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The 2007 Christmas Bird Count will be held Dec. 15. Meet at the Outdoor Campus at 7:30.
Click on the owl to get the complete results of CBC's in Sioux Falls.
The 2005 Sioux Falls Christmas Bird Count
was held on December 17,
on a sunny day with a high temperature of 10 degrees F. It was a day of high counts
for the Sioux Falls CBC with the following species recording record high counts of individuals for the fifty-seven year history
of the count: Canada Goose (5,035), Common Goldeneye (12), Bald Eagle (12), Red-tailed Hawk (38), Merlin (3), Wild Turkey
(278), Rock Pigeon (2901) and American Goldfinch (255). A record high of total individuals was tallied of (12,563) due
largely to the high count of Canada Geese and Rock Pigeons. For those concerned with the effects of the West Nile Virus
the following information is presented for three species: a Blue Jays count of (64) which compares to an average count of
(25) and maximum count of (75) in 1979; an American Crow count of (319) compared to an average count of (322) and a max Count
of (1,362) in 1992, Black-capped Chickadee (112) which compares to an average count of (280) and a maximum count of (663)
in 1961. Thank you, to all participants who braved the cold to continue the tradition.
Robert Schenck
Sioux
Falls CBC Compiler
The annual Christmas Bird Count for 2004 was Saturday, Dec.18. For Sioux Falls. Eighteen participants spotted
42 species and 10,691 individuals. Three Long-eared Owls were the birds of the day. (click on "Long-eared Owls" to hear the call of the LEO.)
| This RBN was only one of a few seen during the CBC |
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A comparison of Sioux Falls CBC's at ten year intervals from 1954-2004
| A comparison of Sioux Falls CBC's 1954-2004 |
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| SFBC member spots ducks during the CBC |
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For past CBC results, click here.
The annual Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count will be held Dec. 14 to Jan. 5 in locations throughout the US and other
countries. The CBC is conducted on one specified day in each designated 15-mile diameter area. Its purpose is to document
as many wild birds as can be seen from dawn until dusk on the specified day in over 1900 different areas around the world.
During this time period, thousands of volunteers, including everyone from expert ornithologists to first time birders and
feeder watchers, will search their backyards, neighborhoods, parks, rivers, lakes, forests and farms.
The data collected
is used for environmental and scientific studies, and is available to anyone who is interested. Last year over 63 million
birds were seen. You can access last year’s data on line, at www.audubon.org or www.birdsource.org/
In Sioux
Falls, the search area is centered at Rice Street and Cliff Avenue. The date for the Sioux Falls event is December 18. The
Sioux Falls Bird Club encourages anyone interested in wild birds to take part. You can go with the volunteers or take a count
from your bird feeders in your yard. If you wish to help with the expenses for compiling and publication of the data, you
can pay a $5 participation fee.
The success of the count is dependent on the number of volunteers. Sioux Falls CBC
traditionally finds around 50 species, with totals in the thousands. Feeder watchers will watch from their homes, and other
volunteers will meet at the Outdoor Campus by 7:30 on Saturday, Dec. 18. You can go out till noon or all day. Transportation
will be provided. Volunteers meet back at the Outdoor campus at noon and at 5 PM. Feeder watchers may send their results in.
For a questionnaire/application, contact Robb Schenck at 422 N. Linwood Ct, SF SD 57103 (605)-274- 6554
Results
and photos can be found after the event at the SFBC web site at www.leifericson.org/sfbc For more information on the state
count, type in SDOU on your search engine to access the South Dakota Ornithological Union WebPages.
For those outside
of Sioux Falls, the CDC dates and contact numbers are:
Check in your community for the dates of your count.
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