2003 FAIRBANKS AUDUBON CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT OBSERVATIONS FAIRBANKS AREA SUM M ARY Chena Ridge reamers Refuge Ester South Fairbanks Farmers Loop Steese W. Goldstream E. Goldstream University TOTALS 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Spec. F ield F eeder F ield F eeder F ield F eeder F ield F eeder F ield F eeder F ield F eeder F ield F eeder F ield F eeder F ield F eeder F ield F eeder Number of Parties: 42 45 98 77 88 101 87 75 75 534 3 9940335126227 7 41 34 Miles: Car 453 477 553 607 528 565 395 649 684 93.70 47.00 57.00 170 69.00 138.00 37.00 21.00 51.00 684 ---- Foot 52 50 52 62 82 116 145 69 70 2.30 4.00 20.25 5.25 3.00 10.00 2.00 5.00 18.00 70 ---- Ski/Snow Shoe 23 21 36 23 27 47 10 9 4 4.00 4 ---- Bike or Horse 5 3 4 0---- Dog Sled 28 61 32 20 28 12 0---- Snow Machine 14 4 23 23.00 23 ---- Total Miles: 560 548 702 727 657 770 566 731 781 781 ---- Hours: Car 546990676276518485 17.00 6.00 9.50 15.25 7.50 16.00 3.25 4.00 6.75 85 0 Foot 39 38 43 47 57 84 95 44 49 1.50 2.50 14.25 3.25 2.00 6.00 1.00 4.00 14.50 49 0 Ski/Snow Shoe 7 12 23 13 15 12 5 5 2 1.50 2 0 Dog sled 3 1 3 4 3 5 2 00 Snow Machine 2 1 3 3.00 30 Bike or Horse 2 1 2 00 Feeder 41 38 93 42 77 57 79 63 65 3.50 3.00 23.00 10.00 1.00 6.50 3.25 15.00 0 65 Total Hours: 147 158 252 174 214 236 234 197 204 139 65 Mallard 11612411139908427 1 2520 27 0 Northern Pintail 2 00 American Wigeon 1 00 Lesser Scaup 2 00 Scaup Sp. 2 00 00 Bufflehead 1 00 Common Merganser 15 13 7 12 10 19 23 14 11 1 10 Duck s p. 145 00 Sharp-shinned Haw k 00 Northern Goshaw k 1 1 3 6 1 7 3 2 21 1 111 Mer lin 1 00 Gyrf alcon 1 00 Spruce Grouse 9 3 9 13 ∗∗∗ ∗ 00 Willow Ptarmigan 3 22 6 11 7 31 3 30 Ptarmigan sp. 58 7 5 2 2 20 Ruffed Grouse 8 16 12 16 6 16 5 14 14 1 2227177 Sharp-tailed Grouse 15 1 5 1 1 1 00 00 Rock Pigeon 398 326 247 541 133 288 91 249 131 1 1 1 123 6 131 0 Great Horned Ow l 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 ∗ ∗ 00 Northern Haw k Ow l 1 2 ∗ 31 00 Great Grey Ow l ∗ 00 Boreal Ow l 1 1 2 1 ∗ ∗ ∗ 00 Dow ny Woodpecker 22 23 29 34 28 29 14 26 13 1 1221121367 Hairy Woodpecker 20 30 37 29 19 22 20 23 19 1 11 721 2 2 12127 3-toed Woodpecker 2 1 3 ∗ 232511 1 10 Black-backed Woodpecker 1 1 00 Woodpecker sp. 211135335 11 1241 Gray Jay 49 55 38 72 57 126 115 135 92 1 19 1 21892 1534 22344 4 68 24 Black-billed Magpie 3 4 3 5 7 51 212 41 Common Raven 911 814 989 1049 1343 2501 1326 1413 2007 1 111 117 41 1 1130 37 197 58 8 120 186 1 1997 10 Black-cap'd Chickadee 540 419 472 718 476 984 937 615 644 1 88 21 40 90 73 37 4 56 28 4 7 77 14 28 37 40 305 339 Boreal Chickadee 93 155 116 136 108 275 269 168 107 1 10 6 10 27 4 1 30 6 13 20 87 Chickadee sp. 44 34 34 206 57 172 90 38 5 13 1 50 Red-breasted Nuthatch 5 3 9 5 7 7 4 4 51 111 205 Brow n Creeper 1 11 1 10 00 American Robin 5 ∗ 231331 3 30 Bohemian Waxw ing 179 35 477 34 226 256 192 347 193 1 102 35 56 193 0 Northern Shrike 2 1 1 2 1 ∗ ∗ 00 American Tree Sparrow 1 00 Golden-crow ned Sparrow 1 00 White-crow ned Sparrow 1 1 ∗ 00 Dark-eyed Junco 1 4 2 ∗ 133 00 Rustic Bunting 00 Rosy Finch 00 Pine Grosbeak 38 52 85 17 78 154 214 104 101 1 7 3 16 24 10 3 8 6 2 22 42 59 White-w inged Crossbill 102 38 215 11 1000 21 420 41 4 40 Golden-crow ned Kinglet 1 00 Common Redpoll 326 229 2238 445 296 900 1584 1448 290 1 20 16 109 67 1 25 27 25 222 68 Hoary Redpoll 38 51 63 32 60 31 39 76 69 1 4 3 12 4 5 29 10 25217 Redpoll sp. 404 1013 4863 2383 1349 3368 2308 3353 369 108 2 6 65 35 4 12 33 2 38 64 235 134 Pine Siskin 2 00 Bird Count Total: 3134 3410 9824 6033 4302 10237 7369 8558 4113 357 34 251 45 256 203 1421 0 173 71 360 5 106 164 147 67 275 178 3346 767 Count Day Species: 22 30 26 26 24 28 30 24 22 22 ount Week Species: ------27 27 29 31 25 26 26 Average birds/party: 75 76 100 78 49 101 85 114 55 Average birds/hour: 21 22 39 35 20 43 31 43 20 ∗, additional species obsv'd in the w eek centered on count day