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BIRDING
Grays Harbor Christmas Bird Counts (1995-99)

CBC No. 95 96 97 98 99 Mean S.D.
Party-hours 124.5 200.3 156 130 - 152.7 74.6
Gavia 1 - 2 15 60 15.6 25.6
Red-throated Loon 7 22 3 40 25 19.4 14.9
Pacific Loon 5 17 6 29 12 13.8 9.8
Common Loon 35 86 27 63 67 55.6 24.2
Yellow-billed Loon - - - 1 - 0.2 0.4
Podicipedidae - - - 1 1 0.4 0.5
Pied-billed Grebe 61 31 32 12 39 35.0 17.6
Horned Grebe 57 172 34 104 86 90.6 52.8
Red-necked Grebe 1 8 2 21 14 9.2 8.4
Eared Grebe 1 1 1 - - 0.6 0.5
Western Grebe 60 227 32 156 95 114.0 78.3
Northern Fulmar - - - 1 - 0.2 0.4
Short-tailed Shearwater 1 - - - - 0.2 0.4
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel - - - 1 - 0.2 0.4
Phalacrocorax 8 - 7 1 - 3.2 4.0
Brandt's Cormorant 15 49 10 41 33 29.6 16.7
Double-crested Cormorant 85 99 34 70 109 79.4 29.3
Pelagic Cormorant 36 31 10 8 28 22.6 12.8
American Bittern 1 1 1 1 - 0.8 0.4
Great Blue Heron 32 68 44 53 76 54.6 17.8
Great Egret + 1 1 1 2 0.8 0.5
Green Heron - - - 1 - 0.2 0.4
Greater White-fronted Goose 14 3 2 15 10 8.8 6.1
Snow Goose 1 - 3 - 1 1.0 1.2
Canada Goose 1157 1064 921 875 1112 1025.8 122.3
Brant - 211 4 208 253 135.2 122.9
Trumpeter Swan 3 - 23 - 15 5.2 10.0
Tundra Swan - - 1 - - 0.2 0.4
Anatinae 10 106 2 17 - 27.0 44.7
Gadwall 48 26 25 33 41 34.6 9.9
Eurasian Wigeon 2 - - 2 2 1.2 1.1
American Wigeon 334 105 107 520 618 336.8 234.1
Mallard 723 951 391 768 564 679.4 212.1
Cinnamon Teal - - - 2 - 0.4 0.9
Northern Shoveler 34 40 423 437 332 253.2 201.4
Northern Pintail 8 42 55 650 267 204.4 269.1
American Green-winged Teal 84 33 125 15 44 60.2 44.2
Aythya 34 65 4 4 26 26.6 25.3
Canvasback 5 36 38 - 4 16.6 18.7
Redhead 1 - - 2 4 1.4 1.7
Ring-necked Duck 58 90 44 49 31 54.4 22.2
Greater Scaup 42 91 132 45 109 83.8 39.6
Lesser Scaup 32 55 20 168 210 97.0 86.2
Harlequin Duck 5 1 9 5 12 6.4 4.2
Melanitta - 40 2 2 15 11.8 16.9
Surf Scoter 165 234 43 84 149 135.0 74.1
White-winged Scoter 41 24 16 47 63 38.2 18.7
Black Scoter 7 83 5 36 15 29.2 32.5
Oldsquaw 1 3 - 2 4 2.0 1.6
Bucephala - - 4 - - 0.8 1.8
Bufflehead 760 569 407 449 592 555.4 138.5
Common Goldeneye 57 87 26 59 62 58.2 21.7
Barrow's Goldeneye - 3 - 2 2 1.4 1.3
Hooded Merganser 48 36 21 32 24 32.2 10.7
Common Merganser 104 48 17 28 7 40.8 38.5
Red-breasted Merganser 28 62 20 33 52 39.0 17.4
Ruddy Duck 1 4 39 40 16 20.0 18.7
Bald Eagle 2 26 20 22 42 22.4 14.3
Northern Harrier 15 36 22 28 53 30.8 14.6
Accipiter - 1 - 1 - 0.4 0.5
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6 3 7 10 5 6.2 2.6
Cooper's Hawk 2 2 5 9 9 5.4 3.5
Northern Goshawk - 1 - - - 0.2 0.4
Red-tailed Hawk 7 26 17 24 44 23.6 13.6
Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 5 2 2 2.2 1.6
American Kestrel - - 2 1 - 0.6 0.9
Merlin 1 4 4 1 9 3.8 3.3
Gyrfalcon - 1 - - - 0.2 0.4
Peregrine Falcon 2 9 8 6 12 7.4 3.7
Ring-necked Pheasant 7 10 14 9 6 9.2 3.1
Ruffed Grouse 1 1 2 2 - 1.2 0.8
Virginia Rail 4 9 2 13 18 9.2 6.5
Sora - - 1 1 - 0.4 0.5
American Coot 314 70 54 345 134 183.4 137.1
Black-bellied Plover 57 269 111 176 224 167.4 85.1
Snowy Plover - 2 - - - 0.4 0.9
Semipalmated Plover 26 24 5 17 3 15.0 10.6
Killdeer 47 62 61 30 65 53.0 14.6
Scolopacidae 1 17 2559 550 - 625.4 1106.3
Greater Yellowlegs 29 44 34 45 24 35.2 9.2
Spotted Sandpiper - 1 1 - 2 0.8 0.8
Long-billed Curlew 55 - 1 1 35 18.4 25.3
Marbled Godwit 8 40 47 - 1 19.2 22.5
Ruddy Turnstone - - 26 - 1 5.4 11.5
Black Turnstone 29 39 26 27 58 35.8 13.4
Surfbird 61 12 16 32 66 37.4 25.0
Red Knot - - 7 - - 1.4 3.1
Sanderling 244 710 56 1317 2400 945.4 947.7
Western Sandpiper 647 180 71 504 156 311.6 249.5
Least Sandpiper 19 5 74 115 42 51.0 44.3
Rock Sandpiper 16 2 8 5 5 7.2 5.4
Dunlin 13229 10875 7116 22456 18360 14407.2 6071.1
Long-billed Dowitcher 56 85 25 4 9 35.8 34.2
Common Snipe 24 20 25 12 10 18.2 6.9
Red Phalarope - 142 - 3 - 29.0 63.2
Larus 196 653 395 270 300 362.8 177.2
Bonaparte's Gull - 35 2 - 2 7.8 15.2
Heermann's Gull 1 1 1 1 - 0.8 0.4
Mew Gull 79 116 286 436 70 197.4 159.4
Ring-billed Gull 7 27 24 5 25 17.6 10.7
California Gull 6 2 5 5 4 4.4 1.5
Herring Gull 43 30 3 38 33 29.4 15.6
Thayer's Gull 8 6 3 1 5 4.6 2.7
Western Gull 496 454 403 550 376 455.8 70.1
Glaucous-winged Gull 142 300 183 452 254 266.2 120.6
Glaucous-wingedxWestern Gull 739 761 656 891 678 745.0 92.2
Glaucous Gull 2 - 2 1 3 1.6 1.1
Black-legged Kittiwake - - - 2 2 0.8 1.1
Common Murre - 1 - 5 - 1.2 2.2
Pigeon Guillemot - 3 2 1 - 1.2 1.3
Marbled Murrelet 1 3 - - - 0.8 1.3
Rhinoceros Auklet - - 2 - 3 1.0 1.4
Rock Dove 103 62 40 78 54 67.4 24.2
Band-tailed Pigeon - 2 - - 2 0.8 1.1
Strigiformes - - 1 - - 0.2 0.4
Barn Owl 1 1 - - 1 0.6 0.5
Western Screech-Owl 1 1 - 3 - 1.0 1.2
Great Horned Owl - 4 - 2 2 1.6 1.7
Snowy Owl - - 17 1 - 3.6 7.5
Northern Pygmy-Owl - - - 1 - 0.2 0.4
Barred Owl - 1 - - - 0.2 0.4
Short-eared Owl 1 2 - 2 3 1.6 1.1
Anna's Hummingbird 1 - - - 1 0.4 0.5
Selasphorus - 1 - - - 0.2 0.4
Belted Kingfisher 3 13 8 21 9 10.8 6.7
Downy Woodpecker - 13 5 5 5 5.6 4.7
Hairy Woodpecker - 3 2 1 4 2.0 1.6
Red-shafted Flicker 75 293 219 172 117 175.2 85.5
Yellow-shafted Flicker 1 2 5 3 1 2.4 1.7
Pileated Woodpecker - 1 - - - 0.2 0.4
Northern Shrike - - 1 1 - 0.4 0.5
Hutton's Vireo 5 16 3 6 2 6.4 5.6
Steller's Jay 33 62 83 69 90 67.4 22.2
Western Scrub-Jay - - - 2 - 0.4 0.9
Corvus 1240 1928 1014 1406 1504 1418.4 340.1
Common Raven 4 14 10 13 24 13.0 7.3
Horned Lark - 3 1 - - 0.8 1.3
Black-capped Chickadee 143 305 261 352 261 264.4 77.6
Mountain Chickadee - - - - 1 0.2 0.4
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 122 219 116 167 44 133.6 65.0
Bushtit 41 318 153 127 90 145.8 105.1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 - 12 2 - 3.2 5.0
Brown Creeper 2 1 2 2 - 1.4 0.9
Bewick's Wren 9 69 31 50 33 38.4 22.5
Winter Wren 66 139 71 47 112 87.0 37.5
Marsh Wren 11 65 22 51 49 39.6 22.3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 484 784 298 289 263 423.6 219.8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 62 229 75 181 172 143.8 72.2
Hermit Thrush 3 4 3 12 3 5.0 3.9
American Robin 105 74 103 64 232 115.6 67.5
Varied Thrush 45 68 434 25 112 136.8 169.3
European Starling 4871 8960 3775 2687 9051 5868.8 2965.9
American Pipit - - - - 2 0.4 0.9
Cedar Waxwing - 15 - - 10 5.0 7.1
Orange-crowned Warbler - 2 1 2 4 1.8 1.5
Audubon's Warbler - 11 - 16 12 7.8 7.4
Myrtle Warbler 67 702 474 321 102 333.2 264.7
Townsend's Warbler 13 18 2 12 1 9.2 7.4
Palm Warbler 2 2 - 1 - 1.0 1.0
Common Yellowthroat - - 1 - - 0.2 0.4
Spotted Towhee 34 121 50 167 146 103.6 58.8
Savannah Sparrow 7 - 2 3 4 3.2 2.6
Fox Sparrow 81 202 130 264 262 187.8 81.0
Song Sparrow 104 437 277 427 311 311.2 135.4
Lincoln's Sparrow - 3 2 - - 1.0 1.4
White-throated Sparrow - 1 - 1 - 0.4 0.5
White-crowned Sparrow 14 26 62 66 35 40.6 22.7
Golden-crowned Sparrow 85 214 122 241 127 157.8 66.4
Oregon Junco 398 336 711 460 316 444.2 159.5
Lapland Longspur 1 - - - 8 1.8 3.5
Red-winged Blackbird 38 70 148 258 126 128.0 84.8
Western Meadowlark 1 9 - 2 10 4.4 4.7
Brewer's Blackbird 152 44 31 105 110 88.4 50.1
Brown-headed Cowbird 4 - - - 1 1.0 1.7
Bullock's Oriole - 1 - - - 0.2 0.4
Carpodacus - - - 3 - 0.6 1.3
Purple Finch 13 62 7 9 32 24.6 23.1
House Finch 186 460 252 323 476 339.4 127.1
Red Crossbill - - 14 - - 2.8 6.3
Pine Siskin 164 70 867 - 6 221.4 366.9
American Goldfinch - 58 12 - - 14.0 25.1
House Sparrow 159 330 207 242 71 201.8 96.2
Total Species 122 134 130 133 126