Fort Collins Audubon Society

Christmas Bird Count Results 2007

 

Loveland CBC

The 20th Loveland CBC was held Tuesday, January 1st. We totaled 83 species including 4 new species for the count: Red-bellied Woodpecker found by Scott Rashid, Short-eared Owl and Brown Thrasher found by David Hutchinson and the Streak-backed Oriole at Connie Kogler’s home. Bohemian Waxwings were in abundance with 1390 counted.

We had new high counts for these species: Red-tailed Hawk (49), Eurasian-collared Dove (393), Downy Woodpecker (39), Stellar’s Jay (104), Black-capped Chickadee (298), Mountain Chickadee (154), and Dark-eyed Juncos (785).

The rarest birds were:
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Short-eared Owl
Winter Wren
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
American Pipit
Streak-backed Oriole

I want to thank all 28 observers who helped to make this count successful. Thank you also to Lauren DeRosa owner of Wild Birds Unlimited in Fort Collins and Fort Collins Audubon Society for their generosity in sponsoring our count.

Connie Kogler
Compiler
Loveland CBC

Species 2007

Greater White-fronted Goose 0
Snow Goose 1
Ross's Goose 0
SnowxRoss's Goose 0
Cackling Goose 686
Canada Goose 3153
Trumpeter Swan 0
Wood Duck 0
Gadwall 0
American Wigeon 15
Mallard 249
Northern Shoveler 3
Northern Pintail 0
Green-winged Teal 0
Canvasback 0
Redhead 79
Ring-necked Duck 6
Ring-neckxGreater Scaup 0
Greater Scaup 0
Lesser Scaup 10
White-winged Scoter 0
Long-tailed Duck 0
Bufflehead 2
Common Goldeneye 57
Barrow's Goldeneye 0
Hooded Merganser 4
Common Merganser 15
Red-breasted Merganser 0
Hybrid merg
Ruddy Duck 0
Unidentified duck 0
CanadaxSnow Goose 0
CanadaxGreylag Goose 0
Ring-necked Pheasant 0
Wild Turkey 36
Common Loon 0
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Horned Grebe 0
Great Blue Heron 5
Bald Eagle 4
Ad/Juv/Unk 0
Northern Harrier 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4
Cooper's Hawk 4
Northern Goshawk 0
Accipiter sp. 0
Red-tailed Hawk 49
Harlan's Hawk 0
Ferruginous Hawk 1
Rough-legged Hawk 0
Unidentified Buteo 0
Golden Eagle 2Ad/Juv/Unk 0
American Kestrel 58
Merlin 2
Prairie Falcon 5
Unidentified large falcon 0
Virginia Rail 0
American Coot 56Killdeer 1
Wilson's Snipe 3
Ring-billed Gull 7
California Gull 0
Herring Gull 0
Thayer's Gull 0
Lesser Black-backed Gull 0
Glaucous Gull 0
Great Black-backed Gull 0
Rock Pigeon 821
Eurasian Collared-Dove 393
Mourning Dove 36
Eastern Screech-Owl 2
Great Horned Owl 16
Northern Pygmy-Owl 0
Short-eared Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 7
Lewis's Woodpecker 0
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 39
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Three-toed Woodpecker 0
Northern Flicker 37
(Red-shafted) Flicker 124
(Red x Yellow-sh.) Flicker 1
(Yellow-shafted) Flicker 0
Say's Phoebe 0
Northern Shrike 6
Steller's Jay 104
Blue Jay 104
Western Scrub-Jay 17
Pinyon Jay 0
Clark's Nutcracker 1
Black-billed Magpie 111
American Crow 73
Common Raven 27
Horned Lark 201
Black-capped Chickadee 298
Mountain Chickadee 154
Bushtit 16
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 0
Mountain Bluebird 0
Townsend's Solitaire 56
American Robin 1605
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 0
Sage Thrasher 0
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 2793
American Pipit 1
Bohemian Waxwing 1390
Cedar Waxwing 22
Unidentified Waxwing 0
Yellow-rumped Warbler 0
Y-r (Audubon's) Warbler 0
Y-r (Myrtle) Warbler 0
Spotted Towhee 9
American Tree Sparrow 149
Song Sparrow 25
Harris' Sparrow 0
White-crowned Sparrow 81
Dark-eyed Junco 785
(Gray-headed) Junco 50
(Oregon) Junco 181
(Pink-sided) Junco 340
(Slate-colored) Junco 117
(Cassiar) Junco 3
(White-winged) Junco 20
Lapland Longspur 0
Snow Bunting 0
Red-winged Blackbird 223
Western Meadowlark 85
Brewer's Blackbird 0
Common Grackle 0
Great-tailed Grackle 49
Streak-backed Oriole 1
Cassin's Finch 43
House Finch 1365
Red Crossbill 112
Pine Siskin 17
American Goldfinch 157
Evening Grosbeak 0
House Sparrow 1691

TOTAL BIRDS 18615

     


Hybird Merganser
Photo by Nick Komar


Streak-backed Oriole
Photo by Connie Kogler


Red Crossbill Male
Photo by Nick Komar