SEATTLE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT, 2 JANUARY 1999 (preliminary totals, subject to
final revision): Red-throated Loon, 15; Pacific Loon, 6; Common Loon, 13;
Pied-billed Grebe, 138; Horned Grebe, 326; Red-necked Grebe, 141; Western
Grebe, 1332; Double-crested Cormorant, 459; Brandt's Cormorant, 12; Pelagic
Cormorant, 16; cormorant sp., 3; Great Blue Heron, 84; Tundra Swan, 2; Mute
Swan , 2; Greater White-fronted Goose, 6; Brant, 89; Canada Goose, 1399,
"Cackling" Canada Goose, 3; "Great Basin" Canada Goose, 1396; Wood Duck, 36;
Green-winged Teal, 87; Mallard, 1546; Northern Pintail, 82; Northern
Shoveler, 74; Gadwall, 946; Eurasian Wigeon, 10; Eurasian x American Wigeon,
1; American Wigeon, 2049; Canvasback, 455; Redhead, 1; Ring-necked Duck,
297; Greater Scaup, 216; Lesser Scaup, 633; scaup sp., 55; Harlequin Duck,
57; Black Scoter, 67; Surf Scoter, 304; White-winged Scoter, 38; scoter sp.,
10; Common Goldeneye, 277; Barrow's Goldeneye, 356; goldeneye sp., 16;
Bufflehead, 612; Hooded Merganser, 67; Common Merganser, 128; Red-breasted
Merganser, 317; Ruddy Duck, 211; duck sp., 4; Bald Eagle (all), 39, Bald
Eagle (adult), 31; Bald Eagle (immature), 8; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 38;
Cooper's Hawk, 17; Accipiter sp., 1; Red-tailed Hawk, 50; Rough-legged
Hawk, 1; American Kestrel, 1; Merlin, 7; Peregrine Falcon, 5; falcon sp., 1;
Ring-necked Pheasant, 6; Virginia Rail, 1; American Coot, 6362; Killdeer,
168; Spotted Sandpiper, 1; Black Turnstone, 40; Surfbird, 20; Sanderling,
152; Western Sandpiper, 4; sandpiper sp., 3; Dunlin, 202; Common Snipe, 5;
Bonaparte's Gull, cw, Franklin's Gull, ?, Mew Gull, 1080; Ring-billed Gull,
400; California Gull, 74; Herring Gull, 22; Thayer's Gull, 3; Western Gull,
5; Western x Glaucous-winged Gull, 477; Glaucous-winged Gull, 2332; gull
sp., 1101; Common Murre, 14; Pigeon Guillemot, 15; Rhinoceros Auklet, 6;
Rock Dove, 2789; Band-tailed Pigeon, 357; Crimson-fronted Parakeet, 7; Barn
Owl, 1; Western Screech-Owl, 7; Great Horned Owl, 1; Barred Owl , 1;
Short-eared Owl, 1; Northern Saw-whet Owl, 2; Anna's Hummingbird, 54;
hummingbird sp., 1; Belted Kingfisher, 24; Red-breasted Sapsucker, 24; Downy
Woodpecker, 86; Hairy Woodpecker, 1; Northern Flicker (all), 226, N.
"Red-shafted" Flicker, 217; N. "Yellow-shafted" Flicker, 4; "Yel.-sh." x
"Red-sh." Flicker, 5; Pileated Woodpecker, 5; Hutton's Vireo, 10; Steller's
Jay, 181; Western Scrub-Jay, 3; Crow (American or Northwestern), 7177;
Black-capped Chickadee, 1282; Chestnut-backed Chickadee, 163; Bushtit, 1278;
Red-breasted Nuthatch, 93; Brown Creeper, 43; Bewick's Wren, 227; Winter
Wren, 201; Marsh Wren, 12; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 822; Ruby-crowned
Kinglet, 445; Hermit Thrush, 12; Swainson's Thrush, 1; American Robin, 2415;
Varied Thrush, 145; Cedar Waxwing, 7; European Starling, 4737;
Orange-crowned Warbler, 1; Yellow-rumped Warbler (all), 19, Yellow-r.
"Audubon's" Warbler, 14; Yellow-r. Warbler (unseparated), 5; Townsend's
Warbler, 38; Spotted Towhee, 264; Fox Sparrow, 163; Song Sparrow, 671;
Lincoln's Sparrow, 22; White-throated Sparrow, 2; White-crowned Sparrow, 25;
Golden-crowned Sparrow, 185; Dark-eyed Junco (all), 1005, Dark-eyed "Oregon"
Junco, 998; Dark-eyed "Slate-colored" Junco, 7; Red-winged Blackbird, 170;
Western Meadowlark, 1; Brewer's Blackbird, cw, Red Crossbill, 3; Purple
Finch, 11; House Finch, 1214; Carpodacus sp., 4; Pine Siskin, 767; American
Goldfinch, 126; House Sparrow, 1436; TOTAL INDIVIDUALS, 54616; TOTAL
SPECIES, 124; count week + 2; miles on foot, 161.5; miles by car, 55.25;
miles by boat, 38; miles owling, 11; total miles, 265.75; hours on foot,
121.75; hours by car, 413.8; hours by boat, 7.5; hours owling, 12; total
hours, 555.05; observers, 129; feeder watchers, 12.