My Top 20 by numbers counted

It's dark out.
Just for the heck of it, I summed up some of my eBird data.

How many birds have I counted?

121,530 of 395 and some spuhs and slashes


Here are the top 20 species I have counted:

By number of checklists that species is on:

Common Name	CountOfSubmission ID
American Robin	873
Common Raven	846
Northern Flicker	676
Mallard	531
Red-breasted Nuthatch	516
American Crow	486
Song Sparrow	479
Dark-eyed Junco	472
Canada Goose	465
Black-capped Chickadee	452
Chipping Sparrow	434
European Starling	409
Mountain Chickadee	408
Tree Swallow	404
Pine Siskin	395
Yellow-rumped Warbler	384
Red-tailed Hawk	360
House Finch	328
Red-winged Blackbird	327
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	309

And by number of individuals:

Common Name	CountOfSubmission ID	SumOfCount
Canada Goose	465	11951
Bohemian Waxwing	35	8112
Snow Goose	19	5126
Mallard	531	5122
European Starling	409	4922
American Wigeon	184	3460
Common Raven	846	3242
American Robin	873	3022
Tree Swallow	404	2663
American Coot	177	2487
Red-winged Blackbird	327	2167
Pine Siskin	395	1884
American Crow	486	1827
Chipping Sparrow	434	1724
Dark-eyed Junco	472	1702
Common Goldeneye	220	1649
Ruddy Duck	152	1639
Black-capped Chickadee	452	1496
Bufflehead	186	1449
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)	148	1444

Songs to Learn and When

Curious about which birds arrive when - to help guide you to what songs you should learn or brush up on first?

Check out these docs:


East Kootenay song chronology by bird family:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XfZdJdfWtgZEF0bGNjOUhqQ2s/view?usp=sharing


East Kootenay song chronology by month of arrival (or start of breeding season)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XfZdJdfWtgUkQ2NHBib0xOTDA/view?usp=sharing

Monthly eBird averages and February 2016

Quick post before lunch:

Our February monthly average for species reported on eBird is 52 species.

As of February 28, 2016 we have reported 70 species, as seen in the following link:

February 2016 bar chart of spp reported

The highest combined number of species over all years as reported on eBird is 88 species.  We could have gotten any of those species.

So far, with only one and a half days left in the month (oh, we get an extra day, don't we! since it is a leap year) we could still add the following:

either swan species, NOPI, SPGR, DUGR, PBGR, NOHA, SWHA VIRA, SNOW, NHOW, Boreal Owl, ATTW, SAPH, BRTH, ATSP, WTSP, RUBL, HORE oh and PAWR.

(I use the four letter codes here because it is faster and to help you learn to read them - it is easier to write them than to read them but practice will make your data entry much easier - don't forget there are some that don't follow the rules: like TRSW and TRSW - Trumpeter Swan and Tree Swallow - and since I don't remember what the proper codes are, I usually just avoid those abbreviations)

New to the list, never been seen in February before, I think I have this correct, we added Western Bluebird and Cassin's Finch?

Since the average number of 52 is a numerical average - I can't really tell you statistically without creating a more involved excel file, which species we added that we don't normally get above that average (that is: ones we don't always get) but I would say the rarer ones, by looking at the bar chart are:

GHOW, PYNU

We had 42 contributors to eBird in the month of February. (If that number ever goes above 100 in this monthly average game - I won't be able to tell you because I am just looking at the Top 100 to get that number).

Thank you all!

Happy birding!


Post script:
Updates to these numbers over the next day and a half MAY show up as comments to this post.

The month of March average is 83 species. To see a complete list of what we can see here in March go to:

March Possibles - eBird barchart

Long-billed Curlew Migration from eBird

It almost looks as if there are two populations of Long-billed Curlew: Pacific- and Gulf- wintering birds.

Or maybe even three populations with two on the Pacific: the southern Pacific bunch spreading northward from there to as far as the Canadian prairies to breed, and the northern bunch spreading as far north as central British Columbia.  Only radio trackers can tell.

Their habitat is mostly yours, US, Mexico, and Central America! But we've got significant breeding habitat here in Canada even though they are only here for 3 or 4 months.

We love them. Please take care of them down there. They're all our birds.

PS a tracking blog: http://ibo.boisestate.edu/blog/what-happens-in-vegas/

     and the map: http://ibo.boisestate.edu/curlewtracking/locations/