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2006 Christmas Bird Count (12/16/06) Highlights
The Eastside Audubon CBC circle is centered just south of Beaver Lake on the Sammamish plateau. There usually are teams covering each of the seven areas in the circle. Counts for three backyards were also reported.
Because of downed trees in most areas due to the record windstorm on Thursday night, we could not cover the Pine Lake area and a number of parks were closed in other areas. However, we did have 92 species reported which was only exceeded by 93 in 2002, But, the total bird count of 11234, is the 2nd lowest over the past 13 years and compares to the average of 13246. We had a high count for the following species:
Trumpeter Swan – 166, previous high 29 in 2001.
Tundra Swan - 3, was only the second year reported. One had a neck band T- 439.
American Black Duck - first for this CBC
Peregrine Falcon - 2, 1 has been reported in 4 years
California Quail - 11
Virginia Rail - 8
California Gull - 73
Mourning Dove - 56
Short-eared Owl - first for our CBC
Barred Owl – first for our CBC
Pileated Woodpecker - 6
Orange-crowned Warbler - 1, only reported one other year, 2002
Fox Sparrow - 41
Lincoln's Sparrow - 12
White- throated Sparrow - 2, ties with 2 in 2002
Western Meadowlark - 50, previous high 34 in 2002
Low counts were recorded for the following:
Pied-billed Grebe - 22
Northern Shoveler – 4
Lesser Scaup - 2
Common Merganser - 12
Mew Gull - 23
Belted Kingfisher - 2, ties the low of 2 in 1998
Black-capped Chickadee - 90
Chestnut-backed Chickadee - 17, ties low of 1997
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
A complete list for only 2006, for years 1994-2006, or 1981-1995 in an Excel format can be sent to any one that is interested by Hugh Jennings at: hughbirder@earthlink.net
