pierre [SDPI]        
South Dakota Region        
44'36''N x 100'34''W        
Christmas Bird Count - December 2003        
Count Year: 104        
         
Species Number Number / Party Hr. Flags Editorial Flags
         
Pied-billed Grebe 1 0.0172    
(Podilymbus podiceps)        
Horned Grebe 1 0.0172    
(Podiceps auritus)        
Greater White-fronted Goose 2 0.0345    
(Anser albifrons)        
Snow Goose 1 0.0172    
(Chen caerulescens)        
Ross's Goose 1 0.0172    
(Chen rossii)        
Canada Goose 74400 1282.7586    
(Branta canadensis)        
American Wigeon 1 0.0172    
(Anas americana)        
Mallard 10300 177.5862    
(Anas platyrhynchos)        
Northern Pintail 1 0.0172    
(Anas acuta)        
Redhead 39 0.6724    
(Aythya americana)        
Ring-necked Duck 1 0.0172    
(Aythya collaris)        
Greater Scaup 1 0.0172    
(Aythya marila)        
Lesser Scaup 4 0.069    
(Aythya affinis)        
Harlequin Duck 1 0.0172 US FC
(Histrionicus histrionicus)        
Bufflehead 2 0.0345    
(Bucephala albeola)        
Common Goldeneye 41 0.7069    
(Bucephala clangula)        
Hooded Merganser 4 0.069    
(Lophodytes cucullatus)        
Common Merganser 19 0.3276    
(Mergus merganser)        
Red-breasted Merganser 1 0.0172    
(Mergus serrator)        
Bald Eagle 28 0.4828    
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)        
Northern Harrier 1 0.0172    
(Circus cyaneus)        
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 0.0172    
(Accipiter striatus)        
Cooper's Hawk 1 0.0172    
(Accipiter cooperii)        
Red-tailed Hawk 7 0.1207    
(Buteo jamaicensis)        
Ferruginous Hawk 2 0.0345    
(Buteo regalis)        
Rough-legged Hawk 6 0.1034    
(Buteo lagopus)        
Golden Eagle 1 0.0172    
(Aquila chrysaetos)        
American Kestrel 2 0.0345    
(Falco sparverius)        
Merlin 2 0.0345    
(Falco columbarius)        
Prairie Falcon 1 0.0172    
(Falco mexicanus)        
Ring-necked Pheasant 106 1.8276    
(Phasianus colchicus)        
Sharp-tailed Grouse 8 0.1379    
(Tympanuchus phasianellus)        
Wild Turkey 15 0.2586    
(Meleagris gallopavo)        
American Coot 12 0.2069    
(Fulica americana)        
Bonaparte's Gull 7 0.1207    
(Larus philadelphia)        
Ring-billed Gull 116 2    
(Larus delawarensis)        
Herring Gull 5 0.0862    
(Larus argentatus)        
Eurasian Collared-Dove 49 0.8448    
(Streptopelia decaocto)        
Eastern Screech-Owl 5 0.0862    
(Otus asio)        
Great Horned Owl 13 0.2241    
(Bubo virginianus)        
Long-eared Owl 3 0.0517    
(Asio otus)        
Short-eared Owl 1 0.0172    
(Asio flammeus)        
Northern Saw-whet Owl 3 0.0517    
(Aegolius acadicus)        
Belted Kingfisher 2 0.0345    
(Ceryle alcyon)        
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8 0.1379    
(Melanerpes carolinus)        
Downy Woodpecker 28 0.4828    
(Picoides pubescens)        
Hairy Woodpecker 16 0.2759    
(Picoides villosus)        
Northern Flicker 8 0.1379    
(Colaptes auratus)        
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker 9 0.1552    
(Colaptes auratus)        
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker 3 0.0517    
(Colaptes auratus)        
Northern Shrike 2 0.0345    
(Lanius excubitor)        
Blue Jay 15 0.2586    
(Cyanocitta cristata)        
Black-billed Magpie 2 0.0345    
(Pica pica)        
Horned Lark 52 0.8966    
(Eremophila alpestris)        
Black-capped Chickadee 19 0.3276    
(Poecile atricapillus)        
White-breasted Nuthatch 9 0.1552    
(Sitta carolinensis)        
Brown Creeper 1 0.0172    
(Certhia americana)        
Eastern Bluebird 2 0.0345    
(Sialia sialis)        
Townsend's Solitaire 4 0.069    
(Myadestes townsendi)        
American Robin 671 11.569    
(Turdus migratorius)        
Varied Thrush 1 0.0172 US  
(Ixoreus naevius)        
European Starling 590 10.1724    
(Sturnus vulgaris)        
Bohemian Waxwing 6 0.1034    
(Bombycilla garrulus)        
Cedar Waxwing 246 4.2414    
(Bombycilla cedrorum)        
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 0.0172    
(Dendroica coronata)        
Spotted Towhee 1 0.0172    
(Pipilo maculatus)        
American Tree Sparrow 80 1.3793    
(Spizella arborea)        
Song Sparrow 6 0.1034    
(Melospiza melodia)        
Harris's Sparrow 2 0.0345    
(Zonotrichia querula)        
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco 1 0.0172    
(Junco hyemalis)        
Dark-eyed Junco 49 0.8448    
(Junco hyemalis)        
Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco 37 0.6379    
(Junco hyemalis)        
Lapland Longspur 36 0.6207    
(Calcarius lapponicus)        
Red-winged Blackbird 41 0.7069    
(Agelaius phoeniceus)        
Western Meadowlark 28 0.4828    
(Sturnella neglecta)        
Rusty Blackbird 15 0.2586    
(Euphagus carolinus)        
Brewer's Blackbird 1 0.0172    
(Euphagus cyanocephalus)        
Common Grackle 9 0.1552    
(Quiscalus quiscula)        
Purple Finch 28 0.4828    
(Carpodacus purpureus)        
House Finch 51 0.8793    
(Carpodacus mexicanus)        
American Goldfinch 72 1.2414    
(Carduelis tristis)        
House Sparrow 442 7.6207    
(Passer domesticus)        
Rock Pigeon 45 0.7759    
(Columba livia)        
         
         
Weather & Effort        
         
         
Count Date: 20-Dec-03      
Number of Participants: 17      
Number of Party Hours: 58      
Species Reported: 79      
Low Temperature: 22      
High Temperature: 54      
AM Weather: Clear      
  No rain      
  No snow      
PM Weather: Clear      
  No rain      
  No snow      
         
Participants:        
  Sponsor:      
  Compiler: Doug Backlund    
  Secondary Compiler(s):      
  Participants: Charle Backlund Kenny Miller  
    Doug Backlund Dave Ode  
    Myrtle Backlund Jim Oleson  
    Krueger Dave Noah Olson  
    Carrol Hanten Rick Olson  
    H Harryman Rosemary Quigley  
    Wally Larsen Rex Riis  
    Richard McEntaffer Charles Sisk  
         
Source: National Audubon Society (2002). The Christmas Bird Count Historical Results [Accessed 12/12/2003].        
Available http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc        

Last Updated on 12/12/2004
By Dave Johnson