2023 Christmas Bird Count
December 15, 2023 from 7:15 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Sunny all day.
Some thin ice on small ponds.
All streams were open.
Temperature ranged from 29° F to 55° F.
Wind less than 5 mph from the south.
Seventeen observers in nine parties.
Canada Goose 2270
Mute Swan 1
Northern Shoveler 3
Gadwall 100
Mallard 101
American Black Duck 2
Green-winged Teal 5
Canvasback 2
Ring-necked Duck 10
Common Goldeneye 4
Hooded Merganser 211
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Rock Pigeon 116
Mourning Dove 10
Killdeer 12
Bonaparte's Gull 135
Ring-billed Gull 384
Herring Gull 1
Common Loon 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 8
Black Vulture 43
Turkey Vulture 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 7
Red-shouldered Hawk 4
Red-tailed Hawk 14
Belted Kingfisher 10
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 12
Red-bellied Woodpecker 59
Downy Woodpecker 33
Hairy Woodpecker 18
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 34
American Kestrel 1
Blue Jay 80
American Crow 10000
Carolina Chickadee 83
Tufted Titmouse 33
Horned Lark 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 34
White-breasted Nuthatch 57
Brown Creeper 6
Winter Wren 4
Carolina Wren 47
European Starling 677
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 6
Eastern Bluebird 13
Hermit Thrush 36
American Robin 913
Cedar Waxwing 94
House Sparrow 68
House Finch 43
Purple Finch 2
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 53
Field Sparrow 1
American Tree Sparrow 58
Dark-eyed Junco 68
White-crowned Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 230
Song Sparrow 79
Swamp Sparrow 5
Eastern Towhee 5
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Rusty Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
Northern Cardinal 81
duck species 7
blackbird species 40
Total Birds Counted 16455
Species Counted 71
Miles Walked 45.70
Time Walking 35.01
Miles Driven 134.50
Time Driving 6.86
Participants
Brian Menker
Doug Overacker
Julie Karlson
Barb Kuhns
Kay West
Dan Kempf
Larry Himes
Tracy Hammer
Mike Callahan
Francie Callahan
Sheila Drennen
Tim Kambitsch
Tom Duffee
Bonnie Martens
Kyle Briggs
Becky Crow
Dave Kohler
2022 Christmas Bird Count
December 16, 2022 from 6:15 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Cloudy all day.
All water open.
All streams were open.
Temperature ranged from 33° F to 39° F.
Wind 10 to 20 mph from the west.
Thirteen observers in eight parties plus one at feeders.
Canada Goose 750
Northern Shoveler 8
Gadwall 24
American Wigeon 9
Mallard 162
American Black Duck 3
Ring-necked Duck 75
Bufflehead 3
Common Goldeneye 1
Hooded Merganser 107
Common Merganser 5
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 5
Rock Pigeon 114
Mourning Dove 89
American Coot 6
Bonaparte's Gull 138
Ring-billed Gull 190
Common Loon 7
Great Blue Heron 9
Black Vulture 16
Turkey Vulture 4
Northern Harrier 3
Cooper's Hawk 5
Bald Eagle 6
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 5
Eastern Screech-Owl 3
Great Horned Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 9
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 67
Downy Woodpecker 34
Hairy Woodpecker 6
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 14
American Kestrel 6
Blue Jay 55
American Crow 12000
Carolina Chickadee 91
Tufted Titmouse 32
Golden-crowned Kinglet 7
White-breasted Nuthatch 40
Brown Creeper 8
Winter Wren 3
Carolina Wren 40
European Starling 714
Northern Mockingbird 5
Eastern Bluebird 13
Hermit Thrush 9
American Robin 755
Cedar Waxwing 11
House Sparrow 68
House Finch 73
American Goldfinch 66
Field Sparrow 3
American Tree Sparrow 77
Fox Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 119
White-crowned Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 226
Song Sparrow 41
Swamp Sparrow 5
Eastern Towhee 7
Northern Cardinal 120
duck species 11
65 Species
16477 Birds
Counted
Count Week Birds
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Miles Walked 40.24
Time Walking 30.46
Miles Driven 137.00
Time Driving 5.41
Owling Time 1.00
Owling Miles 1.00
Participants
Brian Menker
Doug Overacker
Julie Karlson
Barb Kuhns
Kay West
Tracy Hammer
Ann Morris
Dan Kempf
Larry Himes
Mike Callahan
Francie Callahan
Sheila Drennen
Tim Kambitsch
Roberta Ober
2021 Christmas Bird Count
December 17, 2021 from 6:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.
Sunny in the morning with clouds later and a little rain just before we finished.
All water open.
All streams were open.
Temperature ranged from 29° F to 40° F.
Almost no wind in the morning. It picked up just a little late in the afternoon.
Fifteen observers in nine parties.
Canada Goose 538
Northern Shoveler 4
Gadwall 28
Mallard 101
Redhead 4
Ring-necked Duck 250
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 1
Common Goldeneye 4
Hooded Merganser 263
Common Merganser 3
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Horned Grebe 8
Rock Pigeon 105
Mourning Dove 72
Killdeer 17
Bonaparte's Gull 2
Ring-billed Gull 499
Herring Gull 6
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 8
Black Vulture 1
Northern Harrier 2
Cooper's Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 4
Red-tailed Hawk 15
Eastern Screech-Owl 3
Belted Kingfisher 10
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 57
Downy Woodpecker 35
Hairy Woodpecker 9
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 17
American Kestrel 14
Merlin 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Blue Jay 71
American Crow 5400
Carolina Chickadee 74
Tufted Titmouse 37
Horned Lark 9
Golden-crowned Kinglet 20
Red-breasted Nuthatch 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 47
Brown Creeper 6
Winter Wren 2
Carolina Wren 31
European Starling 686
Northern Mockingbird 4
Eastern Bluebird 2
Hermit Thrush 19
American Robin 286
House Sparrow 109
House Finch 21
American Goldfinch 114
Field Sparrow 2
American Tree Sparrow 19
Dark-eyed Junco 83
White-throated Sparrow 243
Song Sparrow 64
Swamp Sparrow 5
Eastern Towhee 4
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Common Grackle 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 18
Northern Cardinal 153
71 Species
9657 Birds Counted
Count Week Birds
Turkey Vulture
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Miles Walked 23.21
Time Walking 23.80
Miles Driven 112.20
Time Driving 7.16
Owling Time 1.14
Owling Miles 1.01
Participants
Brian Menker
Doug Overacker
Julie Karlson
Barb Kuhns
Kay West
Ruth Lapp
Henry Lapp
Tracy Hammer
Ann Morris
Dan Kempf
David Kohler
Michael Fischer
Donna Lewis
Sheila Drennen
Tim Kambitsch