Oh, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck was another obvious miss.
Shelia
On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 7:51 AM, AustinCBC <austincbc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2015 Austin CBC on December
19th! Our total for the count was 145 species. From 2000 to present, our
highest count (excluding count week species) was 152 in 2012. Our lowest
was 129 in 2001. So this year wasn't bad, it just wasn't a record-breaker.
We recorded 49,467 individuals!
We had no count week species. Even a review of eBird data didn't provide
any extra species for us.
We had 119 observers in the field, comprising 23 - 26 parties in the field
at any one time for a total of 218.5 party hours and a total distance of
535.75 miles. We also had five birders watching feeders at different times
during the day. Our total participant count (in the field and at feeders)
was 120. That's fantastic!
*Unusual Species (those requiring documentation) were:*
Swan Goose (5; not established nor countable but this is the first time
they have been recorded during the count)
White-faced Ibis (1)
Black Phoebe (1)
Common Raven (2)
*We had high counts for the following species: *
Snowy Egret (139)
Little Blue Heron (18)
Black Vulture (947)
Osprey (25)
Crested Caracara (63)
Monk Parakeet (407)
Carolina Wren (427)
Orange-crowned Warbler (198)
Pyrrhuloxia (9)
*We didn't have any low counts this year but we did have a few obvious
misses:*
Cinnamon Teal
Vermilion Flycatcher
Couch's Kingbird
Grasshopper Sparrow
If you are interested in seeing the complete report, it is available in
pdf at www.austincbc.com.
In closing, I'd like to thank Brent Ortego who reviews all of the Texas
CBC data and keeps us compilers on our toes! Good data is critical to our
understanding of birds.
Thanks,
Shelia Hargis
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Austin CBC Compiler
Shelia Hargis
www.austincbc.com
