Great Backyard Bird Count: 2002 Results: Alabama

2002 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	254	30
Wood Duck	50	8
Gadwall	17	3
American Black Duck	11	2
Mallard	110	15
Northern Shoveler	2	1
Northern Pintail	3	1
Canvasback	2	1
Ring-necked Duck	55	3
Lesser Scaup	20	5
Bufflehead	6	2
Hooded Merganser	56	7
Ruddy Duck	5	2
Wild Turkey	22	3
Northern Bobwhite	49	5
Common Loon	5	3
Pied-billed Grebe	20	8
Brown Pelican	32	7
Double-crested Cormorant	2,835	10
Anhinga	1	1
Great Blue Heron	54	32
Great Egret	49	6
Green Heron	1	1
Black Vulture	180	25
Turkey Vulture	164	36
Osprey	2	2
Bald Eagle	1	1
Northern Harrier	6	5
Sharp-shinned Hawk	12	9
Cooper's Hawk	12	12
Red-shouldered Hawk	36	25
Red-tailed Hawk	231	126
American Kestrel	46	23
Merlin	1	1
King Rail	1	1
American Coot	316	11
Killdeer	373	75
Greater Yellowlegs	4	2
Lesser Yellowlegs	2	1
Least Sandpiper	9	1
Dunlin	12	1
Common Snipe	60	3
American Woodcock	3	2
Bonaparte's Gull	141	2
Laughing Gull	133	9
Ring-billed Gull	1,639	12
Rock Pigeon	477	41
Eurasian Collared-Dove	93	21
White-winged Dove	10	1
Mourning Dove	1,925	362
Common Ground-Dove	18	4
Barn Owl	3	2
Great Horned Owl	8	5
Barred Owl	3	2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	7	4
Black-chinned Hummingbird	3	3
Rufous Hummingbird	9	7
Belted Kingfisher	38	21
Red-headed Woodpecker	29	17
Red-bellied Woodpecker	213	144
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	78	60
Downy Woodpecker	220	145
Hairy Woodpecker	23	18
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	1	1
Northern Flicker	58	32
Pileated Woodpecker	32	24
Eastern Phoebe	27	17
Loggerhead Shrike	20	8
White-eyed Vireo	2	1
Blue Jay	811	246
American Crow	1,493	250
Fish Crow	156	12
Horned Lark	8	2
Purple Martin	33	11
Barn Swallow	11	5
Carolina Chickadee	768	288
Tufted Titmouse	562	247
Red-breasted Nuthatch	17	14
White-breasted Nuthatch	140	98
Brown-headed Nuthatch	174	76
Brown Creeper	8	8
Carolina Wren	283	148
House Wren	43	16
Winter Wren	4	3
Sedge Wren	2	1
Golden-crowned Kinglet	19	6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	34	24
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	1	1
Eastern Bluebird	385	127
Hermit Thrush	4	3
American Robin	1,999	233
Gray Catbird	3	2
Northern Mockingbird	653	240
Brown Thrasher	103	61
European Starling	1,777	58
American Pipit	139	3
Cedar Waxwing	934	39
Orange-crowned Warbler	1	1
Yellow-rumped Warbler	402	82
Pine Warbler	197	63
Palm Warbler	5	2
Common Yellowthroat	4	2
Eastern Towhee	163	70
Chipping Sparrow	1,023	119
Field Sparrow	110	16
Vesper Sparrow	6	2
Savannah Sparrow	118	8
Fox Sparrow	25	5
Song Sparrow	203	57
Lincoln's Sparrow	1	1
Swamp Sparrow	48	6
White-throated Sparrow	485	116
White-crowned Sparrow	8	5
Dark-eyed Junco	491	104
Northern Cardinal	1,471	310
Indigo Bunting	1	1
Red-winged Blackbird	5,660	100
Eastern Meadowlark	162	23
Rusty Blackbird	10	2
Brewer's Blackbird	55	4
Common Grackle	7,067	80
Boat-tailed Grackle	3	2
Brown-headed Cowbird	588	63
Purple Finch	534	108
House Finch	1,424	252
Red Crossbill	7	1
Pine Siskin	83	21
American Goldfinch	4,748	263
House Sparrow	1,088	150
Solitary Vireo	2	2
Total	47,097

A total of 130 species were reported.

See list of localities in Alabama with reports.

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