Houston Christmas Bird Count December 21, 1996 Compiler: P. D. Hulce pdhulce@io.com 13 Common Loon Gavia immer 131 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 4 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 2 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 1026 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos 251 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis 1672 Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus 474 Neotropical Cormorant Phalacrocorax olivaceus 8 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga 149 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 124 Great Egret Casmerodius albus 75 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 2 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 10 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor 1 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens 31 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1 Green Heron Butorides virescens 48 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 17 Roseate Spoonbill Ajaia ajaja 1504 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 3625 Snow Goose Chen caerulescens 1090 Blue Goose Chen caerulescens 2 Ross' Goose Chen rossii 20 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 6 Wood Duck Aix sponsa 121 Green-Winged Teal Anas crecca 42 Mottled Duck Anas fulvigula 5 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 11 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 34 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors 104 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 148 Gadwall Anas strepera 61 American Wigeon Anas americana 3 Canvasback Aythya valisineria 33 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 2 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 2389 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 5 Black Scoter Melanitta nigra 1 White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca 28 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 37 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 213 Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus 67 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 102 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis 65 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 152 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 18 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 6 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus 34 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus 3 \sp{Accipiter} Accipiter 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 4 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 7 Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus 56 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 44 American Kestrel Falco sparverius 1 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 4 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus 16 Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris 1 Sora Porzana carolina 797 American Coot Fulica americana 27 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 34 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 313 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus 10 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus 127 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana 75 peep sp. Scolopacidae 20 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 34 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 84 Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus 34 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia 2 Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus 154 Sanderling Calidris alba 157 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 333 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 44 Dunlin Calidris alpina 65 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 68 dowitcher sp. Limnodromus 25 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 1 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 38488 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla 13 Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia 9715 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis 355 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 1 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica 32 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia 121 Royal Tern Sterna maxima 1 Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis 1068 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri 146 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger 522 Rock Dove Columba livia 1 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 322 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 13 Inca Dove Columbina inca 1 Barn Owl Tyto alba 6 Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio 3 Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus 3 Barred Owl Strix varia 39 Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon 11 Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus 29 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus 15 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 14 Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens 18 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus 10 Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus 29 Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe 2 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris 74 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 235 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos 110 Carolina Chickadee Parus carolinensis 8 Tufted Titmouse Parus bicolor 1 Brown Creeper Certhia americana 22 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus 15 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 3 Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis 13 Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa 84 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula 25 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea 67 Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis 7 Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus 264 American Robin Turdus migratorius 1 Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis 236 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos 8 Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum 200 American Pipit Anthus rubescens 1 Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii 496 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum 102 Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus 2483 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris 1 White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus 4 Solitary Vireo Vireo solitarius 2000 blackbird sp. Emberizidae 45 Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata 868 Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata 15 Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus 2 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 3 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas 163 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 25 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 1 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla 1 Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus 126 Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis 14 Le Conte's Sparrow Ammodramus leconteii 151 Nelson¹s Sharp-tailed Sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus 5 Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus 18 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia 7 Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii 73 Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana 150 White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis 6 White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys 1 Harris' Sparrow Zonotrichia querula 6072 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 60 meadowlark sp. Sturnella 21 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 87 Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 3725 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula 382 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater 316 American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 126 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Total 41,695 individuals
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