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