2006 CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT, CHARLESTON, WV

Handlan Chapter - Brooks Bird Club

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2006 CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT, CHARLESTON, WV

Handlan Chapter - Brooks Bird Club

The count area consists of all points within a 15 mile diameter circle centered at La-Z-Boy Showroom site located at 38 22'N, 81 43'W. The circle extends from Kanawha City west to St. Albans, and from Kanawha State Forest north to Rocky Fork and Wallace Heights. The area is about 40% residential, 35% deciduous woods, 17% farm and grassland, and 17% streams and ponds. The count took place Saturday, December 16, 2006. Skies were mostly clear. Temperature was 29-61° F, south wind 0-6 mph, open water, no snow, wild food crop good. There were nineteen observers in ten parties, and two feeder counts.

 

                       

Record Counts
  Party Number (see other side)  

Since 1944
Species

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feeder

 Total Count Year

Pied-billed Grebe

2

4

    

4

3

          

13

13

2006
Great Blue Heron

2

2

2

  

1

2

  

2

  

1

  

12

25

1988
Mute Swan    

3

                

3

3

2006
Canada Goose

2

69

240

  

6

76

  

47

96

2

  

538

1498

2002
Mallard

12

28

9

  

7

168

  

49

25

15

  

313

886

1989
Gadwall

16

        

2

          

18

52

2000
Hooded Merganser

14

21

2

                

37

37

2006
Turkey Vulture  

1

  

1

1

11

  

14

  

220

1

249

249

2006
Black Vulture      

1

          

5

  

6

6

2006
Sharp-shinned Hawk      

1

              

1

5

1996
Cooper's Hawk  

1

  

1

  

1

          

3

4

1997
Red-shouldered Hawk          

5

  

3

      

8

12

1981
Red-tailed Hawk

3

1

4

  

2

1

  

3

1

2

  

17

17

2006
American Kestrel  

1

  

1

  

3

  

2

      

7

42

1982
Peregrine Falcon                  

1

  

1

1

2006
Wild Turkey            

30

        

30

30

2006
American Coot    

4

    

8

          

12

132

2001
Killdeer

16

4

1

    

7

          

28

133

1975
Herring Gull          

2

          

2

3

1984
Rock Dove  

93

80

6

211

179

  

142

  

50

  

761

941

1997
Mourning Dove

14

68

5

  

8

21

15

4

4

9

7

155

554

1982
Eastern Screech Owl                  

1

  

1

4

1994
Barred Owl                  

1

  

1

4

1955
Belted Kingfisher  

1

1

  

1

2

    

1

1

  

7

18

1984
Red-headed Woodpecker      

1

          

1

  

2

28

1970
Red-bellied Woodpecker

5

3

1

5

4

4

  

2

2

8

1

35

52

2005
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker          

1

    

2

2

  

5

18

1986
Downy Woodpecker

4

5

5

11

7

13

3

9

4

11

3

75

147

1963
Hairy Woodpecker

2

    

1

  

3

      

1

1

8

36

1971
Northern Flicker  

5

2

2

  

7

1

  

1

4

  

22

108

1981
Pileated Woodpecker  

2

2

2

2

3

    

4

7

1

23

33

1970
Eastern Phoebe            

1

        

1

7

1981
Blue Jay

10

16

12

20

60

21

2

42

9

6

4

202

513

1981
American Crow

13

47

6

11500

  

20

4

7

6

20

  

11623

11834

2005
Carolina Chickadee

17

38

15

15

25

30

3

24

20

58

6

251

594

1981
Tufted Titmouse

16

14

11

14

13

15

5

26

18

64

6

202

446

1979
                       

Record Counts
  Party Number (see below)  

Since 1944
Species

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Feeder

 Total Count Year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
White-breasted Nuthatch

6

10

3

9

18

11

4

2

6

20

3

92

165

1968
Brown Creeper                  

3

  

3

25

1963
Carolina Wren

3

8

11

18

8

15

1

14

10

15

3

106

183

1976
House Wren                

1

    

1

4

1970
Winter Wren                

1

8

  

9

15

1947
Golden-crowned Kinglet  

7

      

1

      

9

  

17

70

1976
Eastern Bluebird

1

9

2

16

2

13

6

  

1

22

  

72

140

1981
Hermit Thrush      

2

              

2

27

1947
American Robin

6

90

4

24

92

4

  

46

6

32

  

304

1191

1965
Northern Mockingbird

2

3

5

10

2

9

  

5

1

7

1

45

89

1971
Cedar Waxwing        

2

            

2

191

2000
European Starling

28

149

21

12

50

96

  

90

  

4

  

450

26703

1968
Yellow-rumped Warbler  

3

2

6

13

14

  

4

  

2

  

44

82

2003
Northern Cardinal

17

19

7

13

13

15

2

2

12

18

12

130

745

1969
Rufous-sided Towhee

9

4

6

8

4

6

      

1

1

39

383

1971
Chipping Sparrow      

8

              

8

39

2005
Field Sparrow  

2

  

2

  

1

      

1

  

6

375

1947
Song Sparrow

8

19

9

7

6

15

  

24

16

11

  

115

505

1949
Swamp Sparrow          

1

          

1

25

1949
White-throated Sparrow

12

2

6

28

16

14

  

13

  

29

4

124

865

1971
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  

24

14

60

8

1

12

8

18

22

3

170

886

1965
House Finch

12

10

  

26

16

14

  

4

  

6

3

91

302

1983
American Goldfinch  

8

2

12

1

21

5

8

20

23

3

103

324

1949
House Sparrow  

5

    

6

30

  

1

  

8

1

51

559

1953
                       
Totals: Species

27

38

32

33

31

44

15

28

25

42

19

60
Individuals

252

796

497

11843

609

889

94

597

285

731

64

16657

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Observers in parties numbered above
  Party

Area Covered

Hours

Miles

On Foot

Miles

By Car

Miles By Bicycle

#1

 Charles Wirts Dow Tech Center, Sherwood Forest

4.5

3

2

  

#2

 Cindy Ellis Berry Hills, Davis Creek, Cross Lanes

8.5

3

25

  

#3

 Don & Marilyn Morton, Beverly Wright*, Bill & Maureen Crockett* Dunbar area, Kanawha River

(Charleston to St. Albans)

7.5

1

30

  

#4

 Russ Young, Connie Bergmark*

Bill Hall

 Spring Hill Cemetery,

Kanawha River crow roost

7.75

4

2

  

#5

 Doren Burrell Charleston

7.5

4.5

20

  

#6

 Kim Kazmierski, Maggi Perl,

Pam Sturm

 Lower Falls, Riverlake, Riverbend,

St. Albans

8.25

2

46

  

#7

 Connie Bergmark Middleridge

5

2

    

#8

 Ed Smith Kanawha River

6.5

.5

  

16

#9

 Hullet Good Coonskin

4

2

6

  

#10

 Jim Waggy, Jerry Westfall,

Alice Knight

 Kanawha State Forest, Downtown

Charleston, upper Coonskin

10.5

7

31

  

* part time

At feeders: Pat Holbrook - .75 hours, Joan Stevens - .75 hours

Total: 70 hours, 29 miles on foot, 162 miles by car, 16 miles by bicycle, .5 hours owling, 1.5 hours at feeders.
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