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2004
CHRISTMAS
BIRD COUNT
RESULTS
Last modified February 19, 2005



SpeciesScientific Name
Medicine Hat
Fort Walsh
Govenlock
Manyberries
Cypress Hills (AB)
Dec 19
Dec 18
Dec 19
Dec 27
Jan 8
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
7534
50
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
1
Wood DuckAix sponsa
1
GadwallAnas strepera
1
American WigeonAnas americana
1
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
2909
Northern PintailAnas acuta
1
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
1
Canvasback Aythya valisineria
1
Redhead Aythya americana
2
Greater ScaupAythya marila
1
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
1
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
2
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
200
Common Merganser Mergus merganser
9
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
5
1
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
1
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
1
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
1
Merlin Falco columbarius
3
Prairie FalconFalco mexicanus
1
Gray Partridge Perdix perdix
31
15
Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
39
2
2
Sharp-tailed Grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus
14
15
5
Merriam's TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
18
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
7
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
1
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
3
2
1
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
21
1
Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
1
8
Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
68
1
Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor
2
Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
40
2
Black-billed Magpie Pica pica
309
11
46
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
3
1
Common Raven Corvus corax
1
Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
12
850
Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
130
79
Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
24
4
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensis
2
1
Brown Creeper Certhia americana
1
2
Golden-crowned KingletRegulus satrapa
14
2
American Robin Turdus migratorius
2
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
430
1
Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
15
American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea
82
26
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
1
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
2
Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
93
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
610
7
Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
4
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
28
11
Purple FinchCarpodacus purpureus
28
House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
449
White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
2
4
Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea
22
25
Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus
29
2
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
853
15
10
Total species
54
10
25


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