Great Backyard Bird Count: 2009 Results: Delaware

2009 Results: Delaware

Other years: 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

See list of localities in Delaware with reports.

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	3	3
Greater White-fronted Goose	1	1
Snow Goose	130,979	51
Ross's Goose	1	1
Brant	98	7
Cackling Goose	1	1
Canada Goose	29,839	145
Mute Swan	34	12
Tundra Swan	736	12
Wood Duck	127	12
Gadwall	90	11
American Wigeon	752	12
American Black Duck	1,118	41
Mallard	1,853	74
Northern Shoveler	234	14
Northern Pintail	2,284	18
Green-winged Teal	2,879	13
Canvasback	2,403	9
Redhead	1	1
Ring-necked Duck	669	11
Greater Scaup	56	3
Lesser Scaup	4	2
Surf Scoter	118	6
Black Scoter	10	1
Long-tailed Duck	6	3
Bufflehead	389	32
Common Goldeneye	66	6
Hooded Merganser	177	23
Common Merganser	2,504	12
Red-breasted Merganser	100	15
Ruddy Duck	1,659	17
Ring-necked Pheasant	1	1
Wild Turkey	75	7
Northern Bobwhite	12	1
Red-throated Loon	44	7
Common Loon	18	7
Pied-billed Grebe	6	4
Horned Grebe	8	2
Red-necked Grebe	1	1
Northern Gannet	2	2
Double-crested Cormorant	18	10
Great Cormorant	40	7
Great Blue Heron	94	48
Black-crowned Night-Heron	1	1
Black Vulture	174	36
Turkey Vulture	1,039	122
Bald Eagle	33	24
Northern Harrier	51	21
Sharp-shinned Hawk	16	16
Cooper's Hawk	25	22
Red-shouldered Hawk	18	15
Red-tailed Hawk	89	65
American Kestrel	10	9
Merlin	2	2
Peregrine Falcon	4	3
American Coot	21	8
Black-bellied Plover	7	2
Killdeer	45	21
American Oystercatcher	1	1
American Avocet	36	2
Greater Yellowlegs	60	5
Lesser Yellowlegs	6	2
Ruddy Turnstone	18	4
Sanderling	209	8
Purple Sandpiper	43	4
Dunlin	1,804	8
Bonaparte's Gull	254	3
Ring-billed Gull	5,815	70
Herring Gull	1,460	36
Lesser Black-backed Gull	4	2
Great Black-backed Gull	229	16
Forster's Tern	1	1
Razorbill	2	1
Rock Pigeon	307	28
Eurasian Collared-Dove	1	1
Mourning Dove	1,669	256
Barn Owl	3	2
Eastern Screech-Owl	5	4
Great Horned Owl	14	12
Barred Owl	3	3
Short-eared Owl	5	1
Rufous Hummingbird	2	2
Belted Kingfisher	27	22
Red-bellied Woodpecker	211	145
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	7	6
Downy Woodpecker	279	159
Hairy Woodpecker	59	44
Northern Flicker	59	37
Pileated Woodpecker	20	17
Eastern Phoebe	2	2
Blue Jay	503	155
American Crow	1,198	139
Fish Crow	189	15
Horned Lark	102	7
Tree Swallow	4	2
Carolina Chickadee	652	225
Black-capped Chickadee	1	1
Tufted Titmouse	643	219
Red-breasted Nuthatch	19	14
White-breasted Nuthatch	187	87
Brown-headed Nuthatch	39	6
Brown Creeper	10	9
Carolina Wren	305	136
Winter Wren	21	10
Marsh Wren	4	3
Golden-crowned Kinglet	7	4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	9	5
Eastern Bluebird	174	47
Hermit Thrush	18	13
American Robin	1,574	110
Gray Catbird	13	12
Northern Mockingbird	154	96
Brown Thrasher	4	4
European Starling	3,005	134
American Pipit	202	2
Cedar Waxwing	202	13
Orange-crowned Warbler	1	1
Yellow-rumped Warbler	115	13
Pine Warbler	6	4
Common Yellowthroat	1	1
Eastern Towhee	24	14
American Tree Sparrow	86	15
Chipping Sparrow	101	20
Clay-colored Sparrow	1	1
Field Sparrow	222	23
Savannah Sparrow	69	15
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow	1	1
Fox Sparrow	21	13
Song Sparrow	338	102
Swamp Sparrow	30	12
White-throated Sparrow	1,360	159
White-crowned Sparrow	14	7
Dark-eyed Junco	1,764	216
Snow Bunting	39	2
Northern Cardinal	1,077	265
Red-winged Blackbird	56,166	149
Eastern Meadowlark	28	2
Rusty Blackbird	30	4
Common Grackle	15,206	181
Boat-tailed Grackle	75	7
Brown-headed Cowbird	1,585	46
Purple Finch	173	37
House Finch	974	188
White-winged Crossbill	61	5
Pine Siskin	391	51
American Goldfinch	1,589	208
House Sparrow	1,038	122
Total	285,485

A total of 147 species were reported.

See list of localities in Delaware 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.