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2009 Results: Savannah, Georgia

This town report includes all data submitted to the town and to all postal codes associated with the town.

Other years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009


Species [taxonomic]
[alphabetic]
Number of Birds   Number of Checklists
Reporting the Species
Canada Goose 108       6      
Wood Duck 94       11      
Gadwall 23       3      
Mallard 51       4      
Mottled Duck 5       1      
Blue-winged Teal 8       2      
Northern Shoveler 45       4      
Green-winged Teal 300       1      
Canvasback 2       2      
Ring-necked Duck 10       3      
Lesser Scaup 5       2      
Bufflehead 67       10      
Common Goldeneye 2       2      
Hooded Merganser 665       19      
Red-breasted Merganser 5       3      
Ruddy Duck 311       3      
Red-throated Loon 1       1      
Common Loon 14       4      
Pied-billed Grebe 48       15      
Horned Grebe 6       2      
Northern Gannet 5       2      
Brown Pelican 136       14      
Double-crested Cormorant 958       23      
Anhinga 89       16      
Great Blue Heron 76       29      
Great Egret 88       27      
Snowy Egret 316       19      
Little Blue Heron 65       12      
Tricolored Heron 44       8      
Green Heron 3       2      
Black-crowned Night-Heron 51       5      
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4       2      
White Ibis 102       13      
Glossy Ibis 4       1      
Wood Stork 20       9      
Black Vulture 232       23      
Turkey Vulture 189       24      
Osprey 31       18      
Bald Eagle 22       7      
Northern Harrier 7       5      
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6       5      
Cooper's Hawk 6       6      
Red-shouldered Hawk 12       9      
Red-tailed Hawk 23       12      
American Kestrel 11       8      
Peregrine Falcon 1       1      
Clapper Rail 16       5      
Virginia Rail 5       2      
Sora 1       1      
Common Moorhen 17       4      
American Coot 609       7      
Black-bellied Plover 6       3      
Semipalmated Plover 245       4      
Killdeer 90       12      
American Oystercatcher 6       2      
American Avocet 25       1      
Spotted Sandpiper 4       2      
Greater Yellowlegs 12       5      
Willet 99       5      
Lesser Yellowlegs 17       3      
Marbled Godwit 4       1      
Ruddy Turnstone 70       3      
Sanderling 1       1      
Western Sandpiper 150       1      
Least Sandpiper 63       4      
Dunlin 430       3      
Short-billed Dowitcher 11       2      
Wilson's Snipe 35       4      
Bonaparte's Gull 11       4      
Laughing Gull 68       10      
Ring-billed Gull 720       18      
Herring Gull 64       7      
Forster's Tern 71       11      
Royal Tern 11       3      
Rock Pigeon 539       15      
Eurasian Collared-Dove 7       4      
Mourning Dove 305       47      
Common Ground-Dove 21       3      
Eastern Screech-Owl 1       1      
Great Horned Owl 7       7      
Barred Owl 4       3      
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 20       16      
Black-chinned Hummingbird 2       2      
Rufous Hummingbird 2       2      
Belted Kingfisher 22       16      
Red-headed Woodpecker 11       8      
Red-bellied Woodpecker 85       41      
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 25       10      
Downy Woodpecker 53       26      
Northern Flicker 31       12      
Pileated Woodpecker 26       16      
Eastern Phoebe 31       14      
Loggerhead Shrike 9       8      
White-eyed Vireo 5       3      
Blue-headed Vireo 8       3      
Blue Jay 146       43      
American Crow 137       27      
Fish Crow 39       5      
Tree Swallow 778       17      
Carolina Chickadee 243       50      
Tufted Titmouse 208       44      
White-breasted Nuthatch 15       8      
Brown-headed Nuthatch 45       17      
Brown Creeper 2       2      
Carolina Wren 130       51      
House Wren 8       5      
Winter Wren 19       3      
Sedge Wren 2       2      
Marsh Wren 4       3      
Golden-crowned Kinglet 7       2      
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 106       20      
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3       2      
Eastern Bluebird 228       34      
Hermit Thrush 7       3      
American Robin 17       3      
Gray Catbird 8       5      
Northern Mockingbird 86       38      
Brown Thrasher 35       28      
European Starling 587       21      
American Pipit 4       2      
Cedar Waxwing 185       10      
Orange-crowned Warbler 9       6      
Yellow-rumped Warbler 972       33      
Yellow-throated Warbler 6       5      
Pine Warbler 65       15      
Prairie Warbler 6       1      
Palm Warbler 46       9      
Black-and-white Warbler 9       5      
Common Yellowthroat 10       6      
Eastern Towhee 19       10      
Chipping Sparrow 335       33      
Field Sparrow 21       2      
Savannah Sparrow 34       8      
Fox Sparrow 4       2      
Song Sparrow 34       10      
Swamp Sparrow 46       7      
White-throated Sparrow 88       24      
White-crowned Sparrow 11       3      
Northern Cardinal 286       67      
Red-winged Blackbird 589       27      
Eastern Meadowlark 24       1      
Rusty Blackbird 9       6      
Brewer's Blackbird 3       2      
Common Grackle 586       28      
Boat-tailed Grackle 515       21      
Brown-headed Cowbird 41       5      
Baltimore Oriole 28       8      
Purple Finch 2       1      
House Finch 254       37      
Pine Siskin 15       6      
American Goldfinch 735       44      
House Sparrow 24       6      
Total 16,221             

A total of 152 species were reported.

See a summary for Georgia.

This report was updated 15-Mar-2009 16:25 ET. Bird checklists submitted to GBBC are included on these results within about 2 hours of submission.