[Birdtalk] Evanston 2008/2009 CBC

[Tim Gorman]

17 individuals spent a beautiful day afield on Sunday, December 14 participating in the Evanston Wyoming/Utah Christmas Bird Count. 51 species were found and total bird count was 3,542, both numbers being much higher than average. Highlights were a Vesper Sparrow, 9 Common Redpolls, 25 Pied-billed Grebes and 322 Greater Sage-Grouse. Noticably absent were Downy Woodpeckers, Townsend Solitaire and owls.

The count center is where Rt 89 crosses the Wyoming/Utah border between Evanston Wyoming and Woodruff Utah. The Bear River runs down the middle of the count circle. The river and portions of the Woodruff Narrows Reservoir and Neponset Reservoir were open.


Canada Goose                    123
Gadwall                                 7
Mallard                               156
Green-winged Teal                  2
duck sp.                               15
Ring-necked Duck                  8
Lesser Scaup                       22
Bufflehead                            82
Common Goldeneye            346 
Barrow's Goldeneye              14
goldeneye sp.                       25
Common Merganser                2
Greater Sage-Grouse           322
Pied-billed Grebe                   25
Eared Grebe                         15
Bald eagle                            19
Northern Harrier                      5
Sharp-shinned Hawk               4
Cooper's Hawk                     cw
Northern Goshawk                  1
Red-tailed Hawk                     1
Ferruginous Hawk                   1
Rough-legged Hawk               17
Golden Eagle                        32
hawk sp.                                3
American Kestrel                    1
Merlin                                  cw
American Coot                      31
Wilson's Snipe                        2
Rock Pigeon                         28
Eurasion Collared-Dove          65
Belted Kingfisher                    2
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker  4  
Northern Shrike                       2
Black-billed Magpie              188
American Crow                      21
Common Raven                     39
Horned Lark                         220
Black-capped Chickadee        23
Mountain Chickadee                7
American Robin                     23
European Starling                 293
Bohemian Waxwing              575
Cedar Waxwing                      51
Am. Tree Sparrow                 213
Vesper Sparrow                       1
Song Sparrow                          6
sparrow sp.                            30
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco         7
Dark-eyed (slate-colored) Junco 4
Snow Bunting                           6
Red-winged Blackbird              12 
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch        29
Cassin's Finch                        17
House Finch                         153
Common Redpoll                      9
American Goldfinch                  23
House Sparrow                      206

Tim Gorman
Evanston, WY
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