Great Backyard Bird Count: 2000 Results: Alabama

2000 Results: Alabama

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

See list of localities in Alabama with reports.

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Canada Goose	126	21
Wood Duck	9	4
Gadwall	40	1
American Wigeon	15	1
Mallard	112	21
Blue-winged Teal	2	2
Ring-necked Duck	28	3
Lesser Scaup	4	2
Bufflehead	5	2
Hooded Merganser	21	2
Red-breasted Merganser	1	1
Wild Turkey	26	8
Northern Bobwhite	33	5
Pied-billed Grebe	40	11
Brown Pelican	60	4
Double-crested Cormorant	15	3
Great Blue Heron	55	37
Great Egret	8	4
Snowy Egret	4	1
Cattle Egret	34	3
Black-crowned Night-Heron	2	2
Black Vulture	43	14
Turkey Vulture	262	33
Osprey	1	1
Bald Eagle	3	2
Northern Harrier	2	1
Sharp-shinned Hawk	12	12
Cooper's Hawk	9	9
Red-shouldered Hawk	41	33
Red-tailed Hawk	95	72
American Kestrel	18	12
American Coot	68	6
Black-bellied Plover	18	1
Semipalmated Plover	4	1
Killdeer	70	16
American Oystercatcher	6	1
Common Snipe	1	1
Bonaparte's Gull	3	1
Ring-billed Gull	159	6
Herring Gull	37	1
Caspian Tern	24	1
Forster's Tern	17	2
Royal Tern	3	1
Black Skimmer	36	1
Rock Pigeon	383	22
Eurasian Collared-Dove	50	9
White-winged Dove	52	5
Mourning Dove	2,224	391
Common Ground-Dove	154	20
Barn Owl	1	1
Eastern Screech-Owl	2	2
Great Horned Owl	4	3
Barred Owl	10	7
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	1	1
Black-chinned Hummingbird	2	1
Rufous Hummingbird	1	1
Belted Kingfisher	30	21
Red-headed Woodpecker	63	41
Red-bellied Woodpecker	294	205
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	85	65
Downy Woodpecker	267	179
Hairy Woodpecker	42	31
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	1	1
Northern Flicker	53	40
Pileated Woodpecker	38	31
Eastern Phoebe	26	17
Loggerhead Shrike	11	7
White-eyed Vireo	1	1
Blue Jay	659	255
American Crow	985	203
Fish Crow	17	5
Purple Martin	17	5
Barn Swallow	1	1
Carolina Chickadee	871	326
Tufted Titmouse	803	333
Red-breasted Nuthatch	48	31
White-breasted Nuthatch	191	125
Brown-headed Nuthatch	159	92
Brown Creeper	21	21
Carolina Wren	338	177
House Wren	46	23
Winter Wren	11	5
Marsh Wren	3	1
Golden-crowned Kinglet	13	7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	47	39
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	1	1
Eastern Bluebird	386	135
Hermit Thrush	10	7
American Robin	4,092	208
Gray Catbird	54	8
Northern Mockingbird	340	184
Brown Thrasher	180	114
European Starling	1,413	69
American Pipit	1	1
Cedar Waxwing	882	31
Orange-crowned Warbler	2	2
Yellow-rumped Warbler	245	70
Yellow-throated Warbler	7	4
Pine Warbler	117	72
Palm Warbler	3	2
Ovenbird	2	1
Common Yellowthroat	5	5
Eastern Towhee	265	104
Chipping Sparrow	1,331	117
Field Sparrow	362	30
Vesper Sparrow	3	1
Savannah Sparrow	78	6
Le Conte's Sparrow	36	3
Fox Sparrow	49	10
Song Sparrow	301	72
White-throated Sparrow	730	157
White-crowned Sparrow	147	4
Dark-eyed Junco	586	142
Northern Cardinal	1,837	398
Indigo Bunting	16	2
Red-winged Blackbird	1,438	111
Eastern Meadowlark	39	6
Rusty Blackbird	3	2
Brewer's Blackbird	110	2
Common Grackle	2,411	89
Brown-headed Cowbird	347	61
Purple Finch	470	45
House Finch	1,500	251
Red Crossbill	7	2
Pine Siskin	93	14
American Goldfinch	5,991	303
House Sparrow	920	122
Total	36,407

A total of 127 species were reported.

See list of localities in Alabama with reports.

This report was updated 15-Mar-2009 16:25 ET.