Colorado Christmas Bird Count national high counts for 2014/15

[William H Kaempfer]

Cobirders,

 

I searched the NAS records of high counts for last year and came up with these species and sub-species for which Colorado grabbed a national high.  The two boldfaced entries indicate an all-time CBC high.

 

White-tailed Ptarmigan CW (CO, Aspen)

Eur. Collared-Dove 6922 (CO, Pueblo)

W. Screech-Owl 99 (CO, Grand Junction)

Long-eared Owl 18 (CA, Carrizo Plain; CO, Crook; MT, Missoula)

Pinyon Jay 578 (CO, Salida)

Mountain Chickadee 530 (CO, Evergreen-Idaho Springs)

Pygmy Nuthatch 585 (CO, Evergreen-Idaho Springs)

Townsend's Solitaire 217 (CO, Penrose)

Dark-eyed (Gray-headed) Junco 335 (CO, Denver)

Dark-eyed (Pink-sided) Junco 348 (CO, Loveland)

Dark-eyed (White-winged) Junco 81 (CO, Evergreen-Idaho Springs)

Dark-eyed Cassiar Junco 28 (CO, Loveland)

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch 286 (CO, Rocky Mountain N.P.)

 

You can sign up now for one or several of the almost 50 Colorado CBCs at http://netapp.audubon.org/cbc/public/

 

 

Bill Kaempfer

Boulder

[ca...@ecentral.com]

Bill,

Thanks for compiling this list.  Do these records apply strictly to the nation, or are they good for the continent as well?

Thanks!

Chuck Aid