Bow Valley Naturalists
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Christmas Bird Count Banff-Canmore 1990-2008
CBC Banff-Canmore
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
Pied-billed Grebe
cw
Horned Grebe
1
Western Grebe
Great Blue Heron
2
Tundra Swan
Canada Goose
8
11
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
12
3
Mallard
925
1238
875
1106
1422
1203
998
638
686
583
621
504
426
325
385
556
339
454
388
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Lesser Scaup
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw)
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
189
187
219
137
204
231
64
111
194
233
161
109
70
19
10
71
30
20
Barrow's Goldeneye
7
5
4
36
15
goldeneye sp.
74
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
14
13
Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Bald Eagle adult
" " imm.
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
accipiter sp.
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
buteo (hawk)sp.
Golden Eagle adult
eagle sp.
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Spruce Grouse
Dusky (Blue) Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
grouse sp.
Virginia Rail
Killdeer
6
Wilson’s (Common) Snipe
Rock Pigeon
21
17
18
23
22
113
164
255
Great Horned Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Northern Pygmy Owl
Great Gray Owl
Boreal Owl
owl sp.
Belted Kingfisher
1cw
Downy Woodpecker
16
9
Hairy Woodpecker
A. 3-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
N. (Yel.-sh.) Flicker
N. (Red -sh.) Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Gray Jay
47
33
34
75
28
81
43
62
27
59
45
35
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
26
Clark's Nutcracker
50
37
84
56
46
52
76
69
119
49
41
78
24
Black-billed Magpie
147
106
175
207
209
85
141
294
125
183
196
153
177
117
American Crow
Common Raven
241
144
220
340
168
226
216
313
300
303
229
277
235
225
191
270
143
Black-capped Chickadee
234
169
214
206
142
193
205
145
634
118
156
201
160
Mountain Chickadee
103
166
128
100
239
179
136
121
83
Boreal Chickadee
60
61
87
105
73
115
122
58
39
chickadee sp.
48
131
88
55
80
53
86
77
101
Red-breasted Nuthatch
38
262
401
202
25
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
29
Winter Wren
American Dipper
40
31
32
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Townsend's Solitaire
American Robin
CW
Varied Thrush
Bohemian Waxwing
171
441
322
42
283
579
1264
788
132
116
212
266
Northern Shrike
European Starling
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
sparrow sp.
Dark-eyed Junco
104
Lapland Longspur
longspur sp.
Snow Bunting
89
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
blackbird sp.
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
120
Pine Grosbeak
609
67
190
236
57
272
finch sp.
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
63
748
598
192
657
198
726
crossbill sp.
51
129
Common Redpoll
354
138
Hoary Redpoll
redpoll sp.
Pine Siskin
317
148
Evening Grosbeak
82
79
House Sparrow
107
174
215
273
210
416
337
350
349
353
146
188
195
135
TOTAL (species)
54
44
INDIVIDUALS
2842
3356
2631
3585
4130
4469
2516
3500
3077
3256
4633
4095
3046
2959
1981
1715
2156
3808
1834
OBSERVERS
66
PARTY HOURS
111.5
97.5
105.5
121.5
134
120.5
114.5
133
115.5
110.5
117.5
TOTAL PARTY MILES
145.5
318
147.5
236.5
270.5
221.5
238.5
193.5
386.2
km.
268.5
409
399.5
435
365.5
404
356
347.5
322.5
CDN. ANNUAL HIGH
MOCH
AMDI
not done
CLNU
NORTH AMER. HIGH
BOOW
DIPP
TTWO
N.A. ALL TIME HIGH