is a joint project of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Audubon and Bird Studies Bird Studies Canada. Actually, this is the last day of the count so we missed it. I wish we would have known, because it would have been fun to count the vast number of birds hanging around here this winter.
On the home page, it tells us that so far there have been 69,182 check lists entered with 591 species observed and with a bird count of 9,075, 711. This information was updated February 20, 2012, 11:25 PM EST.
Then a click here allows checking into totals by area and species. In Kansas the most birds counted were Red-Winged Blackbird at 70,243 with the Snow Goose at 48,085 second. I notice that there were 12 Trumpeter Swans. I hope our four were part of that count. It doesn’t surprise me that there were 424 Red-tailed Hawks sited, it seems they are all over. There were 1,387 Robins. I counted 50 or so in our back yard last week.
Other top ten lists show that Northern Cardinal appeared on the most lists, the Snow Goose was the most numerous bird counted and Missouri reported the most birds.
All very interesting. Next year we’ll for sure have our count in there. I’ve already marked my calendar.
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