Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Next Tucson Valley CBC: Wednesday December 14, 2016
Also, this year Luke Safford will be helping out as a co-compiler and will be primary compiler for the 2017 count.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Summary of the December 14, 2015 Tucson Valley CBC
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| There seems to be no end to the increase in Cooper's Hawks numbers on the Tucson Valley CBC |
There’s no
other birding event like a Christmas Bird Count. Yes, there are other ways one
can help census birds and monitor their populations, ranging from the Breeding
Bird Survey, the Great Backyard Bird Count, the North American Migration Count,
and of course just by using eBird. But none of those bring together a huge
group of people on one day and force them to count birds all within 15 miles of
each other and in places they’d never think of birding, such as cemeteries, golf
courses (something like 20 in the Tucson Circle), desert washes, mobile home
parks, and even homeless camps – and then get together for a species countdown
in the evening. It’s like a cross between a birding festival and a bird survey,
and amazing things happen.
This year we
were beset with a fast-moving cold front that presented no sign at the
beautiful and relatively warm dawn. It even looked like the weather forecast
had been horribly wrong, but it wasn’t. By late morning it was drizzling in
most places in the circle, and if it wasn’t raining, it was snowing. Some
groups were caught miles up the Santa Catalina foothill canyons during the middle of
the front’s passage. But after the 2-3 hours of squalls ended, the remaining
hours were lively and bright, and those birders who didn’t quit early were
rewarded with some excellent afternoon birding.
So while our
species count of 153 sounds low
compared to last year’s all-time Arizona high of 164, it’s actually the third highest count in 44 years, well
above the average of 139. And thanks to the preparation of birders ready to
count the departing roosts of Yellow-headed Blackbirds, we tallied the second
highest number of individual birds ever on this CBC: 79,934 (almost half of those Yellow-headed Blackbirds). Subtract
those blackbirds, and we still tallied more individuals than two-thirds of all
previous counts. One can only imagine the numbers we might have had were it not
for the weather.
Rare bird
highlights were three new species for the all-time list. A juvenile Gray Hawk had been found by Keith
Kamper and Patty Tersey while scouting before the CBC, and it was still present
on the CBC day. So more surprising was a second bird found a few miles
downstream by Laurens Halsey and Andrew Core. A Bonaparte’s Gull was flying around for Chris McCreedy, Michael Lester, and Homer Hansen at Silverbell Lake. Another big surprise was a Gray Catbird first heard then seen by
Andrew Core and Laurens Halsey.
There were other
rarities that weren’t new for the list but have been seen only once before. The
stakeout Rufous-capped Warbler was
in upper Ventana Canyon just beyond the circle’s edge for a while, then it came
down just into the circle. A male Blue Grosbeak was big surprise south of Speedway
on the Santa Cruz River. Not seen on this CBC since 1978 was Montezuma Quail, when three were flushed
from upper Finger Rock Trail.
A Louisiana Waterthrush on the Santa Cruz
was likely the same bird that had been there the two previous winters, while we
had Pine Warbler and Neotropic Cormorant for only the 4th
time each. The latter is certainly increasing and can’t be considered a rarity
any more, but who knows what the future holds.
Finally,
there were a lot of rare to rarish species seen that we’ve only had on a third
or fewer of the past 43 CBCs. If you go out birding around here on your own,
you’d consider yourself lucky to find just one or two of these gems. So it’s
worth remembering that these were all seen on the same day by an amazing team of
volunteer counters. They are:
Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker
Clay-colored
Sparrow
Ring-billed
Gull
Hooded
Oriole
Eastern
Bluebird
Black-and-white
Warbler
Northern
Parula
Eurasian
Collared-Dove
Summer
Tanager
Cassin’s
Kingbird
Barn Swallow
Common
Merganser
Snowy Egret
Greater
Pewee
Wilson’s
Warbler
Ash-throated
Flycatcher
American
Goldfinch
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| This Summer Tanager was found at Evergreen Cemetery by Gavin Bieber |
Of note is
that we had multiple Clay-colored Sparrows for only the second time ever (the
first was last year), a ridiculous record high 4 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, and
two Greater Pewees for only the second time ever.
The numbers
we tallied always provides for some interesting data to mine. We tallied new
high counts for 14 species, but Cooper’s
Hawk in particular stands out, as we broke the all-time national high last
year by a fair margin with 136. This year we had an astounding 152.
Additional
new highs for this particular circle are listed below. The first number in the parentheses
is our previous high count, and the second is the year in which that number was
recorded.
Common
Merganser 13 (7 – 2004)
Neotropic
Cormorant 22 (2 –2012, 2014)
Eurasian
Collared-Dove 617 (327 – 2013)
Barn Owl 6
(5 – 2011)
Costa’s
Hummingbird 73 (56 – 2014)
Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker 4 (2 – 2014)
Merlin 5 (5
– 2014)
Peregrine
Falcon 16 (14 – 2014)
Greater
Pewee 2 (2 – 1998)
Gray
Flycatcher 4 (3 – 2014)
Black-tailed
Gnatcatcher 176 (169 – 1991)
Chipping
Sparrow 505 (455 – 1977)
Brewer’s
Sparrow 749 (727 – 1999)
Yellow-headed
Blackbird 39,725 (19,055, 2014)
I always
like to look for birds for which we might get the national high each year. We
didn’t see our own record high for the following species, but there are often
more of these on the Tucson Valley count than any other. The final results will
be known only after all compilers have submitted their lists.
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| We most certainly had the national high of Vermilion Flycatchers with 311, but true numbers might have been hampered by the birding conditions. |
Rock Pigeon
5779
Mourning
Dove: 6137
Broad-billed
Hummingbird: 37
Gila
Woodpecker: 538
Vermilion
Flycatcher: 311
Plumbeous
Vireo: 13
Cassin's
Vireo: 10
Verdin: 652
Black-throated
Gray Warbler: 19
Louisiana
Waterthrush: 1
House Finch:
3636
Lesser
Goldfinch: 2267
Greater
Pewee: 2
I looked at species
for which we had low counts as well, making a note of those that are below 25%
of the long-term average.
Northern
Pintail 4
Least
Sandpiper 39
Wilson’s
Snipe 1
Inca Dove 12
Northern
Flicker 20
Canyon
Towhee 4
Rufous-crowned
Sparrow 4
Spotted
Towhee 6
Brown-headed
Cowbird 4
The Canyon
Towhee numbers were especially shocking, and we nearly missed Brown-headed
Cowbird for the first time. Inca Dove seems to be holding steady. But looking
at birds that did poorly last year, Gilded Flicker and Loggerhead Shrike
numbers are up a bit, but Cactus Wren has dropped a bit.
Then there
are our misses. There were six species which were seen during the three days
before and after count day and most certainly were in still in the circle. In
fact, the Baltimore Oriole suddenly reappeared weeks later.
Blue-winged
Teal
Black-necked
Stilt
Dusky
Flycatcher
Eastern
Meadowlark
Baltimore
Oriole
Pine Siskin
The
following were also reported on eBird within a couple weeks of the count and
probably were in the circle, but you can never see them all.
Long-billed
Dowitcher
Hammond’s
Flycatcher
Bullock’s
Oriole
Brown
Thrasher
Bell’s Vireo
White-throated
Sparrow
Wood Duck
Then there
are those residents we know are in the circle but were missed almost certainly
because of the weather.
Golden Eagle
White-throated
Swift
Acorn
Woodpecker
Arizona
Woodpecker
Western
Scrub-Jay
Bushtit
Bushtit
Total Species List:
| Snow Goose | 1 |
| Gadwall | 62 |
| American Wigeon | 1377 |
| Mallard (Northern) | 327 |
| Mallard (Mexican) | 2 |
| Mallard (Mexican intergrade) | 3 |
| Cinnamon Teal | 15 |
| Northern Shoveler | 366 |
| Northern Pintail | 4 |
| Green-winged Teal | 73 |
| Canvasback | 24 |
| Redhead | 2 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 95 |
| Lesser Scaup | 17 |
| Bufflehead | 7 |
| Hooded Merganser | 2 |
| Common Merganser | 13 |
| Ruddy Duck | 94 |
| Gambel's Quail | 498 |
| Montezuma Quail | 3 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 51 |
| Eared Grebe | 15 |
| Neotropic Cormorant | 22 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 12 |
| Great Blue Heron (Blue form) | 18 |
| Great Egret | 20 |
| Snowy Egret | 4 |
| Green Heron | 5 |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | 24 |
| Northern Harrier | 7 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 12 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 152 |
| Harris's Hawk | 24 |
| Gray Hawk | 2 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 119 |
| Virginia Rail | 4 |
| Sora | 5 |
| Common Gallinule | 5 |
| American Coot | 785 |
| Killdeer | 135 |
| Spotted Sandpiper | 8 |
| Least Sandpiper | 39 |
| Wilson's Snipe | 1 |
| Bonaparte's Gull | 1 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 1 |
| gull sp. | 1 |
| Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) | 5779 |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | 617 |
| Inca Dove | 12 |
| White-winged Dove | 53 |
| Mourning Dove | 6137 |
| Greater Roadrunner | 13 |
| Barn Owl | 6 |
| Western Screech-Owl | 4 |
| Great Horned Owl | 11 |
| Anna's Hummingbird | 279 |
| Costa's Hummingbird | 73 |
| Broad-billed Hummingbird | 37 |
| hummingbird sp. | 16 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 9 |
| Gila Woodpecker | 538 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 4 |
| Red-naped Sapsucker | 5 |
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker | 75 |
| Northern Flicker (total) | 20 |
| Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) | 20 |
| Gilded Flicker | 23 |
| Northern/Gilded Flicker | 1 |
| American Kestrel | 87 |
| Merlin | 5 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 16 |
| Prairie Falcon | 4 |
| Greater Pewee | 2 |
| Gray Flycatcher | 4 |
| Black Phoebe | 23 |
| Say's Phoebe | 62 |
| Vermilion Flycatcher | 311 |
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | 2 |
| Cassin's Kingbird | 2 |
| Loggerhead Shrike | 16 |
| Plumbeous Vireo | 13 |
| Cassin's Vireo | 10 |
| Hutton's Vireo | 7 |
| Mexican Jay | 6 |
| Common Raven | 60 |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | 11 |
| Barn Swallow | 1 |
| swallow sp. | 2 |
| Bridled Titmouse | 6 |
| Verdin | 652 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 2 |
| Brown Creeper | 1 |
| Rock Wren | 46 |
| Canyon Wren | 10 |
| House Wren | 25 |
| Marsh Wren | 15 |
| Bewick's Wren | 25 |
| Cactus Wren | 146 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 21 |
| Black-tailed Gnatcatcher | 176 |
| gnatcatcher sp. | 2 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 425 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 4 |
| Western Bluebird | 53 |
| Hermit Thrush | 13 |
| American Robin | 6 |
| Gray Catbird | 1 |
| Curve-billed Thrasher | 96 |
| Crissal Thrasher | 2 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 145 |
| European Starling | 1940 |
| American Pipit | 62 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 8 |
| Phainopepla | 258 |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 1 |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 1 |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 86 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 9 |
| Northern Parula | 1 |
| Pine Warbler | 1 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (total) | 1340 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 4 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) | 1336 |
| Black-throated Gray Warbler | 19 |
| Rufous-capped Warbler | 1 |
| Wilson's Warbler | 1 |
| Rufous-winged Sparrow | 15 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 505 |
| Clay-colored Sparrow | 3 |
| Black-chinned Sparrow | 5 |
| Brewer's Sparrow | 749 |
| Black-throated Sparrow | 54 |
| Lark Sparrow | 60 |
| Lark Bunting | 165 |
| Dark-eyed Junco (total) | 63 |
| Dark-eyed Junco (unknown type) | 12 |
| Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) | 1 |
| Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) | 39 |
| Dark-eyed Junco (Pink-sided) | 8 |
| Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed) | 3 |
| Yellow-eyed Junco | 1 |
| White-crowned Sparrow (total) | 2127 |
| White-crowned Sparrow (oriantha) | 5 |
| White-crowned Sparrow (Gambel's) | 2122 |
| Vesper Sparrow | 8 |
| Savannah Sparrow | 6 |
| Song Sparrow | 68 |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | 130 |
| Canyon Towhee | 4 |
| Abert's Towhee | 401 |
| Rufous-crowned Sparrow | 4 |
| Green-tailed Towhee | 7 |
| Spotted Towhee | 6 |
| Summer Tanager | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | 51 |
| Pyrrhuloxia | 28 |
| Blue Grosbeak | 1 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 1168 |
| Western Meadowlark | 54 |
| Western/Eastern Meadowlark | 1 |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | 39725 |
| Brewer's Blackbird | 1811 |
| Great-tailed Grackle | 1009 |
| Bronzed Cowbird | 85 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 4 |
| Hooded Oriole | 1 |
| blackbird sp. | 200 |
| House Finch | 3636 |
| Lesser Goldfinch | 2267 |
| Lawrence's Goldfinch | 21 |
| American Goldfinch | 1 |
| House Sparrow | 1076 |
Total species:153
Total individuals: 79934
Friday, December 11, 2015
Count Week Begins!
Today is the first day of Count Week – the three days before (and after) the Tucson Valley CBC. We'll be keeping track of any species seen on those days but missed on this coming Monday's CBC.
Here's a list of moderate rarities which are very missable. If we get all the rarities that we know are in the circle, if we find some surprises we didn't know about, if we don't miss any expected species, AND if we don't miss any of these moderately rare birds, we might get a new high count. If you find any of these in the next three days, please post to the AZ-NM list or eBird them.
Redhead
Double-crested Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Black-necked Stilt
Long-billed Dowitcher
Barn Owl
Lewis's Woodpecker
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Cassin's Kingbird
Steller's Jay
Barn Swallow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Eastern Bluebird
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Summer Tanager
White-throated Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Red Crossbill
Tucson Valley Ranks #2 in High Counts
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| Tucson Valley had the national high count of Lazuli Bunting in 2014 with ten individuals. |
Just two weeks ago National Audubon officially released the results of last year's Christmas Bird Count on their website, christmasbirdcount.org.
Of most interest to me was the article by Brent Ortego titled:
The 115th CBC Summary of Highest Counts of Individual Species for the United States
In it I found that Tucson Valley ranked second in the nation for the number of high counts – 17 species. It's worth noting that the #1 count, Matagorda County – Mad Island Marsh, Texas, for which Brent is compiler, is always a bit of an anomaly, something of a twilight zone for rarities and big numbers. They also have the national high count for species every year, last year with 234.
In my previous analysis, I didn't count on the fact that no other CBC would have more than 1 Bell's Vireo, Virginia's Warbler, and Lucy's Warbler, and we tied a few other counts for those high counts. I also didn't realize that 10 Lazuli Buntings would be the high count, but Patagonia (the usual leader) only had 2, and Ramsey Canyon (also sometimes the leader) didn't have a real CBC last year.
The Springfield, Illinois CBC was the dark horse that pushed us out of the annual high for Rock Pigeon – by only 5 individuals. And the San Diego reported six Summer Tanagers, two more than we did.
Here's the official list for our high counts in 2014:
Cooper's Hawk: 136
Mourning Dove: 5570
Broad-billed Hummingbird: 59
Gila Woodpecker: 787
Vermilion Flycatcher: 384
Bell's Vireo: 1
Plumbeous Vireo: 19
Cassin's Vireo: 12
Verdin: 877
Virginia's Warbler: 1
Lucy's Warbler: 1
Black-throated Gray Warbler: 29
Louisiana Waterthrush: 1
Lazuli Bunting: 10
Yellow-headed Blackbird: 19055
House Finch: 5667
Lesser Goldfinch: 2486
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Monday, March 2, 2015
The 2014 Tucson Valley CBC in Review
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| Our 12 Cassin's Vireos broke an eleven-year-old record national high count. |
If you missed the Tucson Valley CBC
this past December 14, or if you did participate and missed the
countdown and potluck, you missed an exciting time. At the end of the
initial reading down the main species list, we still had no idea how
many species had been tallied, as there seemed to be plenty of misses
– silences when I called out expected species. But then we went
group by group and heard of some amazing finds, and it seemed we
might have a pretty good species total after all. By the end of the
countdown, the total came to an amazing 165 species. The previous
high for Arizona was 164, which was set only two years ago by Green
Valley, and which we tied just last year. Then when entering the data
into a spreadsheet I discovered a Canada Goose that hadn't been
noticed during the countdown. 166 species was our official tally.
To see what's possible in the future
I'll go over our misses.
Crissal Thrasher, present in
very small numbers only in a few spots, and sometimes hopelessly
secretive, was missed for only the 3rd time. Redhead was
missed for only the 4th time and was especially painful as
two were at Reid Park the night before the count (and not reported
there again until 11 days later). Common Merganser is a rare
bird here, but it was a bit frustrating when one was found at
Sweetwater Wetlands three days after the count. Also a frustrating
miss was Swamp Sparrow, as our single staked-out bird was
findable the day before and again two days after the count, but it
wouldn't cooperate on count day. A similar miss was the Bullock's
Oriole at a feeder in the NW which was back for its fourth year
but disappeared just a couple days before the count. A Magnificent
Hummingbird at the Ventana Canyon trailhead had been present just
a few days before the count as well. Other species we missed that
have been seen on more than half of the counts since 1971 are Eastern
Meadowlark, Long-billed Dowitcher, Acorn Woodpecker,
and Barn Owl. Black-necked Stilt was a big miss, only
the second time in the past 16 years.
In any event it's clear that 170
species is certainly a possibility – maybe even 175 or more. But to do that we'd have to get
all those expected species, no misses of anything seen on more than
half the counts, as well as find a bunch of unusual birds. But to get even 166, we had a lot of unusual species.
Most unusual were three species new for
the all-time list: Baltimore Oriole (found in November and
still around today, but wandering widely); Virginia's Warbler
(on the lower Santa Cruz River), and Bell's Vireo (in Pima
Canyon). Nearly rare and found for only the second time were
Red-breasted Sapsucker (the
continuing bird at McCormick Park), Hammond's Flycatcher
(in Pima Canyon, and though common south of here we just don't
have much habitat for it), and Louisiana Waterthrush (probably
a returning bird for its second year on the Santa Cruz River).
Species with only two previous CBC records were American Avocet,
Hairy Woodpecker, Pine Warbler, and Tree Swallow;
those with three previous records were Common Poorwill,
Lucy's Warbler, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker;
and those with four previous records were Clay-colored
Sparrow and Lazuli
Bunting. What is most amazing
about these latter two is that, as expected with birds this rare, we
had only ever recorded just one individual in those previous years;
this time we had seven of
the former and ten of
the latter.
A
final note regarding rarities, here is a simple list of the 18
species seen on fewer than a third of historic CBCs and therefore not
a slam-dunk in the future and commendable finds: Double-crested
Cormorant, Snowy Egret, Lewis's Woodpecker, Northern
Beardless-Tyrannulet, Ash-throated Flycatcher, Cassin's Kingbird,
Steller's Jay, Barn Swallow, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper,
Eastern Bluebird, Northern Parula, Yellow Warbler, Townsend's
Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Summer Tanager,
White-throated Sparrow, and
Red Crossbill. Virginia Rail also
statistically ranks in this category, except that almost all the
years it was missed date to pre-Sweetwater Wetlands time; we've
missed it only four times since 1998. Eurasian
Collared-Dove has been seen on
only seven previous counts, but that's another story that we're all
quite familiar with. Neither of these two species can be counted as
rarities, and we can expect them in the future.
Now for some
interesting numbers. We broke our own previous high counts for 27
species, tying quite a few more, mostly rarities. Of special note are
five species for which we usually hold the national high count each
year, but by topping our own previous high we also set a new all-time
national high. There are only about 30-40 species which have their
all-time highs broken each year, scattered among hundreds of circles,
so for our one circle to claim five of those is quite amazing. They
were (with the previous national high with count name and year in
parentheses):
Cooper's Hawk 136 (104, Tucson
Valley 2012)
Broad-billed Hummingbird 59 (40,
Santa Catalina Mountains 2011)
Vermilion Flycatcher 384 (267,
Tucson Valley 2013)
Cassin's Vireo 12 (10, San Diego
2003)
Verdin 877 (797, Tucson Valley 2012)
It's worth
mentioning that we tied 19 Plumbeous Vireos, the all-time high
for which we set in 2012.
Speaking
of national highs, each year Tucson Valley regularly ranks among the
top ten counts in the country for the number of species with the
annual high, often for about ten species. In addition to the six
all-time records above, barring any dark horses, we had the national
high count for another nine species: Rock Pigeon, Mourning
Dove, Gila Woodpecker, Black-throated Gray Warbler, Louisiana
Waterthrush (our single bird
tied with at least three other counts), Summer Tanager,
Yellow-headed Blackbird, Lesser Goldfinch,
and House Finch.
Fifteen national highs would rank us in the top three or four, with
the the usual top contenders being Matagorda County-Mad Island Marsh,
Texas and our own Atascosa Highlands.
We topped several
of our own high counts. Seven of our own record highs were of rare
birds for which we just saw a few more, except for the
already-mentioned surprises of Lazuli Bunting and Clay-colored
Sparrow. The others were (our previous high in parentheses):
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 (1)
Gray Flycatcher 3 (2)
Tree Swallow 4 (1)
Townsend's Warbler 4 (1)
Pine Warbler 2 (1)
Wilson's Warbler 3 (2)
Other species were
counted in record numbers for all sorts of reasons. They were:
Anna's Hummingbird 408 (357)
Costa's Hummingbird 56 (52)
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 84 (81)
Red-breasted Nuthatch 27 (8)
Black-throated Gray Warbler 29 (12)
Abert's Towhee 461 (397)
Yellow-headed Blackbird 19055
(13600)
Lesser Goldfinch 2486 (1739)
In the case of
Ladder-backed Woodpecker, barely topping our old record, having a lot
observers in the field seems to be an obvious factor. But it was
clear already in early November that there were a lot of
Black-throated Gray Warblers around. Abert's Towhees have been
increasing into urban Tucson in past years, so that wasn't a
surprise. It was an invasion year for Red-breasted Nuthatches with
strays being seen already in September, but having a team hike up to
Mount Kimball helped boost those numbers.
Finally, it's
worth mentioning a few species for which we recorded fewer than
normal numbers. Each one could be the topic of an extensive
discussion, with many theories that would need to be examined in
detail. In each case there may be multiple causes, with the effect
being local or regional, temporary or long-term, random or
meaningful. But the ones that repeat from last year are in boldface
below. I thought I should mention that this is our lowest count ever
for Inca Dove, and there seems the distinct possibility that we'll
miss it entirely in the future. The high count from 1980 reported
3932 Inca Doves.
Killdeer 61
Least Sandpiper 26
Inca Dove 5
Greater Roadrunner
11
Gilded Flicker 17
Loggerhead Shrike 6
Cactus Wren 182
European Starling
1064
Canyon Towhee 22
Rufous-crowned
Sparrow 9
Lark Bunting 5
Western Meadowlark
6
Brown-headed
Cowbird 12
I want to thank
all of the Area Leaders for all their help in organizing their teams,
getting their data to me on time, and keeping track of all the effort
data. I also wanted to especially thank Jennie MacFarland for setting
up the potluck countdown and Tucson Audubon Society for paying for
the rental space. And thanks to everyone who helped chip in to cover
my costs.
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Species List from 2014
Pending final edits, this is the simple list of species and numbers from the December 14, 2014 Tucson Valley CBC.
Updated with final proofreading on Feb 2, 2015
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