2003 YARDLIST CHALLENGE
This
year, we had 8 households report a total of 109 species. The median list size
was 46 species. The challenge in 2002 yielded 121 species. Ten species were
reported this year from all 8 participants (Canada Goose, Calliope Hummingbird,
Northern Flicker, Black-capped Chickadee, American Robin, Song Sparrow,
Dark-eyed Junco, Cassin's Finch, House Finch, Pine Siskin, and Evening
Grosbeak). And 31 species were reported from only a single household. As usual,
the largest lists came from yards on or near the water. Highlights were Common
Loon (Shirley), American White Pelican (Lori), and Harlequin Duck (Lisa).
Tweety-bird highlights included Kris'
American Redstart, Lori's American Tree Sparrow, and Janet's Black-capped
Chickadee.
The
Warings had both Blue Jay and a Steller's X Blue hybrid. Cooper's Hawks made an
appearance in town in Lynn's and the Waring's yards, while Jan recorded the
only Merlin. Lori had all three nuthatches, and Jan and Kris had all three
chickadees. Janet had a clean sweep of the finch family. As a group, we tallied
a respectable seven species of ducks, and nine birds of prey.
This
is the fourth year of the annual Yardlist Challenge, and we added 6 new species
never reported before: Harlequin Duck, Gray Partridge, American Redstart,
American Tree Sparrow, Lazuli Bunting, and Yellow-headed Blackbird. This brings
our grand total for four years to 156 species. Of those, 95 have been seen
every year, but only 2 species have been recorded by all participants every
year (Northern Flicker, American Robin). Of our 156 species grand total, 30
have been seen in only one year, or about 19%. Some of these
"singletons" are due to one-time participants who represent different
habitats.
This
year's participants: Kris & Ed Buchler (KEB), Janet Callen (JC), Lisa Hardy
(LH), Lori Stackow (LoS), Jan & Herb Severtson (JHS) , Lynn Sheridan (LyS),
Shirley Sturts (SS), Judy & Phil Waring (JPW).
2003 YARDLIST CHALLENGE JHS LyS LoS JC KEB JPW SS LH
Common Loon
x 1
American White Pelican
x 1
Double-crested Cormorant
x 1
Great Blue Heron
x x x
x x 5
Tundra Swan
x x x
x 4
Canada Goose
x x x x x
x x x 8
Wood Duck x 1
Mallard
x x x
x 4
Harlequin Duck x 1
Common Goldeneye x 1
Bufflehead x x 2
Hooded Merganser x
x 2
Common Merganser x
x x 3
Turkey Vulture x 1
Osprey
x x x x x
x 6
Bald Eagle
x x x x 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk x x x 3
Cooper's Hawk x x x x 4
Red-tailed Hawk
x x x x x 5
American Kestrel
x x 2
Merlin
x
1
Gray Partridge
x 1
Ring-necked Pheasant x 1
Ruffed Grouse x
x 2
Wild Turkey
x x x
x x 5
California Quail
x x x x x x x
7
Killdeer x x 2
gull spp.
x x 2
Ring-billed Gull
x x x 3
Rock Dove
x x x 3
Mourning Dove
x x x
x x 5
Great Horned Owl
x x 2
Northern Pygmy Owl
x x x x x 5
Common Nighthawk
x x x
x x 5
Vaux's Swift x x 2
Black-chinned Hummingbirx
x x x x x
x 7
Calliope Hummingbird
x x x x x
x x x 8
Rufous Hummingbird
x x x x x
x x 7
Belted Kingfisher
x x x
3
Red-naped Sapsucker x
x x 3
Downy Woodpecker
x x x x x
x x 7
Hairy Woodpecker
x x x
x 4
Northern Flicker x x
x x x x x
x 8
Pileated Woodpecker
x x x
x 4
Olive-sided Flycatcher x
x 2
Western Wood-Pewee
x x x 3
Willow Flycatcher x 1
Hammond's Flycatcher x 1
Western Flycatcher x
x 2
flycatcher spp.
x 1
Eastern Kingbird
x 1
Tree Swallow x x 2
Violet-green Swallow
x x x x x
x 6
Northern Rough-winged Swallow x
x 2
Barn Swallow x 1
Steller's Jay
x x x x x
x x 7
Blue Jay x 1
Steller's Jay X Blue Jay x
1
Black-billed Magpie
x x x x 4
American Crow
x x x 3
Common Raven
x x x
x x x
6
Black-capped Chickadee
x x x x x
x x x 8
Mountain Chickadee
x x x x x
x x 7
Chestnut-backed Chickadex x
x 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch
x x x x x
x x 7
White-breasted Nuthatch
x 1
Pygmy Nuthatch
x x x x x
x x 7
Brown Creeper x 1
House Wren
x x x 3
Winter Wren
x x x 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet
x x x x x
5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x 3
Townsend's Solitaire
x x x 3
Veery x 1
Swainson's Thrush
x x x 3
American Robin
x x x x x
x x x 8
Varied Thrush
x x x
x x 5
Gray Catbird
x x 2
Bohemian Waxwing x
x 2
Cedar Waxwing x
x x x 4
European Starling
x x x x x
x 6
Cassin's Vireo x 1
Warbling Vireo x x 2
Red-eyed Vireo x 1
Nashville Warbler x 1
Yellow Warbler
x x x
x x x x 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler
x x x x 4
Townsend's Warbler x 1
American Redstart x 1
Northern Waterthrush x 1
MacGillivray's Warbler x 1
Western Tanager
x x x 3
Black-headed Grosbeak
x x x x
x x 6
Lazuli Bunting x 1
Spotted Towhee
x x x
x x 5
American Tree Sparrow
x 1
Chipping Sparrow x
x 2
Song Sparrow
x x x x x
x x x 8
White-crowned Sparrow
x x x
x 4
Dark-eyed Junco - Oregonx
x x x x x
x x 8
Dark-eyed Junco -slate-cx
x x x 4
Red-winged Blackbird
x x x
x x 5
Western Meadowlark x 1
Yellow-headed Blackbird
x 1
Brewer's Blackbird
x 1
Brown-headed Cowbird
x x x
x x x 6
Bullock's Oriole
x 1
Cassin's Finch
x x x x x
x x x 8
House Finch
x x x x x
x x x 8
Red Crossbill x
x x x x x
6
Common Redpoll x
x x x 4
Pine Siskin
x x x x x
x x x 8
American Goldfinch
x x x
x x x
6
Evening Grosbeak
x x x x x
x x x 8
House Sparrow
x x x 3
