Big Bend CBC - Chisos Mountains

This entry is backdated to reflect the date of the count; these numbers are via the the Christmas Bird Count web site and the 'current year' results (date of reference 2/18/2011). I've removed number/party hour for the sake of the blog format which already crunches the columns awkwardly.

Chisos Mountains [TXCM]
Texas Region
29.2667°, -103.3°
Christmas Bird Count
Count Year: 111














Pine Canyon (our area for the count)

US = unusual species
GD = good documentation

Species / Number

Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata) 75
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus) 1
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1
Accipiter sp. (Accipiter) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 6
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 2
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) 2
White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) 43
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) 4
White-throated Swift (Aeronautes saxatalis) 151
Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) 3
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) 1
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) 19
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) 3
Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) 3
Ladder-backed Woodpecker (Picoides scalaris) 24
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 3
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker (Colaptes auratus) 3
Say's Phoebe (Sayornis saya) 15
Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) 1 US GD
Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) 6
Hutton's Vireo (Vireo huttoni) 5
Mexican Jay (Aphelocoma ultramarina) 55
Common Raven (Corvus corax) 56
Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus) 42
Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps) 13
Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus) 33
Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) 30
Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) 31
Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus) 22
Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 9
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 34
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea) 10
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (Polioptila melanura) 4
Townsend's Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi) 1
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) 17
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) 37
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) 1
Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) 5
Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma crissale) 2
Green-tailed Towhee (Pipilo chlorurus) 1
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 47
Canyon Towhee (Melozone fuscus) 54
Cassin's Sparrow (Peucaea cassinii) 2
Rufous-crowned Sparrow (Aimophila ruficeps) 43
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) 17
Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri) 8
Black-chinned Sparrow (Spizella atrogularis) 2
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) 4
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) 1
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) 107
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 14
sparrow sp. (Emberizinae) 5
Dark-eyed (Gray-headed) Junco (Junco hyemalis) 6
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco (Junco hyemalis) 3
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) 9
Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatus) 34
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) 1
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) 33
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) 45



Weather & Effort

Count Date: Dec 28, 2010
Number of Participants: 18
Number of Party Hours: 55.75
Species Reported: 58
Low Temperature: 36
High Temperature: 66
AM Weather: Clear
Rain: None
Snow: None
PM Weather: Clear
Rain: None
Snow: None