Kansas Winter Bird Count
Wakefield, December 21, 2008
39 13' N 96 58' W Center as described in 1992.
Intersection of
7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Temperature -3 to 13 F. Wind direction N-NW, wind speed 5 to 27 mph.
Snow 4 inches.
Still Water Partly Open
Moving Water Partly Open
A.M.: Clear
P.M.: Clear
OBSERVERS: 6 in field in 3 parties (non-owling), plus 1 at feeders.
TIME and DISTANCE: 2 hours at feeders; 1.5 hour and 38 miles owling.
Total party-hours 21.5 and party miles 203.5;
1 hour and 1 mile on foot,
20.5 hours and 202.5 miles by car.
Cackling Goose.............................. 12
Canada Goose.............................. 658
Mallard............................................ 7
Common Merganser..................... 117
Northern Bobwhite........................... 7
Bald Eagle....................................... 9
Northern Harrier............................ 17
Sharp-shinned Hawk........................ 2
Cooper's Hawk................................ 1
Red-tailed Hawk............................ 36
"Harlan's" Redtail............................ 1
Rough-legged Hawk......................... 2
American Kestrel............................. 1
Merlin.............................................. 1
Herring Gull..................................... 2
Rock Dove..................................... 52
Barn Owl......................................... 1
Great Horned Owl........................... 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker............... 14
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker............... 3
Downy Woodpecker........................ 8
Hairy Woodpecker........................... 1
Northern Flicker............................... 3
Yellow-shafted.................... 9
Red-shafted.......................... 6
Blue Jay......................................... 49
American Crow.......................... 1396
Horned Lark................................. 704
Black-capped Chickadee............... 22
Tufted Titmouse............................... 5
White-breasted Nuthatch.................. 2
Winter Wren..................................... 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet.................. 3
Eastern Bluebird............................ 40
Hermit Thrush.................................. 3
American Robin........................... 382
Northern Mockingbird...................... 2
European Starling........................... 90
Yellow-rumped Warbler.................. 4
Spotted Towhee............................... 6
American Tree Sparrow.............. 779
Song Sparrow................................ 37
Harris' Sparrow........................... 103
White-crowned Sparrow................ 18
Dark-eyed (Slate) Junco............... 677
Northern Cardinal........................ 106
Red-winged Blackbird................. 418
Western Meadowlark..................... 15
Meadowlark sp............................ 455
Rusty Blackbird........................... 344
Brown-headed Cowbird................ 24
Purple Finch................................... 17
House Finch..................................... 7
Pine Siskin....................................... 1
American Goldfinch....................... 37
House Sparrow.............................. 15
Total species.................................. 54
Total individuals........................ 6871
Additional species seen in count circle count week but not count day
Greater Prairie-Chicken
Wild Turkey
Cedar Waxwing
Participants
Doris Burnett
Chod Hedinger
Carol Hoogheem
Irwin Hoogheem
Robert Kruger
Chuck
Otte, compiler, 613 Tamerisk,