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Christmas Bird Count
108th CBC
Frank Chapman's proposal for the first "Christmas Bird Census" appeared in the December 1900 issue of Bird-Lore. On December 25, 1900, 27 birdwatchers heeded Chapman's suggestion, and their results were published in the February 1901 issue. Participation in the Christmas Bird Count has grown to over 1,800 separate counts, involving more than 50,000 observers.
The Christmas Bird Count at Washita is used to track winter bird populations. The count was initiated in 1971 and has been completed all but two years (1987 & 1990) since then.
The 108th CBC was conducted on December 21, 2007, and compiled by Brian Lockwood. Observers at Washita were: Brian Lockwood, Amber Ausmus, Levi Feltman, Jim Young, David Maple, Caroline Rhoads, Nancy Vicars, Brian Muzny, Patti Muzny, James Corbridge, M. G. Brown, Julie Henry, Jack Olsen, Lee Adkins, Brady Surber, Daryl Michael, Jr., and Robin Kelley. The weather conditions were as follows: temperature 40-65 degrees F, winds S at 5-10 mph, gusting to 20 mph.
| Species |
Total | Species |
Total |
| Common Loon |
7 | Hairy Woodpecker | 8 |
| Pied-billed Grebe |
16 | Northern Flicker-red shafted | 8 |
| Horned Grebe | 127 | Northern Flicker-yellow shafted | 25 |
| Western Grebe | 4 | Eastern Phoebe | 2 |
| American White Pelican |
9 | Loggerhead Shrike | 16 |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
7 | Blue Jay | 7 |
| Great Blue Heron |
6 | American Crow | 61 |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | 50 | Horned Lark | 25 |
| Snow Goose |
1,584 | Carolina Chickadee | 73 |
| Ross's Goose |
1,583 | Tufted Titmouse | 15 |
| Canada Goose |
27,690 | Red-breasted Nuthatch | 12 |
| Wood Duck |
1 | White-breasted Nuthatch | 4 |
| Gadwall |
81 | Brown Creeper | 3 |
| American Wigeon |
259 | Carolina Wren | 7 |
| Mallard | 150 | Bewick's Wren | 5 |
| Northern Shoveler |
39 | Winter Wren | 2 |
| Canvasback | 34 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 15 |
| Redhead |
20 | Eastern Bluebird | 76 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 42 | American Robin | 130 |
| Lesser Scaup |
9 | Northern Mockingbird | 19 |
| Bufflehead |
59 | European Starling | 2,039 |
| Common Goldeneye |
13 | Cedar Waxwing | 70 |
| Hooded Merganser |
6 | Orange-crowned Warbler | 1 |
| Common Merganser |
31 | Yellow-rumped Warbler | 12 |
| Osprey | 1 | Spotted Towhee | 4 |
| Bald Eagle |
10 | American Tree Sparrow | 111 |
| Northern Harrier |
49 | Chipping Sparrow | 18 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2 | Field Sparrow | 104 |
| Cooper's Hawk |
2 | Savannah Sparrow | 82 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 1 | LeConte's Sparrow | 1 |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
54 | Fox Sparrow | 2 |
| Ferruginous Hawk |
2 | Song Sparrow | 186 |
| Rough-legged Hawk |
1 | Lincoln's Sparrow | 2 |
| American Kestrel |
37 | White-throated Sparrow | 14 |
| Prairie Falcon |
2 | Harris's Sparrow | 149 |
| Wild Turkey |
72 | White-crowned Sparrow | 244 |
| Northern Bobwhite |
59 | Sparrow sp. | 146 |
| American Coot |
520 | Dark-eyed Junco | 315 |
| Killdeer | 2 | Northern Cardinal | 80 |
| Bonaparte's Gull |
34 | Red-winged Blackbird | 400 |
| Ring-billed Gull |
91 | Eastern Meadowlark | 14 |
| Herrring Gull | 2 | Western Meadowlark | 48 |
| Gull sp. |
50 | Meadowlark sp. | 921 |
| Rock Pigeon |
13 | Brewer's Blackbird | 255 |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove |
28 | Common Grackle | 11 |
| Mourning Dove |
279 | Brown-headed Cowbird | 34 |
| Greater Roadrunner |
3 | Blackbird sp. | 1,454 |
| Great Horned Owl |
2 | House Finch | 16 |
| Belted Kingfisher |
4 | Pine Siskin | 106 |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 3 | American Goldfinch | 174 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 34 | House Sparrow | 84 |
| Ladder-backed Woodpecker | 1 | ||
| Downy Woodpecker |
18 | Total Species | 99 |
