[wisb] Madison CBC Final Results

  • From: Aaron Stutz <agstutz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:32:36 -0600

Hello all,

I finished entering all the Madison CBC information today.  We finished 
with 92 species on count day and 93 species for the count (a count week 
Red-necked Grebe).  Species added after the compilation were Red-headed 
Woodpecker and Pine Siskin. 

Record High Species were mostly feeder birds and species attracted to 
the open water on the Madison Lakes :

Species                              2009 Total         Previous Record 
High/Year
Tundra Swan                         1433                    883/2003
Bald Eagle                              39                        25/2006
Cooper's Hawk                         29                     24/2001
Wild Turkey                             175                   171/2005
Red-bellied Woodpecker         229                    187/2009
Downy Woodpecker               386                     345/2009
Black-capped Chickadee       1616                   1401/2003            
        
Tufted Titmouse                         35                       28/1958
White-breasted Nuthatch            435                  367/2000
Brown Creeper                        101                     101/1989
Carolina Wren                        7                             6/2007
Northern Cardinal                     902                     785/2009

Below is the list from rarest to most common (Red-necked Grebe is 
omitted).  We finished with 27,046 individual birds observed by 115 
participants (I believe this is a record high number for participants.  
The previous high was probably 88 participants in 1998).

For anyone interested as of today (12/23) the Long-tailed Duck was still 
on Lake Monona along with 1 Common Loon and 10+ Bald Eagles. 

The List:
1                       Long-tailed Duck
1               +       Barrow's Goldeneye
1                       Pied-billed Grebe
1                       Great Blue Heron
1               +       Black-crowned Night-heron
1                       Northern Harrier
1                       Wilson's Snipe
1               +       Thayer's Gull
1                       Northern Saw-whet Owl
1                       Red-headed Woodpecker
1                       Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1                       Winter Wren
1               +       Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1                       Brown Thrasher
1               +       American Pipit
1                       White-crowned Sparrow
1                       Lapland Longspur
1                       Common Grackle
2                       Wood Duck
2                       Green-winged Teal
2                       American Kestrel
2               +       Merlin
2                       Lesser Black-backed Gull
2                       Hermit Thrush
3                       Ring-necked Duck
3                       Ring-necked Pheasant
3                       Common Loon
3                       Purple Finch
4                       American Black Duck
4                       Sharp-shinned Hawk
4                       Rough-legged Hawk
5                       Trumpeter Swan
5                       Red-breasted Merganser
5                       Northern Shrike
6                       Mute Swan
6                       Redhead
6                       Belted Kingfisher
6                       Eastern Bluebird
6                       Fox Sparrow
7                       Barred Owl
7                       Carolina Wren
7                       Golden-crowned Kinglet
7                       Pine Siskin
9                       Cackling Goose
13                      Swamp Sparrow
14                      Song Sparrow
16                      Horned Lark
17                      Great Horned Owl
17                      Northern Flicker
23                      Canvasback
23                      Eastern Screech Owl
26                      Lesser Scaup
29                      Cooper's Hawk
29                      Red-breasted Nuthatch
30                      White-throated Sparrow
34                      Hooded Merganser
35                      Tufted Titmouse
39                      Bald Eagle
61                      Gadwall
62                      Red-winged Blackbird
88                      Red-tailed Hawk
99                      Bufflehead
101                     Brown Creeper
103                     Ruddy Duck
108                     Hairy Woodpecker
163                     Northern Shoveler
175                     Wild Turkey
229
                        Red-bellied Woodpecker
386                     Downy Woodpecker
413                     Blue Jay
433                     Cedar Waxwing
435                     White-breasted Nuthatch
482                     Common Goldeneye
489                     American Robin
496                     Herring Gull
545                     American Tree Sparrow
562                     Rock Pigeon
786                     American Coot
799                     Mourning Dove
892                     American Goldfinch
902                     Northern Cardinal
944                     House Finch
1,060                   American Crow
1,092                   Dark-eyed Junco
1,116                   Ring-billed Gull
1,433                   Tundra Swan
1,463                   Common Merganser
1,616                   Black-capped Chickadee
1,737                   Mallard
2,233                   European Starling
2,479                   House Sparrow
2,511                   Canada Goose
27,046                   Total Individuals


Aaron Stutz
Madison ,WI
Dane County
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