Great Backyard Bird Count: 2005 Results: Alabama

2005 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
Greater White-fronted Goose	2	1
Canada Goose	301	32
Wood Duck	103	18
Mallard	74	21
Blue-winged Teal	9	1
Northern Shoveler	44	2
Northern Pintail	11	2
Green-winged Teal	4	1
Canvasback	5	3
Redhead	2	1
Ring-necked Duck	442	6
Lesser Scaup	84	4
Bufflehead	49	4
Red-breasted Merganser	55	1
Ruddy Duck	25	2
Wild Turkey	81	13
Northern Bobwhite	14	3
Common Loon	3	3
Pied-billed Grebe	14	6
Horned Grebe	1	1
American White Pelican	10	1
Brown Pelican	57	10
Double-crested Cormorant	310	15
Anhinga	2	2
American Bittern	1	1
Great Blue Heron	104	64
Great Egret	20	9
Snowy Egret	10	2
Little Blue Heron	10	7
Cattle Egret	9	1
Green Heron	2	1
White Ibis	7	1
Black Vulture	121	31
Turkey Vulture	176	52
Osprey	13	8
Bald Eagle	6	3
Northern Harrier	6	6
Sharp-shinned Hawk	23	22
Cooper's Hawk	28	24
Red-shouldered Hawk	39	28
Red-tailed Hawk	235	149
American Kestrel	26	17
American Coot	396	3
Sandhill Crane	22	1
Piping Plover	1	1
Killdeer	709	99
Greater Yellowlegs	3	2
Lesser Yellowlegs	1	1
Sanderling	11	1
Least Sandpiper	4	1
Long-billed Dowitcher	5	2
Wilson's Snipe	8	3
American Woodcock	2	2
Bonaparte's Gull	35	1
Laughing Gull	38	6
Ring-billed Gull	467	11
Herring Gull	44	4
Royal Tern	1	1
Sandwich Tern	1	1
Rock Pigeon	644	80
Eurasian Collared-Dove	150	28
White-winged Dove	11	4
Mourning Dove	3,081	549
Common Ground-Dove	143	23
Barn Owl	3	3
Eastern Screech-Owl	2	2
Great Horned Owl	9	6
Barred Owl	15	11
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	4	3
Black-chinned Hummingbird	1	1
Rufous Hummingbird	9	9
Belted Kingfisher	23	21
Red-headed Woodpecker	90	63
Red-bellied Woodpecker	447	277
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	72	62
Downy Woodpecker	412	243
Hairy Woodpecker	69	49
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	3	1
Northern Flicker	136	78
Pileated Woodpecker	54	46
Eastern Phoebe	58	34
Great Crested Flycatcher	1	1
Western Kingbird	2	1
Loggerhead Shrike	9	6
White-eyed Vireo	2	2
Blue-headed Vireo	3	3
Blue Jay	1,610	491
American Crow	1,626	361
Fish Crow	189	13
Horned Lark	5	1
Purple Martin	83	37
Tree Swallow	149	54
Carolina Chickadee	1,385	449
Tufted Titmouse	1,258	377
Red-breasted Nuthatch	75	40
White-breasted Nuthatch	279	149
Brown-headed Nuthatch	164	83
Brown Creeper	17	12
Carolina Wren	466	271
House Wren	334	116
Winter Wren	12	6
Sedge Wren	2	1
Golden-crowned Kinglet	6	5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	26	19
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	2	2
Eastern Bluebird	520	192
Hermit Thrush	10	9
American Robin	6,675	472
Gray Catbird	6	5
Northern Mockingbird	1,045	406
Brown Thrasher	170	119
European Starling	3,257	236
American Pipit	565	3
Cedar Waxwing	1,320	46
Orange-crowned Warbler	2	2
Yellow-rumped Warbler	355	106
Yellow-throated Warbler	2	2
Pine Warbler	122	87
Palm Warbler	4	3
Black-and-white Warbler	1	1
Common Yellowthroat	4	2
Summer Tanager	3	3
Eastern Towhee	551	216
Bachman's Sparrow	8	2
Chipping Sparrow	1,225	133
Clay-colored Sparrow	4	2
Field Sparrow	119	28
Vesper Sparrow	11	2
Savannah Sparrow	93	3
Le Conte's Sparrow	1	1
Fox Sparrow	27	4
Song Sparrow	1,325	214
Swamp Sparrow	23	6
White-throated Sparrow	898	180
White-crowned Sparrow	47	11
Dark-eyed Junco	693	154
Northern Cardinal	3,183	570
Indigo Bunting	7	5
Red-winged Blackbird	2,332	157
Eastern Meadowlark	72	18
Rusty Blackbird	372	6
Brewer's Blackbird	8	4
Common Grackle	6,702	169
Boat-tailed Grackle	31	5
Brown-headed Cowbird	997	99
Baltimore Oriole	17	8
Purple Finch	957	131
House Finch	1,080	199
Red Crossbill	15	1
Pine Siskin	496	58
American Goldfinch	6,434	365
Evening Grosbeak	3	2
House Sparrow	482	96
Total	59,701

A total of 153 species were reported.

See list of localities in Alabama with reports.

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