Great Backyard Bird Count: 2009 Results: Louisiana

2009 Results: Louisiana

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

See list of localities in Louisiana with reports.

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	368	3
Fulvous Whistling-Duck	12	1
Greater White-fronted Goose	135	2
Snow Goose	2,340	8
Ross's Goose	8	3
Canada Goose	174	20
Wood Duck	402	73
Gadwall	367	15
American Wigeon	19	3
Mallard	504	37
Mottled Duck	8	3
Blue-winged Teal	1,105	4
Northern Shoveler	598	6
Northern Pintail	53	5
Green-winged Teal	134	4
Canvasback	68	5
Ring-necked Duck	941	19
Lesser Scaup	4,196	16
Bufflehead	139	8
Common Goldeneye	3	1
Hooded Merganser	25	5
Ruddy Duck	781	6
Wild Turkey	15	4
Northern Bobwhite	33	4
Common Loon	9	3
Pied-billed Grebe	206	40
Horned Grebe	27	6
American White Pelican	1,475	17
Brown Pelican	61	9
Neotropic Cormorant	33	3
Double-crested Cormorant	1,983	62
Anhinga	120	22
American Bittern	2	1
Great Blue Heron	197	66
Great Egret	487	88
Snowy Egret	312	27
Little Blue Heron	52	13
Tricolored Heron	19	10
Cattle Egret	326	25
Green Heron	5	3
Black-crowned Night-Heron	8	3
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	6	2
White Ibis	1,158	22
Glossy Ibis	158	8
White-faced Ibis	202	2
Roseate Spoonbill	75	4
Black Vulture	322	54
Turkey Vulture	567	93
Osprey	17	11
White-tailed Kite	1	1
Bald Eagle	119	16
Northern Harrier	33	17
Sharp-shinned Hawk	9	8
Cooper's Hawk	33	27
Red-shouldered Hawk	120	60
Red-tailed Hawk	175	82
Crested Caracara	4	1
American Kestrel	55	31
Merlin	1	1
Peregrine Falcon	3	2
Sora	4	1
Common Moorhen	188	6
American Coot	3,025	32
Sandhill Crane	195	2
Killdeer	426	57
Black-necked Stilt	25	2
American Avocet	20	2
Spotted Sandpiper	1	1
Lesser Yellowlegs	1	1
Wilson's Snipe	115	13
American Woodcock	14	6
Bonaparte's Gull	75	2
Laughing Gull	569	22
Ring-billed Gull	2,650	34
Herring Gull	126	9
Caspian Tern	7	2
Forster's Tern	119	9
Royal Tern	3	2
Black Skimmer	247	1
Rock Pigeon	1,132	36
Eurasian Collared-Dove	276	81
White-winged Dove	341	41
Mourning Dove	1,634	288
Inca Dove	104	30
Common Ground-Dove	27	11
Monk Parakeet	35	6
Greater Roadrunner	2	2
Barn Owl	6	5
Eastern Screech-Owl	5	4
Great Horned Owl	14	9
Barred Owl	34	23
Broad-billed Hummingbird	1	1
Buff-bellied Hummingbird	11	11
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	17	11
Black-chinned Hummingbird	13	8
Calliope Hummingbird	1	1
Rufous Hummingbird	30	19
Allen's Hummingbird	1	1
Belted Kingfisher	47	33
Red-headed Woodpecker	62	40
Red-bellied Woodpecker	367	184
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	88	58
Downy Woodpecker	172	110
Hairy Woodpecker	25	20
Red-cockaded Woodpecker	1	1
Northern Flicker	125	52
Pileated Woodpecker	87	52
Eastern Phoebe	129	62
Loggerhead Shrike	54	37
White-eyed Vireo	5	5
Blue-headed Vireo	18	13
Blue Jay	1,086	266
American Crow	2,513	195
Fish Crow	172	39
Horned Lark	21	1
Purple Martin	110	29
Tree Swallow	208	4
Carolina Chickadee	900	260
Tufted Titmouse	604	184
Red-breasted Nuthatch	3	2
White-breasted Nuthatch	23	14
Brown-headed Nuthatch	87	37
Brown Creeper	14	11
Carolina Wren	569	194
Bewick's Wren	2	1
House Wren	55	25
Winter Wren	7	6
Sedge Wren	5	4
Marsh Wren	6	3
Golden-crowned Kinglet	81	20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	250	85
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	15	8
Eastern Bluebird	580	124
Hermit Thrush	68	29
American Robin	1,988	108
Gray Catbird	16	11
Northern Mockingbird	637	252
Brown Thrasher	139	77
European Starling	1,784	104
American Pipit	282	10
Cedar Waxwing	1,653	56
Orange-crowned Warbler	92	39
Yellow-rumped Warbler	1,685	163
Pine Warbler	461	96
Palm Warbler	9	5
Common Yellowthroat	28	12
Wilson's Warbler	3	3
Eastern Towhee	84	39
Bachman's Sparrow	17	4
Chipping Sparrow	2,304	141
Field Sparrow	178	27
Vesper Sparrow	23	7
Savannah Sparrow	373	25
Henslow's Sparrow	7	2
Le Conte's Sparrow	17	4
Seaside Sparrow	1	1
Fox Sparrow	32	12
Song Sparrow	246	56
Lincoln's Sparrow	4	3
Swamp Sparrow	191	27
White-throated Sparrow	1,384	147
Harris's Sparrow	17	7
White-crowned Sparrow	129	13
Dark-eyed Junco	634	88
Lapland Longspur	17	1
Northern Cardinal	2,423	343
Painted Bunting	6	6
Dickcissel	2	2
Red-winged Blackbird	6,000	145
Eastern Meadowlark	212	22
Western Meadowlark	6	2
Rusty Blackbird	183	6
Brewer's Blackbird	519	9
Common Grackle	9,499	105
Boat-tailed Grackle	236	8
Great-tailed Grackle	40	1
Bronzed Cowbird	1	1
Brown-headed Cowbird	1,969	64
Baltimore Oriole	2	2
Purple Finch	77	20
House Finch	399	113
Pine Siskin	655	57
American Goldfinch	2,096	182
House Sparrow	1,432	170
Total	81,053

A total of 184 species were reported.

See list of localities in Louisiana 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.