Caroline Stafford's solstice birds (Dec. 2008)
Who: Caroline Stafford
Where: Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
Bird list: see below
Report:
Our Audubon Christmas Bird Count was scheduled for Dec. 21, despite -0 temperatures, we persevered and found feathered creatures to count and admire.
Location: Rapid City, the Black Hills of South Dakota (44N 103W)
Personal count list
- blue jay
- red-breasted nuthatch
- junco
- house finch
- Townsend's solitaire
- chickadee
- northern flicker
- Eurasian collared-dove
- starling
- crow
- robin
- belted kingfisher
- house sparrow
- downy woodpecker
- hairy woodpecker
- sharp-tailed grouse
- mallard
- red-tailed hawk
- common merganser
- cedar waxwing
- common golden-eye
- bufflehead
- wood duck
- rock pigeon
- wild turkey
- bald eagle
- black billed magpie
- great horned owl
- goldfinch
- pine siskin
**varied thrush (out of range visitor, seen by several counters) highlight of the count Photo taken as sun rose over ridgeline
Caroline Stafford
Rapid City, South Dakota
Text and photo copyright © 2008 Caroline Stafford, used with permission.
