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Bird counts are conducted by Audubon members and volunteers in the spring and winter. Counts will be posted as soon as results are compiled.

For Christmas Bird Count tallies for Vanderburgh (Evansville) and Posey counties, go to www.audubon.org.

 

 

The following posting summarizes counts from Vanderburgh and Posey Counties on the Spring Count, May 10, 2004. Note that the Harmony State Park site was the only area covered in Posey County.

Bird Species                       Vanderburgh

Harmony State Park   

Double-crested Cormorant

1

8

Great Blue Heron

25

3

Great Egret

3

0

Little Blue Heron

1

0

Cattle Egret

1

0

Green Heron

15

0

Canada Goose

278

9

Wood Duck

11

8

Mallard

176

1

Northern Shoveler

1

0

Hooded Merganser

9

0

Common Merganser

11

0

Turkey Vulture

17

4

Cooper's Hawk

1

0

Red-shouldered Hawk

11

0

Broad-winged Hawk                

                        3

                       0

Red-tailed Hawk

10

0

American Kestrel

6

0

Turkey

3

1

Northern Bobwhite

11

5

Killdeer

46

2

Greater Yellowlegs

4

0

Lesser Yellowlegs

2

0

Solitary Sandpiper

1

0

Spotted Sandpiper

4

2

Least Sandpiper

3

0

Pectoral Sandpiper

4

0

Rock Pigeon

57

0

Mourning Dove

186

23

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

7

6

Great Horned Owl

3

0

Barred Owl

12

8
Common Nighthawk

6

 

Whip-poor-will

0

4

Chimney Swift

63

7

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

13

2

Belted Kingfisher

6

1

Red-headed Woodpecker

10

0

Red-bellied Woodpecker

57

12

Downy Woodpecker

33

3

Hairy Woodpecker

9

1

Northern Fllicker

15

4

Pileated Woodpecker

15

2

Eastern Wood Pewee

18

30

Acadian Flycatcher

4

24

Willow Flycatcher

2

0

Least Flycatcher

2

2

Eastern Phoebe

6

5

Great Crested Flycatcher

16

22

Eastern Kingbird                      

                        27

                    9

White-eyed Vireo

18

25

Yellow-throated Vireo
0
9
Blue-headed Vireo

2

0

Warbling Vireo

13

20

Philadelphia Vireo

1

1

Red-eyed Vireo

17

21

Blue Jay

67

9

American Crow

53

2

Fish Crow

6

0

Horned Lark

7

1

Purple Martin

434

0

Tree Swallow

4

1

N. Rough-winged Swallow

23

3

Barn Swallow

59

5

Carolina Chickadee

69

18

Tufted Titmouse

62

25

White-breasted Nuthatch

18

5

Brown Creeper

1

0

Carolina Wren

45

11

House Wren

19

12

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

8

0

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

32

46

Eastern Bluebird

50

5

Veery

0

1

Gray-checked Thrush

3

1

Swainson's Thrush

23

6

Wood Thrush

16

19

American Robin

450

90

Gray Catbird

16

27

Northern Mockingbird

99

1

Brown Thrasher

25

22

Cedar Waxwing                       

                        4

                    3

European Starling

552

15

Blue-winged Warbler

0

4

Tennessee Warbler

37

65

Nashville Warbler

1

2

Northern Parula

15

31

Yellow Warbler

1

26

Chestnut-sided Warbler

2

7

Magnolia Warbler

2

1

Cape May Warbler

3

3

Yellow-rumped Warbler

9

0

Black-throated Green Warbler

1

0

Yellow-throated Warbler

4

6

Prairie Warbler

1

1

Palm Warbler

15

0

Bay-breasted Warbler

1

2

Blackpoll Warbler

2

9

Cerulean Warbler

2

5

Black-and-white Warbler

0

1

American Redstart

2

6

Prothonotary Warbler

9

2

Ovenbird

0

5

Northern Waterthrush

2

2

Louisiana Waterthrush

2

4

Kentucky Warbler

1

13

Mourning Warbler

0

1

Common Yellowthroat

20

16

Wilson's Warbler

0

2

Canada Warbler

1

0

Yellow-breasted Chat

8

5

Summer Tanager

8

16

Scarlet Tanager

4

15

Northern Cardinal                     

                      279

                    34

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

20

1

Indigo Bunting

94

72

Dickcissel

2

0

Eastern Towhee

28

38

Chipping Sparrow

41

6

Field Sparrow

9

21

Grasshopper Sparrow

2

0

Song Sparrow

80

4

Lincoln's Sparrow

0

0

Swamp Sparrow

0

0

White-throated Sparrow

7

8

White-crowned Sparrow

12

0

Harris' Sparrow

1

0

Red-winged Blackbird

260

12

Eastern Meadowlark

14

6

Common Grackle

433

20

Brown-headed Cowbird

75

50

Orchard Oriole

2

6

Baltimore Oriole

8

28

House Finch

103

4

American Goldfinch

142

22

House Sparrow

354

43

Total Individuals

5543

1227

Total Species

127

97

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