A few interesting items from the 2010 Indiana Great Backyard Bird Count

The 2010 Great Backyard Bird Count took place last weekend (February 12-15). While GBBC participants have until March 1 to finish entering their data, I thought it might be interesting to check out what people have reported so far.

Here are a few items of possible interest:

* The ten most numerous species in Indiana (greatest numbers of individual birds reported)

Canada Goose - 27,617 individual birds
Common Grackle - 26,798
European Starling - 15,846
Northern Cardinal - 9,615
Dark-eyed Junco - 9,103
American Crow - 8,501
Mourning Dove - 7,983
House Sparrow - 7,804
American Goldfinch - 7,704
Red-winged Blackbird - 5,596

* The ten least numerous species (fewest numbers of individual birds reported)

American Woodcock - 1 individual bird reported
Ross's Goose – 1
Ruffed Grouse – 1
Gray Catbird – 2
Greater Scaup
Northern Shoveler – 2
Northern Shrike – 2
Ruddy Duck – 2
Tundra Swan - 2
Wilson's Snipe – 2

* The ten most "frequently observed" Indiana species (i.e., number of checklists reporting the species - total number of Indiana checklists = 1,793)

Northern Cardinal - 1,439 (reported on 80.25% of total checklists)
Dark-eyed Junco - 1,291 (reported on 72% of total checklists)
Downy Woodpecker - 1,124 (reported on 62.68% of total checklists)
Mourning Dove - 1,116 (reported on 62.24% of total checklists)
Tufted Titmouse - 968 (reported on 53.98% of total checklists)
European Starling - 938 (reported on 52.31% of total checklists)
White-breasted Nuthatch - 919 (reported on 51.25% of total checklists)
House Sparrow - 907 (reported on 50.58% of total checklists)
American Goldfinch - 905 (reported on 50.47% of total checklists)
Blue Jay - 891 (reported on 49.69% of total checklists)

* The ten least "frequently observed" Indiana species (i.e., number of checklists reporting the species - total number of Indiana checklists = 1,793)

American Pipit - 1 (reported on 0.05% of total checklists)
American Woodcock - 1 (reported on 0.05% of total checklists)
Common Loon - 1 (reported on 0.05% of total checklists)
Northern Saw-whet Owl - (reported on 0.05% of total checklists)
Northern Shoveler - 1 (reported on 0.05% of total checklists)
Ross's Goose - 1 (reported on 0.05% of total checklists)
Ruffed Grouse - 1 (reported on 0.05% of total checklists)
Tundra Swan - 1 (reported on 0.05% of total checklists)
American Wigeon - 2 (tied for 9th- reported on 0.11% of total checklists)
Cackling Goose - 2 (tied for 9th- reported on 0.11% of total checklists)
Gray Catbird - 2 (tied for 9th- reported on 0.11% of total checklists)
Greater Scaup - 2 (tied for 9th- reported on 0.11% of total checklists)
Long-eared Owl - 2 (tied for 9th- reported on 0.11% of total checklists)
Northern Shrike - 2 (tied for 9th- reported on 0.11% of total checklists)
Ruddy Duck - 2 (tied for 9th- reported on 0.11% of total checklists)
Wilson's Snipe - 2 (tied for 9th- reported on 0.11% of total checklists)