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2006 Salt Plains NWR Count
107th Annual Christmas Bird Count

Census Date: Saturday, December 16, 2006

Census Conditions: 108 species; 53,026 individuals

Temperature: 45-60  
7:30 am - 5:00 pm S to ESE Wind 10-20 mph
17 counters in 6 parties 253 car miles & 6.5 foot miles
American White Pelican
4265
Double-crested Cormorant
2
Great Blue Heron
32
Great Egret
6

Ross' Goose

10
Greater White-Fronted Goose
214
Snow Goose (Total)
1443
Snow Goose Light Phase
1413
Blue Goose
30
Canada Goose, Large
4179
Canada Goose, Small (Cackling)
6
Green-winged Teal
91
Ruddy
2
Mallard
1228
Northern Pintail
109
Northern Shoveler
441
Gadwall
42
American Wigeon
8
Lesser Scaup
7
Canvasback
4
Ring-necked Duck
40
Common Goldeneye
43
Bufflehead
1
Hooded Merganser
23
Common Merganser
77
Red-breasted Merganser
21
Bald Eagle (mature)
22
Bald Eagle (immature)
57
Bald Eagles (Total)
79
Northern Harrier
39
Red-tailed Hawks (Total)
140
Red Tailed Hawks
133
Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk
5
Kriter's Red-tailed Hawk
2
Red-shouldered Hawk
4

Cooper's Hawk

3
Ferruginous Hawk
3
buteo species
1
American Kestrel
17
Merlin
3
Peregrine Falcon
1
Prairie Falcon
4
Ring-necked Pheasant
39
Wild Turkey
26
Northern Bobwhite Quail
33
Sandhill Crane
20000
Killdeer
3
Greater Yellowlegs
123
Lesser Yellowlegs
1
Least Sandpiper
2
Dunlin
32
Bonaparte's Gull
135
Ring-billed Gull
7712
Herring Gull
657
Thayer's Gull
2
Glaucous Gull
2
Rock Pigeon
7
Eurasian-Collared Dove
3
Mourning Dove
9
White-winged Dove
1
Belted Kingfisher
2
Greater Roadrunner
4
Screech Owl
1
Great Horned Owl
3
Barred Owl
2
Short-eared Owl
3
Owl Species
1
Red-bellied Woodpecker
40
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1
Downy Woodpecker
17
Hairy Woodpecker
3
Yellow-shafted Flicker
29
Red-shafted Flicker
15
Flicker species
65
Flickers (Total)
109
Loggerhead Shrike
12
Northern Shrike
1
Blue Jay
9
American Crow
64
Horned Lark
74
Carolina Chickadee
83
Tufted Titmouse
9
White-breasted Nuthatch
3
Brown Creeper
1
Carolina Wren
13
Marsh Wren
1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2
Eastern Bluebird
85
Mountain Bluebird
3
American Robin
3149
Northern Mockingbird
19
Hermit Thrush
1
Brown Thrasher
1
Cedar Waxwing
44
European Starling
1314
Yellow-rumped Warbler
7
Northern Cardinal
149
Spotted Towhee
6
American Tree Sparrow
152
Chipping Sparrow
18
Field Sparrow
11
Vesper Sparrow
1
Savannah Sparrow
52
Song Sparrow
47
Lincoln's Sparrow
5
White-crowned Sparrow
152
Harris Sparrow
554
White-throated Sparrow
1
Dark-eyed Junco
491
Oregon Hooded Junco
4
Lapland Longspur
420
Longspur Species
115
Brewer's Blackbird
748
Red-winged Blackbird
2716
Common Grackle
15
Brown-headed Cowbird
204
Western Meadowlark
1
Eastern Meadowlark
1
Meadowlark Species
467
Purple Finch
5
House Finch
32
American Goldfinch
138
House Sparrow
54
2005 CBC Results
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2003 CBC Results
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Birds seen on count week: 1 Pileated Woodpecker
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