Kansas Winter Bird Count
December 2011 – January 2012
Wakefield
39° 13.228' N 96° 58.008' W
Center as described in 1992. Intersection of Kansas Highway 82 and Clay County Road 859
December 18, 2011
7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Temperature 33 to 61 F.
Wind direction S
Wind speed 0 to 25 mph.
Snow 0 inches.
Still Water Open
Moving Water Open
A.M.: Mostly Clear
P.M.: Clear
OBSERVERS: 8 in field in 4 parties (non-owling), 1 at feeders
TIME and DISTANCE: 4 hours at feeders;
2 hours and 34 miles owling.
Total party-hours 25.5 and party miles 197.75.
4 hours and 4 miles on foot,
21.5 hours and 193.75 miles by car.
Snow Goose, white form 462
Snow Goose, blue form 32
Cackling Goose 5
Canada Goose 649
Mallard 318
Northern Shoveler 7
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 70
Common Goldeneye 23
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 704
Ruddy Duck 19
Northern Bobwhite 3
Common Loon 1
American White Pelican 2
Great Blue Heron 6
Bald Eagle 12
Northern Harrier 19
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 67
Red-tailed (Harlan's) Hawk 1
Buteo species 3
Rough-legged Hawk 2
American Kestrel 4
Merlin 2
Prairie Falcon 1
Falcon species 2
Bonaparte's Gull 8
Ring-billed Gull 319
Herring Gull 19
Rock Pigeon 28
Eurasian Collared-Dove 5
Mourning Dove 36
Barn Owl 2
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Barred Owl 4
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 27
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 15
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern (Ylwshftd) Flicker 36
Northern (Redshftd) Flicker 6
Northern Flicker 8
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Blue Jay 57
American Crow 935
Horned Lark 70
Black-capped Chickadee 26
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 12
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 2
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 84
American Robin 141
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 342
Cedar Waxwing 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler 9
Spotted Towhee 10
American Tree Sparrow 492
Field Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 2
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 16
Swamp Sparrow 1
Harris' Sparrow 248
White-crowned Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed (Slate) Junco 417
Northern Cardinal 116
Red-winged Blackbird 3872
Eastern Meadowlark 17
Western Meadowlark 202
Sturnella sp. 128
Rusty Blackbird 17
Brewer's Blackbird 37
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 270
House Sparrow 19
Total species 78
Total individuals 10,529
Additional species seen in count circle count week but not count day.
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Participants
Doris Burnett
Warren Buss
Chod Hedinger
Carol Hoogheem
Irwin Hoogheem
Robert Kruger
Jim Mayhew
Chuck Otte
Compiler
Chuck Otte
613 Tamerisk
Junction City, KS 66441
otte2@cox.net