Bird lore - Project Puffin

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Bird- Lore's Sixteenth Christmas Census 3q
Tufted Titmouse, 75; Chickadee, 75. Total, 17 species, 1,081 individuals. Ralph K.
Wilson.
San Antonio, Tex.—Dec. 26; 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and 1.15 to 4.30 p.m. Clear;
wind south, strong; temp. 60°. Killdeer, 6; Inca Dove, 4; Turkey Vulture, 28; Marsh
Hawk, 3; Sparrow Hawk, i; Belted Kingfisher, i; Cactus Woodpecker, 3; Northern
Flicker, 5; Red-shafted Flicker, 5; Golden-fronted Woodpecker, 15; Phoebe, i; Western
Meadowlark, i; Bronzed Crackle, 5; Great-tailed Crackle, 113; Arkansas Goldfinch, 3;
Western Lark Sparrow, i; Slate-colored Junco, 4; Black-throated Sparrow, i; Song
Sparrow, 2; Cardinal, 11; Texas Pyrrhuloxia, i; Cedar Waxwing, 8; Myrtle Warbler, 4;
Western Mockingbird, 10; Curve-billed Thrasher, i; Cactus Wren, i; Carolina Wren, 6;
Texas Bewick's Wren, 5; Sennett's Titmouse, 10; Plumbeous Chickadee, 14; Goldencrowned
Kinglet, i; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 7; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, i; Bluebird, i.
Total, 34 species. 283 individuals. Angus J. James.
Taylor, Tex.— 2 to 5 p.m., with occasional observations in forenoon. Clear; ground
bare; wind 8 miles an hour; temp. 45°, afternoon. Mourning Dove, 13; Turkey Vulture,
57; Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk, 2; Red-bellied Woodpecker, i; Flicker, 2;
Phoebe, 4; Meadowlarks (not singing, but likely both species, mostly Western), 35;
Goldfinch, 4; Grasshopper Sparrow, 3; Lark Sparrow, 3; Harris's Sparrow, 20; Whitecrowned
Sparrow, 12; Junco, 12; Song Sparrow, 15; Cardinal, 8; White-rumped Shrike,
3; Myrtle Warbler, 2; Pipit, 5; Mockingbird, 12; Carolina Wren, i; House Wren, 2;
Plumbeous Chickadee, 2; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 2; Ruby-crowned, Kinglet, i; Bluebird,
3. Total, 26 species, 225 individuals.—H. Tullsen.
Bozeman, Mont.—Dec. 25; 9.30 a.m. to i p.m. Partly cloudy; 8 in. of snow; wind
westerly, light; temp. 34°. Saw-whet Owl, i; Magpie, 16; Western Crow, 70; Redpoll, 8;
Western Tree Sparrow, 5; Mountain Song Sparrow, 2; Bohemian Waxwing, 60; Longtailed
Chickadee, 8; Northern Shrike, i. Total, 9 species, 171 individuals. -Nelson
LUNDWALL.
Missoula, Mont. (Elevation 3,250 feet).—Dec. 25; 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Partly
cloudy, with occasional snow-flurries; 2 in. of snow; wind west, light; temp. 20°. Mal-
lard, 7; Wilson's Snipe, i; Killdeer, 3; Batchelder's Woodpecker, i; Red-shafted Flicker,
6; Magpie, 21; Redpoll, 6; Pale Goldfinch, i; Western V'esper Sparrow, i; Western Tree
Sparrow, 18; Shufeldt's Junco, 15; Mountain Song Sparrow, 12; Bohemian Waxwing, 2;
Long-tailed Chickadee, 6. The Snipe, Killdeer and Vesper Sparrow are unusual but
identified as positively as is possbile without collecting. Total, 14 species, 100 individuals.—
J. A. Cope, E. C. Rogers and J. Kittredge, Jr.
Meridian, Idaho (irrigated farm lands).—Dec. 23; 8.25 a.m. to 3.45 p.m. Clear;
ground bare; wind northwest; temp. 32° to 40°; 14 miles. Killdeer, 2; Bob-white, 52;
Chinese Pheasant, 40; Western Mourning Dove, i; Marsh Hawk, i; hawk sp., 3; Long-
eared Owl, i; Burrowing Owl, i; Red-shafted Flicker, 15; Pallid Horned Lark, 385
(number probably includes some Dusky Horned Larks); Magpie, 181; Tricolored
Blackbird. 180; Western Meadowlark, 35; Brewer's Blackbird, 180; House Finch, 320;
Pale Goldfinch, 56; Gambel's Sparrow, 105; Shufeldt's Junco, 250; Merrill's Song
Sparrow, 61; Western Tule Wren, 2; Long-tailed Chickadee, i. Total, 21 species, 1,872
individuals. Alex. Stalker.
Denver, Colo.—Dec. 25; 2.20 to 4 p.m. Partly cloudy; ground with some snow;
wind west, strong; temp. 45° to 55°. Ring-necked Pheasant, 1 1 ; Marsh Hawk, i ; Orangeshafted
Flicker, 9; Magpie, 75; Red-winged Blackbird, 750; Meadowlark, 4; House
Finch, 35; Tree Sparrow, 60; Shufeldt's Junco, 3; Pink-sided Junco, i; Gray-headed
Junco, 18. Total, 11 species, 967 individuals.—W. H. Bergtold.
Mesa (vicinity), Maricopa Co., Ariz.— Dec. 21; 3 p.m. to dusk. Clear; ground bare;
no wind; temp. 5o°4-. Killdeer, 25; Mourning Dove, 20; Turkey Vulture, i; Desert
Sparrow Hawk, 4; Gila Woodpecker, 4; Cassin's Kingbird. 4; Western Black Phoebe, 2;