Blackford CBC Data:
Species 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Totals: Avg:
Pied-billed Grebe 1   2     1 2 6 0.9
Great Blue Heron 4 4 4 9 1 7 10 39 5.6
Black Vulture       5     58 63 9.0
Turkey Vulture       4 1   10 15 2.1
Canada Goose 77 25 4 10 47 46 56 265 37.9
Wood Duck       2 2   5 9 1.3
Gadwall         5   3 8 1.1
American Black Duck       15 7   4 26 3.7
Mallard 49 52 48 64 92 41 126 472 67.4
Northern Pintail     1         1 0.1
Ring-necked Duck     1       1 2 0.3
Lesser Scaup     8     4 2 14 2.0
Blue-winged Teal   2           2 0.3
Northern Shoveler   1           1 0.1
Green-winged Teal 6     4       10 1.4
duck species 4             4 0.6
Northern Harrier   1   4     1 6 0.9
Sharp-shinned Hawk   1   1   2 4 8 1.1
Cooper's Hawk 1     4 2 1 5 13 1.9
Northern Goshawk       1       1 0.1
Red-shouldered Hawk   2 1 1       4 0.6
Red-tailed Hawk 5 18 10 36 10 14 20 113 16.1
Rough-legged Hawk   1           1 0.1
buteo species   2           2 0.3
Golden Eagle   5 6 5 5 6 5 32 4.6
American Kestrel 3 14 14 19 12 13 15 90 12.9
Merlin     1       1 2 0.3
Ruffed Grouse 2 8   2   3   15 2.1
Wild Turkey   10   1 6 2 20 39 5.6
Northern Bobwhite 2         1   3 0.4
Killdeer     2 7 2 38 19 68 9.7
Wilson's Snipe   1 2 5     1 9 1.3
Ring-billed Gull       4     cw 4 0.6
Rock Dove 58 16 46 32 123 6 56 337 48.1
Mourning Dove 80 149 219 124 132 177 378 1259 179.9
Eastern Screech-Owl 4 2 7 6 3 4 8 34 4.9
Long-eared Owl   1           1 0.1
Great Horned Owl 1   1 6   5 2 15 2.1
Barried Owl   1 1         2 0.3
owl species 1           1 2 0.3
Belted Kingfisher 2 4 4 7 1 7 2 27 3.9
Red-headed Woodpecker 2   1   1 2   6 0.9
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 4 5 9 7 7 13 50 7.1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   1 2 3     2 8 1.1
Downy Woodpecker 7 12 6 20 11 22 28 106 15.1
Hairy Woodpecker 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 14 2.0
Northern Flicker 15 2 12 19 3 16 12 79 11.3
Pileated Woodpecker 6 5 1 7 2 5 10 36 5.1
Eastern Phoebe       3 2 3 2 10 1.4
Loggerhead Shrike     1 2     3 6 0.9
Blue Jay 24 30 37 73 60 87 43 354 50.6
American Crow 113 675 453 671 589 642 321 3464 494.9
Common Raven 5 15 5 10 2 11 18 66 9.4
Carolina Chickadee 15 20 6 32 23 50 29 175 25.0
Black-capped Chickadee 4         1   5 0.7
Tufted Titmouse 11 23 11 19 24 42 35 165 23.6
Red-breasted Nuthatch           1   1 0.1
White-breasted Nuthatch 11 11 3 18 8 16   67 9.6
Brown Creeper           1 17 18 2.6
Carolina Wren 6 1 4 15 6 16 21 69 9.9
Winter Wren           3   3 0.4
Golden-crowned Kinglet   5   4 4 6 5 24 3.4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet             1 1 0.1
Eastern Bluebird 47 63 25 71 15 85 52 358 51.1
Hermit Thrush     1         1 0.1
American Robin 2 3 5 655 173 3 13 854 122.0
Northern Mockingbird 9 15 7 19 8 36 34 128 18.3
Brown Thrasher     1         1 0.1
European Starling 498 305 815 1112 931 458 2142 6261 894.4
Cedar Waxwing       7 20     27 3.9
Yellow-rumped Warbler 14 18 9 2 46 7 34 130 18.6
Pine Warbler             1 1 0.1
Eastern Towhee 7 3 3 9 6 12 10 50 7.1
Chipping Sparrow 6         19 2 27 3.9
Field Sparrow 10 3 17 6 14 9 20 79 11.3
Savannah Sparrow 2         3 2 7 1.0
Vesper Sparrow   4           4 0.6
Fox Sparrow   1 1 3 2   3 10 1.4
Song Sparrow 56 29 171 83 58 103 125 625 89.3
Swamp Sparrow           1   1 0.1
Lincoln's Sparrow         1     1 0.1
White-throated Sparrow 15 2 13 28 43 45 94 240 34.3
White-crowned Sparrow 2 1 3 26 28 90 69 219 31.3
Dark-eyed Junco 22 80 102 108 224 142 163 841 120.1
Northern Cardinal 41 22 8 28 28 98 58 283 40.4
Red-winged Blackbird   16     19 2 33 70 10.0
Eastern Meadowlark 7 23 23 13 18 12 12 108 15.4
Rusty Blackbird 2           2 4 0.6
Common Grackle 12 2     6     20 2.9
Brown-headed Cowbird   2     128 1 187 318 45.4
Purple finch     3   2 2   7 1.0
House Finch 17 58 24 27 103 33 24 286 40.9
Common Redpoll         18     18 2.6
American Goldfinch 124 134 193 180 150 55 95 931 133.0
House Sparrow 7     2 2 7 8 26 3.7
Total Birds: 1425 1909 2354 3664 3238 2536 4561 19687
Total Species: 51 56 54 60 56 60 68 90
Year: 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002