Denver Urban CBC - Denver, Adams, Arapahoe

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Hugh Kingery

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Jan 15, 2019, 7:48:20 PM1/15/19

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At last, the totals for the Denver Urban Christmas Bird Count. We tallied 83 species, 54,310 individual birds -- averages for the 31 counts: 83 and 38,809.

New to the count: Lark Sparrow, seen at Rocky Mtn. Arsenal NWR.

Numbers above average:

Canada & Cackling Geese 40,656 cf. 22,985

N. Shoveler 3184 vs. 2122 ave.

Hooded Meranser 197 cf. 111

Blue Jay - 65 vs. 50

Horned Lark - 214 vs. 155

Bushtit - 82 vs 29

White-breasted Nuthatch - 39 vs. 14: we had 0-4 on the first 11 counts

Townsend's Solitaire - 23 vs 15

Numbers below average

All ducks except Shoveler

Am.Coot - 57 vs/ 112

Ring-billed Gull - 1059 - 1832

Downy WP - 636 / 54

N. Flicker - 130 / 255

Magpie - 324 / 755

Crow - 306 / 805

Starling - 573 - 5378 (!)

Dark-eyed Junco - 252 / 494

House Finch - 421 /1459

House Sparrow - 216 / 1730

We missed 3 species for the first time: Sharp-shinned Hawk, Pheasant, & Herring Gull.