Bow Valley Naturalists
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Christmas Bird Count Banff-Canmore 1975-1989
CBC Banff-Canmore
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Western Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Tundra Swan
1
Canada Goose
2
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
4
5
3
13
10
6
7
Mallard
105
197
193
200
219
131
263
215
362
339
341
583
654
679
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Lesser Scaup
King Eider
Harlequin Duck
Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw)
Common Goldeneye
38
61
36
62
70
48
57
63
238
230
163
Barrow's Goldeneye
21
goldeneye sp.
22
8
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
9
Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Bald Eagle adult
" " imm.
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Goshawk
accipiter sp.
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
buteo (hawk)sp.
Golden Eagle adult
eagle sp.
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Spruce Grouse
Blue Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
grouse sp.
Virginia Rail
Killdeer
Wilson’s (Common) Snipe
Rock Pigeon
Great Horned Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Northern Pigmy Owl
Great Gray Owl
Boreal Owl
owl sp.
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
12
16
15
Hairy Woodpecker
11
18
A. Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
N. (Yel.-sh.) Flicker
N. (Red -sh.) Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Gray Jay
31
39
64
20
47
30
58
29
41
50
45
37
51
Steller's Jay
Blue Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
204
121
46
277
24
49
34
44
96
Black-billed Magpie
134
138
95
210
155
167
73
71
151
142
153
229
American Crow
17
Common Raven
172
233
201
214
228
290
225
190
159
169
217
147
Black-capped Chickadee
74
122
260
273
110
160
109
93
156
Mountain Chickadee
128
264
125
126
162
158
Boreal Chickadee
27
60
112
52
72
chickadee sp.
40
43
118
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
23
Brown Creeper
Winter Wren
American Dipper
35
14
25
26
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Townsend's Solitaire
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Bohemian Waxwing
107
150
383
209
Northern Shrike
European Starling
19
28
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris' Sparrow
sparrow sp.
Dark-eyed (Slate -c.) Junco
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco
Lapland Longspur
longspur sp.
Snow Bunting
132
270
54
250
42
Red-winged Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
blackbird sp.
Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
Pine Grosbeak
104
68
320
94
192
finch sp.
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
117
148
236
crossbill sp.
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
redpoll sp.
Pine Siskin
Evening Grosbeak
101
188
152
129
House Sparrow
364
498
340
358
208
355
302
213
171
67
164
114
TOTAL (species)
INDIVIDUALS
1366
2168
2022
2585
1382
2265
1624
2345
1488
1566
1626
1663
2661
2965
2698
OBSERVERS
32
PARTY HOURS
88.5
79.5
97.5
70.5
74.5
69
TOTAL PARTY MILES
242
174
265
139
178
188.5
219.5
178.5
CDN. ANNUAL HIGH
CLNU
AMDI
CLNU MOCH AMDI TOSO
MOCH AMDI
BWTE CLNU AMDI TOSO
NOHO CLNU
AMDI GCRF
NORTH AMER. HIGH
BOOW
TTWO
N.A. ALL TIME HIGH