Great Backyard Bird Count: 2009 Results: Alabama

2009 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
Northern Cardinal	3,492	763
Mourning Dove	3,662	699
Carolina Chickadee	1,560	560
Tufted Titmouse	1,223	490
American Goldfinch	5,859	474
Blue Jay	1,226	455
Northern Mockingbird	1,037	454
American Crow	2,127	445
American Robin	4,625	435
House Finch	1,855	422
Downy Woodpecker	620	379
Carolina Wren	684	346
Eastern Bluebird	1,114	334
Red-bellied Woodpecker	474	315
Red-winged Blackbird	13,555	256
Chipping Sparrow	2,943	251
White-breasted Nuthatch	389	237
Dark-eyed Junco	745	228
White-throated Sparrow	885	225
Eastern Towhee	373	196
House Sparrow	1,050	184
Brown-headed Nuthatch	340	182
Yellow-rumped Warbler	778	180
Purple Finch	682	178
Pine Siskin	4,362	176
Common Grackle	14,810	174
Brown Thrasher	247	159
Red-tailed Hawk	260	153
Cedar Waxwing	4,385	136
Pine Warbler	305	133
Turkey Vulture	449	123
Canada Goose	1,176	122
Great Blue Heron	442	121
European Starling	2,091	117
Brown-headed Cowbird	1,823	112
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	175	111
Killdeer	726	110
Song Sparrow	422	109
Red-shouldered Hawk	169	104
Eastern Phoebe	145	98
Red-headed Woodpecker	139	88
Eurasian Collared-Dove	448	87
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	101	79
Field Sparrow	414	76
Rock Pigeon	828	73
Northern Flicker	103	68
Black Vulture	307	65
Pileated Woodpecker	81	63
Belted Kingfisher	84	57
Hairy Woodpecker	80	57
Cooper's Hawk	71	56
Mallard	400	54
House Wren	80	53
Double-crested Cormorant	838	52
American Kestrel	78	50
Ring-billed Gull	2,318	43
Wood Duck	262	42
Eastern Meadowlark	306	40
Great Egret	225	33
Brown Creeper	48	31
American Coot	1,144	30
Brown Pelican	512	30
Brewer's Blackbird	360	29
Loggerhead Shrike	39	29
Sharp-shinned Hawk	39	28
Wild Turkey	161	28
Golden-crowned Kinglet	55	27
Pied-billed Grebe	68	27
Common Loon	103	25
Ring-necked Duck	451	25
Laughing Gull	1,054	24
Herring Gull	247	23
Purple Martin	61	23
Rusty Blackbird	157	23
White-crowned Sparrow	68	23
Bald Eagle	34	22
Savannah Sparrow	181	22
Red-breasted Nuthatch	27	20
Swamp Sparrow	55	20
Common Ground-Dove	57	19
Great Horned Owl	28	19
Winter Wren	25	18
Bufflehead	154	17
Forster's Tern	210	17
Fish Crow	34	16
Hermit Thrush	22	16
Osprey	29	16
Hooded Merganser	63	15
Sanderling	334	15
Wilson's Snipe	73	15
American Pipit	228	14
Barred Owl	22	14
Bonaparte's Gull	655	13
Fox Sparrow	23	13
Lesser Scaup	204	13
Palm Warbler	32	13
Snow Goose	1,721	13
Vesper Sparrow	91	13
Northern Shoveler	90	12
Sandhill Crane	2,803	12
Northern Bobwhite	28	11
Northern Harrier	18	11
Willet	46	11
Blue-headed Vireo	16	10
Eastern Screech-Owl	17	10
Gadwall	189	10
Orange-crowned Warbler	10	9
Red-breasted Merganser	46	9
Royal Tern	80	9
Common Yellowthroat	13	8
Gray Catbird	11	8
Peregrine Falcon	21	8
American Wigeon	25	7
Ruddy Duck	27	7
American White Pelican	30	6
Green-winged Teal	52	6
Merlin	10	6
Ruddy Turnstone	38	6
Rufous Hummingbird	6	6
American Black Duck	12	5
American Woodcock	16	5
Baltimore Oriole	5	5
Barn Owl	5	5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	5	5
Dunlin	311	5
Greater Yellowlegs	9	5
Horned Lark	10	5
Northern Gannet	20	5
Northern Pintail	14	5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	5	5
White-winged Dove	109	5
Anhinga	5	4
Black-crowned Night-Heron	10	4
Boat-tailed Grackle	21	4
Canvasback	9	4
Common Goldeneye	12	4
Common Moorhen	9	4
Evening Grosbeak	9	4
Greater Scaup	13	4
Horned Grebe	20	4
Least Sandpiper	10	4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	10	4
Redhead	9	4
Snowy Egret	23	4
Black-bellied Plover	26	3
Blue-winged Teal	9	3
Common Tern	6	3
Grasshopper Sparrow	4	3
Lapland Longspur	9	3
Little Blue Heron	6	3
Pectoral Sandpiper	8	3
Sora	7	3
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	9	3
Cattle Egret	9	2
Franklin's Gull	7	2
Great Black-backed Gull	2	2
Lesser Yellowlegs	6	2
Marsh Wren	3	2
Piping Plover	27	2
Reddish Egret	3	2
Short-billed Dowitcher	22	2
Tree Swallow	33	2
Tricolored Heron	4	2
Yellow-throated Warbler	2	2
American Bittern	1	1
American Oystercatcher	3	1
Black-and-white Warbler	1	1
Broad-winged Hawk	1	1
Caspian Tern	11	1
Clapper Rail	1	1
Greater White-fronted Goose	40	1
Green Heron	1	1
Hooded Oriole	1	1
Mottled Duck	2	1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	1	1
Sedge Wren	2	1
Semipalmated Plover	100	1
Snowy Plover	14	1
Western Sandpiper	10	1
Whip-poor-will	2	1
Whooping Crane	3	1
Total	103,970

A total of 181 species were reported.

See list of localities in Alabama 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.