Saturday, February 14, 2015

2015 Great Backyard Bird Count - Day 2

I have submitted 9 checklist to eBird today for the Great Backyard Bird Count. These checklist include 53 species and a total count of 2714 (including some birds that were on multiple checklists). I walked about 13.51 miles in 8 hours and 16 minutes. Due to backtracking, I have reduced the checklists to 9.81 miles.

Today's species (*Asterisk denotes my first reported sighting of this bird count):
Greater White-fronted Goose*, Cackling Goose, Canada Goose, Gadwall*, American Wigeon, Mallard, Northern Shoveler*, Northern Pintail*, Green-winged Teal, Ring-necked Duck*, Greater Scaup*, Lesser Scaup, Surf Scoter, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Red-breasted Merganser, Pied-billed Grebe, Horned Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Northern Harrier*, Bald Eagle, Red-tailed Hawk*, American Coot, Dunlin*, Least Sandpiper*, Mew Gull, Ring-billed Gull*, Glaucous-winged Gull, Rock Pigeon, Great Horned Owl, Anna's Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Red-breasted Sapsucker*, Downy Woodpecker*, Crow (Species not identified), Tree Swallow*, Black-capped Chickadee*, Pacific Wren*, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, American Robin, European Starling, Yellow-rumped Warbler*, Spotted Towhee*, Fox Sparrow*, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow*, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-winged Blackbird, Western Meadowlark

Other noteworthy animals seen during the count:
Eastern Gray Squirrel, North American River Otter, Black-tailed Deer*

My checklists can be found at:

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