Text Box: Green-winged Teal, 7 Am. Widgeon, 1 Ruddy Duck, 3 Ring-necked Duck, 14 Lesser Scaup, 23 Common Goldeneye , 20 Hooded Merganser, 4 Duck sp., 300 Am. Coot, 27 Killdeer, 1 Ring-billed Gull, 107 Bald Eagle (adult), 5 Bald Eagle (immature), 4 Northern Harrier, 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 3 Cooper’s Hawk, 3 Red-tailed Hawk, 40 Rough-legged Hawk, 1 Red-shouldered Hawk, 1 Am. Kestrel,16 Wild Turkey, 2 Rock Dove, 271 Mourning Dove, 155 Great Horned Owl,1 Barred Owl, 2 Belted Kingfisher, 12 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 42 Northern Flicker, 23 Red-headed Woodpecker, 8 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker,10 Downy Woodpecker , 30 Hairy Woodpecker, 7 Pileated Woodpecker, 8 Horned Lark, 33 Blue Jay, 92 Am. Crow,141 Tufted Titmouse, 43 Black-capped Chickadee, 59 Carolina Chickadee, 3 Chickadee sp. , 42 Brown Creeper, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 24 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 3 Carolina Wren, 22 Text Box: Golden-crowned Kinglet, 1 Eastern Bluebird,132 Hermit Thrush, 2 Am. Robin, 101,902 Northern Mockingbird, 18 Cedar Waxwing, 20 European Starling, 5672 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 92 Northern Cardinal,70 Savannah Sparrow, 4 Song Sparrow, 69 Am. Tree Sparrow, 7 Field Sparrow, 5 Dark-eyed Junco, 307 Harris Sparrow, 2 1) 1 mile east of Jeff City sewage treatment plant; 2) on old highway 94 by big old oak tree without a limb, on the north side of the road White-throated Sparrow, 159 White-crowned Sparrow, 62 Fox Sparrow, 2 Lincoln’s Sparrow, 3 Swamp Sparrow, 12 Eastern Meadowlark, 2 Red-winged Blackbird, 231 Rusty Blackbird,1 Brown-headed Cowbird, 2 Common Grackle, 3008 House Sparrow, 66 Am. Goldfinch, 33 Purple Finch, 6 House Finch, 105 Other: Great-tailed Grackle, 50 West of Highway 54 on Loesch Road Trumpeter Swan,1 Ike Skelton Nat’l Guard Training Center Highway 50 East Trumpeter Swan, 2 Quail Valley Estates lake, southwest Jefferson City Text Box: In December, RBAS members were among more than 50,000 U.S. participants in the Christmas Bird Count (CBC). In central Missouri and across America, observers participate in this annual all-day census of early-winter bird populations. The results are compiled into the longest running database in ornithology, representing over a century of unbroken data on trends of early-winter bird populations across the Americas. The first CBC was held December 25, 1900. About 18,500 individual birds were seen by 27 total participants. That year, they reported a total of 90 species. In 2005, RBAS identified 80 different species within a 15-mile diameter area centered on the Capitol building. Most frequently seen species was the American Robins which numbered well over 100,000 because numerous, large flocks are roosting in cedar groves around Jefferson City. Barb Brueggeman provided the list below which shows the species, number of birds and, in some cases, the location. Great Blue Heron, 1 Snow Goose, 3 Canada Goose, 2932 Mallard, 2416 Gadwall, 7

Robin Tops Christmas Bird Count List