[birdky] Louisville Christmas Bird Count

  • From: Beckhambc@xxxxxxx
  • To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 07:39:29 EST

The Louisville Christmas Bird Count was on Sunday, December 18.  We had 87 
species and 34 participants.  The area included parts of Jefferson County and 
Oldham County in Kentucky and parts of southern Indiana. Weather - temperature 
was between 28 and 40 degrees with partly cloudy skies. A list of birds follows.

Snow goose - 17
Canada Goose - 1514
Mute swans - 3
Tundra Swan - 2
Wood Duck - 35
Gadwall - 66
A. Wigeon - 19
Black Duck - 13
Mallard - 870
Shoveler - 1
Green-wg Teal - 8
Canvasback - 9
Redhead - 7
Ring-necked Duck - 591
Greater Scaup - 1
Lesser Scaup - 13
Bufflehead - 9
Hooded Merganser - 28
Pied-b. Grebe - 16
D.-cr. Cormorant - 39
Great Blue Heron - 52
Blk-cr. Night -Heron - 5
Black Vulture - 20
Turkey Vulture - 38
Northern Harrier - 3
Sharp-sh. Hawk - 4
Cooper's Hawk - 14
Accipiter Species - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 24
Red-tailed Hawk - 44
A. Kestrel 14
A. Coot - 8
Killdeer - 16
Ring-billed Gull - 397
Herring Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 1305
Mourning Dove - 579
E. Screech Owl - 6
Great Horned Owl - 8
Short-eared Owl - 1
Hummingbird - 1 Species undetermined at this time.
B. Kingfisher - 18
Red-bel. Woodpecker - 58
Yel.-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 88
Hairy Woodpecker - 9
N. Flicker - 33
Pileated Woodpecker - 10
Eastern Phoebe-2
Blue Jay - 205
A. Crow - 262
Horned Lark - 76
Carolina chickadee - 241
Tufted Titmouse - 88
Red-br. Nuthatch - 3
White-br. Nuthatch - 29
Brown Creeper - 5
Carolina Wren - 98
Winter Wren - 3
Golden-cr. Kinglet - 16
Ruby-cr. Kinglet - 5
E. Bluebird - 50
Hermit Thrush - 1
A, robin - 3288
N. Mockingbird - 72
E. Starling - 40,137
American Pipit - 4
Cedar Waxwing - 153
Yel-rumped Warbler - 24
E. Towhee - 10
Am. Tree Sparrow - 9
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Field Sparrow - 33
Song sparrow - 254
Swamp Sparrow - 10
White-thr. Sparrow - 228
White-cr. Sparrow - 2
Dark-eyed Junco - 289
N. Cardinal - 362
Red-wg. Blackbird - 29
E. Meadowlark - 29
Rusty Blackbird - 81
C. Grackle - 394
Brown-headed Cowbird 70
Purple Finch - 6
House Finch - 265
A. Goldfinch 276
House Sparrow - 273

Thanks to all who took part in our count.

Pat Bell
Louisville
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