Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge's CBC
January 4, 2025 Results
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Information
- Date: 1/4/2025
- Time: start at 7:00 AM and end at 6:00 PM
- Number of Observers: 15
- Foot effort: 4.50 hours and 7.80 miles
- Car effort: 41.50 hours and 173. 50 miles
- Temperature: minimum 33 Fahrenheit and maximum 44 Fahrenheit
- Wind velocity: minimum 5 Miles/hour and maximum 15 Miles/Hour
Checklist
Pelican
- American White Pelican - 197
Cormorant
- Double-crested Cormorant - 62
Heron
- Great Blue Heron (Blue form) - 11
Geese
- Greater White-fronted Goose - 130
- Snow Goose - 790
- Cackling Goose - 1018
- Canada Goose - 952
Ducks
- Wood Duck - 2
- Gadwall - 103
- American Wigeon - 277
- Mallard - 417
- Northern Shoveler - 321
- Northern Pintail - 291
- Green-winged Teal (American) - 163
- Canvasback - 8
- Redhead - 2
- Ring - necked Duck - 1
- Lesser Scaup - 6
- Long-tailed Duck - 1
- Bufflehead - 24
- Common Goldeneye - 4
- Ruddy Duck - 500
Mergansers
- Hooded Merganser - 34
- Common Merganser - 168
Eagles
- Golden Eagle - 1
- Bald Eagle - 28
Hawks
- Northern Harrier - 56
- Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
- Cooper's Hawk - 2
- Red-shouldered Hawk - 12
- Red-tailed Hawk - 117
- Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan's) - 12
- Red-tailed Hawk (Krider's) - 2
- Rough-legged Hawk - 3
- Ferruginous Hawk - 7
Falcons
- American Kestrel - 34
- Merlin - 7
- Prairie Falcon - 1
Pheasants, Turkey, Quail
- Northern Bobwhite - 105
- Ring - necked Pheasant - 1
- Wild Turkey - 58
Coot, Cranes
- American Coot - 13
- Sandhill Crane - 1729
Plover
- Killdeer - 2
Sandpipers
- American Avocet - 1
- Greater Yellowlegs - 3
Rails
- Virginia Rail - 1
Gulls
- Bonaparte's Gull - 40
- Ring-billed Gull - 862
- Herring Gull - 1
Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) - 9
- Eurasian Collared-Dove - 69
- Mourning Dove - 26
Roadrunner, Kingfisher
- Belted Kingfisher - 5
Owls
- Great Horned Owl - 2
- Barred Owl - 3
- Short-eared Owl - 3
Woodpeckers, Sapsuckers
- Red-bellied Woodpecker - 46
- Downy Woodpecker - 26
- Hairy Woodpecker - 8
- Pileated Woodpecker - 6
Flickers
- Northern Flicker - 216
- Northern Flicker (Red-shafter) - 4
Flycatchers
- Eastern Phoebe - 3
Shrikes
- Loggerhead Shrike - 13
Jays, Crows
- Blue Jay - 29
- American Crow - 60
Larks
- Horned Lark - 10
Titmice
- Carolina Chickadee - 53
- Tufted Titmouse - 4
- White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
- Brown Creeper - 3
Wrens
- Winter Wren - 2
- Marsh Wren - 1
- Carolina Wren - 19
- Bewick's Wren - 1
Kinglets
- Golden-crowned Kinglet - 14
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Thrushes
- Eastern Bluebird - 75
- Townsend's Solitaire - 1
- American Robin - 220
- Northern Mockingbird - 6
Waxwing
- Cedar Waxwing - 80
Warblers
- Common Yellowthroat - 1
- Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5
Starlings
- Eastern Starling - 141
Cardinal, Towhee
- Spotted Towhee - 4
- Northern Cardinal - 157
Sparrows
- American Tree Sparrow - 38
- Field Sparrow - 20
- Fox Sparrow - 7
- White-crowned Sparrow - 159
- Harris's Sparrow - 127
- White - throated Sparrow - 2
- Savannah Sparrow - 16
- Song Sparrow - 32
Junco
- Dark-eyed Junco - 440
- Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) - 3
Blackbirds
- Red-winged Blackbird - 3046
- Brewer's Blackbird - 167
- blackbird sp. 63
Grackle
- Common Grackle - 531
- Great-tailed Grackle - 463
Cowbird
- Brown-headed Cowbird - 612
Meadowlarks
- Western Meadowlark - 175
- Eastern Meadowlark - 94
- Western/Eastern Meadowlark - 18
Finches
- American Goldfinch - 25
- House Sparrow - 59
