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Christmas Bird Counts
Yécora, Sonora, Mexico

compiled by Jack Whetstone (Bisbee, AZ) and Forrest Davis

97 = 97th CBC, count date 22 December 1996
98 = 98th CBC, count date 21 December 1997
99 = 99th CBC, count date 20 December 1998
100 = 100th CBC, count date 20 December 1999
101 = 101st CBC, count date 17 December 2000
102 = 102nd CBC, count date 23 December 2001
105 = 105th CBC, count date 22 December 2004
cw = count week

More detailed results from the counts summarized below
are accessible beginning at the Christmas Bird Count Home Page

Scroll down through the list or jump to a section in the menu below:

Ducks to Vultures | Raptors to Gulls | Doves to Swifts
Hummingbirds to Woodcreepers | Flycatchers to Shrike | Vireos to Brown Creeper
Wrens to Thrushes | Thrashers to Tanagers | Sparrows
Grosbeaks to House Sparrow 

Ducks to Vultures 97 98 99 100  101 102 105
Snow Goose 2     2       
Ross' Goose 1            
Gadwall   12   3  8 12 15
American Wigeon   25     25 21 7
Mallard 35 2     2   6
    "Mexican Duck" 8 25 58  35 35 12 8
Cinnamon Teal       1    1  
Northern Shoveler     2 4       
Green-winged Teal 8 2 30 48  15 22  
Canvasback   cw          
Redhead   11          
Ring-necked Duck 2 30          
Lesser Scaup   20          
Bufflehead         6    
Common Merganser       6       
West Mexican Chachalaca     1        
Wild Turkey   4       4  
Elegant Quail 28 10 3 42  6   1
Montezuma Quail     1     1  
Pied-billed Grebe 1 7 3 2  5 5 cw
Eared Grebe   1          
American Bittern     1        
Great Blue Heron 8 8 11 8  6 5 3
Great Egret 3 2 3 4  4 2  
Snowy Egret         1    
Green Heron 1 1 1 1  3 1  
Black-crowned Night-Heron CW 4   2  11 5  
Black Vulture 15 20 58 59  49 9 83
Turkey Vulture 44 72 54 106  106 46 43

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Raptors to Gulls 97 98 99 100  101 102 105
Northern Harrier 2 13 13 6 21 3 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 5 2 4 6 2 1
Cooper's Hawk   2 4 2 6 2 1
Short-tailed Hawk       

2

    1
Northern Goshawk 1 2 1   1 1  
    Accipiter sp. 1            
Zone-tailed Hawk   1     1   1
Red-tailed Hawk 6 21 1 13  31 18 7
Golden Eagle 1     1  2    
Crested Caracara       1  cw    
American Kestrel 18 42 25 32  34 24 14
Merlin 1 2 2   1   cw
Peregrine Falcon   2 2   3    
Prairie Falcon     1

 1

     1
Sora     1        
American Coot   4 5 2    cw 3
Killdeer 15 10 26 11  14 9  
Greater Yellowlegs 4 3 4 5 3 5  
Spotted Sandpiper 7 6 7 6 5 5 cw
Least Sandpiper 3   13     1  
Long-billed Curlew       

 1

      
Long-billed Dowitcher   1       3  
Wilson's Snipe   10 21 16  15 12  
Ring-billed Gull cw       2    
Bonaparte's Gull   1       cw  

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Doves to Swifts 97 98 99 100  101 102 105
Rock Pigeon   5 4 2  10 5 25
Band-tailed Pigeon 21 104   61  300   21
White-winged Dove 81 54 83 69  78 55 2
Mourning Dove 341 646 223 75  534 109  
Inca Dove 12 15 38 8  23 cw  
Common Ground-Dove 5 6 11 67  10 15 12
Ruddy Ground-Dove         1   1
White-tipped Dove 13 5 18 23  19 1 1
Military Macaw     2        
White-fronted Parrot   12          
Squirrel Cuckoo       8  3 1  
Greater Roadrunner     1 2  3 4  
Groove-billed Ani   1       1  
Western Screech-Owl 2 2 14  2 8    
Whiskered Screech-Owl 17 7   4  8 6  
Great Horned Owl       1  2    
Northern Pygmy-Owl 9 2 12 7  5 7 1
Colima (Least) Pygmy-Owl       1  1    
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl       1       
Elf Owl     1        
Burrowing Owl     cw        
Mottled Owl         1 2  
Spotted Owl      1 1  3    
White-throated Swift         30   56

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Hummingbirds to Woodcreepers 97 98 99 100  101 102 105
Broad-billed Hummingbird 1 6 3  1 10 2 2
White-eared Hummingbird 3 1 19 15  13 1 1
Berylline Hummingbird 1 2 2 9    1  
Violet-crowned Hummingbird 3 6 3 2  1 1 4
Blue-throated Hummingbird         1 1  
Plain-capped Starthroat       1       
Anna's Hummingbird 4 4 8 8  4 4  
Costa's Hummingbird 2 6       2  
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird   1 1        
Mountain Trogon     1   4   cw
Elegant Trogon 7 2 4  4 5   4
Belted Kingfisher 2 5 3  2 3 2 cw
Green Kingfisher     1        
Lewis's Woodpecker   1     4    
Acorn Woodpecker 62 162 160 112  85 48 21
Gila Woodpecker 6 19 13 12  29 12 7
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker       1       
Williamson's Sapsucker 1     5 6   1
Red-naped Sapsucker 5 11 15 3  9 4 15
Ladder-backed Woodpecker 11 13 15  11 17 11 12
Arizona (Strickland's) Woodpecker 11 6 20 9  19 6 8
Gray-crowned Woodpecker   1          
Northern (Red-shafted) Flicker 6 17 25 14  24 5 5
White-striped Woodcreeper 7 12 16  10 13 2 2

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Flycatchers to Shrike 97 98 99 100  101 102 105
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 4 10 10 1  3 2  
Tufted Flycatcher 2   9 1 5  1 2  
Greater Pewee 18 18 12 6  15 9 2
Hammond's Flycatcher 15 33 7 17  47 9 9
Dusky Flycatcher 11 9 5 3  10 5 1
    Hammond's/Dusky Flycatcher   2 11        
Gray Flycatcher 17 25 28 17  13 13 8
Pine Flycatcher     1     3  
Pacific-slope Flycatcher   6 4 6  2   2
    "Western Flycatcher" 6 11 10 5 2 3 4
White-throated Flycatcher 1            
Buff-breasted Flycatcher 7 6 6 3  15 1 6
Black Phoebe 9 12 46 14  21 12 12
Say's Phoebe 3 16 27  19 15 16 11
Vermilion Flycatcher 10 24 24 23  37 29 11
Dusky-capped Flycatcher 1 1 3 6  2 3  
Ash-throated Flycatcher 1 5 1       1
Nutting's Flycatcher 26 34 29 42  42 21 26
Brown-crested Flycatcher     1        
    Myiarchus sp. 2            
Cassin's Kingbird 13 23 12 36  23 16 13
Thick-billed Kingbird 4 2 3   5 1 2
Gray-collared Becard       1       
Rose-throated Becard         1    
Loggerhead Shrike 4 13 11 2 11 10 4

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Vireos to Brown Creeper 97 98 99 100  101 102 105
Bell's Vireo       1 2    
White-eyed Vireo     1        
Plumbeous Vireo 5 2 1 2   3 2
Cassin's Vireo 4 3 2 4 11 3 2
Hutton's Vireo 7 11 20 14 16 11 3
Warbling Vireo 3 1 1 2 1 2 1
Yellow-green Vireo      1 1      
Black-throated Magpie-Jay 27 51 56 27  42 6 3
Steller's Jay   24 28 12  77   1
Western Scrub-Jay             1
Mexican Jay 36 115 134 78  88 45 63
Chihuahuan Raven 2 2   94  2 15 10
Common Raven 47 87 105 13  84 37 20
Violet-green Swallow       2      
Northern Rough-winged Swallow       1      
Mexican Chickadee 12 15 28 1 7 6 13
Bridled Titmouse 76 107 96 32 45 138 14
Verdin 3 1 3   1   2
Bushtit 73 100 55   51 65 cw
White-breasted Nuthatch 25 47 66 19 18 47 17
Pygmy Nuthatch 2       1   9
Brown Creeper 24 40 90 6 15 17 6

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Wrens to Thrushes 97 98 99 100  101 102 105
Spotted Wren 9 8 10 13 12 cw 1
Cactus Wren 2 5 1   6 1 3
Rock Wren 8 10 8 5 2 1 1
Canyon Wren 12 9 15 7 14 8 1
Sinaloa Wren 11 16 9 7 23 2 2
Happy Wren   3 5       1
Bewick's Wren 9 64 10 3 10 9 5
House Wren 15 13 20 21 25 14 2
    "Brown-throated" Wren 1 3 11 1   1 1
Marsh Wren   1 1   1 1  
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 314 393 347 175 183 119 65
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 26 14 19 48 23 40
Black-capped Gnatcatcher 17 11 19 1 8   1
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher   1   11 1   5
Eastern Bluebird 134 95 43 40 25 62 5
Western Bluebird     9 20 9   2
Mountain Bluebird 18   cw   30    
Townsend's Solitaire 1   1   4 1 1
Brown-backed Solitaire 3 28 9 10 2 4 11
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush   1 2 2 2   1
Russet Nightingale-Thrush   1 2 2     cw
Hermit Thrush 32 30 33 12 12 12 1
Rufous-backed Robin     2        
White-throated Robin 4 2 2       7
American Robin 23 65 146 9 104 30 9
Aztec Thrush     25        

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Thrashers to Tanagers 97 98 99 100  101 102 105
Northern Mockingbird 6 8 12 10 10 1 1
Brown Thrasher       1      
Curve-billed Thrasher 3 5 2 1 10 3  
Blue Mockingbird 3 10 12 14 6 4 3
European Starling cw cw          
American Pipit     6     8  
Cedar Waxwing     7        
Gray Silky-Flycatcher           1  
Phainopepla       1      
Olive Warbler 15 8 2 8   11 5
Orange-crowned Warbler 41 44 44 123 98 66 24
Nashville Warbler       1     2
Crescent-chested Warbler 1   6 5 1 1 2
Yellow Warbler   1          
Yellow-rumped Warbler (unspecified) 51 50 44        
    Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler     10 87 25 27 30
Black-throated Gray Warbler 19 23 1 24 38 23 9
Townsend's Warbler 10 31 14 25 9 12 26
Hermit Warbler 2 1 1 1 1    
Grace's Warbler 4 3 3 6 1 4 2
Black-and-white Warbler           1 1
Northern Waterthrush   1 1   1 2  
MacGillivray's Warbler 1 1   1 8 1 1
Common Yellowthroat   3 cw 2   1  
Wilson's Warbler 3 5 5 8 7 4 3
Red-faced Warbler     1   1    
Painted Redstart 35 36 44 29 38 25 13
Slate-throated Redstart   1   2 1   2
Rufous-capped Warbler 28 21 21 16 23 13 10
Yellow-breasted Chat       1      
Hepatic Tanager 34 42 37 58 42 16 36
Summer Tanager       1      
Western Tanager     1   1    

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Sparrows 97 98 99 100  101 102 105
Rufous-capped Brush-Finch   3 5   2   2
Green-tailed Towhee 22 127 64 66 90 14 11
Spotted Towhee 13 32 17 13 43 7 6
Canyon Towhee 8 30 35 22 24 8 6
Rufous-winged Sparrow           2  
Rufous-crowned Sparrow 5 12 5 10 4 1  
Rusty Sparrow 5 6   6 3 3  
Five-striped Sparrow 9           2
Cassin's Sparrow   11 3        
Botteri's Sparrow     1        
Chipping Sparrow 238 752 666 683 472 397 185
Clay-colored Sparrow     1        
Brewer's Sparrow       19 1 2  
Black-chinned Sparrow     2        
Vesper Sparrow 2 45 135 225 67 41  
Lark Sparrow 31 89 43 54 132 18 6
Savannah Sparrow 9 97 379 32 206 206  
Grasshopper Sparrow 1 25 30 16 6 11  
Baird's Sparrow         cw 1  
Fox Sparrow   cw 1        
Song Sparrow 1 1 2        
Lincoln's Sparrow 95 92 88 35 60 32  
Harris's Sparrow             1
White-throated Sparrow       1      
White-crowned Sparrow 12 39 255 60 32 25 43
Dark-eyed Junco (unspecified)     55        
Dark-eyed "Slate-colored" Junco   2     1   4
Dark-eyed "Oregon" Junco 71 46 103 2 9 4 1
Dark-eyed "Gray-headed" Junco 58 330 96 11 221 84 4
Yellow-eyed Junco 37 139 34 34 28 18 60
McCown's Longspur         1    
Chestnut-collared Longspur         6    

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Grosbeaks to House Sparrow 97 98 99 100  101 102 105
Northern Cardinal 19 35 28 19 24 10 4
Pyrrhuloxia 3 3 21 16 14 7 6
Yellow Grosbeak     2 2      
Black-headed Grosbeak 51 10 46 29 72 8 2
Blue Grosbeak 2            
Lazuli Bunting 4 1 5 8 3   7
Varied Bunting 8 19 9 9 12 4 2
Red-winged Blackbird   1 10 28 30 52  
Eastern Meadowlark   8 10 81 52 4 10
Western Meadowlark 45 12 60   2 30 20
    meadowlark sp.   100 30        
Yellow-headed Blackbird   1 1   cw 13  
Brewer's Blackbird 540 1211 475 250 800 320 325
Great-tailed Grackle 9 20 22   36 7 35
Brown-headed Cowbird 95 47 280 140 1000 500  
Streak-backed Oriole 12 19 21 18 17 6 1
Hooded Oriole 1 2 1 1 3   2
Black-vented Oriole 4 5 5 5 2   4
Scott's Oriole 10 9 9 4 8   12
Cassin's Finch 1       3    
House Finch 25 73 50 11 22 8 15
Pine Siskin 56 4 59 12 61 40 6
Black-headed Siskin cw     3      
Lesser Goldfinch 68 171 111 43 52 131 95
Lawrence's Goldfinch 11            
Hooded Grosbeak   1          
House Sparrow 5 36 9 8 56 28 15
Total Species on Count Day 151 172 152 178 183 152 138

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