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Posted Thursday, January 8, 2004

12/14 — Tim Gorman reported the results of the Christmas Bird Count for the Evanston, WY/Rich County, UT area. Common Redpoll's were new to the Christmas count. Noticeably absent were Mergansers, Short-eared Owls, Hairy Woodpeckers, Waxwings, and Black-crowned Rosy-Finches.

Count tally is as follows in the old order:

Eared Grebe 1
Canada Goose 18
Mallard 36
Gadwall 5
American Wigeon 3
Green-winged Teal 9
Ring-necked Duck 16
Common Goldeneye 184
Barrow's Goldeneye 10
Northern Harrier 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Ferruginous Hawk 1
Rough-legged Hawk 8
Golden Eagle 9*
Bald Eagle 23**
Prairie Falcon 2
Greater Sage-Grouse 276
Wilson's Snipe 1
Common Pigeon 15
Great Horned Owl 2
Belted Kingfisher 3
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Shrike 1
Horned Lark 245
Black-billed Magpie 186
Common Raven 23
Black-capped Chickadee 16
Mountain Chickadee 4
Townsend's Solitaire 1
European Starling 125
American Tree Sparrow 15
Song Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 8***
Lapland Longspur 5
Snow Bunting 7
Red-winged Blackbird 29
Brewer's Blackbird 6
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 33
House Finch 8
Cassin's Finch 21
American Goldfinch 9
Common Redpoll 7
House Sparrow 65
45 species 1,449 birds

* 6 adults, 3 immature
** 15 adult, 8 immature
*** 4 Oregon, 4 slat-colored