Great Backyard Bird Count: 2006 Results: Alabama

2006 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	4	1
Snow Goose	11	3
Canada Goose	588	52
Tundra Swan	2	1
Wood Duck	114	30
Gadwall	13	3
American Wigeon	66	5
American Black Duck	21	4
Mallard	444	54
Mottled Duck	11	2
Northern Shoveler	60	1
Northern Pintail	45	4
Canvasback	5	2
Redhead	6	3
Ring-necked Duck	327	15
Lesser Scaup	65	3
White-winged Scoter	3	1
Long-tailed Duck	5	1
Bufflehead	13	5
Common Goldeneye	1	1
Hooded Merganser	10	5
Red-breasted Merganser	135	5
Ruddy Duck	38	4
Wild Turkey	100	16
Northern Bobwhite	40	6
Common Loon	155	20
Pied-billed Grebe	39	15
Masked Booby	9	1
Northern Gannet	12	3
American White Pelican	12	1
Brown Pelican	318	39
Double-crested Cormorant	945	27
Anhinga	6	4
American Bittern	1	1
Least Bittern	3	1
Great Blue Heron	210	91
Great Egret	106	20
Snowy Egret	86	8
Little Blue Heron	2	2
Tricolored Heron	1	1
Reddish Egret	1	1
Cattle Egret	1	1
Green Heron	1	1
Black-crowned Night-Heron	1	1
Black Vulture	189	31
Turkey Vulture	255	52
Osprey	24	14
Bald Eagle	29	13
Northern Harrier	14	9
Sharp-shinned Hawk	18	11
Cooper's Hawk	59	35
Red-shouldered Hawk	48	40
Red-tailed Hawk	374	154
Rough-legged Hawk	8	6
American Kestrel	32	21
Merlin	2	2
Peregrine Falcon	3	3
American Coot	1,468	19
Sandhill Crane	16	4
Black-bellied Plover	8	1
Killdeer	937	210
American Oystercatcher	4	1
American Avocet	4	1
Spotted Sandpiper	3	1
Greater Yellowlegs	13	2
Willet	40	12
Lesser Yellowlegs	3	1
Long-billed Curlew	5	1
Ruddy Turnstone	26	4
Sanderling	212	17
Least Sandpiper	5	3
Pectoral Sandpiper	10	1
Dunlin	7	1
Long-billed Dowitcher	4	1
Wilson's Snipe	26	8
American Woodcock	27	13
Bonaparte's Gull	24	4
Laughing Gull	1,666	37
Ring-billed Gull	1,206	38
Herring Gull	499	17
Lesser Black-backed Gull	2	1
Common Tern	13	3
Forster's Tern	58	8
Royal Tern	148	8
Sandwich Tern	8	1
Rock Pigeon	2,047	299
Eurasian Collared-Dove	317	67
White-winged Dove	29	10
Mourning Dove	5,026	831
Common Ground-Dove	306	57
Barn Owl	2	2
Eastern Screech-Owl	3	3
Great Horned Owl	24	17
Barred Owl	20	16
Short-eared Owl	1	1
Chuck-will's-widow	6	1
Whip-poor-will	2	2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	34	18
Black-chinned Hummingbird	11	7
Costa's Hummingbird	1	1
Rufous Hummingbird	18	9
Allen's Hummingbird	1	1
Belted Kingfisher	39	31
Red-headed Woodpecker	62	44
Red-bellied Woodpecker	498	321
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	80	63
Downy Woodpecker	461	282
Hairy Woodpecker	55	40
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	1	1
Northern Flicker	140	80
Pileated Woodpecker	67	54
Eastern Wood-Pewee	1	1
Eastern Phoebe	51	36
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher	1	1
Loggerhead Shrike	33	14
White-eyed Vireo	2	2
Blue-headed Vireo	9	4
Blue Jay	1,746	639
American Crow	6,379	689
Fish Crow	128	11
Horned Lark	4	1
Purple Martin	1,193	157
Tree Swallow	664	155
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	44	17
Carolina Chickadee	2,676	742
Tufted Titmouse	1,444	578
Red-breasted Nuthatch	14	9
White-breasted Nuthatch	564	261
Brown-headed Nuthatch	549	187
Brown Creeper	22	15
Carolina Wren	735	372
House Wren	301	97
Winter Wren	53	21
Sedge Wren	4	2
Marsh Wren	4	2
Golden-crowned Kinglet	35	17
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	88	44
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	12	7
Eastern Bluebird	573	196
Hermit Thrush	19	16
American Robin	5,711	601
Gray Catbird	42	17
Northern Mockingbird	1,371	512
Brown Thrasher	188	128
European Starling	11,652	248
American Pipit	198	9
Cedar Waxwing	513	37
Orange-crowned Warbler	9	7
Yellow-rumped Warbler	447	96
Yellow-throated Warbler	6	5
Pine Warbler	225	115
Palm Warbler	10	5
Black-and-white Warbler	11	4
Common Yellowthroat	19	9
Summer Tanager	4	4
Scarlet Tanager	2	2
Eastern Towhee	352	190
Bachman's Sparrow	8	5
Chipping Sparrow	4,219	323
Clay-colored Sparrow	8	3
Field Sparrow	462	98
Vesper Sparrow	17	5
Lark Sparrow	6	5
Lark Bunting	2	1
Savannah Sparrow	245	24
Grasshopper Sparrow	32	9
Henslow's Sparrow	1	1
Le Conte's Sparrow	1	1
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow	1	1
Seaside Sparrow	4	2
Fox Sparrow	94	39
Song Sparrow	693	188
Lincoln's Sparrow	11	4
Swamp Sparrow	177	17
White-throated Sparrow	1,366	260
White-crowned Sparrow	234	43
Dark-eyed Junco	1,142	225
Northern Cardinal	5,066	965
Indigo Bunting	15	5
Painted Bunting	4	4
Dickcissel	1	1
Red-winged Blackbird	71,236	247
Eastern Meadowlark	198	23
Rusty Blackbird	1,080	25
Brewer's Blackbird	630	27
Common Grackle	19,692	122
Boat-tailed Grackle	55	3
Brown-headed Cowbird	2,027	115
Baltimore Oriole	23	11
Purple Finch	990	218
House Finch	1,750	298
Red Crossbill	10	1
Pine Siskin	114	24
American Goldfinch	10,481	537
House Sparrow	2,233	157
Total	183,220

A total of 195 species were reported.

See list of localities in Alabama with reports.

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