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2007 Tucson Valley Christmas Bird Count Results
Compiled by
Larry Liese
Thanks to all who participated and special thanks to the Tucson Audubon Society for
sponsoring us with a pizza party, copies and mailing and staff time. New highs (or ties) below were for Canada Goose, Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, Neotropic Cormorant, Cooper's Hawk, Black-necked Stilt, Broad-billed Hummingbird, Costa's Hummingbird, Hutton's Vireo, Common Raven, Tree Swallow, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Northern Parula, American Redstart, Summer Tanager, Blue Grosbeak (new to count!), and Red-winged Blackbird. See their entries for numbers and previous record.
COUNT SUMMARY
Count Name: Tucson Valley
Count Date: Dec 16, 2007
Compiler: Larry Liese
Printout: January 31, 2008
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Count Code: AZTV
Number of Party Hours: 202.5
Species reported on count date: 150 |
| Organizations and Sponsors: Tucson Audubon Society |
Effort
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Observers |
In Field: |
Total Number: 79 |
Minimum Number of Parties (daylight): 29 |
Maximum Number of Parties (daylight): 39 |
At Feeders: |
Total Number: 2 |
Party Hours and Distance
(excludes viewing at feeders and nocturnal birding) |
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|
All distances are in miles . |
By Foot : |
Hours: 138.5 |
Distance: 198.00 mi |
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By Car : |
Hours: 48.0 |
Distance: 431.25 mi |
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By Other Transportation:
(optional) |
Hours: 16.0 |
Distance: 8.00 mi |
By: golfcart |
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| |
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Other Time and Distance |
At Feeders: |
Hours: 3.0 |
Nocturnal Birding: |
Hours: 0.0 |
Distance: .00 mi |
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Totals |
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Total Party : |
Hours: 202.5 |
Distance: 637.25 mi |
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Weather
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Temperature |
Minimum: 32 F° |
Maximum: 69 F° |
Wind Direction |
Unknown |
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Wind Velocity |
Minimum: 0.0 |
Maximum: 10.0 |
Snow Depth |
Minimum: 0.0 |
Maximum: 0.0 |
Still Water |
Open |
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Moving Water |
Open |
|
AM and PM Conditions |
Cloud Cover |
AM: Partly Cloudy |
PM: Partly Clear |
AM Rain |
None |
AM Snow |
None |
PM Rain |
None |
PM Snow |
None |
Species Checklist
|
Species |
Number
or cw |
Flags |
Max Number |
Number
of counts |
Ross's Goose |
1 |
|
2 in 93 |
9 |
Canada Goose |
28 |
|
28 in 100 |
19 |
Gadwall |
98 |
|
95 in 98 |
43 |
American Wigeon |
863 |
|
1022 in 107 |
46 |
Mallard |
231 |
|
581 in 106 |
46 |
Blue-winged Teal |
17 |
|
34 in 107 |
19 |
Cinnamon Teal |
62 |
|
604 in 99 |
30 |
Northern Shoveler |
2698 |
|
1425 in 106 |
46 |
Northern Pintail |
54 |
|
299 in 100 |
40 |
Green-winged Teal |
139 |
|
694 in 107 |
20 |
Canvasback |
16 |
|
91 in 78 |
39 |
Redhead |
6 |
|
18 in 68 |
44 |
Ring-necked Duck |
60 |
|
589 in 103 |
43 |
Lesser Scaup |
32 |
|
85 in 78 |
41 |
Bufflehead |
1 |
|
53 in 93 |
28 |
Common Goldeneye |
cw |
|
7 in 84 |
16 |
Hooded Merganser |
1 |
|
5 in 102 |
17 |
Ruddy Duck |
70 |
|
563 in 100 |
40 |
Gambel's Quail |
749 |
|
2349 in 80 |
47 |
Pied-billed Grebe |
15 |
|
41 in 91 |
44 |
Eared Grebe |
3 |
|
60 in 68 |
36 |
Neotropic Cormorant |
1 |
US, |
0 in 99 |
1 |
Double-crested Cormorant |
1 |
|
4 in 94 |
8 |
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) |
14 |
|
22 in 87 |
38 |
Great Egret |
7 |
|
14 in 107 |
21 |
Snowy Egret |
2 |
|
8 in 91 |
6 |
Green Heron |
3 |
|
16 in 106 |
17 |
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
8 |
|
48 in 104 |
23 |
Northern Harrier |
5 |
|
29 in 72 |
45 |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
14 |
|
18 in 107 |
44 |
Cooper's Hawk |
58 |
|
50 in 102 |
47 |
Accipiter sp. |
2 |
|
143 in 85 |
15 |
Harris's Hawk |
33 |
|
69 in 92 |
34 |
Red-tailed Hawk |
81 |
|
126 in 94 |
46 |
Buteo sp. |
2 |
|
3 in 85 |
11 |
Golden Eagle |
2 |
|
4 in 79 |
26 |
American Kestrel |
52 |
|
91 in 85 |
47 |
Merlin |
1 |
|
4 in 93 |
27 |
Peregrine Falcon |
4 |
|
8 in 103 |
25 |
Prairie Falcon |
7 |
|
16 in 92 |
40 |
falcon sp. |
1 |
|
2 in 91 |
12 |
Virginia Rail |
2 |
|
4 in 107 |
7 |
Sora |
8 |
|
25 in 105 |
18 |
Common Moorhen |
3 |
|
16 in 104 |
19 |
American Coot |
313 |
|
789 in 100 |
47 |
Killdeer |
128 |
|
440 in 73 |
47 |
Black-necked Stilt |
145 |
|
125 in 107 |
14 |
Spotted Sandpiper |
19 |
|
58 in 95 |
43 |
Least Sandpiper |
159 |
|
1092 in 100 |
46 |
Long-billed Dowitcher |
28 |
|
80 in 107 |
17 |
Wilson's Snipe |
4 |
|
8 in 107 |
5 |
Rock Pigeon |
4805 |
|
9706 in 106 |
4 |
White-winged Dove |
13 |
|
80 in 72 |
42 |
Mourning Dove |
9080 |
|
12047 in 104 |
47 |
Inca Dove |
60 |
|
3932 in 81 |
47 |
Greater Roadrunner |
9 |
|
70 in 83 |
47 |
Barn Owl |
1 |
|
4 in 99 |
11 |
Western Screech-Owl |
1 |
|
6 in 87 |
21 |
Great Horned Owl |
6 |
|
15 in 85 |
44 |
Burrowing Owl |
cw |
|
2 in 102 |
16 |
White-throated Swift |
345 |
|
747 in 103 |
36 |
Broad-billed Hummingbird |
7 |
|
7 in 103 |
20 |
Anna's Hummingbird |
89 |
|
357 in 93 |
45 |
Costa's Hummingbird |
45 |
|
33 in 103 |
32 |
hummingbird sp. |
24 |
|
34 in 105 |
25 |
Belted Kingfisher |
7 |
|
12 in 105 |
40 |
Lewis's Woodpecker |
2 |
|
6 in 101 |
10 |
Acorn Woodpecker |
1 |
|
20 in 85 |
18 |
Gila Woodpecker |
513 |
|
778 in 93 |
47 |
Red-naped Sapsucker |
9 |
|
13 in 93 |
22 |
Ladder-backed Woodpecker |
35 |
|
68 in 80 |
46 |
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker |
59 |
|
179 in 79 |
45 |
Gilded Flicker |
33 |
|
190 in 83 |
47 |
flicker sp. |
14 |
|
13 in 101 |
8 |
Empidonax sp. |
1 |
|
2 in 87 |
11 |
Black Phoebe |
22 |
|
48 in 107 |
44 |
Say's Phoebe |
33 |
|
58 in 100 |
47 |
Vermilion Flycatcher |
69 |
|
75 in 107 |
47 |
Ash-throated Flycatcher |
1 |
|
2 in 63 |
11 |
Loggerhead Shrike |
7 |
|
62 in 79 |
47 |
Plumbeous Vireo |
3 |
|
7 in 87 |
21 |
Hutton's Vireo |
8 |
|
7 in 99 |
39 |
Western Scrub-Jay |
4 |
|
21 in 104 |
8 |
Mexican Jay |
6 |
|
14 in 99 |
5 |
Common Raven |
38 |
|
34 in 85 |
41 |
raven sp. |
5 |
|
15 in 76 |
17 |
Tree Swallow |
1 |
|
1 in 92 |
1 |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
3 |
|
12 in 107 |
14 |
Barn Swallow |
2 |
|
5 in 98 |
6 |
swallow sp. |
1 |
|
1 in 92 |
1 |
Bridled Titmouse |
4 |
|
84 in 83 |
33 |
Verdin |
328 |
|
544 in 83 |
47 |
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
8 |
|
5 in 64 |
12 |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
5 |
|
20 in 73 |
33 |
Brown Creeper |
1 |
|
11 in 101 |
15 |
Cactus Wren |
222 |
|
677 in 85 |
47 |
Rock Wren |
25 |
|
212 in 78 |
47 |
Canyon Wren |
23 |
|
99 in 78 |
38 |
Bewick's Wren |
27 |
|
79 in 83 |
47 |
House Wren |
25 |
|
200 in 72 |
45 |
Marsh Wren |
14 |
|
56 in 107 |
32 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
202 |
|
554 in 78 |
47 |
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
22 |
|
40 in 88 |
44 |
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher |
65 |
|
169 in 92 |
39 |
gnatcatcher sp. |
3 |
|
4 in 102 |
5 |
Hermit Thrush |
5 |
|
54 in 78 |
43 |
American Robin |
15 |
|
1335 in 62 |
38 |
Northern Mockingbird |
183 |
|
473 in 93 |
47 |
Curve-billed Thrasher |
136 |
|
576 in 83 |
47 |
Crissal Thrasher |
2 |
|
22 in 79 |
42 |
European Starling |
1578 |
|
8624 in 81 |
47 |
American Pipit |
66 |
|
1042 in 60 |
19 |
Phainopepla |
373 |
|
471 in 83 |
47 |
Orange-crowned Warbler |
40 |
|
76 in 101 |
44 |
Lucy's Warbler |
1 |
US, |
2 in 73 |
2 |
Northern Parula |
1 |
US, |
1 in 100 |
3 |
Yellow Warbler |
1 |
|
2 in 104 |
8 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
44 |
|
280 in 90 |
10 |
Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler |
1134 |
|
2835 in 103 |
45 |
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler |
4 |
|
18 in 90 |
22 |
Black-throated Gray Warbler |
2 |
|
9 in 78 |
37 |
American Redstart |
1 |
US, |
1 in 88 |
6 |
Common Yellowthroat |
10 |
|
89 in 100 |
28 |
Summer Tanager |
2 |
US, |
1 in 104 |
3 |
Green-tailed Towhee |
2 |
|
41 in 62 |
44 |
Spotted Towhee |
17 |
|
60 in 85 |
22 |
Canyon Towhee |
46 |
|
65 in 99 |
18 |
Abert's Towhee |
230 |
|
266 in 100 |
47 |
Rufous-winged Sparrow |
11 |
|
37 in 79 |
31 |
Rufous-crowned Sparrow |
26 |
|
77 in 85 |
40 |
Chipping Sparrow |
50 |
|
455 in 78 |
47 |
Brewer's Sparrow |
137 |
|
1600 in 65 |
46 |
Black-chinned Sparrow |
51 |
|
122 in 78 |
36 |
Vesper Sparrow |
45 |
|
107 in 99 |
43 |
Lark Sparrow |
28 |
|
200 in 70 |
47 |
Black-throated Sparrow |
80 |
|
703 in 79 |
46 |
Lark Bunting |
21 |
|
6400 in 65 |
45 |
Savannah Sparrow |
18 |
|
115 in 99 |
44 |
Fox Sparrow |
5 |
|
7 in 73 |
17 |
Song Sparrow |
116 |
|
165 in 100 |
43 |
Lincoln 's Sparrow |
72 |
|
243 in 100 |
45 |
White-throated Sparrow |
1 |
|
3 in 77 |
11 |
White-crowned Sparrow |
1403 |
|
5259 in 103 |
47 |
Dark-eyed Junco |
31 |
|
62 in 99 |
17 |
Dark-eyed ( Oregon ) Junco |
36 |
|
321 in 77 |
40 |
Yellow-eyed Junco |
1 |
|
23 in 83 |
17 |
Northern Cardinal |
19 |
|
257 in 78 |
47 |
Pyrrhuloxia |
45 |
|
123 in 79 |
47 |
Blue Grosbeak |
1 |
US, |
in |
|
Red-winged Blackbird |
50572 |
HC, |
3680 in 78 |
47 |
Western Meadowlark |
17 |
|
356 in 61 |
45 |
Yellow-headed Blackbird |
4880 |
|
6502 in 92 |
43 |
Brewer's Blackbird |
577 |
|
3985 in 61 |
47 |
Great-tailed Grackle |
1381 |
|
3157 in 81 |
32 |
Bronzed Cowbird |
63 |
|
967 in 81 |
41 |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
152 |
|
2762 in 85 |
44 |
blackbird sp. |
1 |
|
3500 in 87 |
3 |
House Finch |
2616 |
|
11135 in 81 |
46 |
Red Crossbill |
17 |
|
264 in 97 |
11 |
Pine Siskin |
12 |
|
112 in 78 |
20 |
Lesser Goldfinch |
658 |
|
1508 in 107 |
45 |
Lawrence 's Goldfinch |
242 |
|
817 in 85 |
26 |
American Goldfinch |
2 |
|
12 in 101 |
13 |
House Sparrow |
944 |
|
6737 in 78 |
46 |
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS
COUNTED
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90811
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TOTAL SPECIES
REPORTED |
150 |
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cw = Reported count week;
US = Flagged as an unusual species;
HC = Flagged as an unusually high count.
LC = Flagged as an unusually low count.
Species Requiring Rare Bird Reports to be Submitted to Regional Editor |
Species
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Neotropic Cormorant
Phalacrocorax brasilianus |
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Lucy's Warbler
Vermivora luciae |
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Northern Parula
Parula americana |
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American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla |
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Summer Tanager
Piranga rubra |
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Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea |
See results of 2004-05 counts
See results of 2005-06 counts
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