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SPIRIT LAKE
CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT 1997-2010
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1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
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Canada Goose |
15 |
76 |
|
95 |
10 |
43 |
87 |
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73 |
4 |
58 |
79 |
61 |
72 |
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Tundra Swan |
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2 |
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American
Wigeon |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Mallard |
250 |
204 |
139 |
104 |
98 |
118 |
135 |
17 |
66 |
78 |
61 |
164 |
118 |
85 |
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Redhead |
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1 |
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Ring-necked
Duck |
1 |
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2 |
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Greater
Scaup |
2 |
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2 |
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Lesser Scaup |
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1 |
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1 |
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Long-tailed
Duck |
3 |
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1 |
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1 |
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Bufflehead |
9 |
14 |
30 |
4 |
12 |
13 |
44 |
14 |
21 |
46 |
20 |
15 |
8 |
30 |
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Common
Goldeneye |
24 |
9 |
30 |
14 |
12 |
30 |
13 |
6 |
25 |
33 |
26 |
12 |
11 |
15 |
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Barrow's
Goldeneye |
4 |
|
5 |
14 |
5 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
10 |
11 |
14 |
7 |
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Hooded
Merganser |
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1 |
16 |
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Common
Merganser |
140 |
36 |
66 |
8 |
14 |
8 |
2 |
8 |
13 |
2 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
26 |
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Red-breasted
Merganser |
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1 |
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Ring-necked
Pheasant |
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1 |
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1 |
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Ruffed
Grouse |
14 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
6 |
11 |
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3 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
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Wild Turkey |
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|
42 |
15 |
63 |
7 |
16 |
109 |
110 |
122 |
159 |
244 |
81 |
104 |
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California
Quail |
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|
3 |
|
5 |
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86 |
6 |
|
23 |
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Common Loon |
|
4 |
3 |
|
1 |
3 |
2 |
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9 |
1 |
1 |
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Pied-billed
Grebe |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
1 |
3 |
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3 |
2 |
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Horned Grebe
|
46 |
31 |
65 |
57 |
41 |
30 |
53 |
|
24 |
49 |
74 |
55 |
83 |
61 |
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Red-necked
Grebe |
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4 |
3 |
|
10 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
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Western
Grebe |
3 |
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1 |
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Eared Grebe |
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1 |
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Double-crested
Cormorant |
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1 |
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Great Blue
Heron |
3 |
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2 |
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3 |
1 |
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1 |
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Bald Eagle
adult |
|
2 |
10 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
7 |
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Immature |
7 |
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1 |
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1 |
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1 |
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Northern
Harrier |
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1 |
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Cooper's
Hawk |
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Northern
Goshawk |
1 |
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1 |
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Red-tailed
Hawk |
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1 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
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1 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
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Rough-legged
Hawk |
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2 |
7 |
6 |
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1 |
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2 |
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3 |
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Buteo, sp. |
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1 |
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1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
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American
Kestrel |
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1 |
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American
Coot |
20 |
10 |
32 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
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2 |
5 |
40 |
49 |
51 |
11 |
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Ring-billed
Gull |
48 |
125 |
4 |
10 |
2 |
7 |
1 |
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6 |
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5 |
2 |
1 |
24 |
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California
Gull |
|
9 |
61 |
100 |
17 |
29 |
24 |
41 |
61 |
27 |
1 |
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11 |
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Herring Gull |
5 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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Gull, Sp. |
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1 |
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8 |
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13 |
40 |
1 |
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5 |
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Rock Pigeon |
52 |
14 |
24 |
19 |
|
5 |
34 |
19 |
36 |
30 |
|
10 |
6 |
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Mourning
Dove |
19 |
36 |
15 |
6 |
12 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
cw |
5 |
4 |
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2 |
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Great Horned
Owl |
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1 |
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1 |
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Northern
Pygmy-Owl |
5 |
2 |
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3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
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1 |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
` |
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Barred Owl |
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1 |
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1 |
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Belted
Kingfisher |
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3 |
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1 |
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4 |
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1 |
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Downy
Woodpecker |
9 |
1 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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Hairy
Woodpecker |
7 |
4 |
8 |
5 |
9 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
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Black-b
Woodpecker |
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q |
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1 |
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Northern
Flicker |
15 |
16 |
16 |
9 |
31 |
20 |
21 |
15 |
11 |
7 |
21 |
19 |
16 |
14 |
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Pileated
Woodpecker |
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2 |
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2 |
1 |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Northern
Shrike |
1 |
1 |
5 |
|
3 |
2 |
5 |
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3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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3 |
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Gray Jay |
11 |
|
9 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
cw |
4 |
|
4 |
4 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
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Steller's
Jay |
2 |
3 |
2 |
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5 |
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4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
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Clark's
Nutcracker |
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|
17 |
1 |
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|
1 |
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8 |
|
cw |
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Black-billed
Magpie |
4 |
4 |
12 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
3 |
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American
Crow |
|
5 |
3 |
8 |
14 |
7 |
19 |
18 |
41 |
35 |
108 |
17 |
14 |
12 |
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Common Raven |
60 |
148 |
104 |
72 |
109 |
92 |
52 |
79 |
79 |
57 |
51 |
75 |
44 |
158 |
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Horned Lark |
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1 |
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Black-capped
Chickadee |
283 |
167 |
117 |
109 |
231 |
313 |
319 |
68 |
177 |
117 |
94 |
167 |
36 |
72 |
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Mountain
Chickadee |
86 |
32 |
26 |
17 |
32 |
33 |
26 |
10 |
36 |
14 |
18 |
25 |
6 |
17 |
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Chestnut-b
Chickadee |
37 |
|
10 |
17 |
11 |
22 |
16 |
17 |
14 |
18 |
17 |
20 |
13 |
9 |
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Chickadee,
Sp. |
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|
50 |
3 |
56 |
9 |
41 |
1 |
18 |
30 |
52 |
38 |
9 |
60 |
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Red-breasted
Nuthatch |
56 |
26 |
17 |
11 |
58 |
57 |
33 |
20 |
88 |
16 |
44 |
44 |
10 |
31 |
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White-breasted
Nuthatch |
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1 |
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|
1 |
|
1 |
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Pygmy
Nuthatch |
5 |
|
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|
10 |
3 |
1 |
|
2 |
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|
10 |
2 |
4 |
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Brown
Creeper |
2 |
|
|
1 |
6 |
4 |
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|
1 |
10 |
|
2 |
1 |
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Winter Wren |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
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1 |
2 |
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1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
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American
Dipper |
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1 |
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Golden-c
Kinglet |
27 |
9 |
23 |
12 |
54 |
21 |
12 |
12 |
18 |
23 |
8 |
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|
6 |
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Townsend's
Solitaire |
1 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
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|
2 |
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American
Robin |
|
1 |
|
14 |
1 |
10 |
11 |
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|
1 |
|
|
9 |
26 |
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Varied
Thrush |
|
1 |
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|
1 |
6 |
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|
1 |
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European
Starling |
5 |
58 |
20 |
39 |
105 |
18 |
40 |
25 |
34 |
10 |
19 |
12 |
140 |
43 |
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Bohemian
Waxwing |
1 |
|
74 |
|
|
28 |
30 |
|
|
134 |
|
20 |
45 |
70 |
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Cedar
Waxwing |
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|
7 |
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|
4 |
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Song Sparrow |
2 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
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Dk-eJunco
Oregon) |
28 |
83 |
19 |
21 |
40 |
11 |
22 |
5 |
21 |
1 |
12 |
47 |
3 |
8 |
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Dk-eJunco
Slate col |
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5 |
|
17 |
1 |
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Snow Bunting
|
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|
120 |
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Pine
Grosbeak |
8 |
8 |
|
|
|
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|
|
2 |
|
10 |
|
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Finch sp. |
|
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|
2 |
13 |
|
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|
2 |
1 |
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Cassin's
Finch |
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|
5 |
|
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|
House Finch |
91 |
76 |
24 |
45 |
16 |
50 |
89 |
12 |
73 |
44 |
18 |
24 |
42 |
9 |
|
|
Red
Crossbill |
|
41 |
|
25 |
124 |
14 |
|
6 |
1 |
|
35 |
21 |
|
5 |
|
|
Common
Redpoll |
|
270 |
|
30 |
|
319 |
|
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
Pine Siskin |
2 |
108 |
|
370 |
96 |
20 |
cw |
16 |
57 |
7 |
26 |
72 |
25 |
|
|
|
American
Goldfinch |
|
31 |
2 |
30 |
cw |
|
2 |
18 |
6 |
1 |
|
40 |
|
|
|
|
Evening
Grosbeak |
1 |
|
|
37 |
20 |
20 |
10 |
|
|
20 |
1 |
|
|
26 |
|
|
House
Sparrow |
5 |
|
|
|
|
90 |
|
|
105 |
8 |
24 |
45 |
|
14 |
|
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TOTAL
INDIVIDUALS |
|
1686 |
1060 |
|
1526 |
1555 |
1236 |
606 |
1500 |
1048 |
1132 |
1409 |
886 |
1074 |
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|
TOTAL
SPECIES |
|
44 |
50 |
|
51 |
57 |
43 |
36 |
47 |
47 |
53 |
48 |
41 |
44 |
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OBSERVERS
(FIELD) |
|
29 |
15 |
|
13 |
16 |
14 |
11 |
10 |
7 |
9 |
8 |
10 |
17 |
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|
TEAMS
(FIELD) |
|
6 |
6 |
|
6 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
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|
(FEEDERS) |
|
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
|
cw |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
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1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
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