2010 CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT, CHARLESTON, WV

Handlan Chapter - Brooks Bird Club

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Fox Sparrow (By Roger Mayhorn)

                                                                                                          

2010 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 18, 2010. Skies were overcast, temperature was 25-30° F, northwest wind 0-8 mph, still water frozen, moving water mostly open, 4-5" snow, and wild food crop good. There were seventeen observers in ten parties, and two feeder counts.

Record Counts

Party Number (see below) Feeder

Since 1944

Species

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Counts

Total

Count

Year
Canada Goose  

86

    

2

24

6

62

95

    

275

1498

2002
Wood Duck        

2

    

1

      

3

5

1997
Gadwall  

6

    

2

    

1

      

9

52

2000
American Wigeon        

2

            

2

16

2001
American Black Duck        

7

    

2

      

9

42

1985
Mallard  

50

    

154

74

3

27

2

11

  

321

886

1989
Northern Pintail        

1

            

1

5

2004
Redhead Duck              

3

      

3

3

2010
Ring-necked Duck  

1

          

3

      

4

9

1994
Lesser Scaup              

4

      

4

7

1945
Bufflehead              

4

      

4

4

2010
Hooded Merganser        

1

26

  

7

      

34

37

2006
Red-breasted Merganser  

1

          

4

      

5

5

2010
Ruddy Duck              

2

      

2

3

1998
Pied-billed Grebe          

7

  

10

      

17

24

2008
Horned Grebe  

5

          

4

      

9

9

2010
Double-crested Cormorant        

3

11

          

14

14

2010
Great Blue Heron

1

      

2

1

  

1

      

5

25

1988
Black Vulture            

10

        

10

10

2010
Turkey Vulture  

1

1

  

3

8

103

7

  

5

  

128

259

2007
Sharp-shinned Hawk            

1

    

1

  

2

5

1996
Cooper's Hawk          

1

    

1

    

2

4

1997
Red-shouldered Hawk  

1

2

  

4

1

  

1

      

9

12

1981
Red-tailed Hawk

2

1

1

  

4

2

          

10

17

2006
American Kestrel              

1

      

1

42

1982
Perigrine Falcon              

2

      

2

2

2010
American Coot  

6

      

10

1

15

      

32

132

2001
Killdeer        

1

            

1

133

1975
Ring-billed Gull        

30

13

  

56

      

99

99

2010
Herring Gull          

1

          

1

3

1984
Rock Pigeon  

25

3

51

73

82

27

84

      

345

942

2007
Mourning Dove  

8

6

4

4

51

23

25

  

12

5

138

554

1982
Belted Kingfisher          

2

          

2

18

1984
Red-bellied Woodpecker  

2

5

1

3

  

7

  

1

1

1

21

60

2008
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker        

2

2

7

  

1

    

12

18

1986
Downy Woodpecker

4

4

4

  

4

3

10

5

1

2

2

39

147

1963
Hairy Woodpecker    

2

1

    

1

1

    

2

7

36

1971
Northern Flicker

1

3

2

  

4

  

3

2

      

15

108

1981
Pileated Woodpecker

1

      

3

  

5

1

3

1

2

16

33

1970
Eastern Phoebe  

1

      

1

          

2

7

1981
Blue Jay

14

5

7

  

11

23

7

22

7

2

3

101

513

1981
American Crow

7

21

15

7

63

355

60

34

17

7

6

592

12279

2007
Carolina Chickadee

3

6

27

1

14

12

20

14

6

3

5

111

594

1981
Tufted Titmouse

4

9

14

2

5

10

13

11

12

5

6

91

446

1979
Red-breasted Nuthatch        

3

            

3

46

1976
White-breasted Nuthatch

3

1

5

  

1

9

13

2

  

3

2

39

165

1968
Brown Creeper        

1

  

2

        

3

25

1963

Record Counts

Party Number (see below) Feeder Since 1944

Species

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Count

Total Count

Year
Carolina Wren

3

2

6

1

7

11

9

9

  

2

2

52

183

1976
House Wren              

1

      

1

4

1970
Winter Wren            

2

        

2

15

1947
Golden-crowned Kinglet        

8

1

15

3

2

    

29

70

1976
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  

2

      

1

          

3

29

1966
Eastern Bluebird

2

3

5

  

1

3

1

8

      

23

140

1981
Hermit Thrush            

3

        

3

27

1947
American Robin

10

4

10

31

158

66

6

33

  

3

6

327

7775

2008
Northern Mockingbird

1

3

2

  

4

5

1

9

2

  

1

28

89

1971
European Starling

7

  

19

  

284

455

2

69

      

836

26703

1968
Cedar Waxwing

5

      

5

            

10

191

2000
Yellow-rumped Warbler    

6

  

2

7

4

5

      

24

82

2003
Rufous-sided Towhee

5

1

4

1

8

3

9

1

1

6

9

48

383

1971
Field Sparrow

2

                    

2

375

1947
Fox Sparrow  

3

2

                

5

21

1948
Song Sparrow

26

4

5

  

12

13

7

12

2

  

2

83

505

1949
Swamp Sparrow        

1

            

1

25

1949
White-throated Sparrow

13

3

5

  

6

19

14

7

3

1

6

77

865

1971
White-crowned Sparrow          

1

          

1

99

1950
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)

11

  

2

  

21

4

41

8

15

25

6

133

886

1965
Northern Cardinal

7

10

16

2

18

14

10

25

6

4

6

118

745

1969
Red-winged Blackbird    

4

  

14

11

    

2

    

31

875

2000
Rusty Blackbird    

6

                

6

54

1997
Common Grackle

1

146

2

  

12

593

          

754

6327

1992
House Finch    

5

3

  

13

2

5

  

1

  

29

302

1983
Pine Siskin    

6

        

2

    

4

12

177

1989
American Goldfinch

16

  

6

4

1

3

5

10

2

30

  

77

324

1949
House Sparrow          

36

8

6

      

50

559

1953
                       
Totals: Species

24

32

32

13

46

43

37

49

20

20

19

75
Individuals

149

424

205

109

971

1988

461

631

181

125

76

5320

 

 

Observers in parties numbered above
Party Number Party

Area Covered

 Hours On Foot

Miles On Foot

Miles By Car

 

Miles By Car

#1

 Bev Wright, Don & Marilyn Morton Dow Tech. Pk, Ward Hollow Wildlife

1

1.5

30

1

#2

 Don & Marilyn Morton,

Bev Wright, Richard Folden

 Dunbar area, Kanawha River (Charleston to St. Albans)

1

1.5

27

4

#3

 Chuck Wirts, Jim Triplett Sherwood Forest, Little Creek Park

2

2

3

2

#4

 Joan Stevens Carriage Trail Area

2.75

1

    

#5

 Cindy Ellis So. Chas, Cross Lanes, Berry Hills

2.5

3

25

7.25

#6

 Maggi Perl, Tom Fox Lower Falls, Riverlake, Riverbend, St. Albans

1.5

1

57.5

7.5

#7

 Jim Waggy, Kevin Cade, Bill Hall Kan. St. Forest, Spring Hill Cem., Kan. City

10.5

5

30

1

#8

 Doren Burrell, Bill Mills Charleston, Kanawha River, Mink Shoals

1.5

1.5

53

7.5

#9

 Hullet Good Coonskin Park

2.5

1

4

0.5

#10

 Connie Bergmark Davis Creek, Middle Ridge

0.5

1

4

0.5

At feeders: Willis & Betsy Trammell-5 hours, Eleanor Spohr – 4 hours.

Total: 57 hours, 18.5 miles on foot, 211 miles by car, 0.5 hours owling, 9 hours at feeders.
  • Compiler: Marilyn Morton

    • 2720 Lakeview Drive

    St. Albans, WV 25177 (304-727 5077)

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