[obol] Unofficial CBCs (for example Troy, Wallowa County, 1987-2003)
- From: Joel Geier <joel.geier@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Oregon Birders OnLine <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2013 06:05:07 -0800
Hi all,
As I was trying to suggest in my postings last evening, a tool for
recording "unofficial," multi-observer counts on the web has been
operational in Oregon since 1998.
Below are the tallies from the 17th Troy (unofficial) CBC which was held
in January of 2003, as entered in the BirdNotes database
(www.birdnotes.net) by Ralph Anderson.
The BirdNotes project is still up and running, into its 16th year now.
It is area-based rather than point-based, so it is easy to use for this
type of purpose.
If you would like assistance in using BirdNotes to record data for an
unofficial "CBC," or to to run a count on an existing CBC circle outside
of the official CBC window of time, I'll be glad to help (though not in
the coming week -- after Dec 13th would be better).
I do think that the best use of this tool, in this context, would be for
counts in some other part of the year. That is to avoid siphoning
volunteers away from official CBCs which are understaffed.
An additional good use might be to run unofficial CBCs in sparsely
populated areas that are remote from existing CBC circles, where it
might be difficult or impossible to meet National Audubon's recently
stiffened criteria for establishing new CBCs (e.g. guaranteeing at least
10 counters every year). I have one such count in mind for Dec 19th, and
will announce it if and when I can find time to sort out the details.
Good birding
Joel
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Subject: Troy, Wallowa County, Oregon on January 03, 2003
Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2013 09:52:52 GMT
This report was mailed for Ralph Anderson by http://birdnotes.net
Date: January 3, 2003
Location: Troy, Wallowa County, Oregon
Weather was cloudy with rain in the afternoon. There was bare ground
in most areas. Vic Coggins, Pat Matthews, Thomas Matthews, Frank
Conley, Sue Conley.
An unofficial bird count, conducted since 1987, coordinated by Pat
Matthews, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, biologist,
Enterprise, Oregon. The count is conducted to the same protocols as
an "official christmas bird count" and has not been registered as
official. LatiLong: 45.9469N, 117.4506W.
Birds seen (in taxonomic order):
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 11
Chukar (Alectoris chukar) 10
Gray Partridge (Perdix perdix) 5
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) 121
California Quail (Callipepla californica) 82
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 3
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 11
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) 1
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) 2
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 4
Rock Dove (Columba livia) 20
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) 1
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 17
Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor) 1
Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) 13
Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) 57
Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica) 46
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) 200
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 62
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) 23
Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli) 22
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 16
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 2
Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) 9
Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus) 1
Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 3
Winter Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 4
Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) 8
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 171
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) 25
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 40
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 30
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 7
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) 747
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) 80
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 9
Cassin's Finch (Carpodacus cassinii) 30
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 6
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) 25
Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) 40
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) 3
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 10
Total number of species seen: 44
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