OLIVER-OSOYOOS CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
31 December 1994
Clear, calm, max temp. -1C. Osoyoos Lake half frozen.

Common Loon 8
Pied-billed Grebe 21
Horned Grebe 61 (record high)
Red-necked Grebe 17
Western Grebe 10
Great Blue Heron 11
Canada Goose 964
Green-winged Teal 2
Mallard 1129
Northern Pintail 1
Northern Shoveler 11
Gadwall 14
American Wigeon 97
Canvasback 10
Redhead 10
Ring-necked Duck 5
Greater Scaup 7
Lesser Scaup 32 (record high)
Common Goldeneye 104 (record high)
Barrow's Goldeneye 19
Bufflehead 64 (record high)
Hooded Merganser 19
Common Merganser 93
Red-breasted Merganser 10
Bald Eagle 9
Northern Harrier 11
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7
Cooper's Hawk 7
Northern Goshawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk 26 (record high)
Rough-legged Hawk 5 (record high)
Golden Eagle 6
American Kestrel 7
Merlin 2
Prairie Falcon 2 (record high)
Gray Partridge 10
Chukar 22
Ring-necked Pheasant 30
Blue Grouse 1
Ruffed Grouse 1
California Quail 1517
American Coot 327
Common Snipe 1
Ring-billed Gull 20
California Gull 9
Herring Gull 40
Glaucous-winged Gull 1 (second time on count)
Rock Dove 638
Mourning Dove 122
Common Barn-Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 3
Northern Pygmy-Owl 3
Great Gray Owl 1 (first time on count)
Long-eared Owl 1
Northern Saw-whet Owl 8 (record high)
Belted Kingfisher 11
Downy Woodpecker 12
Hairy Woodpecker 8
Northern Flicker 195
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Gray Jay 6
Steller's Jay 42
Clark's Nutcracker 52
Black-billed Magpie 135
American Crow 138
Common Raven 232
Black-capped Chickadee 250
Mountain Chickadee 140
Chestnut-back Chickadee 3 (record high; at feeder)
Red-breasted Nuthatch 156
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Pygmy Nuthatch 45
Brown Creeper 2
Rock Wren 1 (first time on count)
Canyon Wren 15 (record high)
Winter Wren 1
Marsh Wren 4
American Dipper 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 15
Western Bluebird 1
Townsend's Solitaire 1
American Robin 53
Bohemian Waxwing 311
Northern Shrike 18
European Starling 480
Rufous-sided Towhee 2
American Tree Sparrow 14
Song Sparrow 113
White-crowned Sparrow 37
Dark-eyed Junco 846
Red-winged Blackbird 644
Western Meadowlark 1
Rusty Blackbird 1
Brewer's Blackbird 360 (record high)
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Pine Grosbeak 6
House Finch 716
Red Crossbill 157
Pine Siskin 55
American Goldfinch 98
Evening Grosbeak 1
House Sparrow 526

103 species (new record; old record 100 in 1993), 11484 individuals
Observers 39 in 12-17 parties
Party-hours 115
snow depth 0-24