The East L. WA AS completed its CBC on Sat. There were some interesting
changes from previous years. The number of species seen was 79 compared to a
15 year average of 78, but the total number of birds was way down, 9961 which
is the lowest since 1987 and compares to an average of 15601 over 15 years.
The low totals are attributed to low numbers of waterfowl, crows, and
starlings. Major changes are listed below with 1999 and 1998 totals in ( ).

American Coot - 2455 (1028, 1397) Highest total in 15 years
American Crow - 368 (1305, 991) Lowest in 15 years
Horned Grebe - 31 (2, 4) Highest in 15 years
Western Grebe - 6 (37, 27) Lowest total in 9 years
Glaucous-winged Gull - 44 (843, 266) Lowest in 8 years
Dark-eyed Junco - 105 (138, 220) Lowest in 14 years
Mew Gull - 262 (2519, 836) Lowest in 5 years
Red-tailed Hawk - 31 (57, 57) Lowest in 6 years
Mallard - 375 (5847, 1503 Lowest in 15 years
American Robin - 281 (495, 299) Lowest in 6 years
Northern Shoveler - 140 (39, 25) Highest in 15 years
House Sparrow - 14 (52, 62) Lowest in 15 years
European Starling - 888 (2082, 1802) Lowest in 10 years
Green-winged Teal - 135 (46, 80) Highest in 15 years
American Wigeon - 345 (4794, 3339) Lowest in 14 years

CBC Total - 9961 (28674, 16940) Lowest in 14 years



Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at aol.com