Kansas Winter Bird Count

Junction City, December 30, 2007

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

7:45 AM to 5:00 PM

Temperature 14 to 38 degrees F.  Wind direction S, wind speed 3 to 12 mph.

Snow 3 inches.

Still Water partly open

Moving partly open

A.M.: Clear

P.M.: Clear

OBSERVERS: 5 in field in 2 parties (non-owling), plus 0 at feeders.

TIME and DISTANCE: 0 hours at feeders; 2 hours and 34 miles owling.

Total party-hours 16.25 and party miles 206.5;

0.5 hours and 0.5 miles on foot,

15.75 hours and 206.0 miles by car.

Species

Snow Goose - white phase............. 600

Snow Goose - blue phase............... 100

Cackling Goose.................................. 1

Canada Goose................................ 119

Gadwall ........................................... 70

Mallard........................................ 2,966

Green-winged Teal............................. 2

Redhead.............................................. 2

Common Goldeneye........................ 47

Hooded Merganser............................ 3

Common Merganser..................... 5,004

Ring-necked Pheasant....................... 10

Wild Turkey................................... 128

Northern Bobwhite........................... 15

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

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

American White Pelican.................... 1

Double-crested Cormorant................. 2

Great Blue Heron............................ 40

Bald Eagle........................................ 93

Northern Harrier............................... 14

Sharp-shinned Hawk.......................... 1

Cooper's Hawk................................... 2

Red-shouldered Hawk........................ 1

Red-tailed Hawk............................... 68

Red-tailed (Harlan's) Hawk............... 2

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

Rough-legged Hawk.......................... 4

American Kestrel............................... 3

Prairie Falcon..................................... 2

American Coot................................... 8

Ring-billed Gull............................. 110

Herring Gull..................................... 65

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

Rock Dove........................................ 77

Mourning Dove................................. 73

Eastern Screech-Owl......................... 2

Great Horned Owl............................ 12

Barred Owl........................................ 6

Short-eared Owl................................. 2

Belted Kingfisher............................... 1

Red-headed Woodpecker................... 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker................. 18

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.................. 2

Downy Woodpecker.......................... 6

Hairy Woodpecker............................. 3

Northern (YS) Flicker...................... 10

Northern (RS) Flicker....................... 4

Northern Flicker ................................ 5

Loggerhead Shrike.............................. 3

Blue Jay........................................... 15

American Crow.............................. 146

Horned Lark................................... 699

Black-capped Chickadee.................. 23

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

Red-breasted Nuthatch....................... 5

White-breasted Nuthatch.................. 11

Carolina Wren.................................... 6

Bewick's Wren................................... 1

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

Golden-crowned Kinglet.................. 10

Eastern Bluebird.............................. 34

American Robin............................. 113

Northern Mockingbird....................... 2

European Starling.......................... 855

Cedar Waxwing................................ 15

Yellow-rumped Warbler.................... 5

Spotted Towhee................................. 4

American Tree Sparrow................. 667

Fox Sparrow....................................... 1

Song Sparrow................................... 18

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

Harris' Sparrow.............................. 200

White-crowned Sparrow.................... 2

Dark-eyed (SC) Junco.................... 995

Lapland Longspur............................. 31

Northern Cardinal............................. 32

Red-winged Blackbird................... 527

Eastern Meadowlark........................ 19

Western Meadowlark..................... 163

Sturnella spp................................... 287

Rusty Blackbird................................. 2

Brown-headed Cowbird..................... 1

Purple Finch....................................... 7

House Finch...................................... 24

American Goldfinch......................... 91

House Sparrow................................. 70

Number of Individuals............... 14,811

Number of Species........................... 82

Number of sub-species....................... 2

Count week species............................ 2

Additional species seen in count circle count week but not on count day: none

Observers

Doris Burnett

Carol Hoogheem

Irwin Hoogheem

Chuck Otte, compiler, 613 Tamerisk, Junction City, KS  66441  otte@nqks.com

Jaye Otte