WEST KOOTENAY NATURALISTS BIRD COUNT
Jun-02 2007 Compiler Peter McIver
SPECIES 149  TOTAL COUNT 13,561 OBSERVERS 93 250-365-1191
WEATHER SUN,HOT up to 35 DEG petermciver@hotmail.com
       Species Slocan Castlegar Trail/Warf Rossland Pen/Fruit Salmo TOTALS
LOONS,GREBES
Common Loon 4 2 6
Pied-billed Grebe 2 2 4
Horned Grebe
Eared Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
HERONS
American Bittern
Great-blue Heron 4 1 5
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
VULTURES
Turkey Vulture 2 10 32 3 16 7 70
GEESE,SWANS,DUCKS
Canada Goose 36 269 221 60 62 648
Snow Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck 1 17 1 8 27
Green-winged Teal 2 2
Mallard 10 108 49 11 27 16 221
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal 1 1
Cinnamon Teal 1 1 2
Northern Shoveller
Gadwall 1 1
American Wigeon 3 3
Eurasian Wigeon
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck 5 18 23
Greater Scaup 1 1
Lesser Scaup
Harlequin 5 5
White-winged Scoter
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye 9 18 4 7 1 39
Barrow's Goldeneye 19 1 2 5 2 29
Bufflehead 3 2 5 10
Hooded Merganser 2 7 9
Red-br Merganser
Common Merganser 19 91 24 7 3 144
Ruddy Duck
OSPREY,HAWKS,EAGLES
Osprey 2 13 8 2 5 2 32
Bald Eagle 7 7 9 3 26
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 5 2 9
Coopers Hawk 1 2 3
Northern Goshawk 1 1 2
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 2 8 8 6 7 5 36
Rough-legged Hawk 3 1 4
Golden Eagle 1 2 3
SHEET COUNT 97 599 369 38 152 110 1365
SHEET 2 Slocan Castlegar Trail/Warf Rossland Pen/Fruit Salmo TOTALS
Species FALCONS
American Kestrel 1 7 2 2 2 2 16
Merlin 2 1 1 1 5
Peregrine Falcon
Prairie Falcon
PHEASANT,GROUSE,TURKEY
Chukar
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheas 5 2 7
Spruce Grouse
White-tailed Ptarmig
Ruffed Grouse 8 9 1 4 4 8 34
Dusky Grouse
Sharp-tailed Grouse
Wild Turkey 8 15 1 9 4 37
California Quail 2 2
RAILS,COOT,CRANE
Virginia Rail 1 1
Sora 2 1 1 1 2 7
American Coot 4 2 1 7
Sandhill Crane
SHOREBIRDS
Killdeer 6 8 13 16 12 55
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper 28 40 8 10 6 4 96
Long-billed Curlew  1 1
Semi-palm Sandpip.
Least Sandpiper
Wilson's Snipe 1 1 2 3 18 25
Wilson's Phalarope 1 1
GULLS,TERNS
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull 3 3
Herring Gull 6 6
Black Tern
PIGEONS,DOVES
Rock Pigeon 7 32 5 44
Mourning Dove 3 25 1 11 1 41
OWLS
Barn Owl
West. Screech Owl 1 1
Great Horned Owl 1 1
Northern Pygmy Owl
Barred Owl 1 1
Great Gray Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
N. Saw-whet Owl 1 1
NIGHTHAWK,SWIFTS
Common Nighthawk 6 2 3 11
Black Swift 1 1
Vaux's Swift 14 2 16
White-throated Swift 4 4
HUMMINGBIRDS,KINGFISHER
Black-chinned H/bd 5 6 43 11 6 71
Calliope H/bd 18 26 17 62 23 8 154
Rufous Hummingbird 22 5 13 62 21 18 141
Belted Kingfisher 2 2 2 7 13
WOODPECKERS
Lewis' Woodpecker
Red-naped Sapsuck 4 7 10 3 3 27
Downy Woodpecker 1 6 6 1 5 19
Hairy Woodpecker 2 5 3 7 3 2 22
Am Three-toed Wood 1 2 3
Black-backed Wood 1 1
Northern Flicker 25 41 17 7 5 32 127
Pileated Wood 1 8 3 3 4 19
SHEET COUNT 138 190 189 233 140 131 1021
SHEET 3 2/6/07 Slocan Castlegar Trail/Warf Rossland Pen/Fruit Salmo Totals
Species FLYCATCHERS
Olive-sided Flycatch 6 6
West. Wood-Pewee 9 10 1 21 41
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher 2 6 1 1 10
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatch 5 25 10 6 46
Dusky Flycatcher 5 1 2 14 22
Pacific-slope Fly 6 2 1 9
Say's Phoebe 1 4 1 13 19
Western Kingbird 1 11 9 7 28
Eastern Kingbird 3 20 6 13 8 50
SHRIKES,VIREOS
Northern Shrike
Cassin's Vireo 10 23 11 2 45 91
Warbling Vireo 1 22 12 23 9 47 114
Red-eyed Vireo 15 40 14 2 11 1 83
JAYS,MAGPIES,CROWS
Gray Jay 5 4 9
Steller's Jay 8 10 8 18 20 25 89
Blue Jay 2 2 4
Clark's Nutcracker 1 4 5
Black-billed Magpie 1 1
American Crow 43 185 56 1 51 6 342
Common Raven 37 144 69 18 29 44 341
LARKS,SWALLOWS
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow 61 207 154 43 179 187 831
Violet-green Sw. 138 636 351 126 225 211 1687
N Rough-winged Sw 7 45 4 8 6 70
Bank Swallow 141 302 443
Cliff Swallow 590 4 86 131 52 863
Barn Swallow 26 19 6 6 17 61 135
CHICKADEES,NUTHATCHES,CREEPER
Black-capped Chick 46 104 63 18 38 10 279
Mountain Chickadee 3 4 7
Chest-backed Chick 1 2 5 8
Boreal Chickadee
Red-br Nuthatch 5 17 10 22 10 6 70
White-br Nuthatch
Brown Creeper 1 1 2
WRENS,DIPPER,KINGLETS
Rock Wren 1 1
Canyon Wren 1 1
House Wren 1 3 1 8 13
Winter Wren 3 1 4 1 3 12
Marsh Wren 2 2
American Dipper 2 2 1 1 1 7
Golden-cr Kinglet  1 7 11 4 23
Ruby-cr Kinglet 1 7 1 9
THRUSHES,CATBIRD
Western Bluebird 7 5 12
Mountain Bluebird 1 41 10 2 16 5 75
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery 1 24 11 3 8 47
Swainson's Thrush 16 50 14 7 5 54 146
Hermit Thrush 4 16 20
American Robin 163 212 157 130 148 145 955
Varied Thrush 5 1 2 5 1 14
Gray Catbird 6 42 28 2 12 23 113
STARLINGS,PIPITS,WAXWINGS
European Starling 54 180 52 34 49 3 372
American Pipit
Bohemian Waxwing 3 3
Cedar Waxwing 18 37 12 3 9 6 85
SHEET COUNT 681 2892 1376 635 1048 983 7615
SHEET 4 2/6/07 Slocan Castlegar Trail/Warf Rossland Pen/Fruit Salmo TOTALS
Species WOOD-WARBLERS,TANAGERS
Orange-cr Warbler Warbler 1 1 12 9 23
Nashville Warbler 3 27 2 9 11 20 72
Yellow Warbler 2 103 51 9 30 66 261
Magnolia Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warb 9 26 18 20 7 43 123
Townsend's Warbler 10 17 1 19 47
American Redstart 19 15 5 1 2 35 77
Northern Waterthrush 3 5 1 1 21 31
MacGillivray's Warb 1 12 1 15 2 21 52
Com. Yellowthroat 5 4 1 1 3 62 76
Wilson's Warbler 5 7 12
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 1 2
Western Tanager 12 16 2 6 6 19 61
TOWHEES,SPARROWS
Spotted Towhee 61 51 21 2 135
Am. Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow 11 54 10 12 18 20 125
Brewer's Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow 7 7 1 15
Lark Sparrow 1 1
Clay-coloured Sp.
Savannah Sparrow 1 2 2 5
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow 26 99 67 18 41 90 341
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-crowned Sp 23 8 3 4 38
White-throated Sp.
Golden-crowned Sp.
Harris's Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco 23 60 46 36 23 21 209
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
GROSBEAKS,BUNTINGS,BLACKBIRDS,ORIOLES
Black-hd Grosbeak 1 5 14 10 8 34 72
Lazuli Bunting 4 7 6 1 16 40 74
Bobolink 10 10
Red-winged Blackbd 60 40 25 47 102 274
Western Meadowlark 4 14 1 2 4 25
Yellow-hd Blackbird 4 5 9
Brewer's Blackbird 31 50 69 6 63 51 270
Brown-hd Cowbird 30 109 108 25 35 24 331
Bullocks Oriole 9 22 11 3 45
FINCHES,HOUSE SPARROW
Gray-cr.Rosy-Finch 
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch 5 32 7 5 49
House Finch 11 101 65 7 47 7 238
Red Crossbill
White-winged Cross.
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin 23 28 63 51 16 181
American Goldfinch 8 27 48 10 79 2 174
Evening Grosbeak 1 23 2 6 2 34
House Sparrow 6 42 20 68
SHEET COUNT 292 930 787 287 540 724 3560
AREA TOTAL 1208 4611 2721 1193 1880 1948 13561
AREA SPECIES 84 120 93 90 96 85 149
Birding Trips 16 17 4
Participants 15 15 13 27 19 4 93
Slocan Castlegar Trail/Warf Rossland Pen/Fruit Salmo TOTALS