Great Backyard Bird Count: 2009 Results: Michigan

2009 Results: Michigan

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

See list of localities in Michigan with reports.

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Greater White-fronted Goose	1	1
Snow Goose	11	3
Canada Goose	8,805	251
Mute Swan	3,164	122
Trumpeter Swan	247	24
Tundra Swan	58	8
Wood Duck	17	9
Gadwall	111	9
American Wigeon	26	6
American Black Duck	205	38
Mallard	11,293	295
Northern Shoveler	1	1
Northern Pintail	7	3
Green-winged Teal	21	2
Canvasback	892	27
Redhead	3,863	28
Ring-necked Duck	44	9
Greater Scaup	795	18
Lesser Scaup	498	11
White-winged Scoter	4	2
Black Scoter	4	1
Long-tailed Duck	3,903	13
Bufflehead	953	59
Common Goldeneye	3,930	83
Hooded Merganser	186	29
Common Merganser	4,554	86
Red-breasted Merganser	163	21
Ring-necked Pheasant	52	33
Ruffed Grouse	131	63
Spruce Grouse	6	3
Sharp-tailed Grouse	22	3
Wild Turkey	2,858	214
Pied-billed Grebe	5	4
Horned Grebe	7	5
Great Blue Heron	48	27
Black-crowned Night-Heron	2	1
Turkey Vulture	77	29
Bald Eagle	218	111
Northern Harrier	16	14
Sharp-shinned Hawk	95	90
Cooper's Hawk	233	219
Northern Goshawk	3	3
Red-shouldered Hawk	16	15
Red-tailed Hawk	433	285
Rough-legged Hawk	54	32
Golden Eagle	5	4
American Kestrel	48	40
Merlin	8	7
Peregrine Falcon	10	8
American Coot	352	9
Sandhill Crane	53	28
Killdeer	8	4
Wilson's Snipe	1	1
Ring-billed Gull	2,134	60
Herring Gull	3,629	69
Glaucous Gull	5	4
Great Black-backed Gull	22	9
Rock Pigeon	2,605	191
Mourning Dove	13,229	1,734
Eastern Screech-Owl	24	22
Great Horned Owl	34	29
Snowy Owl	22	15
Northern Hawk Owl	4	3
Barred Owl	20	17
Great Gray Owl	1	1
Long-eared Owl	2	2
Belted Kingfisher	8	7
Red-headed Woodpecker	34	28
Red-bellied Woodpecker	1,707	1,211
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	10	10
Downy Woodpecker	3,908	1,872
Hairy Woodpecker	1,519	903
Northern Flicker	373	284
Pileated Woodpecker	289	222
Northern Shrike	28	25
Gray Jay	44	12
Blue Jay	5,968	1,589
American Crow	54,542	986
Common Raven	263	88
Horned Lark	1,007	56
Black-capped Chickadee	10,877	2,304
Boreal Chickadee	13	2
Tufted Titmouse	3,360	1,288
Red-breasted Nuthatch	1,090	562
White-breasted Nuthatch	3,087	1,557
Brown Creeper	138	113
Carolina Wren	169	127
Golden-crowned Kinglet	20	13
Eastern Bluebird	563	140
Hermit Thrush	1	1
American Robin	915	167
Varied Thrush	1	1
Brown Thrasher	1	1
European Starling	16,462	688
American Pipit	1	1
Bohemian Waxwing	710	6
Cedar Waxwing	1,056	71
Yellow-rumped Warbler	2	2
Eastern Towhee	28	13
American Tree Sparrow	4,430	666
Field Sparrow	2	2
Fox Sparrow	13	9
Song Sparrow	521	162
Swamp Sparrow	2	2
White-throated Sparrow	169	78
White-crowned Sparrow	100	42
Dark-eyed Junco	10,053	1,662
Snow Bunting	342	25
Northern Cardinal	8,707	1,921
Red-winged Blackbird	296	73
Eastern Meadowlark	1	1
Rusty Blackbird	13	4
Common Grackle	565	83
Brown-headed Cowbird	618	49
Pine Grosbeak	342	35
Purple Finch	1,770	432
House Finch	5,439	1,026
Red Crossbill	26	4
White-winged Crossbill	390	60
Common Redpoll	5,589	489
Hoary Redpoll	4	2
Pine Siskin	16,468	792
American Goldfinch	21,571	1,869
Evening Grosbeak	717	30
House Sparrow	12,529	1,127
Total	269,119

A total of 125 species were reported.

See list of localities in Michigan 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.