Species seen in last 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971   1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959
Count Day Total  10 20 57 56 48 52 59 58 57 51 55 50 53 61 58 53 54 58 53 55 62 61 59 56 55 59 53 63 50 60 60 53 52 43 46 51 41 45 39 51 43 42 34 36   27 36 33 34 25 34 35 32
Count Week Total  yrs yrs 63 62 51 57 60 60 60 55 62 56 56 70 61 53 54 58 53 55 62 62 64 56 56 60 54 64 51 66 61 60 53 44 49 53 46 48 45 53 46 42 42 36   27 36 33 34 25 34 35 34
Gr White-fronted Goose 1 2 cw 1 cw 1 cw 1 cw cw 1
Snow Goose 3 10 1 1 cw 3 1 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 6 8 2 cw 6 7 6 1 1 1 1 1
Ross's Goose 0 1 1 1 1 1
Cackling Goose 6 6 5 1 2 1 11 cw 47
Canada Goose (DNR count) 10 20 11000 17915 4000 8400 20000 17000 15000 20000 22780 14000 21920 26000 20000 14300 33000 30000 17000 27000 23700 31800 15200 19000 21800 23500 19500 18900 26700 23500 22000 12500 29600 30000 25000 22600 22000 22000 20000 22000 24000 19100 20000 16000 8650 7400 6600 6000 5200 2810 2571 2100
Mute Swan 1 2 1 1 1 2
Trumpeter Swan 2 2 2 2
Tundra Swan 1 6 cw cw 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Wood Duck 7 8 2 2 2 cw 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1
Gadwall 1 4 2 4 16 50 1
American Wigeon 0 1 1 2
American Black Duck 7 17 1 1 1 2 11 4 cw 2 7 6 5 3 1 2 4 6 6 2 8 7 2 1 12 8 9 7 17 15 27 24 6 2 cw 1 3 4 1 1 5 5 8 1 4 5 5
Mallard 10 20 998 550 221 395 312 753 1759 366 732 600 817 1498 474 688 767 898 507 308 528 557 313 297 547 519 458 505 579 366 385 250 645 382 1042 571 472 404 970 764 814 643 499 500 350 200 350 300 165 323 10 530
Northern Shoveler 0 1 cw
Northern Pintail 1 3 2 cw 1 4
Green-winged Teal 0 3 cw 8 1 1 1
Canvasback 1 2 4 cw 1 1 1 1
Redhead 0 1 1
Ring-necked Duck  2 7 30 cw 1 60 1 8 1 1 1 cw cw cw
Greater Scaup 1 1 1
Lesser Scaup 1 7 41 1 22 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 cw 1 1 1
White-winged Scoter 0 1 cw
Black Scoter 1 1 1
Long-tailed Duck 0 1 2
Bufflehead 0 1 2 1
Common Goldeneye 10 20 2 1 4 5 21 15 17 6 25 2 35 85 46 17 26 14 36 13 57 19 44 9 6 10 14 15 18 14 17 5 28 15 14 19 6 1 10 3 4 6 3 3 30 34 22 31 29 38 21 cw
Hooded Merganser 0 3 1 52 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
Common Merganser 8 15 2 cw 28 6 20 2 5 10 6 6 22 12 1 1 1 3 cw 3 2 1
Red-breasted Merganser 1 1 cw
Ruddy Duck 1 5 3 2 1 1 cw 1 2
Gray Partridge 5 9 9 15 cw cw 5 6 12 7 6 6 54 17 4 8 4 16 20 5 26
Ring-necked Pheasant 10 20 8 8 60 14 87 79 16 53 29 138 26 10 103 26 12 9 202 225 147 33 22 51 146 59 33 99 17 47 111 225 39 104 45 27 132 105 57 31 79 59 58 20 11 10 22 3 10 30 20 2
Ruffed Grouse 1 6 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 8 6 7 8 1 4 2 3 2 4 7 8 5 3 1
Wild Turkey 10 20 146 235 193 270 180 271 55 223 94 163 93 119 213 50 93 23 177 36 63 1 57 31 13 20
Common Loon 0 0 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1 4 1 cw 1 1
Horned Grebe 0 0 1
Red-necked Grebe 0 1 cw
Double-crested Cormorant 1 2 cw 1 1 1
Great Blue Heron 4 7 2 cw cw 1 1 1 1 1
Great Egret     1
Turkey Vulture 0 0 1
Osprey 1 2 1 1 1 1
Bald Eagle 10 19 17 14 34 34 6 28 16 20 16 24 18 34 18 7 13 1 3 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 cw 2 cw 1 1 3 1
Northern Harrier 2 6 1 cw 1 1 3 3 cw 1 1 cw 2 2 2 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 20 2 2 7 4 4 4 4 4 3 7 7 1 5 3 1 2 5 6 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 5 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1
Cooper's Hawk 10 18 1 3 4 2 1 7 5 5 1 5 2 2 6 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 cw 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
Northern Goshawk 2 3 1 cw 1 1 1 1 1 cw 1 1 1 1 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 cw 1 1 1 1
Red-tailed Hawk 10 20 67 49 44 41 19 84 49 52 38 59 69 43 52 48 46 43 41 52 56 36 26 34 37 29 38 13 36 11 20 15 17 7 17 23 15 11 7 11 5 1 6 2 1 3 4 1 7 3 2 3
Rough-legged Hawk 10 20 1 1 1 8 6 14 3 7 1 1 1 3 8 4 4 1 2 8 8 1 2 4 4 3 2 2 4 3 1 2 5 1 1 1 cw 5 2 1 1 2
Golden Eagle 1 1 cw
American Coot 2 3 3 1 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1
Sandhill Crane 0 0 1
Killdeer 0 1 1
Wilson's Snipe 1 1 1 1 1
Ring-billed Gull 2 6 cw 2 4 cw 1 1 1
Herring Gull 0 2 1 2 1 1 1 3
Rock Pigeon 10 20 561 714 392 372 169 655 753 562 490 902 579 497 217 215 588 392 415 776 434 513 517 286 695 405 547 618 929 513 947 1143 979 713 852 1306 1204 763 479 388 426 150
Mourning Dove 10 20 75 98 110 94 177 246 288 175 117 146 294 84 123 68 97 70 67 16 144 67 24 24 133 12 45 46 4 2 90 15 30 18 cw 56 9 6 6 43 45 cw 1 4 2 4
Eastern Screech-Owl 10 20 1 2 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 5 1 3 1 4 1 1 2 2 cw 1 cw cw cw cw 1
Great Horned Owl 10 20 1 8 4 3 2 16 4 5 10 17 9 2 6 2 3 7 1 1 17 8 3 1 7 3 8 12 10 3 2 4 4 6 2 6 5 1 2 5 3 5 3 1 1 2
Snowy Owl 1 2 1 1 cw 1
Barred Owl 10 19 2 1 1 1 3 9 2 2 2 1 6 cw 2 2 4 3 1 2 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 4 10 3 1 3 2 4 cw 2 cw 2 1 1 1 1 1 2
Long-eared Owl 2 4 1 1 1 1 4 2
Short-eared Owl 3 3 cw cw cw 1
No. Saw-whet Owl 5 9 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 cw 1 1 1
Belted Kingfisher 9 16 2 3 2 2 cw 2 1 4 3 7 4 2 2 1 1 3 2 5 3 3 5 4 2 cw 2 1 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 4 10 4 cw cw 3 3 1 7 1 1 4 5 5 1 5 3 2 8 8 5 2 7 13 5 8 19 10 2 16 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 10 20 47 57 57 62 48 62 52 49 39 33 66 43 46 28 31 43 26 45 47 51 46 55 39 49 42 74 62 72 72 42 26 28 25 21 17 21 16 9 22 20 7 3 2 4 3 5 6 13 14 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 5 1 1 1 1 cw 2 2
Downy Woodpecker 10 20 128 121 156 159 141 137 135 162 111 75 158 91 119 82 98 143 73 95 128 118 101 89 120 116 148 154 109 137 193 100 60 62 72 64 65 61 49 62 45 47 31 15 12 13 19 44 13 20 39 14
Hairy Woodpecker 10 20 26 32 39 37 44 46 36 34 28 25 43 30 54 37 32 38 33 25 33 46 47 40 43 67 81 85 66 87 111 50 40 35 39 32 13 27 15 23 17 21 23 8 3 5 9 17 9 11 14 6
Northern Flicker 10 19 7 2 3 6 7 2 2 9 5 1 6 1 5 3 8 3 4 1 2 4 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 cw 4 5 2 2 2 cw 3 1 1 2
Pileated Woodpecker 10 19 11 7 8 10 9 6 8 11 6 6 6 1 9 3 5 3 5 5 2 5 7 12 11 13 11 11 9 10 5 7 8 8 4 4 2 3 4 1 2 cw 1 1 1 1
American Kestrel 9 18 3 cw 2 2 2 cw 1 1 3 8 4 1 1 3 1 2 4 4 3 4 13 9 7 4 4 6 10 4 3 1 2 13 9 2 3 2 3 2 4 2 1 2 1
Merlin 4 6 cw 1 1 1 cw 1 1 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 6 12 1 1 1 1 cw 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Northern Shrike 9 16 3 3 1 2 13 3 5 6 6 1 2 6 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 15 4 2 1 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 1
Blue Jay 10 20 193 212 198 314 186 262 179 260 135 191 238 194 305 118 89 208 190 299 350 192 486 234 244 222 406 483 265 568 446 257 219 236 278 186 161 166 148 149 102 103 37 26 2 33 31 44 35 58 54 31
American Crow 10 20 2111 2297 2394 2716 1533 1414 1376 986 1247 1000 2002 1543 2401 1407 888 1567 874 733 1701 749 307 396 706 524 370 599 590 423 318 319 149 313 315 522 395 143 80 202 230 69 49 22 4 19 26 368 29 13 54 35
Horned Lark 9 15 cw 1 21 26 38 19 12 44 cw 13 81 11 4 2 9 56 34 169 6 4 4 3 2 2 cw 34 1 cw cw 4
Black-capped Chickadee 10 20 402 352 377 430 365 487 449 513 394 277 444 413 306 336 274 446 298 455 393 549 345 254 366 400 552 565 416 518 519 317 258 220 263 214 262 153 181 188 141 77 119 64 6 38 167 142 18 63 64 49
Tufted Titmouse 7 15 8 8 6 6 2 1 2 2 6 3 4 2 1 2 5 1 2 1 1 3 3 6 cw 2 cw 2 1 4 6 16 7 5 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 10 20 7 1 1 13 2 27 15 9 10 8 8 17 4 33 1 63 1 68 9 26 5 5 11 18 9 5 5 18 10 3 5 10 2 2 7 4 1 6 2 2 2 4 1 1 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 10 20 93 102 105 143 87 143 128 146 102 134 132 106 92 87 49 182 81 119 148 136 105 77 142 146 179 176 210 146 224 156 122 86 94 97 107 112 110 82 73 55 45 14 1 14 17 64 8 20 64 22
Brown Creeper 9 19 12 8 4 3 8 10 2 2 1 8 7 8 9 14 7 4 4 10 10 14 7 14 6 21 13 3 7 3 4 8 3 4 1 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 3
Carolina Wren 4 7 cw 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 0 6 3 5 3 1 1 4 2 1 4 2 2 5 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 0 1 cw
Eastern Bluebird 6 8 cw 9 8 12 4 3 1 5
Townsend's Solitaire 1 1 1
Hermit Thrush 1 3 cw 1 1 1
American Robin 10 20 11 217 21 74 21 76 95 362 62 1 59 85 2 23 112 40 31 3 3 cw 1 3 1 1 3 8 20 5 1 1 cw 2 1 1 17 2 1
Varied Thrush 1 1 1
Northern Mockingbird 0 0 1
Brown Thrasher 0 0 1 1 1 cw 1
European Starling 10 20 300 1044 471 1232 568 769 2236 1030 755 805 1945 1347 678 1329 762 834 1141 1184 2226 2222 619 712 1653 795 1020 1642 1249 441 1020 671 678 535 1429 912 536 970 642 335 601 311 382 522 3000 78 426 185 43 237 268 90
Bohemian Waxwing 0 0 cw cw
Cedar Waxwing 10 19 46 130 cw 275 52 868 107 244 44 19 276 35 17 27 31 6 41 11 20 24 35 48 24 7 56 8 40 21 47 13 30 163 cw 17 3 16 24 1
Lapland Longspur 7 10 cw cw 13 15 108 1 59 2 13 10 1 7 1 2 100
Snow Bunting 9 14 cw 158 cw 19 137 30 cw 46 50 70 33 31 55 20 3 8 3 cw 54 20 3 109 150 110 cw 3
Ovenbird 0 1 1
Pine Warbler 1 1 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 1 cw
Spotted Towhee 0 1 1
Eastern Towhee 1 1 1 1 1 cw
American Tree Sparrow 10 20 290 136 304 198 189 340 30 146 39 118 159 103 174 104 173 214 50 481 171 66 209 14 539 291 185 681 191 644 329 383 715 29 82 373 115 43 591 68 287 177 126 62 50 27 159 95 135 84 210 37
Chipping Sparrow 1 1 1 1
Field Sparrow 0 0 1 1
Vesper Sparrow 1 1 cw
Fox Sparrow 2 8 1 cw 2 4 3 2 4 2 2 1 1 1
Song Sparrow 8 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 3 16 1 5 1 1 1 4 2 8 1 3 3 8 1 1 2 4 3 2 1
Swamp Sparrow 0 2 1 3 1 1
White-throated Sparrow 9 19 4 4 2 3 1 2 6 6 1 37 4 44 25 23 23 1 22 7 15 16 21 4 12 1 2 2 4 1 2 1 2 1 cw 3
Harris's Sparrow 2 3 1 1 cw 1 1
White-crowned Sparrow 1 3 cw 3 1 2 1 2 1
Dark-eyed Junco 10 20 520 516 611 994 673 1251 414 539 429 281 668 410 783 415 517 510 298 835 506 498 340 282 1288 565 460 738 305 887 899 797 422 458 591 407 566 246 274 218 508 156 82 86 24 24 32 200 48 52 88 52
Northern Cardinal 10 20 219 176 234 245 209 358 126 287 172 147 161 155 208 114 145 194 160 139 200 206 125 232 301 223 269 305 200 341 237 238 66 165 72 55 82 72 66 74 84 85 40 15 4 26 23 85 47 73 54 50
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0 0 1 cw
Red-winged Blackbird 2 6 2 35 75 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 1 2 6 1 1 2 1
Meadowlark (sp) 0 2 cw 1 3 cw 2 cw 4
Rusty Blackbird 1 1 1 1 1 2 cw
Brewer's Blackbird 0 1 1 1 1
Common Grackle 4 12 cw 1 1 30 1 3 4 2 3 4 45 2 1 49 13 5 27 3 7 6 18 10 40 6 2 14 1 4 2 3 1 2 1 3 1 1 8 7 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 0 1 6 1 1 3 6 1 1 1 1 1
Pine Grosbeak 0 0 5 1 4 cw
Purple Finch 10 19 20 9 2 10 43 51 6 27 34 5 7 14 46 35 1 7 6 126 27 11 25 75 108 36 57 27 82 23 46 49 53 80 8 58 20 32 65 7 24 18 14 7 5 34 4 20 3 30
House Finch 10 20 142 309 208 236 154 253 208 467 241 282 280 430 412 445 113 178 379 185 134 445 204 19 2 1 1
Red Crossbill 0 2 3 3 3 9 2
White-winged Crossbill 1 3 6 cw 57 125 12 1 4
Common Redpoll 2 4 5 1 7 5 87 3 27 204 104 200 cw 5 14 2 4 11 363 160 cw 59 45 18 13
Hoary Redpoll 0 0 2
Pine Siskin 9 18 179 46 39 20 144 31 1 6 75 30 46 10 58 75 38 167 7 56 40 91 167 240 12 135 143 94 58 28 2 24 60 75 478 6 50 15 55 cw 3 20
American Goldfinch 10 20 224 344 244 498 557 199 185 175 345 109 254 114 132 114 64 105 103 167 161 222 150 70 316 262 211 376 153 653 601 293 204 242 130 230 1258 109 118 181 42 141 40 29 2 11 9 16 14 3 106 14
Evening Grosbeak 0 0 81 2 16 24 27 3 10
House Sparrow 10 20 603 697 667 628 430 1264 619 1149 1056 1381 1581 1285 910 641 728 679 777 1026 1309 1172 987 1559 2060 2985 3098 2166 1612 3519 2787 2514 2191 1166 1696 1573 2789 1414 1468 1067 1539 1437 949 200 50 249 218 165
Total Individuals 18595 26451 11436 18012 26692 27449 24491 28252 29754 21093 32576 35196 28221 20989 38979 37104 23040 34687 32963 39967 20527 24049 31887 32053 27806 28657 34095 33590 31598 20548 36641 35062 32334 29552 30533 27397 25385 26607 29130 22957 22544 17863   12170 8191 7967 7681 5833 4201 3910 3277
Total without Canada Geese 7595 8536 7436 9612 6692 10449 9491 8252 6974 7093 10656 9196 8221 6689 5979 7104 6040 7687 9263 8167 5327 5049 10087 8553 8306 9757 7395 10090 9598 8048 7041 5062 7334 6952 8533 5397 5385 4607 5130 3857 2544 1863 3520 791 1367 1681 633 1391 1339 1177
Count Compilers:  
10 20 <-- Number of counts   Forrest Strnad 1959 - 1966 (8 yrs) Composite Species                   =  137
35 28 <-- Number of species seen in     Joan Fowler 1971 - 1974 (4 yrs)
 all counts during the timeperiod   Vince Herring 1975 - 1981 (7 yrs) Highest Species Count Day      =  63 in 1987
  Jerry Bonkoski 1982 - 1994 (13 yrs) Highest Species Count Week  =  70 in 2001
cw = seen during count week   Dave Squillace 1995 - 1998 (4 yrs)
   (-3 / +3 days from count day    August Krueger 1999 (1 yr) Highest Individual Count           =  39967 in 1993
     but not on count day itself)   Cliff Hanson 2000 - 2011 (12 yrs)