Grand Traverse Audubon Club

Christmas Bird Count 2013

2013 Christmas Bird Count
(TC) Traverse City – December 14: 65 Species, 10,043 Individuals
(LL) Lake Leelanau – December 16: 55 Species, 3,488 Individuals
(AT)  Antrim County – December 15: 48 Species, 4,320 Individuals
Species TC LL AT
Common Loon 1
Horned Grebe 4 8 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Canada Goose 802 19 317
Mute Swan 69 13 38
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter Swan 12 7 2
Gadwall 31
Long-tailed Duck 6 18 2
American Black Duck 27 2 14
Wood Duck
Mallard 760 120 607
Canvasback
Redhead 618 2 3
American Wigeon 2
Green-winged Teal 9
Northern Pintail 5
Greater Scaup 152 2 6
Lesser Scaup 18 10
Aythya Sp. (Scaup) 1020
Ring-necked Duck 1
White-winged Scoter 51
Black Scoter 1
Bufflehead 138 24 106
Common Goldeneye 793 617 160
Hooded Merganser 46 45
Common Merganser 85 28 53
Red-brstd. Merganser 3 62 24
Duck Sp. 10
Bald Eagle 9 1 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper’s Hawk 5 1
Northern Goshawk 2
Accipiter Species 1
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 7 2 1
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel 1
Merlin
Ruffed Grouse 1
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey 31 20 37
American Coot 1
Ring-billed Gull 497 182 27
Herring Gull 68 17 40
Bonaparte’s Gull
Gull Species 480 1 21
Turkey Vulture
Rock Pigeon 296 11 25
Mourning Dove 296 110 76
Eastern Screech-Owl 1 1
Snowy Owl 1 1
Barred Owl 1 1
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpk. 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 20 21 12
Yellow-bellied Sapsuckr.
Downy Woodpecker 44 25 17
Hairy Woodpecker 24 14 11
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 13 7
Northern Shrike 1 3
Blue Jay 371 330 103
American Crow 362 385 527
Common Raven 11 1 3
Black-capped Chickadee 342 154 249
Tufted Titmouse 59 21 46
Red-breasted Nuthatch 8 15 9
White-brestd. Nuthatch 31 14 14
Brown Creeper 3 2 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 4
Eastern Bluebird 3 6
American Robin 27 204 21
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 1457 580 1365
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing 192 20 27
American Tree Sparrow 11 9 15
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 165 73 100
Snow Bunting 90 27 5
Northern Cardinal 115 48 15
Rusty Blackbird 1
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch 2 2
House Finch 66 14 38
Common Redpoll
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch 593 142 102
House Sparrow 36 33 6
cw= count week