SPECIES

Iowa City Christmas Count Reports since 2002

Table of Iowa City Christmas Count Results since 1990

SPECIES	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990
Greater White-fronted Goose	87			50
Snow Goose						300	1				1	251					7	1
Ross' Goose				1
Cackling Goose			6	102
Canada Goose	87	1349	876	4125	732	895	2971	1901	1377	569	1306	2977	4	2328	577	57	379	222	135	150
Mute Swan																1
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Swan sp.
Wood Duck			1	4					1		1	1	2	3					3
Gadwall				10		1		2	614		67	131	1			6	1	2	1	4
American Wigeon									110		10	125
American Black Duck				2			2	2	2	2	2	1		1	3		1		1
Mallard	88	196	435	822	750	870	453	3084	7220	1052	5337	7354	288	356	211	145	612	222	685	1884
Northern Shoveler								2	17		55	34				6	5		2
Northern Pintail									58	1		8			1			1
Green-winged Teal								1	90			510
Canvasback			2						2		2	5					1			4
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck				3					185			93	4			1	1			6
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup			4	1	3						49	151	2			1	4		5	5
White-winged Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead						1			2		1	10					2	1		2
Common Goldeneye			4	5				1		2	78	41				3	7		2	100
Hooded Merganser			2	1	1				2		19	8							3	5
Common Merganser			1	40		38	21	16			137	65	8			1	518	12		450
Red-breasted Merganser						2											2			17
Ruddy Duck				1		1					1	27	1
Gray Partridge										5
Ring-necked Pheasant	3	4	55	34	141	8	98	8	18	113	21	28	17	18	25	61	6	16	19	31
Wild Turkey	101	72	74	35	60	25	69	105	114	101	134	40	36	53	31	58	6	6	3	17
Northern Bobwhite				12	13											12				15
Pied-billed Grebe					2						1	3							1
American White Pelican				2
Double-crested Cormorant							1				9	5					1		1
Great Blue Heron	4	1		1		1		3			1	1		3	1	1	3			1
Turkey Vulture		1						1											1
Osprey
Bald Eagle	50	104	107	61	36	233	55	96	21	34	50	31	57	35	29	17	53	16	38	23
Northern Harrier		1	6	5	1		5	5	2		6	2	2	4	5	10			4	5
Sharp-shinned Hawk	2	2	5	7	5	4	2	5		1	2	1	3	1	2	1	2
Cooper's Hawk	4	3	6	4	4	1	3	1	2				2	1		2		2	2
Northern Goshawk														1			1
Accipiter sp.		1	3	1	1	3	2	1	1		1	1			3	3			1	2
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk	50	69	121	84	76	64	70	114	25	70	68	129	67	51	70	134	52	64	58	81
Rough-legged Hawk	3	5	8	2	9		3	2		13	1	3		5	6	6	5	12	14	7
Buteo sp.		1		2	1				5	2	1		1
Golden Eagle
American Kestrel	19	22	23	24	18	13	18	28	11	11	37	18	21	14	25	30	9	19	7	14
Merlin		1	1															1
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
Falcon sp.
American Coot									60		18	12						2
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer				2	1				47		5	22					2
Dunlin									1
Wilson's Snipe			1	1					7	1		1								1
Franklin's Gull																				1
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull	7	17		1047		255	211	420	579		167	4040	365	12	7	3	1433	2	29	1943
Herring Gull	6			2		2	6	6	1		15	32	2	39	3	41	129	77	60	284
Thayer's Gull																	1
Lesser Black-backed Gull																	1
Glaucous Gull																	1
Black-legged Kittiwake
Gull sp.											9		86	1
Rock Pigeon	171	202	230	186	279	203	161	317	217	353	228	282	157	142	181	87	172	263	158	245
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Mourning Dove	102	146	426	804	212	60	443	153	91	166	115	156	117	132	92	198	59	138	25	37
Eastern Screech-Owl			1	2	2				1	1		3	1	1	2	4	2	2	1	5
Great Horned Owl	10	1	8	7	4	3	1	3	2		3	4	3	10	8	5	10	8	3	19
Snowy Owl						1
Barred Owl	5	2	4	7	8	1	6	8	3	3	6	6	3	7	8	12	6	7	6	14
Long-eared Owl	4			2			3	7		1					6					2
Short-eared Owl				1	1										6	6	1			3
Northern Saw-whet Owl							1	1	1	1	1	1			1		1	2	1	1
Owl sp.	1			2	2								1			5	1		3
Belted Kingfisher	2	3	2	2	6	3	7	4	8	1	4	5	1	10	1	3	5	3	3	5
Red-headed Woodpecker	3	6	10	16	17	4	22	51	10	19	12	5	7	8		17	10	27	34	8
Red-bellied Woodpecker	67	51	94	118	101	99	109	96	82	81	72	57	36	50	42	42	37	52	40	64
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker		2	2			1	2	1	2			2					1	2
Downy Woodpecker	133	83	159	147	150	132	161	153	119	127	139	110	100	95	99	110	87	130	132	179
Hairy Woodpecker	27	17	34	29	21	33	21	25	15	25	33	11	11	16	12	17	13	23	25	15
Northern Flicker	6	30	29	40	37	33	68	35	33	31	26	18	53	9	13	22	20	26	20	39
Pileated Woodpecker	1	4	6	3	4		1	2	1	1									1
Loggerhead Shrike		1		1				1		1
Northern Shrike	1	3	3				2				1	1	1	1	1					1
Shrike sp.										1
Blue Jay	177	87	233	173	265	79	211	166	114	223	99	83	175	92	147	238	143	187	165	174
American Crow	649	762	1653	532	492	498	632	595	880	875	551	961	1017	1721	2282	913	693	665	1142	598
Horned Lark	42	4	6	32	38	2	144	3	7	470	56	20	5			26		27	34
Tree Swallow		6
Black-capped Chickadee	309	171	312	268	388	234	283	317	407	310	413	259	287	320	272	351	297	389	415	468
Tufted Titmouse	69	34	67	55	81	56	60	59	95	102	82	79	51	43	47	53	32	66	62	70
Red-breasted Nuthatch	9	8	20	2	9	5	3	1	9	1	18	8	18	1	39	14	47	1	1
White-breasted Nuthatch	102	59	107	123	95	95	105	99	100	126	115	78	93	83	73	98	85	117	100	149
Brown Creeper	4	4	4	3	5	2	7	14	10	2	13	7	2	4	4	3	8	8	8	7
Carolina Wren	4	3	10	7	4	3	10	11	2	6	5	4	4	2	6	4	9	4	5	5
Winter Wren	1	1						1			1				2		1	2		1
Golden-crowned Kinglet				1				3			50	2				8	6	8		22
Ruby-crowned Kinglet												1					1
Eastern Bluebird	7	20	22	51	13	13	17	3	15		8		4				1	17		12
Townsend's Solitaire
Hermit Thrush		3				1	1	1			1	1
American Robin	2	50	3	96	15	11	15		64	13	23	334	1	1	10	6	7	275	3	8
Varied Thrush
Gray Catbird								1
Northern Mockingbird						1
Brown Thrasher								1	1	1		1				1
Curve-billed Thrasher
European Starling	732	858	623	1147	716	506	2268	517	2414	683	1410	1616	786	702	1248	702	1002	728	1186	1996
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing	81	879	37	329	142	221	397	130	467	258	296	5	131	1	73	131	416	361	8	88
Nashville Warbler																	1
Yellow-rumped Warbler		1	2	3	3										1					1
Pine Warbler																		2
Ovenbird								1
Spotted Towhee					1							1
Eastern Towhee											1								1
American Tree Sparrow	200	122	353	378	510	253	678	291	266	263	251	294	299	405	700	561	451	295	544	417
Field Sparrow																		1
Vesper Sparrow											1
Savannah Sparrow																3
Fox Sparrow	1	1	1	2	1			1	1	2	2
Song Sparrow	16	12	20	15	26	3	22	28	9	34	26	24	6	18	28	64	26	41	4	117
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow	1	1	15		5			4	2		3	1	3		13	8	3	2	6	2
White-throated Sparrow	19	28	25	39	41	25	73	110	28	25	39	13	28	9	28	22	3	5	10	4
Harris' Sparrow									3	12
White-crowned Sparrow	2	7	2	1	6	2	11	3		3	16	5	1	9	9	15	1	2	4
Dark-eyed Junco	1050	331	875	627	932	710	757	663	406	848	463	466	566	403	605	1214	287	587	533	752
Lapland Longspur										12				1		4		1
Snow Bunting				1						26		13
Northern Cardinal	496	240	687	444	744	364	521	436	464	460	385	307	354	259	193	342	233	227	408	431
Red-winged Blackbird	2	1	3	200	26	250	113	166	150	2	35		1		1	3
Meadowlark sp.			5		14			1		6			10	4		22	1	2
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird	1				1			1					8							1
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle	2		1	60		2	3	1	3	1	5			6		7		2	16	2
Great-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird				20	1			1		2		1	1		70	122		2	230	45
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch	2	17	22	8	19	17	61	15	16	5	19	14	10	9	23	10	29	13	5	24
House Finch	43	79	151	111	243	79	147	70	99	160	116	62	69	217	67	84	21	131	55	31
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill													22
Crossbill species		1
Common Redpoll							1										32
Pine Siskin		28	10	12	1	20	4		10		6	6	107		50	3	4	7	28	23
American Goldfinch	89	213	202	140	292	135	208	204	341	254	169	207	338	236	121	224	92	585	197	195
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow	795	580	758	569	1180	959	1276	909	865	886	518	796	686	400	913	563	421	842	4532	4527
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	7		1	1	4	2	2
Adjustments				3	3	1	1	1	2	2	3	1	3	1	1	2	1		2

TOTAL SPECIES	57	61	65	77	62	59	61	71	69	59	75	79	60	53	56	66	73	64	62	68
TOTAL BIRDS	5873	7056	8980	13310	9011	7838	13029	11488	18407	8860	13448	22491	6543	8353	8496	6947	8023	6963	11229	15859

Field observers	29	39	32	38	39	33	38	34	40	24	29	25	27	25	25	28	32	35	36	38
Parties	12	13	12	12	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	9	12	12	14

Hours by car				37	50	39	35	40	43	53	50	56
Hours by foot				35	18	23	28	31	30	16	22	14

Miles by car				510	523	492	398	562	630	673	617	744
Miles by foot				34	13	22	54	24	31	13	27	16

Owling hours				8	5	4	2	3	3	2	3	4
Owling miles				73	53	61	10	11	16	4	22	42

Feeder watchers	15	14	21	25	28	21	24	18	10	20	14	18	19	16	14	11	11	12	18	12
Feeder locations			18	18	21	16	19	14	9	17	14	15	14	12	8	8	9	10	11	11
Feeder hours				54	72	50	58	60	30	61	62	55