Indian Mountain Christmas Bird Count
Compiler: Don Heikkila
Assistant Compiler: Lisa Hardy - for 2021 Bob Kemp
January 4, 2010 - January 2, 2011 – January 2, 2012 - January 5, 2013 January 5, 2014 -
January 3, 2015 - January 5, 2016 - January 5, 2017- January 2019 - Jamuay 5, 2020 - January 2, 2021
AmSPECIES | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
Greater White-fronted Goose1 | 1 | 1 |
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Cackling Goose | 13 |
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Canada Goose | 5150 |
1325 |
8240 |
5283 |
1709 |
6559 |
2614 |
235 |
1002 |
2320 |
4652 |
2875 |
Trumpeter Swan | 1 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
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Tundra Swan | 1 |
6 |
37 |
14 |
2 |
4 |
37 |
4 |
13 |
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Swan sp | 9 |
5 |
3 |
17 |
12 |
4 |
1 |
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Gadwall | 10 |
102 |
37 |
94 |
161 |
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American Wigeon | 33 |
80 |
459 |
92 |
198 |
9 |
1352 |
3797 |
4049 |
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Green-winged Teal | 10 |
6 |
8 |
64 |
8 |
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Mallard | 79 |
35 |
2042 |
1189 |
148 |
88 |
12 |
24 |
117 |
598 |
3027 |
758 |
Northern Shoveler | 4 |
70 |
33 |
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Northern Pintail | cw |
2 |
27 |
296 |
3 |
8 |
1 |
372 |
247 |
1208 |
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Ring-necked Duck | 105 |
2 |
38 |
11 |
30 |
10 |
5 |
81 |
117 |
704 |
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Canvasback | 1 |
1 |
4 |
11 |
10 |
42 |
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Redhead | 38 |
1 |
18 |
4 |
11 |
65 |
196 |
260 |
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Lesser Scaup | 13 |
2 |
12 |
4 |
3 |
32 |
72 |
73 |
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Greater Scaup | 4 |
15 |
1 |
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Bufflehead | 40 |
14 |
93 |
192 |
66 |
4 |
28 |
1 |
14 |
113 |
151 |
168 |
Common Goldeneye | 59 |
7 |
104 |
123 |
76 |
44 |
91 |
43 |
222 |
207 |
120 |
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Barrow's Goleneye | 9 |
3 |
8 |
4 |
17 |
9 |
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Hooded Merganser | 64 |
17 |
45 |
15 |
19 |
33 |
13 |
4 |
21 |
31 |
146 |
109 |
Common Merganser | 265 |
216 |
84 |
21 |
9 |
751 |
4 |
177 |
279 |
199 |
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Red-Breasted Merganser | 2 |
4 |
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Ruddy Duck | 5 |
1 |
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duck sp | 6 |
13 |
25 |
1 |
300 |
700 |
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California Quail | 54 |
183 |
105 |
365 |
139 |
81 |
259 |
228 |
148 |
236 |
158 |
88 |
Ring-necked Pheasant | 13 |
4 |
16 |
20 |
5 |
9 |
2 |
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Ruffed Grouse | 10 |
2 |
4 |
13 |
23 |
1 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
10 |
6 |
Wild Turkey | 137 |
134 |
188 |
207 |
261 |
136 |
161 |
157 |
178 |
14 |
195 |
57 |
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) | 56 |
62 |
53 |
9 |
99 |
11 |
12 |
52 |
83 |
68 |
53 |
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Pied-billed Grebe | 8 |
9 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
8 |
17 |
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Horned Grebe | 5 |
7 |
12 |
2 |
12 |
1 |
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Western Grebe | 3 |
51 |
140 |
26 |
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Red-necked Grebe | 1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Common Loon | 1 |
1 |
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Golden Eagle | 1 |
2 |
2 |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk | 3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Cooper's Hawk | 3 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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Northern Goshawk | 1 |
1 |
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Northern Harrier | 1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
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Bald Eagle - adult | 17 |
6 |
30 |
32 |
17 |
18 |
21 |
7 |
25 |
27 |
36 |
14 |
Bald Eagle - immature | 4 |
17 |
16 |
7 |
2 |
6 |
17 |
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Bald Eagle Unidentified | 13 |
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Red-tailed Hawk | 10 |
33 |
28 |
23 |
39 |
21 |
15 |
22 |
34 |
32 |
22 |
8 |
Rough-legged Hawk | 1 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
41 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
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Buteo, sp. | 2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
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American Coot | 11 |
88 |
3202 |
1145 |
285 |
63 |
61 |
51 |
1223 |
130 |
2200 |
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Killdeer | 7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
12 |
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Wilson's Snipe | 1 |
1 |
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Ring-billed Gull | 90 |
13 |
47 |
35 |
1 |
148 |
194 |
123 |
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California Gull | 4 |
21 |
10 |
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Herring Gull | 1 |
4 |
40 |
150 |
25 |
23 |
395 |
68 |
153 |
30 |
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Bonaparte's Gull | 2 |
2 |
12 |
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Lesser-black backed Gull | 2 |
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gull sp. | 149 |
3 |
138 |
79 |
79 |
140 |
52 |
151 |
30 |
174 |
166 |
195 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 2 |
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Rock Pigeon | 1 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
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Mourning Dove | 24 |
9 |
9 |
20 |
15 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
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Eurasian Collared-Dove | 16 |
5 |
8 |
5 |
15 |
24 |
14 |
28 |
42 |
15 |
2 |
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Barred Owl | cw |
1 |
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Short-eared Owl | cw |
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Northern Saw-whet Owl | 1 |
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Great Horned Owl | 3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
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Northern Pygmy- Owl | 1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Belted Kingfisher | 2 |
2 |
12 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
6 |
6 |
Downy Woodpecker | 3 |
10 |
6 |
15 |
3 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
4 |
8 |
3 |
Hairy Woodpecker | 3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker | 32 |
37 |
37 |
36 |
42 |
30 |
39 |
43 |
48 |
31 |
34 |
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23 |
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Pileated Woodpecker | 2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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American Kestrel | 1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
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Melin | 1 |
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Northern Shrike | 3 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
Gray Jay | 1 |
cw |
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Steller's Jay | 7 |
5 |
10 |
6 |
1 |
11 |
6 |
1 |
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Blue Jay | 2 |
2 |
cw |
4 |
5 |
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Black-billed Magpie | 64 |
53 |
50 |
47 |
66 |
39 |
44 |
27 |
61 |
`108 |
79 |
23 |
American Crow | 12 |
83 |
10 |
108 |
108 |
22 |
14 |
41 |
14 |
46 |
33 |
10 |
Common Raven | 107 |
65 |
65 |
108 |
92 |
79 |
83 |
72 |
94 |
73 |
76 |
43 |
Black-capped Chickadee | 88 |
75 |
121 |
121 |
193 |
143 |
143 |
99 |
162 |
183 |
189 |
97 |
Mountain Chickadee | 6 |
14 |
11 |
10 |
25 |
3 |
9 |
4 |
12 |
27 |
18 |
8 |
Chestnut-backed Chickadee | 11 |
5 |
5 |
18 |
8 |
13 |
11 |
3 |
20 |
25 |
35 |
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Chickadee sp. | 13 |
3 |
1`0 |
18 |
10 |
4 |
17 |
6 |
15 |
7 |
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Horned Lark | 10 |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch | 20 |
25 |
27 |
19 |
31 |
38 |
22 |
48 |
53 |
63 |
53 |
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White-breasted Nuthatch | cw |
2 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
10 |
2 |
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Pygmy Nuthatch | 2 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
41 |
134 |
37 |
5 |
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Brown Creeper | 1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
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Marsh Wren | 1 |
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Bewick's Wren | 1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
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Pacific Wren | 2 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
cw |
6 |
2 |
7 |
8 |
6 |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | 16 |
18 |
14 |
31 |
30 |
24 |
6 |
62 |
68 |
34 |
43 |
49 |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 2 |
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Townsend's Solitaire | 3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
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American Robin | 21 |
1 |
6 |
73 |
1 |
210 |
6 |
11 |
242 |
116 |
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Varied Thrush | 1 |
4 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
61 |
1 |
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European Starling | 5 |
84 |
128 |
130 |
46 |
28 |
15 |
29 |
177 |
39 |
28 |
66 |
Bohemian Waxwing | 178 |
99 |
376 |
184 |
17 |
200 |
55 |
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Cedar Waxwing | 68 |
300 |
65 |
83 |
1 |
20 |
2 |
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Waxwing sp | 180 |
35 |
25 |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler | 2 |
1 |
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Spotted Towhee | 1 |
2 |
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American Tree Sparrow | 1 |
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Song Sparrow | 12 |
30 |
20 |
40 |
38 |
32 |
50 |
38 |
31 |
20 |
18 |
22 |
White-crowned Sparrow | 2 |
2 |
1 |
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White-throated Sparrow | 3 |
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Dark-eyed Junco | 22 |
15 |
11 |
73 |
50 |
71 |
46 |
291 |
22 |
130 |
7 |
194 |
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco | 39 |
104 |
54 |
53 |
22 |
35 |
30 |
60 |
46 |
3 |
57 |
180 |
Dark-eyed (Slate-c) Junco | 4 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
1422 |
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Dark-eyed (Cassiar) |
3 |
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Red-winged Blackbird | 3 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
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Rusty Blackbird | 2 |
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Red Crossbill | 20 |
4 |
3 |
15 |
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Pine Grosbeak | 3 |
81 |
17 |
15 |
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Cassin’s Finch | 4 |
11 |
2 |
7 |
3 |
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House Finch | 57 |
79 |
11 |
55 |
56 |
33 |
27 |
43 |
87 |
54 |
42 |
17 |
Common Redpoll | 135 |
56 |
70 |
7 |
15 |
303 |
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Pine Siskin | 3 |
18 |
35 |
20 |
5 |
30 |
35 |
6 |
60 |
307 |
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American Goldfinch | 30 |
27 |
20 |
48 |
49 |
38 |
37 |
40 |
41 |
23 |
51 |
1 |
Evening Grosbeak | 60 |
12 |
32 |
2 |
6 |
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House Sparrow | 23 |
13 |
70 |
8 |
63 |
23 |
16 |
4 |
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Total Speoies | 82 |
64 |
64 |
76 |
70 |
60 |
67 |
49 |
61 1cw |
76 |
76 |
73 |
Total Individuals | 7563 |
8897 |
16103 |
13,296 |
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Number of Observers | 8 |
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party hours on foot | 8 |
5.5 |
8 |
8.08 |
9 |
3.1 |
6.75 |
15.5 |
18.7 |
14.5 |
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party hours by car | 20.05 |
30.3 |
33.25 |
21.5 |
36.35 |
29.3 |
27 |
26 |
32 |
27.75 |
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party hour in feild | 50.7 |
35.5 |
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Feeder watcher hours |
? |
? |
11 |
8.5 |
8 |
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Owling hours |
? |
? |
0.25 |
.75 |
2.5 |
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total hours | 28.05 |
25.8 |
54.5 |
38.08 |
45.85 |
21 |
36.9 |
32.4 |
34.5 |
44 |
135.9 |
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miles on foot | 6.2 |
4.5 |
6.5 |
4 |
4.5 |
3.1 |
4.75 |
12.5 |
13.6 |
8.5 |
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miles by car | 165.5 |
229.3 |
307.5 |
164.8 |
229.53 |
270.9 |
243.3 |
230 |
275.7 |
225.5 |
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total miles | 171.7 |
233.8 |
314 |
168.8 |
233.8 |
274 |
248 |
243.5 |
289.3 |
234 |
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Cloudy - a.m. p.m. |
P/Cloudy |
cloudy fog Partly sunny |
clear |
clear |
clear |
clear |
overcast
light snow |
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rain - p.m. \ | ||||||||||||
temp. 34-38 | 27-Oct |
30-37 |
31-35 |
24-31 |
23-28 |
2-28 |
-10-18 |
22-31 |
31-39 |
32-43 |
28-36 |
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Wind 0-5 mpr | 0-5 |
0-5 |
0 |
0-5 |
0-5 |
0-5 |
0-10 |
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still water - partly open | m/frozen |
M/Frozen |
frozen |
mosty frozen |
frozen |
mostly frozen |
80%open |
open |
70%open |
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moving - partly frozen | P/open |
M/Open |
partly frozen |
open |
mostly frozen |
nmostly open |
0pen |
open |
open |
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snow depth | 6"-15" | 0-8" | 0-3" |
0-2" |
0-3" |
Field Participants
John Bison '14
Mike Blackbird '14'18-'19
Kris Buchler’10’11’12 '13'16'17
Janet Callen’10’11'13'1516'17-'19'20
Roland Craft ’10’11’12'13'14
Linda Wright ’10
Lisa Hardy’10’11'13'14''1516'17'18'20
Don Heikkila’10’11 ‘12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21
Eula Hickham’10
Mtch Kamphaus '14
Helen Kevo’10’11’12'13'14
Wayne Melquist’10’11’12'13 '14'16'18'19'20
Nancy Mertz '14
Ellen Scriven ’10’11’12'13'17'18'19'20
Shirley Sturts’10’11’12'14'16'17'18'20
Bill Gundlach ’10’12'19
Theresa Potts '14'18
Dan Ratza ’11'13 '14'19
Gayle Wehlacz’11'13
Mary Wehlacz ’11'13
Linda Taylor ‘12
John Scarola’12
Karen Williams’12
Matt Thurley ’12'13
Rose Marie Tiffancy '12
Macella Hanson '12'17
Robert Hanson ‘12'15'16 '17
Kevin Ames ‘12
Donni Moen '13'14'15'16'18'20
Mary Deasy'13'16
Janet Rhodes '13
Cheyanne Risch '14
Debbie Risch '14
Nick Risch '14
Linda Wolovich '17
Bob Kemp '17'18'19'20'21
Carrie Hugo '17'18
Dick Cripe '16'17''19'20
Barbara Christofferson '17
Angelo Bissell '16
Jerry Collins '16
Darilyn Dirkson '16
Pau Dirkson '16
Michaelus Elliot '16
Helon Muffy '16
George Sayler '16
Katie Sayler '16
Jeff Ribiera '16
Sally Jones Gundlach'15 '19
Doug Ward '19'20'21
Karen Ward '19
Kas Dumroese '20
Nicklass Dumroese '20
Neil Paprocki '20
Johnna Elers '20
Charles Swift '20'21
Sally Gundlach '20
Randy and Deb Bell '21
CarlLundblad '21
Shelly Hicks'21
Feeder watchers
Donni Moen ‘11’12
Angelo Billell ‘11’12
Donna&Katie Dack ‘11’12
Dave&Yvonmne Spice ‘11’12
Carrie and Jarry Hugo '13'14'20
Carol Jensen '13'15'20