................................ 545

Gadwall.......................................... 110

Mallard.......................................... 885

Northern Shoveler.............................. 1

Green-winged Tea............................ 10

Bufflehead.......................................... 7

Common Goldeneye......................... 76

Hooded Merganser .......................... 40

Common Merganser.......................... 38

Ring-necked Pheasant......................... 7

Wild Turkey..................................... 31

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

Common Loon.................................... 1

Pied-billed Grebe............................... 1

Double-crested Cormorant............... 17

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

Bald Eagle........................................ 27

Northern Harrier............................... 49

Sharp-shinned Hawk.......................... 4

Cooper's Hawk................................... 5

Red-tailed Hawk.............................. 64

Red-tailed (Harlan's) Hawk............... 4

Buteo sp.............................................. 1

American Kestrel............................. 21

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

Virginia Rail....................................... 2

Killdeer ........................................... 10

Ring-billed Gull ............................ 195

Herring Gull .................................... 42

Thayer's Gull...................................... 1

Rock Dove...................................... 594

Eurasian Collared-Dove................... 23

Mourning Dove................................. 20

Eastern Screech-Owl.......................... 5

Great Horned Owl............................. 8

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

Belted Kingfisher.............................. 4

Red-bellied Woodpecker................. 33

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.................. 5

Downy Woodpecker......................... 16

Hairy Woodpecker............................ 2

Northern (YS) Flicker...................... 53

Northern (RS) Flicker....................... 9

Northern Flicker.............................. 32

Blue Jay........................................... 65

American Crow.............................. 225

Horned Lark..................................... 12

Black-capped Chickadee.................. 34

Tufted Titmouse................................ 19

White-breasted Nuthatch................... 4

Brown Creeper................................... 1

Carolina Wren................................... 8

Bewick's Wren................................... 2

Winter Wren....................................... 3

Marsh Wren........................................ 2

Golden-crowned Kinglet.................... 2

Eastern Bluebird............................. 139

Hermit Thrush..................................... 1

American Robin........................... 1562

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

European Starling........................ 1,299

Cedar Waxwing................................ 98

Yellow-rumped Warbler.................. 36

Spotted Towhee.................................. 1

American Tree Sparrow................. 380

Field Sparrow.................................... 5

Savannah Sparrow.............................. 3

Fox Sparrow....................................... 8

Song Sparrow................................... 32

Lincoln's Sparrow.............................. 4

Swamp Sparrow................................. 2

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

Harris' Sparrow.............................. 456

White-crowned Sparrow.................... 5

Dark-eyed (SC) Junco.................... 925

Lapland Longspur........................... 121

Northern Cardinal............................. 55

Red-winged Blackbird......... 1,500,504

Eastern Meadowlark........................ 86

Western Meadowlark....................... 11

Sturnella sp..................................... 301

House Finch.................................... 287

American Goldfinch....................... 141

House Sparrow............................... 329

Number of Individuals 1510224

Number of Species                  81

Additional species seen in count circle count week but not on count day:

American White Pelican

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Doris Burnett, Warren Buss, Carol Hoogheem, Hoogy Hoogheem, Chuck Otte (compiler, 613 Tamerisk Dr, Junction City, KS 66441, otte@nqks.com), Galen Pittman, Brett Sandercock, Margy Stewart, Ron Young, John Zempel, Linda Zempel