Great Backyard Bird Count: 2009 Results: Montana

2009 Results: Montana

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

See list of localities in Montana with reports.

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Snow Goose	1	1
Cackling Goose	1	1
Canada Goose	18,600	141
Trumpeter Swan	27	6
Tundra Swan	33	6
Wood Duck	35	2
Gadwall	59	8
American Wigeon	52	6
Mallard	5,901	100
Northern Pintail	129	8
Green-winged Teal	113	7
Canvasback	1	1
Redhead	96	5
Ring-necked Duck	264	13
Greater Scaup	18	1
Lesser Scaup	27	7
Long-tailed Duck	1	1
Bufflehead	377	31
Common Goldeneye	2,208	63
Barrow's Goldeneye	74	9
Hooded Merganser	57	15
Common Merganser	403	23
Ruddy Duck	8	3
Gray Partridge	116	14
Ring-necked Pheasant	499	76
Ruffed Grouse	20	11
Spruce Grouse	2	1
Sharp-tailed Grouse	485	31
Wild Turkey	518	29
California Quail	218	7
Common Loon	1	1
Pied-billed Grebe	12	6
Great Blue Heron	32	14
Bald Eagle	398	127
Northern Harrier	25	14
Sharp-shinned Hawk	30	27
Cooper's Hawk	2	1
Northern Goshawk	9	9
Red-tailed Hawk	165	66
Ferruginous Hawk	1	1
Rough-legged Hawk	240	86
Golden Eagle	70	42
American Kestrel	13	10
Merlin	7	7
Prairie Falcon	8	7
Virginia Rail	4	2
American Coot	1,464	17
Killdeer	6	2
Wilson's Snipe	3	2
Ring-billed Gull	50	1
Herring Gull	152	3
Thayer's Gull	1	1
Iceland Gull	1	1
Glaucous Gull	1	1
Rock Pigeon	3,594	103
Eurasian Collared-Dove	327	53
Mourning Dove	567	43
Eastern Screech-Owl	4	2
Great Horned Owl	63	39
Snowy Owl	1	1
Northern Pygmy-Owl	3	3
Great Gray Owl	3	3
Long-eared Owl	1	1
Short-eared Owl	6	3
Northern Saw-whet Owl	2	2
Belted Kingfisher	15	12
Downy Woodpecker	312	159
Hairy Woodpecker	194	98
American Three-toed Woodpecker	6	2
Northern Flicker	538	218
Pileated Woodpecker	39	30
Northern Shrike	14	14
Gray Jay	85	33
Steller's Jay	258	52
Blue Jay	54	21
Pinyon Jay	289	14
Clark's Nutcracker	265	71
Black-billed Magpie	1,268	243
American Crow	409	81
Common Raven	990	153
Horned Lark	562	28
Black-capped Chickadee	1,420	290
Mountain Chickadee	622	115
Chestnut-backed Chickadee	77	16
Boreal Chickadee	7	3
Red-breasted Nuthatch	574	153
White-breasted Nuthatch	99	57
Pygmy Nuthatch	154	44
Brown Creeper	18	16
Canyon Wren	1	1
Winter Wren	2	2
Marsh Wren	4	2
American Dipper	19	11
Townsend's Solitaire	45	37
American Robin	946	77
Varied Thrush	1	1
European Starling	2,892	93
Bohemian Waxwing	2,883	29
Cedar Waxwing	378	17
Spotted Towhee	2	1
American Tree Sparrow	190	29
Song Sparrow	76	40
White-throated Sparrow	5	2
Harris's Sparrow	2	2
White-crowned Sparrow	9	4
Dark-eyed Junco	480	77
Snow Bunting	30	4
Red-winged Blackbird	848	41
Brewer's Blackbird	38	2
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch	2,063	22
Pine Grosbeak	233	24
Purple Finch	3	3
Cassin's Finch	86	14
House Finch	1,966	175
Red Crossbill	683	54
White-winged Crossbill	8	4
Common Redpoll	851	34
Pine Siskin	572	55
American Goldfinch	353	47
Evening Grosbeak	379	24
House Sparrow	3,945	162
Total	65,871

A total of 121 species were reported.

See list of localities in Montana 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.