Great Backyard Bird Count: 2009 Results: Washington

2009 Results: Washington

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

See list of localities in Washington with reports.

Species [taxonomic] [alphabetic]	Number of Birds	Number of Checklists Reporting the Species
Greater White-fronted Goose	89	12
Snow Goose	22,322	15
Brant	5,310	57
Cackling Goose	9,639	131
Canada Goose	27,100	542
Mute Swan	3	3
Trumpeter Swan	5,284	80
Tundra Swan	1,571	20
Wood Duck	414	72
Gadwall	938	174
Eurasian Wigeon	219	42
American Wigeon	22,597	348
Mallard	16,499	694
Cinnamon Teal	8	5
Northern Shoveler	792	97
Northern Pintail	6,234	162
Green-winged Teal	5,518	220
Canvasback	404	36
Redhead	246	9
Ring-necked Duck	1,301	187
Tufted Duck	1	1
Greater Scaup	1,253	66
Lesser Scaup	2,194	135
Harlequin Duck	290	45
Surf Scoter	2,795	115
White-winged Scoter	742	38
Black Scoter	40	9
Long-tailed Duck	115	24
Bufflehead	7,013	496
Common Goldeneye	2,401	301
Barrow's Goldeneye	1,477	171
Hooded Merganser	907	213
Common Merganser	2,905	268
Red-breasted Merganser	712	95
Ruddy Duck	863	39
Chukar	14	2
Gray Partridge	18	2
Ring-necked Pheasant	127	60
Ruffed Grouse	18	9
Sharp-tailed Grouse	8	1
Wild Turkey	452	21
California Quail	4,445	270
Red-throated Loon	340	23
Pacific Loon	267	25
Common Loon	271	86
Yellow-billed Loon	4	4
Pied-billed Grebe	1,139	207
Horned Grebe	638	169
Red-necked Grebe	171	45
Eared Grebe	92	26
Western Grebe	3,148	190
Clark's Grebe	10	7
American White Pelican	19	4
Brandt's Cormorant	230	47
Double-crested Cormorant	4,860	326
Pelagic Cormorant	295	40
American Bittern	8	7
Great Blue Heron	3,262	431
Great Egret	4	4
Green Heron	149	87
Turkey Vulture	16	14
Osprey	4	4
Bald Eagle	1,586	551
Northern Harrier	170	102
Sharp-shinned Hawk	223	198
Cooper's Hawk	219	177
Northern Goshawk	8	6
Red-tailed Hawk	754	424
Ferruginous Hawk	1	1
Rough-legged Hawk	59	26
Golden Eagle	7	6
American Kestrel	177	98
Merlin	45	43
Gyrfalcon	2	2
Peregrine Falcon	41	37
Prairie Falcon	5	4
Virginia Rail	47	28
American Coot	12,820	276
Black-bellied Plover	497	10
Killdeer	335	110
Black Oystercatcher	68	23
Spotted Sandpiper	4	4
Greater Yellowlegs	26	10
Marbled Godwit	5	5
Black Turnstone	83	6
Surfbird	57	1
Sanderling	698	35
Western Sandpiper	202	28
Dunlin	13,392	46
Long-billed Dowitcher	15	1
Wilson's Snipe	29	14
Bonaparte's Gull	98	6
Mew Gull	4,796	193
Ring-billed Gull	1,858	166
Western Gull	813	132
California Gull	932	113
Herring Gull	2,442	154
Thayer's Gull	276	50
Glaucous-winged Gull	8,795	345
Glaucous Gull	10	10
Common Murre	174	11
Pigeon Guillemot	433	57
Marbled Murrelet	218	14
Ancient Murrelet	1	1
Rhinoceros Auklet	14	7
Rock Pigeon	5,132	341
Band-tailed Pigeon	718	129
Eurasian Collared-Dove	103	22
Mourning Dove	1,858	287
Barn Owl	28	25
Western Screech-Owl	12	11
Great Horned Owl	96	63
Snowy Owl	2	1
Northern Hawk Owl	2	2
Northern Pygmy-Owl	14	13
Spotted Owl	2	2
Barred Owl	35	30
Long-eared Owl	10	1
Short-eared Owl	2	2
Northern Saw-whet Owl	25	18
Anna's Hummingbird	1,069	594
Rufous Hummingbird	67	50
Belted Kingfisher	228	177
Lewis's Woodpecker	50	5
Red-breasted Sapsucker	169	135
Downy Woodpecker	760	514
Hairy Woodpecker	448	303
White-headed Woodpecker	10	8
Northern Flicker	2,280	1,078
Pileated Woodpecker	229	175
Say's Phoebe	8	4
Northern Shrike	36	31
Hutton's Vireo	37	21
Gray Jay	17	6
Steller's Jay	3,026	971
Western Scrub-Jay	328	135
Clark's Nutcracker	45	9
Black-billed Magpie	1,083	180
American Crow	137,069	1,063
Northwestern Crow	2,118	174
Common Raven	797	267
Horned Lark	862	11
Tree Swallow	11	7
Violet-green Swallow	2	1
Barn Swallow	17	6
Black-capped Chickadee	7,342	1,601
Mountain Chickadee	585	125
Chestnut-backed Chickadee	4,425	1,012
Bushtit	5,854	433
Red-breasted Nuthatch	1,816	892
White-breasted Nuthatch	96	52
Pygmy Nuthatch	200	46
Brown Creeper	278	149
Rock Wren	3	2
Canyon Wren	2	1
Bewick's Wren	773	375
Winter Wren	839	270
Marsh Wren	136	70
American Dipper	67	49
Golden-crowned Kinglet	1,798	255
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1,514	290
Western Bluebird	17	5
Townsend's Solitaire	4	4
Hermit Thrush	41	27
American Robin	316,598	1,246
Varied Thrush	1,360	577
European Starling	36,171	740
American Pipit	13	8
Bohemian Waxwing	253	8
Cedar Waxwing	397	38
Orange-crowned Warbler	20	19
Yellow-rumped Warbler	220	107
Townsend's Warbler	297	219
Spotted Towhee	3,507	1,171
American Tree Sparrow	17	9
Sage Sparrow	13	2
Savannah Sparrow	77	32
Fox Sparrow	810	425
Song Sparrow	3,432	1,068
Lincoln's Sparrow	41	25
Swamp Sparrow	14	11
White-throated Sparrow	52	34
Harris's Sparrow	4	3
White-crowned Sparrow	1,418	260
Golden-crowned Sparrow	1,374	341
Dark-eyed Junco	18,669	1,902
Lapland Longspur	12	3
Snow Bunting	20	1
Red-winged Blackbird	5,504	581
Western Meadowlark	55	28
Rusty Blackbird	1	1
Brewer's Blackbird	2,114	170
Brown-headed Cowbird	407	109
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch	24	1
Pine Grosbeak	102	12
Purple Finch	1,415	317
Cassin's Finch	44	12
House Finch	8,037	1,119
Red Crossbill	199	34
White-winged Crossbill	25	3
Common Redpoll	206	5
Pine Siskin	5,548	547
Lesser Goldfinch	9	4
American Goldfinch	4,471	399
Evening Grosbeak	1,088	93
House Sparrow	9,012	772
Total	830,285

A total of 206 species were reported.

See list of localities in Washington 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.