Clinton County Spring Bird Count

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck                   1

Snow Goose - injured

2 9 11 3 2 3 3 4 3 11
Ross's Goose - injured     1              
Greater White-fronted Goose - injured                   1

Canada Goose

70 121 159 70 90 118 88 69 97 142
Mute Swan 1     2       1    

Wood Duck

20 35 9 6 28 15 8 18 16 32

Blue-winged Teal

9 106 28 18 21 68 95 94 708 38

Northern Shoveler

201 108 87 16 35 36 37 71 178 6

Gadwall

3 2 3 1 2 11   3 102  
American Wigeon       1       2 2  

Mallard

13 34 10 14 37 26 22 41 28 21
Northern Pintail   1                

Green-winged Teal

        2 1   8 1  
Canvasback               1    
Redhead   2       5     2  
Ring-necked Duck     1 1            

Greater Scaup

1               2  
Lesser Scaup   25 7     4   1 10 2

Hooded Merganser

6 5 2 2 2 13 1 2 6  
Ruddy Duck     15   1   2 16 9 2

Northern Bobwhite

9 9 7 2 5 5 9 5 3 8

Wild Turkey - reintroduced

21 3 4   7 16 21 14 27 14

Ring-necked Pheasant - feral

1     2 2   1 5    
Pied-billed Grebe   2 6     1 1 3 2  
Horned Grebe   2                
Eared Grebe           1        
Western Grebe   1                

Rock Pigeon - feral

23 31 11   16 26 19 6 17 6
Eurasian Collared-Dove - feral 8 5 2 2 6 5 5 3 3 1

Mourning Dove

99 126 167 32 63 38 87 62 55 23

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

1 13   11 11 2 1 4 1 4
Black-billed Cuckoo   1     1          

Common Nighthawk

5 10 2 3 7 2 8 3 1 1

Eastern Whip-poor-will

2 3       1        

Chimney Swift

76 40 27 16 19 35 24 8 22 37

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

15 18 6 4 8 4 5 9 7 10
Virginia Rail       1            
Sora   2   10 3 2   8 1  

American Coot

3 79 15 4 93 7   49 90 1
Black-necked Stilt 1 4 8 2 7 3 3 1    
Black-bellied Plover               4 1  
American Golden-Plover   37       1        

Killdeer

80 72 31 18 47 58 31 54 22 16

Semipalmated Plover

1 3   28 6 13 1 42   2
Hudsonian Godwit           1        
Marbled Godwit                   1
Ruddy Turnstone     3       1      
Ruff           1        
Stilt Sandpiper         1 22        
Sanderling               2   1
Dunlin   6   15 150 307 1 39 2 30

Least Sandpiper

10 24 1 400 124 138 2 94   26
White-rumped Sandpiper       20 4 44   2   1

Pectoral Sandpiper

170 9 1 5 3 35 93 123 33  
Semipalmated Sandpiper       40 5 25   7 1  
Western Sandpiper           1        
Short-billed Dowitcher     4   80 44   2    
Long-billed Dowitcher   1 3     8 1 13 25  

American Woodcock

1       1     1 2  
Wilson's Snipe   2             1  

Spotted Sandpiper

13 53 14 20 29 6 16 36 37 13

Solitary Sandpiper

36 9 12 2 9 40 10 10 4 1

Lesser Yellowlegs

23 59 103 4 86 269 97 171 107 32
Willet     34         3 1  

Greater Yellowlegs

23 78 15 1 23 22 5 35 97 7

Wilson's Phalarope

2 1     4     9 1 1
Bonaparte's Gull   58 230 34 25 70 5 345 210 120
Laughing Gull     2              
Franklin's Gull     2 7   1 2 4 1 1

Ring-billed Gull

494 309 424 140 29 190 459 500 811 655

Herring Gull

5   7 1   2 1 2   1
Lesser Black-backed Gull     1              

Caspian Tern

10 8 7 14 1 16 24 20 82 56

Black Tern

2     12 6     5 1 7

Common Tern

1   6       3 2   18

Forster's Tern

33 10 163 16 23 17 71 91 48 175

Common Loon

1                  

Double-crested Cormorant

53 118 219 8000 174 4041 2024 2037 2013 3009
American White Pelican   40 9 200 2 62 151 760 713 10

American Bittern

1                  

Little Blue Heron

2       2          
Yellow-crowned Night Heron                   1
Black-crowned Night Heron           1     6  

Green Heron

4 8 3 4 5 2 2 2 1  

Great Egret

38 9 30   71 17 12 72 31  

Western Cattle-Egret

2               1  

Great Blue Heron

77 91 36 180 100 101 85 127 58 18
Glossy Ibis               1    

Turkey Vulture

73 54 23 200 93 104 70 50 150 65
Osprey    1 2 3 4 6 6 5 19 9 8
Northern Harrier     1   1 3 2      

Sharp-shinned Hawk

1         2        

Cooper's Hawk

2   1   1 1 2 1 1  
Bald Eagle 3 2 3 2 12 11 13 13 19 7
Mississippi Kite   1             1  

Red-shouldered Hawk

4 2 1 1 7 4 10 4 6 6
Broad-winged Hawk           7     1  

Red-tailed Hawk

21 15 8 12 12 17 25 6 14 10
American Barn Owl 1                  

Eastern Screech-Owl

1 2 1 2 1 1 4 2 2 1

Great Horned Owl

1 3 1 1 2 2 2 6 5 1

Barred Owl

8 11 2 6 8 3 7 25 9 5

Belted Kingfisher

2 2 7   1 4 4   4 1

Red-headed Woodpecker

5 5 4 4 6 13 12 9 10 11

Red-bellied Woodpecker

33 61 12 8 25 20 33 23 18 9

Downy Woodpecker

16 25 9 7 12 7 13 7 6 9

Hairy Woodpecker

8 8 3 3 6 6 2 2 2 6

Northern Flicker

7 5 4 1 7 1 5 5 4 6

Pileated Woodpecker

7 7 1   4 1 6 4 6 4

American Kestrel

14 8 3 6 9 11 10 8 6 4
Peregrine Falcon         2     1    

Great Crested Flycatcher

37 64 14 20 17 14 19 17 15 19

Eastern Kingbird

176 69 8 50 48 75 57 63 29 45

Eastern Wood-Pewee

24 47 3 14 22 37 4 9 3 12

Acadian Flycatcher

7 22   4 9 3 4 5 3 2
Alder Flycatcher       2            
Willow Flycatcher     1   2          

Least Flycatcher

16 27   10 4 10 1 1 4 8

Eastern Phoebe

28 27 10 10 15 14 20 14 10 11

White-eyed Vireo

44 27 5 18 20 20 20 33 25 14

Bell's Vireo

1 9   1 4 2 3 2 2 2

Yellow-throated Vireo

11 30 9 5 9 7 7 9 4 6
Blue-headed Vireo   6 1 1 1 6 3 1 2 1

Philadelphia Vireo

1 1   2 3 2   2   1

Warbling Vireo

42 46 18 22 47 29 12 24 17 17

Red-eyed Vireo

33 46 13 20 30 22 20 15 11 13

Loggerhead Shrike

1                  

Blue Jay

34 38 19 18 23 28 36 22 18 21

American Crow

69 72 25 26 41 45 59 34 39 47

Fish Crow

8 7 2 2 9 11 37 15 15 15

Carolina Chickadee

28 49 21 14 33 12 34 11 22 19

Tufted Titmouse

53 114 22 18 30 26 67 37 26 20

Horned Lark

158 86 22 210 44 27 20 24 30 6

Bank Swallow

26 6 1 2 5 2 1 8 20 19

Tree Swallow

110 16 517 120 37 68 47 23 32 14

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

42 2 2 2 10 16 22 15 36 4

Purple Martin

242 100 151 80 54 103 91 75 151 57

Barn Swallow

222 160 928 180 201 80 139 50 75 52

Cliff Swallow

782 42 205 800 294 236 485 468 640 65

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

4 2 1 1 2 4 5 1 2 2

Cedar Waxwing

38 42   48 12 30 9 2   2
Red-breasted Nuthatch    1               1  

White-breasted Nuthatch

17 20 9 2 20 18 20 9 8 13
Brown Creeper         1          

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

92 70 50 42 42 26 38 50 51 30

Carolina Wren

40 64 25 4 20 17 41 16 28 18

Northern House Wren

33 49 20 18 25 22 32 15 21 15
Sedge Wren         2 1       1

Marsh Wren

1 1       1   1 2 2

Gray Catbird

25 70 18 20 41 35 32 61 29 32

Brown Thrasher

20 27 8 18 13 16 26 11 18 7

Northern Mockingbird

7 5 3 4 4 2 9 5 1 5

European Starling - feral

353 199 80 230 215 110 117 34 93 106

Eastern Bluebird

14 22 10 7 11 11 26 10 26 17
Veery   5 2   14 3 1   1  

Gray-cheeked Thrush

4 14 1 3 10 5 8 15 7 5

Swainson's Thrush

23 35 6 24 42 35 18 21 23 26

Wood Thrush

27 35 12 16 14 12 20 15 7 7

American Robin

508 354 78 220 153 124 155 86 116 45

House Sparrow - feral

392 310 79 72 84 93 63 34 82 18

Eurasian Tree Sparrow - feral

1     6 1 3 1 1    

American Pipit

7   5   2 1   16    

House Finch - feral

15 10 7 2 7 7 14 8 16 4

American Goldfinch

116 54 50 20 126 13 72 79 251 34

Grasshopper Sparrow

15 9 1 3 2   1   2  
Lark Sparrow               1    

Chipping Sparrow

65 71 36 36 39 63 92 30 37 20

Clay-colored Sparrow

1                  

Field Sparrow

45 82 20 16 14 22 18 19 17 11

White-crowned Sparrow

33 19 11 2 5 8 37 6 4 6

White-throated Sparrow

23 5 39 3 5 29 18 17 17 18
Henslow's Sparrow   4 3                

Savannah Sparrow

27 32 15 3 30 31 30 46 14 3

Song Sparrow

44 83 18 7 31 23 29 32 25 13

Lincoln's Sparrow

1 5 1 1 1     2 2 4
Swamp Sparrow   8   3 4 1 3 3 3 1

Eastern Towhee

51 36 31 24 36 25 48 39 31 17

Yellow-breasted Chat

8 18 2 6 21 11 8 16 7 4

Bobolink

14 8 38 80 56 9 31 28 13 66

Eastern Meadowlark

66 68 35 18 27 23 32 15 25 7

Orchard Oriole

7 19 9 10 10 32 22 6 11 9

Baltimore Oriole

78 37 6 42 30 69 13 21 20 23

Red-winged Blackbird

806 632 310 400 294 520 448 390 299 523

Brown-headed Cowbird

90 110 29 50 72 61 52 51 78 30

Common Grackle

329 308 122 350 280 260 76 55 83 98

Ovenbird

2 24 5 1 4 8 8 4 2 2

Louisiana Waterthrush

1 2       1 1   1  

Northern Waterthrush

16 22 6 4 6 16 9 12 11 11

Golden-winged Warbler

2 1   3 2 3 1 5 2 5

Blue-winged Warbler

2       2 2 1 5 3 2

Black-and-white Warbler

10 14 2 12 12 7   6 4 3

Prothonotary Warbler

15 27 2 18 12 6 12 7 13 4

Tennessee Warbler

82 38 12 26 54 59 11 109 25 29
Orange-crowned Warbler  1   2   3     1    

Nashville Warbler

15 21 13 6 3 7 9 9 8 10
Mourning Warbler   1   1            

Kentucky Warbler

15 6 1 4 2 2 4 1 8  

Common Yellowthroat

100 94 16 26 37 49 48 25 31 25
Hooded Warbler   2                

American Redstart

38 54 6 46 32 13 8 46 19 16
Cape May Warbler   3 3 1       3 1 1

Cerulean Warbler

1 2   1   1   1    

Northern Parula

19 22 9 12 26 15 9 16 13 8

Magnolia Warbler

8 29 1 16 11 5   27 3 2
Bay-breasted Warbler   5 1 1            

Blackburnian Warbler

2 3   3 2 2     3  

Yellow Warbler

35 69 26 40 25 36 26 47 55 19

Chestnut-sided Warbler

7 10 3 3 7 3   11   4

Blackpoll Warbler

14 27 26 16 26 6 8 21 8 3

Palm Warbler

13 66 207 16 8 25 19 72 19 25
Pine Warbler     1 1 2 2 5 2 4 5

Yellow-rumped Warbler

102 59 615 12 29 106 120 49 41 38

Yellow-throated Warbler

5 5 3 2 3 2 5 4 4 1
Prairie Warbler     1 1           2

Black-throated Green Warbler

9 14 10 6 4 6 1 5 3 2

Canada Warbler

1     3 2          

Wilson's Warbler

4 6   2 1 1   1   1

Summer Tanager

16 15 9 12 27 10 5 8 6 7

Scarlet Tanager

14 15 9 8 8 10 5 5 7 7

Northern Cardinal

130 170 78 70 94 76 126 96 69 55

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

49 52 16 34 20 30 32 21 15 12

Blue Grosbeak

9 10   3 6 8 5 5 9 11

Indigo Bunting

203 199 50 100 115 71 83 119 59 71

Dickcissel

180 268 20 240 87 182 59 89 57 51

Total Species                 

165

165 153 157 168 172 148 173 164 152

 

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