This is the complete list of species seen on the 2008 Christmas bird count conducted January 3, 2009.  Our number of species was down probably due to the lack of recent rainfall.  Duck numbers were also low, with some area ponds completely void of ducks.  We did not have access to some private and government property; however, we saw two new species never counted on our CBC before!  Total species seen: 97, down from last year’s 112. A HUGH thank you to all those that participated (see list below).

Ducks, Geese and Swans:

• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – 86
• American Wigeon – 74
• Gadwall – 145
• Green-winged Teal – 38
• Mallard – 232
• Northern Pintail – 32
• Northern Shoveler – 114
• Canvasback – 2
• Redhead – 1
• Ring-necked Duck – 32
• Lesser Scaup – 12
• Bufflehead – 12
• Hooded Merganser – 8

Turkeys:

• Wild Turkey – 5

Grebes:

• Pied-billed Grebe – 12
• Eared Grebe – 83

Pelicans:

• American White Pelican – 77

Cormorants:

• Double-crested Cormorant – 308

Herons, Egrets and Bitterns:

• Great Blue Heron – 15
• Black-crowned Night-Heron – 2

Hawks, Eagles and Kites:

• Northern Harrier – 14
• Sharp-shinned Hawk – 5
• Cooper’s Hawk – 1
• Red-tailed Hawk – 41

Falcons:

• American Kestrel – 32

Rails, Gallinules and Coots:

• Common Moorhen – 1
• American Coot – 197

Cranes:

• Sandhill Crane – 1

Plovers and Lapwings:

• Killdeer – 9

Sandpipers:

• Wilson’s Snipe – 7
• Greater Yellowlegs – 7
• Spotted Sandpiper – 3
• Least Sandpiper – 15

Gulls:

• Ring-billed Gulls – 90

Pigeons and Doves:

• Rock Pigeon – 368
• Eurasian Collared-Dove – 909
• Mourning Dove – 479
• White-winged Dove – 115
• Inca Dove – 2

Cuckoos:

• Greater Roadrunner – 3

Barn-Owls:

• Barn Owls – 8

Owls:

• Short-eared Owl – 1, a first for our CBC

Kingfishers :

• Belted Kingfisher – 5

Woodpeckers:

• Golden-fronted Woodpecker – 4
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – 1
• Ladder-backed Woodpecker – 10
• Downy Woodpecker – 2
• Northern Flicker – 3

Tyrant Flycatchers:

• Eastern Phoebe – 3
• Vermilion flycatcher – 1, a first for our CBC

Shrikes:

• Loggerhead Shrike – 10

Crows and Jays:

• Blue Jay – 60
• Western Scrub-Jay – 4
• American Crow – 9
• Common Raven – 2

Chickadees and Tits:

• Carolina Chickadee – 23
• Black-crested Titmouse – 34

Creepers:

• Brown Creeper – 2

Wrens:

• Cactus Wren – 2
• Carolina Wren – 4
• Bewick’s Wren – 8
• House Wren – 2
• Marsh Wren – 3

Kinglets:

• Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 9

Thrushes:

• Eastern Bluebird – 26
• Western Bluebird – 40
• Mountain Bluebird – 12
• American Robin – 33

Mockingbirds and Thrashers:

• Northern Mockingbird – 156
• Curve-billed Thrasher – 6

Starlings:

• European Starling – 329

Wagtails and Pipits:

• American Pipit – 3

Waxwings:

• Cedar Waxwing – 98

Wood Warblers:

• Orange-crowned Warbler – 5
• Yellow-rumped Warbler – 17

Sparrows, Towhees, Juncos:

• Spotted Towhee – 19
• Canyon Towhee – 1
• Chipping Sparrow – 15
• Field Sparrow – 11
• Vesper Sparrow – 41
• Savannah Sparrow – 30
• Fox Sparrow – 1
• Song Sparrow – 9
• Lincoln’s sparrow – 5
• White-crowned Sparrow – 211
• White-throated Sparrow – 3
• Dark-eyed Junco – 92

Saltators, Cardinals and Allies:

• Northern Cardinal – 106
• Pyrrhuloxia – 7

Blackbirds, Orioles, Grackles, etc:

• Red-winged Blackbird – 178
• Meadowlark species – 697
• Eastern Meadowlark – 3
• Western Meadowlark – 5
• Common Grackle – 33
• Great-tailed Grackle – 397
• Brown-headed Cowbird – 4274

Finches, Siskins, Crossbills:

• House Finch – 94
• Pine Siskin – 74
• American Goldfinch – 278

Old World Sparrows:

• House Sparrow – 392

Thanks to our participants in the 2008 Christmas Bird Count: Lorie Black, Joyce Curtis, Tom-Toni Dolan, June Estes, Kathy Hampton, Joan Howard, Earlene Hutto, Benji Jameson, Bera Johnson, Vance-Charla McCracken, Betty Miller, Amy-Jay-Laura Packer, Shelly Perry, Derek Pursell, Edna Ross, Marsha Stephens, Dan Symonds, Tom-Nichole Underwood, Lisa Vickrey, Charline Wheeler, Linda White, WK-Carolyn Wiggins