Kansas Winter Bird Count
Wakefield, December 17, 2006
39 13' N 96 58' W Center as described in 1992. Intersection of Kansas Highway 82 and Clay County Road 859
7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Temperature 29 to 47 F. Wind direction N-NW, wind speed 3 to 15 mph.
Snow 0 inches.
Still Water Open
Moving Water Open
A.M.: Partly Cloudy
P.M.: Partly Cloudy
OBSERVERS: 8 in field in 3 parties (non-owling), plus 1 at feeders.
TIME and DISTANCE: 4 hours at feeders; 2.25 hour and 17 miles owling.
Total party-hours 24.25 and party miles 205;
4 hours and 4 miles on foot,
20.25 hours and 201 miles by car.
Species
Snow Goose, white phase................ 25
Canada Goose................................ 170
Gadwall.............................................. 7
Mallard........................................... 370
Northern Shoveler.............................. 6
Green-winged Teal............................. 9
Redhead.............................................. 3
Ring-necked Duck............................ 89
Lesser Scaup.................................... 75
Bufflehead........................................ 22
Common Goldeneye....................... 278
Hooded Merganser............................. 5
Common Merganser........................ 262
Ruddy Duck........................................ 1
Ring-necked Pheasant......................... 5
Wild Turkey..................................... 25
Northern Bobwhite............................. 3
American White Pelican..................... 6
Great Blue Heron............................. 12
Bald Eagle........................................ 21
Northern Harrier............................... 19
Sharp-shinned Hawk.......................... 1
Cooper's Hawk................................... 1
Red-tailed Hawk.............................. 58
"Harlan's" Redtail.............................. 9
"Krider's" Redtail............................... 1
Ferruginous Hawk.............................. 2
Rough-legged Hawk........................... 3
buteo sp.............................................. 4
American Kestrel............................... 1
Merlin................................................. 3
Prairie Falcon..................................... 2
Killdeer.............................................. 5
Bonaparte's Gull............................... 15
Ring-billed Gull............................. 578
Forster's Tern................................... 12
Rock Dove........................................ 11
Eurasian Collared-Dove..................... 1
Mourning Dove................................... 7
Barn Owl............................................ 2
Eastern Screech-Owl.......................... 3
Great Horned Owl.............................. 2
Barred Owl........................................ 6
Short-eared Owl................................. 1
Northern Saw-whet Owl.................... 1
Red-headed Woodpecker................... 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker................. 21
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.................. 3
Downy Woodpecker......................... 16
Hairy Woodpecker............................. 4
Northern (Ylwshftd) Flicker............. 10
Northern (Redshftd) Flicker............... 1
Flicker, sp........................................ 24
Blue Jay............................................ 22
American Crow.............................. 240
Horned Lark..................................... 25
Black-capped Chickadee.................. 26
Tufted Titmouse.................................. 1
White-breasted Nuthatch.................. 10
Brown Creeper................................... 1
Carolina Wren.................................. 14
Marsh Wren........................................ 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet.................... 3
Eastern Bluebird............................... 37
Hermit Thrush..................................... 1
American Robin............................... 91
Gray Catbird....................................... 1
Northern Mockingbird........................ 1
European Starling........................ 1,202
Cedar Waxwing................................ 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler.................. 11
Spotted Towhee.................................. 1
American Tree Sparrow................. 388
Fox Sparrow....................................... 7
Song Sparrow................................... 35
Lincoln's Sparrow.............................. 1
Swamp Sparrow................................. 1
White-throated Sparrow................... 12
Harris' Sparrow.............................. 258
White-crowned Sparrow.................. 19
Dark-eyed (Slate) Junco................. 754
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco................. 2
Northern Cardinal........................... 113
Red-winged Blackbird................... 382
blackbird sp............................. 200,000
Sturnella sp....................................... 29
House Finch........................................ 3
American Goldfinch......................... 41
House Sparrow................................. 47
Total species.................................... 82
Total individuals..................... 206,013
Additional subspecies........................ 4
Count Period Species......................... 0
Additional species seen in count circle count week but not on count day:
Observers
Annie Baker
Doris Burnett
Warren Buss
Chod Hedinger
Carol Hoogheem
Irwin Hoogheem
Chuck Otte, compiler, 613 Tamerisk, Junction City, KS 66441 otte@nqks.com
Jaye Otte