2007 Guemes Island Christmas Bird Count
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Guemes Island Results for the 2007 Padilla Bay Christmas Bird Count The 2007 Padilla Bay Christmas Bird Count, organized annually by Skagit Audubon, took place on Saturday, December 29. Over 60 volunteers counted birds in the 16 sub-areas of the count circle. A preliminary totaling of the species seen came to 120, about average for this count. There are over 2,000 Christmas Bird Counts done in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America each year, all taking place between mid-December and the first few days of January, and all endeavoring to count the bird species and numbers within a 15-mile diameter circle. The Padilla Bay Christmas Count circle centers near March’s Point. Over the years, the data which these volunteers accumulate provides a picture of trends in bird species present in the area and their number. For some years Brenda Cunningham and I have organized volunteers to do the Guemes Island portion of the count. The count circle takes in all of the island (except the northern tip from about Shore Road to Clark Point) and a certain portion of the waters surrounding Guemes. The following list shows the species and numbers which 7 volunteers (6 by foot and car and one feeder-watcher) found on December 29. Anyone interested in helping in 2008 can contact me at bctm@fidalgo.net. Tim Manns |
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Total Species: 58. Total Individuals: 2427. Following each species is the number of individuals seen. |
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| Red-throated Loon 14 Pacific Loon 2 Common Loon 9 Horned Grebe 8 Red-necked Grebe 19 Western Grebe 3 Double-crested Cormorant 11 Brandt’s Cormorant 1 Pelagic Cormorant 138 Great Blue Heron 1 Snow Goose 30 Brant 200 Mallard 21 Long-tailed Duck 3 Surf Scoter 58 Common Goldeneye 23 Bufflehead 66 Red-breasted Merganser 45 Bald Eagle 17 Western Red-tailed Hawk 7 American Kestrel 2 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Mew Gull 2 Glaucous-winged Gull 31 (Gull species, unident.) 22 Pigeon Guillemot 10 Marbled Murrelet 3 Rhinoceros Auklet 1 Rock Pigeon 45 Belted Kingfisher 3 |
Downy Woodpecker 1 |