Salt Spring Island British Columbia
48degrees55'N, 123degrees33'W
Home of the McFadden Creek Heronry
Bird Count Jan09/00
Number of Participants 172

Total # of Birds 18,299
Total # of Species 106

Loon, common 33
Loon, Pacific 110
Loon , red-throated 4
Grebe, eared 8
Grebe,horned 64
Grebe, red-necked 15
Grebe, western 594
Cormorant, Brandt's 39
Cormorant, dble-crstd 155
Cormorant, pelagic 46
Heron, great blue 25
Swan, mute 21
Goose, Canada 518
Teal, green-winged 37
Mallard 464
Pintail, northern 2
Widgeon, American 292
Widgeon, eurasian 8
Canvasback 1
Duck, harlequin 29
Duck, ring-necked 39
Duck, wood 3
Scaup, greater 42
Scaup, lesser 12
Oldsquaw 99
Scoter, black 9
Scoter, surf 151
Scoter, white-winged 1
Goldeneye, Barrow's 111
Goldeneye, common 200
Bufflehead 543
Merganser, common 212
Merganser, hooded 127
Merganser, red-brsted 188
Vulture, Turkey 2
Eagle, bald 172
Hawk, Cooper's 3
Hawk, red-tailed 4
Hawk, sharp-shinned 5
Hawk, Swainson's 1
Falcon, peregrine 1
Pheasant, ring-necked 1
Quail, California 554
Killdeer 60
Oystercatcher, black 23
Sandpiper, spotted 1
Turnstone, black 78
Dunlin 7
Gull, Bonaparte's 2
Gull, glaucous 1
Gull, glaucous-winged 392
Gull, herring 68
Gull, mew 1342
Gull, Thayer's 12
Gull, western 30
Murre, common 287
Guillemot, pigeon 5
Murrelet, ancient 5
Murrelet, marbled 16
Auklet, rhinoceros 8
Dove, rock 140
Pigeon,band-tailed 15
Owl, great horned 1
Owl, northern saw-whet 1
Owl, western schreech 1
Kingfisher 30
Sapsucker, red-breasted 1
Woodpecker, downy 20
Woodpecker, hairy 7
Woodpecker, pileated 19
Flicker, northern 58
Jat, Steller's 57
Crow, common 132
Crow, northwestern 973
Raven, common 227
Chickadee, ch-backed 721
Bushtit 53
Nuthatch,red-breasted 108
Creeper, brown 16
Wren, Bewick's 26
Wren, house 1
Wren, winter 132
Kinglet, golden-crowned 499
Kinglet, ruby-crowned 25
Robin, American 1065
Thrush, Swainson's 1
Thrush, varied 300
Shrike, northern 1
Starling 654
Warbler, Townsend's 4
Towhee, spotted 446
Sparrow, fox 103
Sparrow, golden-crowned 104
Sparrow, savannah 1
Sparrow, song 169
Sparrow, white-crowned 21
Junco, dark-eyed 3069
Bunting, snow 1
Blackbird, red-winged 104
Cowbird, brown headed 3
Finch, house 190
Finch, purple 169
Crossbill, red 92
Siskin, pine 1223
Sparrow, house 34

Submitted for Nancy Braithwaite
by John and Heather Neville
songbird at saltspring.com