Lauderdale County Christmas Bird Count Results Species # Species #
Canada Goose [ Branta canadensis ] 164 Pileated Woodpecker [ Dryocopus pileatus ] 5 Wood Duck [ Aix sponsa ] 7 American Kestrel ( Falco sparverius ) 8 Mallard [ Anas platyrhynchos ] 6 Eastern Phoebe [ Sayornis Phoebe ] 35 Green-winged Teal ( Anas crecca ) cw Loggerhead Shrike [ Lanius ludovicianus ] 1 Redhead ( Aythya americana ) 4 Blue-headed Vireo [ Vireo solitarius ] 1 Ring-necked Duck [ Aythya collaris ] 67 Blue Jay [ Cyanocitta cristata ] 89 Greater Scaup ( Aythya marila ) 16 American Crow [ Corvus brachyrhynchos ] 248 Bufflehead [ Bucephala albeola ] 53 Fish Crow [ Corvus ossifragus ] 2 Hooded Merganser [ Lophodytes cucullatus ] 91 Carolina Chickadee [ Poecile carolinensis ] 34 Ruddy Duck [ Oxyura jamaicensis ] 5 Tufted Titmouse [ Baeolophus bicolor ] 25 Pied-billed Grebe [ Podilymbus podiceps ] 13 White-breasted Nuthatch [ Sitta carolinensis ] 4 Anhinga ( Anhinga anhinga ) 1 Brown-headed Nuthatch [ Sitta pusilla ] 12 American White Pelican [ Pelecanus erythrorhynchos ] 62 House Wren ( Troglodytes aedon ) 2 Great Blue Heron ( Blue form ) [ Ardea herodias [ herodias Group ]] 27 Winter Wren [ Troglodytes hiemalis ] 1 Great Egret [ Ardea alba ] 202 Carolina Wren [ Thryothorus ludovicianus ] 28 Snowy Egret ( Egretta thula ) 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet [ Regulus satrapa ] 17 Black Vulture [ Coragyps atratus ] 145 Ruby-crowned Kinglet [ Regulus calendula ] 28 Turkey Vulture [ Cathartes aura ] 79 Eastern Bluebird [ Sialia sialis ] 128 Osprey [ Pandion haliaetus ] 1 Hermit Thrush ( Catharus guttatus ) 1 Northern Harrier [ Circus cyaneus ] 2 American Robin ( Turdus migratorius ) 19 Cooper ’ s Hawk [ Accipiter cooperii ] 3 Brown Thrasher [ Toxostoma rufum ] 4 Bald Eagle [ Haliaeetus leucocephalus ] 6 Northern Mockingbird [ Mimus polyglottos ] 41 Red-shouldered Hawk [ Buteo lineatus ] 21 European Starling [ Sturnus vulgaris ] 33 Red-tailed Hawk [ Buteo lineatus ] 4 Cedar Waxwing [ Bombycilla cedrorum ] 68 Buteo sp . ( Buteo sp .) 2 Pine Warbler [ Setophaga pinus ] 68 Limpkin ( Aromas guarauna ) 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler ( Myrtle ) Setophaga coronata coronata ] 81 Killdeer [ Charadrius vociferus ] 81 Chipping Sparrow [ Spizella passerina ] 131 Greater Yellowlegs [ Tringa melanoleuca ] 24 Field Sparrow [ Spizella pusilla ] 6 Spotted Sandpiper [ Actitis macularius ] 14 Dark-eyed Junco ( Slatecolored ) [ Junco hyemalis hyemalis / carolinensis 63 Least Sandpiper ( Calidris minutilla ) 9 White-throated Sparrow [ Zonotrichia albicollis ] 83 Wilson ’ s Snipe [ Gallinago delicata ] 43 Song Sparrow ( Melospiza melodia ) 36 Bonaparte ’ s Gull ( Chroicocephalus philadelphia ) 10 Swamp Sparrow [ Melospiza georgiana ] 1 Ring-billed Gull [ Larus delawarensis ] 107 Eastern Towhee [ Pipilo erythrophthalmus ] 6 Herring Gull ( Larus argentatus ) 2 Northern Cardinal [ Cardinalis cardinalis ] 100 Forster ’ s Tern ( Sterna Forsteri ) 24 Red-winged Blackbird [ Agelaius phoeniceus ] 136 Rock Pigeon ( Feral Pigeon ) [ Columba livia ( Feral Pigeon )] 126 Eastern Meadowlark [ Sturnella magna ] 9 White-winged Dove ( Zenaida asiatica ) 1 Rusty Blackbird ( Euphagus carolinus ) 351 Mourning Dove [ Zenaida macroura ] 60 Brewer ’ s Blackbird ( Euphagus cyanocephalus ) 8 Belted Kingfisher ( Megaceryle halcyon ) 16 Common Grackle ( Quiscalus quiscula ) 42 Red-headed Woodpecker ( Melanerpes erythrocephalus ) 5 Blackbird sp . ( Icteridae sp .) 150 Red-bellied Woodpecker [ Melanerpes carolinus ] 37 House Finch ( Haemorphous mexicanus ) 5 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker [ Sphyrapicus varius ] 6 Purple Finch ( Haemorhous purpureus ) 4 Downy Woodpecker [ Picoides pubescens ] 9 Pine Siskin ( Spinus pinus ) 3 Hairy Woodpecker [ Picoides villosus ] 3 American Goldfinch ( Spinus tristis ) 16
Northern Flicker ( Yellowshafted ) [ Colaptes auratus auratus / luteus ]
16 House Sparrow [ Passer domesticus ] 12
Total Number of Species Reported 89 Total Number of Individual Birds 3728
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