As some of you know I am a Birder, and took part in the recent 2014 Great Backyard Bird Count. While Data is still coming in, there is some interesting data in the new report, below are some snippets from the news letter that I find interesting…
Top 10 most frequently reported species (number of checklists reporting this species):
Species Number of Checklists Northern Cardinal 53,540 Dark-eyed Junco 51,186 Mourning Dove 44,278 Blue Jay 39,363 Downy Woodpecker 36,766 American Goldfinch 33,396 American Crow 32,381 House Finch 32,271 Tufted Titmouse 31,950 Black-capped Chickadee 30,822
Top 10 most numerous species (sum of the number of individuals observed across all checklists):
Species Number of Individuals Red-winged Blackbird 1,570,808 Snow Goose 1,223,082 Canada Goose 1,031,278 European Starling 5542,477 Mallard 493,774 Ring-billed Gull 433,823 American Coot 417,504 Dark-eyed Junco 404,057 American Crow 328,601 American Goldfinch 323,672
State/Province Number of Species Number of Checklists California 358 8,472 New York 165 7,663 Pennsylvania 136 6,945 Ontario 146 6,329 Texas 350 5,526 Florida 307 5,376 Ohio 137 5,214 Virginia 179 4,883 North Carolina 194 4,876 Michigan 127 4,000
GO CALIFORNIA!!!
Finch numbers are down.
The number Snow Owl sighting in North America are Exploding.