SEATTLE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT RESULTS 2003: Red-throated Loon 20, Pacific Loon 10, Common Loon 12, Pied-billed Grebe 120, Horned Grebe 179, Red-necked Grebe 120, Western Grebe 914, Double-crested Cormorant 563, Brandt's Cormorant 163, Pelagic Cormorant 42, Great Blue Heron 37, Green Heron cw, Brant 71, Canada Goose 588, Canada Goose (form unspecified) [400], "Cackling" Canada Goose [1], "Taverner's" Canada Goose [1], "Great Basin" Canada Goose [186], Wood Duck 33, Green-winged Teal 118, Mallard 1024, Northern Shoveler 105, Northern Pintail 15, Gadwall 1291, Eurasian Wigeon 9, American Wigeon 1295, Canvasback 620, Redhead 5, Ring-necked Duck 305, Greater Scaup 398, Lesser Scaup 830, [scaup sp.] 15, Harlequin Duck 38, Black Scoter 33, Surf Scoter 400, White-winged Scoter 30, Common Goldeneye 256, Barrow's Goldeneye 334, [goldeneye sp.] 63, Bufflehead 804, Hooded Merganser 121, Common Merganser 237, Red-breasted Merganser 333, Ruddy Duck 71, Osprey cw, Bald Eagle (all) 52, Bald Eagle (adult) [38], Bald Eagle (immature) [14], Sharp-shinned Hawk 17, Cooper's Hawk 13, [Accipiter sp.] 2, Red-tailed Hawk 20, [Buteo sp.] 1, Merlin 17, Peregrine Falcon 8, California Quail 14, Virginia Rail 1, American Coot 6582, Killdeer 53, Spotted Sandpiper 1, Black Turnstone 250, Surfbird 222, Sanderling 3, Rock Sandpiper 1, Dunlin 21, Wilson's Snipe 2, Bonaparte's Gull 1, Mew Gull 768, Ring-billed Gull 303, California Gull 62, Herring Gull 8, Thayer's Gull 7, Western Gull 8, Western x Glaucous-winged Gull 115, Glaucous-winged Gull 1965, [gull sp.] 330, Common Murre 31, Pigeon Guillemot 20, Rhinoceros Auklet 14, Rock Pigeon 1623, Band-tailed Pigeon 24, Western Screech-Owl 3, Barred Owl 3, Anna's Hummingbird 75, Belted Kingfisher 30, Red-breasted Sapsucker 4, Downy Woodpecker 51, Hairy Woodpecker 2, Northern Flicker (all) 215, N. "Red-shafted" Flicker [210], N. "Yellow-shafted" Flicker cw, N. "Red-" x "Yellow-shafted" Flicker [5], Pileated Woodpecker 14, Northern Shrike 1, Hutton's Vireo 5, Steller's Jay 108, Western Scrub-Jay 2, Crow (American or Northwestern) 12504, Common Raven 2, Barn Swallow 2, Black-capped Chickadee 1530, Chestnut-backed Chickadee 168, Bushtit 975, Red-breasted Nuthatch 64, Brown Creeper 77, Bewick's Wren 250, Winter Wren 147, Marsh Wren 8, Golden-crowned Kinglet 1082, Ruby-crowned Kinglet 524, Townsend's Solitaire 1, Hermit Thrush 12, American Robin 2789, Varied Thrush 57, Cedar Waxwing 49, European Starling 3262, Yellow-rumped Warbler (all) 71, Yellow-r. "Audubon's" Warbler [58], Yellow-r. "Myrtle" Warbler [10], Yellow-r. Warbler (form unspecified) [3], Townsend's Warbler 16, Spotted Towhee 284, Fox Sparrow 239, Song Sparrow 833, Lincoln's Sparrow 22, White-crowned Sparrow 48, Golden-crowned Sparrow 189, White-throated Sparrow 1, Dark-eyed Junco (all) 565, Dark-eyed "Oregon" Junco 0, Red-winged Blackbird 302, Purple Finch 8, House Finch 689, [Carpodacus finch sp.] 3, Pine Siskin 1068, American Goldfinch 314, House Sparrow 886.Total species = 116, plus 2 count week (Green Heron, Osprey); Total individuals = 57,735; Total participants = 159.



A bit below average in terms of species, rarities, and total numbers, but not far off the 120 long-term average. Weather was OK in the morning but rather cold and wet in the early afternoon and rough on the water. 6582 coots and 12,504 crows!



Gene Hunn, compiler.