Great Backyard Bird Count: 2009 Results: Alaska

2009 Results: Alaska

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

See list of localities in Alaska with reports.

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Emperor Goose	981	7
Canada Goose	566	4
Trumpeter Swan	7	3
Gadwall	21	7
Eurasian Wigeon	28	3
American Wigeon	196	7
Mallard	2,840	64
Northern Shoveler	3	1
Northern Pintail	208	3
Green-winged Teal	146	8
Canvasback	1	1
Greater Scaup	567	24
Lesser Scaup	28	7
Steller's Eider	392	4
Common Eider	357	5
Harlequin Duck	663	39
Surf Scoter	274	26
White-winged Scoter	170	20
Black Scoter	854	24
Long-tailed Duck	1,732	40
Bufflehead	293	51
Common Goldeneye	616	45
Barrow's Goldeneye	607	37
Hooded Merganser	3	1
Common Merganser	504	52
Red-breasted Merganser	138	41
Ruffed Grouse	9	6
Spruce Grouse	11	5
Willow Ptarmigan	12	2
Rock Ptarmigan	55	1
Red-throated Loon	1	1
Pacific Loon	19	9
Common Loon	46	31
Yellow-billed Loon	5	4
Horned Grebe	114	21
Red-necked Grebe	41	14
Double-crested Cormorant	27	12
Red-faced Cormorant	22	2
Pelagic Cormorant	427	44
Great Blue Heron	11	11
Bald Eagle	844	139
Sharp-shinned Hawk	6	6
Northern Goshawk	2	2
Golden Eagle	1	1
Merlin	3	3
Peregrine Falcon	1	1
American Coot	1	1
Killdeer	1	1
Black Oystercatcher	63	2
Black Turnstone	99	3
Surfbird	13	2
Rock Sandpiper	3,106	11
Dunlin	90	2
Black-legged Kittiwake	41	2
Mew Gull	4,496	30
Herring Gull	354	8
Thayer's Gull	131	6
Glaucous-winged Gull	2,559	78
Glaucous Gull	4	3
Common Murre	284	15
Thick-billed Murre	1	1
Pigeon Guillemot	38	14
Marbled Murrelet	1,282	24
Rock Pigeon	93	15
Great Horned Owl	7	7
Northern Hawk Owl	19	13
Northern Pygmy-Owl	2	2
Belted Kingfisher	5	4
Red-breasted Sapsucker	1	1
Downy Woodpecker	99	73
Hairy Woodpecker	75	56
American Three-toed Woodpecker	2	2
Black-backed Woodpecker	1	1
Northern Flicker	2	2
Northern Shrike	4	3
Gray Jay	132	54
Steller's Jay	212	60
Black-billed Magpie	532	163
Northwestern Crow	1,754	54
Common Raven	1,467	253
Black-capped Chickadee	1,251	204
Chestnut-backed Chickadee	203	50
Boreal Chickadee	283	96
Red-breasted Nuthatch	367	143
Brown Creeper	13	9
Winter Wren	13	10
American Dipper	8	6
Golden-crowned Kinglet	50	14
Townsend's Solitaire	2	2
American Robin	76	16
Varied Thrush	515	41
European Starling	69	10
Bohemian Waxwing	415	29
American Tree Sparrow	35	13
Fox Sparrow	135	30
Song Sparrow	71	42
Lincoln's Sparrow	2	2
White-throated Sparrow	2	2
White-crowned Sparrow	121	16
Golden-crowned Sparrow	25	11
Dark-eyed Junco	678	88
Snow Bunting	627	14
McKay's Bunting	1	1
Rusty Blackbird	91	6
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch	730	15
Pine Grosbeak	810	126
Red Crossbill	82	12
White-winged Crossbill	707	32
Common Redpoll	8,764	240
Hoary Redpoll	34	9
Pine Siskin	6,366	125
Total	53,368

A total of 111 species were reported.

See list of localities in Alaska with reports.

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.