Kansas Winter Bird Count
Wakefield – December 20, 2009
39 13' N 96 58' W Center as described in 1992. Intersection of Kansas Highway 82 and Clay County Road 859
December 20, 2009
7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Temperature 25 to 45 F. Wind direction SW in a.m., NW in p.m.
Wind speed 0 to 14 mph.
Snow 3 inches.
Still Water Partly Open
Moving Partly Open
A.M.: Clear
P.M.: Clear
OBSERVERS: 7 observers in field in 4 parties (non-owling), 0 at feeders
TIME and DISTANCE:
2.5 hours and 21.3 miles owling.
Total party-hours 27.25 and party miles 217.
6 hours and 6.5 miles on foot,
21.25 hours and 210.5 miles by car.
Species
Snow Goose, white phase................ 41
Cackling Goose................................ 12
Canada Goose................................ 685
Mallard........................................... 203
Common Goldeneye....................... 150
Hooded Merganser........................... 12
Common Merganser...................... 7500
Red-breasted Merganser.................... 1
Northern Bobwhite........................... 16
Ring-necked Pheasant......................... 1
Wild Turkey................................... 106
Bald Eagle.......................................... 9
Northern Harrier............................... 23
Sharp-shinned Hawk.......................... 4
Red-tailed Hawk.............................. 55
“Harlan's” Redtail.............................. 3
“Krider's” Redtail.............................. 1
American Kestrel............................... 7
Merlin................................................. 1
Bonaparte's Gull............................... 77
Ring-billed Gull............................. 334
California Gull................................... 1
Herring Gull..................................... 50
Rock Dove........................................ 17
Eurasian Collared-Dove..................... 6
Mourning Dove................................. 13
Barn Owl............................................ 2
Great Horned Owl.............................. 1
Barred Owl........................................ 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker................. 30
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.................. 6
Downy Woodpecker......................... 25
Hairy Woodpecker............................. 3
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker... 14
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker.......... 1
Northern Flicker............................... 39
Northern Shrike.................................. 1
Blue Jay............................................ 72
American Crow.............................. 601
Horned Lark................................... 142
Black-capped Chickadee.................. 40
Tufted Titmouse................................ 13
White-breasted Nuthatch.................. 17
Brown Creeper................................... 2
Carolina Wren.................................. 17
Bewick's Wren................................... 1
Winter Wren....................................... 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet.................... 8
Eastern Bluebird............................. 100
Townsend's Solitaire.......................... 1
Hermit Thrush..................................... 2
American Robin............................. 259
Northern Mockingbird........................ 5
European Starling........................... 319
Cedar Waxwing................................ 26
Yellow-rumped Warbler.................. 45
Spotted Towhee.................................. 2
Eastern Towhee.................................. 3
American Tree Sparrow............... 1074
Fox Sparrow....................................... 7
Song Sparrow................................... 63
Lincoln's Sparrow.............................. 1
White-throated Sparrow..................... 7
Harris' Sparrow.............................. 207
White-crowned Sparrow.................. 15
Dark-eyed (Slate) Junco................. 681
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco................. 2
Lapland Longspur........................... 245
Northern Cardinal........................... 116
Red-winged Blackbird................. 2838
Sturnella sp....................................... 96
Brown-headed Cowbird..................... 4
House Finch...................................... 22
American Goldfinch....................... 486
House Sparrow................................. 60
Total species.................................... 69
Total individuals....................... 17,053
Additional subspecies........................ 5
Count Period Species......................... 1
Additional species seen in count circle count week but not on count day:
Rough-legged Hawk
Observers
Warren Buss
Chod Hedinger
Carol Hoogheem
Irwin Hoogheem
Brandon Magette
Jim Malcom
Chuck Otte, compiler, 613 Tamerisk, Junction City, KS 66441 otte2@cox.net