Great Backyard Bird Count: 2009 Results: Georgia

2009 Results: Georgia

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

See list of localities in Georgia with reports.

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	32	3
Snow Goose	14	8
Ross's Goose	9	2
Canada Goose	5,355	536
Wood Duck	694	115
Gadwall	285	21
American Wigeon	81	11
American Black Duck	49	12
Mallard	1,513	246
Mottled Duck	17	3
Blue-winged Teal	151	10
Northern Shoveler	227	17
Northern Pintail	12	4
Green-winged Teal	976	13
Canvasback	53	4
Redhead	29	7
Ring-necked Duck	1,086	34
Greater Scaup	52	3
Lesser Scaup	85	14
White-winged Scoter	1	1
Black Scoter	2	1
Bufflehead	144	25
Common Goldeneye	2	2
Hooded Merganser	1,134	100
Red-breasted Merganser	32	11
Ruddy Duck	418	10
Wild Turkey	889	71
Northern Bobwhite	99	17
Red-throated Loon	12	4
Common Loon	26	12
Pied-billed Grebe	187	68
Horned Grebe	12	6
Northern Gannet	245	8
American White Pelican	4	2
Brown Pelican	382	36
Double-crested Cormorant	2,506	94
Anhinga	122	34
American Bittern	4	4
Great Blue Heron	494	276
Great Egret	280	86
Snowy Egret	449	52
Little Blue Heron	123	48
Tricolored Heron	65	20
Cattle Egret	41	5
Green Heron	9	8
Black-crowned Night-Heron	105	9
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	42	4
White Ibis	332	25
Glossy Ibis	16	3
Wood Stork	50	20
Black Vulture	1,929	301
Turkey Vulture	2,823	520
Osprey	63	47
Bald Eagle	54	29
Northern Harrier	38	32
Sharp-shinned Hawk	98	78
Cooper's Hawk	216	181
Red-shouldered Hawk	556	378
Red-tailed Hawk	630	445
American Kestrel	124	79
Merlin	9	4
Peregrine Falcon	19	11
Clapper Rail	42	15
King Rail	9	4
Virginia Rail	11	4
Sora	2	2
Common Moorhen	93	12
American Coot	3,273	41
Sandhill Crane	5,800	82
Whooping Crane	4	1
Black-bellied Plover	1,647	10
Wilson's Plover	2	1
Semipalmated Plover	477	10
Piping Plover	3	2
Killdeer	774	117
American Oystercatcher	179	9
American Avocet	96	6
Spotted Sandpiper	5	3
Greater Yellowlegs	45	12
Willet	356	16
Lesser Yellowlegs	30	5
Whimbrel	12	3
Marbled Godwit	11	3
Ruddy Turnstone	506	14
Red Knot	15	1
Sanderling	281	9
Western Sandpiper	732	9
Least Sandpiper	107	9
Purple Sandpiper	26	3
Dunlin	4,723	12
Short-billed Dowitcher	86	6
Wilson's Snipe	80	19
American Woodcock	18	10
Bonaparte's Gull	29	9
Laughing Gull	423	28
Ring-billed Gull	3,195	90
Herring Gull	386	30
Lesser Black-backed Gull	8	3
Great Black-backed Gull	4	1
Caspian Tern	5	1
Forster's Tern	355	25
Royal Tern	266	14
Black Skimmer	1,225	9
Rock Pigeon	1,833	136
Eurasian Collared-Dove	356	96
Mourning Dove	9,611	2,188
Common Ground-Dove	768	191
Barn Owl	19	11
Eastern Screech-Owl	28	22
Great Horned Owl	66	51
Barred Owl	95	71
Short-eared Owl	1	1
Northern Saw-whet Owl	1	1
Whip-poor-will	9	6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	86	49
Black-chinned Hummingbird	9	8
Rufous Hummingbird	13	11
Allen's Hummingbird	3	3
Belted Kingfisher	208	160
Red-headed Woodpecker	398	277
Red-bellied Woodpecker	2,300	1,530
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	414	310
Downy Woodpecker	2,393	1,548
Hairy Woodpecker	422	290
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	17	15
Northern Flicker	492	299
Pileated Woodpecker	529	352
Eastern Phoebe	490	307
Western Kingbird	4	2
Loggerhead Shrike	73	46
White-eyed Vireo	30	24
Blue-headed Vireo	41	18
Blue Jay	4,543	1,645
American Crow	7,459	1,377
Fish Crow	578	79
Common Raven	57	14
Horned Lark	16	5
Purple Martin	79	19
Tree Swallow	1,339	57
Carolina Chickadee	8,135	2,539
Tufted Titmouse	7,517	2,441
Red-breasted Nuthatch	149	76
White-breasted Nuthatch	2,631	1,362
Brown-headed Nuthatch	2,775	1,365
Brown Creeper	101	65
Carolina Wren	3,467	1,774
House Wren	930	301
Winter Wren	68	29
Sedge Wren	21	11
Marsh Wren	26	17
Golden-crowned Kinglet	177	76
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	757	377
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	40	19
Eastern Bluebird	4,085	1,347
Hermit Thrush	137	109
American Robin	12,879	1,358
Gray Catbird	177	109
Northern Mockingbird	2,107	1,199
Brown Thrasher	1,152	791
European Starling	3,887	347
American Pipit	204	11
Cedar Waxwing	9,068	306
Orange-crowned Warbler	66	27
Yellow-rumped Warbler	4,277	781
Yellow-throated Warbler	43	31
Pine Warbler	1,800	804
Prairie Warbler	9	4
Palm Warbler	184	53
Black-and-white Warbler	49	25
Common Yellowthroat	75	30
Wilson's Warbler	3	2
Summer Tanager	3	3
Western Tanager	2	2
Eastern Towhee	2,419	1,171
Chipping Sparrow	11,285	1,026
Field Sparrow	1,254	222
Vesper Sparrow	31	7
Savannah Sparrow	619	84
Grasshopper Sparrow	10	5
Henslow's Sparrow	2	2
Le Conte's Sparrow	6	1
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow	8	3
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow	2	2
Seaside Sparrow	9	3
Fox Sparrow	139	67
Song Sparrow	2,499	661
Lincoln's Sparrow	13	5
Swamp Sparrow	214	49
White-throated Sparrow	2,544	760
White-crowned Sparrow	251	68
Dark-eyed Junco	3,524	899
Northern Cardinal	15,814	3,001
Indigo Bunting	25	14
Painted Bunting	8	5
Red-winged Blackbird	12,414	677
Eastern Meadowlark	561	52
Rusty Blackbird	670	28
Brewer's Blackbird	296	28
Common Grackle	5,956	403
Boat-tailed Grackle	1,077	63
Brown-headed Cowbird	1,321	154
Baltimore Oriole	155	50
Purple Finch	2,138	568
House Finch	7,160	1,647
Red Crossbill	16	6
Pine Siskin	9,280	784
American Goldfinch	21,124	1,935
House Sparrow	2,101	374
Total	257,573

A total of 208 species were reported.

See list of localities in Georgia 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.