Christmas bird count summary
1961 - 2000

The Christmas Bird Count is a national effort to track species distribution and abundance over the years. For more information and national results see their website.

 Species  Frequency
   
 1. Red-throated Loon  few years, rare
 2. Pacific Loon  most years, uncommon
 3. Common Loon  every year, common
 4. Yellow-billed Loon  few years, rare
 5. Horned Grebe  every year, common
 6. Red-necked Grebe  every year, common
 7. Western Grebe  once, rare
 8. Fork-tailed Storm-petrel  once, rare
 9. Double-crested Cormorant  few years, rare
 10. Pelagic Cormorant  every year, common
 11. Red-faced Cormorant  few years, uncommon
 12. Greater White-fronted Goose  once, rare
 13. Brant  few years, rare
 14. Green-winged Teal  once, rare
 16. Northern Shoveler  few years, rare
 17. Northern Pintail  once, rare
 18. Greater Scaup  many years, common
 19. Common Eider  every year, common
 20. King Eider  few years, rare
 21. Spectacled Eider  few years, rare
 22. Steller's Eider  every year, common
 23. Harlequin Duck  every year, common
 24. Long-tailed Duck  every year, common
 25. Black Scoter  every year, abundant
 26. Surf Scoter  every year, common
 27. White-winged Scoter  every year, common
 28. Common Goldeneye  every year, common
 29. Barrow's Goldeneye  few years, uncommon
 30. Bufflehead  every year, uncommon
 31. Common Merganser  most years, common
 32. Red-breasted Merganser  every year, common
 33. Bald Eagle  every year, common
 34. Northern Harrier  few years, rare
 35. Sharp-shinned Hawk  few years, rare
 36. Northern Goshawk  most years, rare
 37. Harlan's Hawk  once, rare
 38. Peregrine Falcon  few years, rare
 39. Merlin  most years, rare
 40. Gyrfalcon  once, rare
 41. Ring-necked Pheasant  most years, uncommon
 42. Spruce Grouse  few years, rare
 43. Willow Ptarmigan  once, rare
 44. Black Oystercatcher  once, rare
 45. Sanderling  few years, rare
 46. Rock Sandpiper  every year, abundant
 47. Dunlin  few years, uncommon
 48. Bonaparte's Gull  few years, rare
 49. Mew Gull  every year, common
 50. Ring-billed Gull  once, rare
 51. Herring Gull  most years, uncommon
 52. Thayer's Gull  few years, uncommon
 53. Slaty-backed Gull  few years, rare
 54. Glaucous-winged Gull  every year, abundant
 55. Glaucous Gull  few years, rare
 56. Black-legged Kittiwake  few years, rare
 57. Common Murre  every year, common
 58. Thick-billed Murre  once, rare
 59. Pigeon Guillemot  every year, uncommon
 60. Marbled Murrelet  every year, common
 61. Kittlitz's Murrelet  once, rare
 62. Horned Puffin  once, rare
 63. Mourning Dove  once, rare
 64. Rock Dove  few years, uncommon
 65. Snowy Owl  once, rare
 66. Great Horned Owl  few years, rare
 67. Northern Hawk Owl  few years, rare
 68. Great Gray Owl  once, rare
 69. Northern Saw-whet Owl  few years, rare
 70. Belted Kingfisher  few years, rare
 71. Downy Woodpecker  most years, uncommon
 72. Hairy Woodpecker  once, rare
 73. Three-toed Woodpecker  few years, uncommon
 74. Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  once, rare
 75. Northern Flicker        (Yellow-shafted)  few years, rare
 76. Gray Jay  every year, common
 77. Steller's Jay  every year, common
 78. Black-billed Magpie  every year, common
 79. Northwestern Crow  every year, abundant
 80. Common Raven  every year, abundant
 81. Black-capped Chickadee  every year, common
 82. Boreal Chickadee  every year, common
 83. Red-breasted Nuthatch  most years, common
 84. Brown Creeper  most years, rare
 85. Winter Wren  few years, rare
 86. American Dipper  few years, rare
 87. Golden-crowned Kinglet  every year, common
 88. Ruby-crowned Kinglet  few years, rare
 89. Townsend's Solitaire  once, rare
 90. American Robin  most years, uncommon
 91. Varied Thrush  few years, uncommon
 92. American Pipit  few years, rare
 93. Bohemian Wayearwing  most years, common
 94. Northern Shrike  most years, rare
 95. European Starling  few years, rare
 96. Wilson's Warbler  once, rare
 97. American Tree Sparrow  most years, uncommon
 98. Foyear Sparrow  few years, uncommon
 99. Song Sparrow  every year, uncommon
 100. Lincoln's Sparrow  few years, rare
 101. White-throated Sparrow  once, rare
 102. Golden-crowned Sparrow  most years, uncommon
 103. White-crowned Sparrow  most years, uncommon
 104. Harris's Sparrow  few years, rare
 105. Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)  few years, rare
 106. Dark-eyed Junco          (Slate-colored)  every year, common
 107. Lapland Longspur  once, rare
 108. Snow Bunting  most years, uncommon
 109. McKay's Bunting  few years, rare
 110. Rusty Blackbird  few years, uncommon
 112. Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch  every year, common
 113. Pine Grosbeak  every year, common
 114. White-winged Crossbill  most years, common
 115. Common Redpoll  most years, common
 116. Pine Siskin  every year, abundant


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