Kansas Winter Bird Count

December 2010 – January 2011

Wakefield

39° 13' N 96° 58' W Center as described in 1992.  Intersection of Kansas Highway 82 and Clay County Road 859

December 19, 2010

7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Temperature 29 to 53 F.  Wind direction S

Wind speed 0 to 15 mph.

Snow 0 inches.

Still Water Partly Open

Moving Partly Open

A.M.: Partly Cloudy

P.M.: Mostly Clear

OBSERVERS: 8 in field in 4 parties (non-owling), 1 at feeders

TIME and DISTANCE:

2.5 hours and 29.2 miles owling.

Total party-hours 29 and party miles 205.25.

3.75 hours and 4.5 miles on foot,

25.25 hours and 200.75 miles by car.

       Species

Greater White-fronted Goose........... 13

Snow Goose..................................... 17

Canada Goose................................ 655

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

Mallard........................................... 266

Canvasback........................................ 3

Common Goldeneye......................... 28

Hooded Merganser........................... 29

Common Merganser..................... 1,549

Northern Bobwhite............................. 3

Ring-necked Pheasant......................... 2

Wild Turkey..................................... 19

Double-crested Cormorant................. 6

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

Bald Eagle........................................ 22

Northern Harrier............................... 20

Sharp-shinned Hawk.......................... 2

Red-tailed Hawk.............................. 71

"Harlan's" Redtail.............................. 1

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

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

Merlin................................................. 1

Prairie Falcon..................................... 7

Wilson's Snipe.................................... 1

Ring-billed Gull............................... 52

Herring Gull..................................... 15

Rock Pigeon..................................... 16

Mourning Dove................................... 8

Barn Owl............................................ 2

Eastern Screech-Owl.......................... 1

Great Horned Owl.............................. 3

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

Red-bellied Woodpecker................. 25

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

Downy Woodpecker......................... 28

Hairy Woodpecker............................. 1

Northern (Ylwshftd) Flicker............. 23

Northern (Redshftd) Flicker............... 3

Northern Flicker................................. 7

Blue Jay............................................ 35

American Crow.............................. 198

Horned Lark..................................... 21

Black-capped Chickadee.................. 39

Tufted Titmouse................................ 12

Red-breasted Nuthatch....................... 2

White-breasted Nuthatch.................... 7

Brown Creeper................................... 2

Carolina Wren.................................... 3

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

Ruby-crowned Kinglet....................... 1

Eastern Bluebird............................. 137

Townsend's Solitaire.......................... 1

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

American Robin............................. 641

Northern Mockingbird........................ 1

European Starling........................ 3,499

Cedar Waxwing................................ 69

Yellow-rumped Warbler.................. 80

YR "Audubon's" Warbler................... 1

Spotted Towhee................................ 11

Eastern Towhee.................................. 1

American Tree Sparrow................. 234

Song Sparrow................................... 13

Harris' Sparrow.............................. 232

White-crowned Sparrow.................. 26

Dark-eyed (Slate) Junco................. 562

Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco................. 1

Northern Cardinal........................... 112

Red-winged Blackbird................ 2,425

Eastern Meadowlark...................... 258

Sturnella sp..................................... 129

Rusty Blackbird.................................. 6

Purple Finch....................................... 9

House Finch........................................ 4

American Goldfinch......................... 40

House Sparrow................................. 74

Total species.................................... 70

Total individuals....................... 11,817

Additional subspecies........................ 5

Count Period Species......................... 0

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

None

Observers

Doris Burnett

Warren Buss

Chod Hedinger

Carol Hoogheem

Irwin Hoogheem

Bob Kruger

Brandon Magette

Chuck Otte, compiler, 613 Tamerisk, Junction City, KS  66441  otte2@cox.net