Gainesville CBC, 1995-1999

Although individuals conducted Gainesville CBCs in 1925, 1928, and 1949, annual counts with proper teams did not begin until 1957. Here we show the results of five recent counts.

Heavy rains inundated Paynes Prairie, which is at the Count center, during the winters of 1997-98 and 1998-99. The waters subsided rapidly during 1999, creating a bonanza for fish-eating birds. All these circumstances are reflected in the CBC numbers for 1997-99, such as the record high count of Anhingas in 1998 when the Prairie was to all intents and purposes a lake, and the record highs for several waders in 1999, when it was reduced to a series of shallow pools. Conditions for the 1995-96 counts were “normal,” however, and give a more typical picture of winter bird populations.

Year	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Date	17-Dec	22-Dec	21-Dec	20-Dec	19-Dec

Observers	59	56	54	54	58
Species	137	139	140	142	145
Individuals	29196	37763	34533	30735	43042

Common Loon	1		1		2
Pied-billed Grebe	127	126	77	155	145
Horned Grebe	3		2
American White Pelican					150
Brown Pelican		1	1
Double-crested Cormorant	551	1054	609	383	1600
Anhinga	87	157	122	613	316
American Bittern	6	3	4	8	6
Least Bittern					1
Great Blue Heron	121	210	127	212	604
Great Egret	180	313	152	307	401
Snowy Egret	120	46	33	139	295
Little Blue Heron	152	100	104	153	637
Tricolored Heron	22	29	27	27	32
Cattle Egret	453	154	136	41	659
Green Heron	8	12	17	23	29
Black-crowned Night-Heron	64	225	51	88	89
White Ibis	1318	852	1062	746	2701
Glossy Ibis	20	72	11	290	750
Roseate Spoonbill					2
Wood Stork	25	220	36	207	427
Black Vulture	60	168	127	161	739
Turkey Vulture	948	420	405	839	807
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck				2
Snow Goose					43
Wood Duck	72	126	122	868	211
Gadwall	2		1	6	75
American Wigeon	6	41	15	16	7
Mallard	41	39	6	46	29
Mottled Duck	36	33	12	34	29
Blue-winged Teal	114	232	200	364	1133
Northern Shoveler				5	2
Northern Pintail	27	1		32	85
Green-winged Teal	374	348	74	210	1370
Canvasback		1	1
Redhead		1
Ring-necked Duck	5	127	953	140	992
Lesser Scaup	2	19	172	69	23
Bufflehead	1	1	3	2	3
Common Goldeneye		2	1	2	1
Hooded Merganser	69	97	37	135	247
Red-breasted Merganser	1		1
Ruddy Duck		8	13	13	7
duck, sp.					550
Osprey	15	7	6	9	15
Bald Eagle	67	109	61	40	154
Northern Harrier	34	32	24	21	25
Sharp-shinned Hawk	18	9	12	7	16
Cooper’s Hawk	3	6	4	2	7
accipiter, sp.		2	1		1
Red-shouldered Hawk	50	79	69	62	88
Red-tailed Hawk	66	51	38	43	41
American Kestrel	80	57	40	56	55
Merlin	1	2
Peregrine Falcon				1
Wild Turkey	23	15	26	23	20
Northern Bobwhite	21	2	17		1
King Rail	10	25	19	10	9
Virginia Rail	7	25	18	5	4
Sora	79	100	36	55	16
Purple Gallinule		1		5
Common Moorhen	123	216	194	434	168
American Coot	820	1128	1629	2640	1751
Limpkin		1	1	2	5
Sandhill Crane	1560	1250	1596	1361	5035
Killdeer	268	386	309	245	534
American Avocet					1
Greater Yellowlegs	20	15	18	32	89
Lesser Yellowlegs	4	1	4	23	14
Spotted Sandpiper	1
Least Sandpiper				13	150
peep, sp.					25
Dunlin				1	3
Stilt Sandpiper				1
Long-billed Dowitcher	9			25
dowitcher, sp.					40
Common Snipe	61	309	81	308	209
American Woodcock	12	28	32	2	29
Bonaparte’s Gull	42	59	12	10	48
Ring-billed Gull	922	3254	1601	1051	241
Herring Gull	7	15	11	4	3
Forster’s Tern	24	33	36	6	33
Rock Dove	105	137	177	129	201
Eurasian Collared-Dove	1		39	33	160
Mourning Dove	531	391	304	454	503
Common Ground-Dove			3	2
Barn Owl	1	1	1
Eastern Screech-Owl	23	19	22	26	33
Great Horned Owl	10	18	20	19	24
Barred Owl	23	25	36	28	26
Whip-poor-will	2	4	2	1	1
Black-chinned Hummingbird				1	1
*Selasphorus, sp.*	1			1	2
Belted Kingfisher	33	28	27	70	44
Red-headed Woodpecker	4	19	7	19	11
Red-bellied Woodpecker	140	258	173	157	164
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	22	48	41	45	31
Downy Woodpecker	76	72	90	94	105
Hairy Woodpecker	1	1
Northern Flicker	62	95	74	91	84
Pileated Woodpecker	73	83	88	85	72
Eastern Phoebe	228	164	138	237	218
Vermilion Flycatcher		1		2	2
Loggerhead Shrike	45	57	55	46	50
White-eyed Vireo	46	59	47	89	76
Blue-headed Vireo	72	56	56	70	76
Blue Jay	108	279	180	166	168
American Crow	399	291	316	433	382
Fish Crow	23	19	151	104	90
crow, sp.	168	85	130	146	114
Tree Swallow	4	451	1671	226	73
Carolina Chickadee	60	90	88	89	88
Tufted Titmouse	217	223	270	236	186
Brown-headed Nuthatch	51	55	19	1	12
Brown Creeper	1
Carolina Wren	210	221	268	269	297
House Wren	132	111	110	113	99
Winter Wren	1	1
Sedge Wren	58	76	23	24	59
Marsh Wren	9	13	13	14	26
Golden-crowned Kinglet	4				5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	403	238	216	382	383
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	219	157	132	244	264
Eastern Bluebird	98	83	74	150	74
Hermit Thrush	20	69	30	61	23
American Robin	716	2887	278	497	646
Gray Catbird	74	120	73	83	81
Northern Mockingbird	91	179	132	144	120
Brown Thrasher	11	12	19	26	19
European Starling	323	218	406	265	174
American Pipit	50	27	3	110	56
Cedar Waxwing	96	480	13	348	25
Blue-winged Warbler			1
Orange-crowned Warbler	60	42	36	41	55
Northern Parula	1	2	2	1
Black-throated Blue Warbler		1	1
Yellow-rumped Warbler	4030	5697	4573	3139	2156
Yellow-throated Warbler	31	19	20	34	36
Pine Warbler	310	90	130	167	123
Prairie Warbler		1		2	1
Palm Warbler	375	261	158	269	281
Black-and-white Warbler	63	62	41	50	51
American Redstart			1
Ovenbird	13	3	8	5	8
Northern Waterthrush			1
Louisiana Waterthrush				1
Common Yellowthroat	162	166	114	199	276
Wilson’s Warbler					5
Summer Tanager				1
Western Tanager		1
Eastern Towhee	85	112	157	140	73
Bachman’s Sparrow	2
Chipping Sparrow	165	142	263	85	120
Field Sparrow	1	1	8	6	17
Vesper Sparrow	81	6	11	5	19
Savannah Sparrow	218	129	71	47	220
Grasshopper Sparrow		2	1		15
Henslow’s Sparrow	1	3	1	8	13
LeConte’s Sparrow	1			1
Ammodramus, sp.		2
Fox Sparrow			1	2
Song Sparrow	57	56	63	42	65
Lincoln’s Sparrow	1	1
Swamp Sparrow	175	187	188	112	411
White-throated Sparrow	34	43	91	44	20
White-crowned Sparrow		3	2		4
Dark-eyed Junco	2		1	1	2
Northern Cardinal	242	300	364	322	424
Indigo Bunting					1
Dickcissel		1
Red-winged Blackbird	5953	5554	9403	3695	6086
Eastern Meadowlark	380	263	224	241	157
Rusty Blackbird			1	4	68
Common Grackle	419	1430	758	1103	954
Boat-tailed Grackle	1487	2658	768	1630	1416
Brown-headed Cowbird	12	3	146	200	77
Baltimore Oriole	1	10	8	9	19
House Finch			11	21	44
American Goldfinch	400	125	248	372	401
House Sparrow	26		33	64	47

Year	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Date	17-Dec	22-Dec	21-Dec	20-Dec	19-Dec

Observers	59	56	54	54	58
Species	137	139	140	142	145
Individuals	29196	37763	34533	30735	43042

Common Loon	1		1		2
Pied-billed Grebe	127	126	77	155	145
Horned Grebe	3		2
American White Pelican					150
Brown Pelican		1	1
Double-crested Cormorant	551	1054	609	383	1600
Anhinga	87	157	122	613	316
American Bittern	6	3	4	8	6
Least Bittern					1
Great Blue Heron	121	210	127	212	604
Great Egret	180	313	152	307	401
Snowy Egret	120	46	33	139	295
Little Blue Heron	152	100	104	153	637
Tricolored Heron	22	29	27	27	32
Cattle Egret	453	154	136	41	659
Green Heron	8	12	17	23	29
Black-crowned Night-Heron	64	225	51	88	89
White Ibis	1318	852	1062	746	2701
Glossy Ibis	20	72	11	290	750
Roseate Spoonbill					2
Wood Stork	25	220	36	207	427
Black Vulture	60	168	127	161	739
Turkey Vulture	948	420	405	839	807
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck				2
Snow Goose					43
Wood Duck	72	126	122	868	211
Gadwall	2		1	6	75
American Wigeon	6	41	15	16	7
Mallard	41	39	6	46	29
Mottled Duck	36	33	12	34	29
Blue-winged Teal	114	232	200	364	1133
Northern Shoveler				5	2
Northern Pintail	27	1		32	85
Green-winged Teal	374	348	74	210	1370
Canvasback		1	1
Redhead		1
Ring-necked Duck	5	127	953	140	992
Lesser Scaup	2	19	172	69	23
Bufflehead	1	1	3	2	3
Common Goldeneye		2	1	2	1
Hooded Merganser	69	97	37	135	247
Red-breasted Merganser	1		1
Ruddy Duck		8	13	13	7
duck, sp.					550
Osprey	15	7	6	9	15
Bald Eagle	67	109	61	40	154
Northern Harrier	34	32	24	21	25
Sharp-shinned Hawk	18	9	12	7	16
Cooper’s Hawk	3	6	4	2	7
accipiter, sp.		2	1		1
Red-shouldered Hawk	50	79	69	62	88
Red-tailed Hawk	66	51	38	43	41
American Kestrel	80	57	40	56	55
Merlin	1	2
Peregrine Falcon				1
Wild Turkey	23	15	26	23	20
Northern Bobwhite	21	2	17		1
King Rail	10	25	19	10	9
Virginia Rail	7	25	18	5	4
Sora	79	100	36	55	16
Purple Gallinule		1		5
Common Moorhen	123	216	194	434	168
American Coot	820	1128	1629	2640	1751
Limpkin		1	1	2	5
Sandhill Crane	1560	1250	1596	1361	5035
Killdeer	268	386	309	245	534
American Avocet					1
Greater Yellowlegs	20	15	18	32	89
Lesser Yellowlegs	4	1	4	23	14
Spotted Sandpiper	1
Least Sandpiper				13	150
peep, sp.					25
Dunlin				1	3
Stilt Sandpiper				1
Long-billed Dowitcher	9			25
dowitcher, sp.					40
Common Snipe	61	309	81	308	209
American Woodcock	12	28	32	2	29
Bonaparte’s Gull	42	59	12	10	48
Ring-billed Gull	922	3254	1601	1051	241
Herring Gull	7	15	11	4	3
Forster’s Tern	24	33	36	6	33
Rock Dove	105	137	177	129	201
Eurasian Collared-Dove	1		39	33	160
Mourning Dove	531	391	304	454	503
Common Ground-Dove			3	2
Barn Owl	1	1	1
Eastern Screech-Owl	23	19	22	26	33
Great Horned Owl	10	18	20	19	24
Barred Owl	23	25	36	28	26
Whip-poor-will	2	4	2	1	1
Black-chinned Hummingbird				1	1
*Selasphorus, sp.*	1			1	2
Belted Kingfisher	33	28	27	70	44
Red-headed Woodpecker	4	19	7	19	11
Red-bellied Woodpecker	140	258	173	157	164
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	22	48	41	45	31
Downy Woodpecker	76	72	90	94	105
Hairy Woodpecker	1	1
Northern Flicker	62	95	74	91	84
Pileated Woodpecker	73	83	88	85	72
Eastern Phoebe	228	164	138	237	218
Vermilion Flycatcher		1		2	2
Loggerhead Shrike	45	57	55	46	50
White-eyed Vireo	46	59	47	89	76
Blue-headed Vireo	72	56	56	70	76
Blue Jay	108	279	180	166	168
American Crow	399	291	316	433	382
Fish Crow	23	19	151	104	90
crow, sp.	168	85	130	146	114
Tree Swallow	4	451	1671	226	73
Carolina Chickadee	60	90	88	89	88
Tufted Titmouse	217	223	270	236	186
Brown-headed Nuthatch	51	55	19	1	12
Brown Creeper	1
Carolina Wren	210	221	268	269	297
House Wren	132	111	110	113	99
Winter Wren	1	1
Sedge Wren	58	76	23	24	59
Marsh Wren	9	13	13	14	26
Golden-crowned Kinglet	4				5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	403	238	216	382	383
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	219	157	132	244	264
Eastern Bluebird	98	83	74	150	74
Hermit Thrush	20	69	30	61	23
American Robin	716	2887	278	497	646
Gray Catbird	74	120	73	83	81
Northern Mockingbird	91	179	132	144	120
Brown Thrasher	11	12	19	26	19
European Starling	323	218	406	265	174
American Pipit	50	27	3	110	56
Cedar Waxwing	96	480	13	348	25
Blue-winged Warbler			1
Orange-crowned Warbler	60	42	36	41	55
Northern Parula	1	2	2	1
Black-throated Blue Warbler		1	1
Yellow-rumped Warbler	4030	5697	4573	3139	2156
Yellow-throated Warbler	31	19	20	34	36
Pine Warbler	310	90	130	167	123
Prairie Warbler		1		2	1
Palm Warbler	375	261	158	269	281
Black-and-white Warbler	63	62	41	50	51
American Redstart			1
Ovenbird	13	3	8	5	8
Northern Waterthrush			1
Louisiana Waterthrush				1
Common Yellowthroat	162	166	114	199	276
Wilson’s Warbler					5
Summer Tanager				1
Western Tanager		1
Eastern Towhee	85	112	157	140	73
Bachman’s Sparrow	2
Chipping Sparrow	165	142	263	85	120
Field Sparrow	1	1	8	6	17
Vesper Sparrow	81	6	11	5	19
Savannah Sparrow	218	129	71	47	220
Grasshopper Sparrow		2	1		15
Henslow’s Sparrow	1	3	1	8	13
LeConte’s Sparrow	1			1
Ammodramus, sp.		2
Fox Sparrow			1	2
Song Sparrow	57	56	63	42	65
Lincoln’s Sparrow	1	1
Swamp Sparrow	175	187	188	112	411
White-throated Sparrow	34	43	91	44	20
White-crowned Sparrow		3	2		4
Dark-eyed Junco	2		1	1	2
Northern Cardinal	242	300	364	322	424
Indigo Bunting					1
Dickcissel		1
Red-winged Blackbird	5953	5554	9403	3695	6086
Eastern Meadowlark	380	263	224	241	157
Rusty Blackbird			1	4	68
Common Grackle	419	1430	758	1103	954
Boat-tailed Grackle	1487	2658	768	1630	1416
Brown-headed Cowbird	12	3	146	200	77
Baltimore Oriole	1	10	8	9	19
House Finch			11	21	44
American Goldfinch	400	125	248	372	401
House Sparrow	26		33	64	47

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