Thanks for posting your results on INWBirders as it is interesting to compare notes with other counts. Seems we are all having a late arrival of winter which ain't a good thing. I just posted our Coeur d'Alene results and also helped out up in Sandpoint on Sunday. We didn't have a single Bohemian Waxwing on either count which is REALLY strange - usually hundreds by now. Like you guys the late stuff also stood out - your Turkey Vulture is nuts!
Strangely, the migrants that should have been long gone are still showing up. We've had a White-throated Sparrow at our place since mid-November and was hoping he would stay around until the count, which he did, but was joined by a second bird on the week before the count. Then on Tuesday, a third bird showed up giving us a mini flock of three (3) White-throats at the moment - very weird!
Thank you again for the post, very interesting. Hope you have a great Holiday Season and continue to find all sorts of great birds.
Merry Christmas, Doug
-----Original Message----- From: Inland-nw-birders <inland-nw-birders-bounces...> On Behalf Of Mike & MerryLynn via Inland-nw-birders Sent: Monday, December 16, 2024 7:34 PM To: <inland-nw-birders...> Subject: [inland-NW-birders] Walla Walla CBC results
Count was held on the 14th - our 52nd. One of our warmest count days ever with temp 48 to 54, sunshine in the morning then rain after 2:45. We had a Milberts Tortoiseshell Butterfly up Blue Creek - definitely our first ever on a CBC.
Found an average 85 species plus two count week birds - but 2 FIRST for our count - a TURKEY VULTURE and a RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER.
HARRIS'S SPARROW, AMERICAN PIPIT, and AMERICAN GOSHAWK were uncommon finds.
Broke a couple records - 24 Common Goldeneye beating our previous 13 and 94 Red-breasted Nuthatch beating 56 back in 1994.
CALIFORNIA SCRUB-JAY - our first were 3 in 2022, only one last year but a total of 6 were found this year - this species is now regular in Burbank, Touchet, College Place, Walla Walla and Prescott.
Ruddy Duck and Pied-billed Grebe - only our 3rd ever.
VERY LOW numbers of Robins and Varied Thrush - despite abundant apple and berry crop.
Enjoy all those Christmas Bird Counts - Mike & MerryLynn Denny
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