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Cheep Thrills Christmas Bird Count - CACT
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YearTotal speciesTotal birdsYearTotal speciesTotal birds
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2023164 62,193 2016*133 21,426
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2022161 47,189
* 2016 it rained heavily all day and several flash flood alerts were issued
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2021156 42,919 2015159 51,932
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2020155 78,981 2014159 60,931
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2019162 47,971 2013162 37,747
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2018159 52,994 2012161 39,972
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2017160 43,922 2011164 41,496
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13 yearsAverage speciesAverage birds
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158.1 48,436
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counted 212 2011-2023diff from
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speciesSpecies202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201113-Yr Averageaverage
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 1 Snow Goose111 - - - 5 - - - 2 - 1 0.8 118%
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 1 Greater White-fronted Goose21626 2 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 3 1 4.2 48%
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 1 Ross's Goose - - - - - - 1 - - - 4 - 3 0.6 0%
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 1 Cackling Goose6926 11 1,445 161 2 9 5 1 3 13 23 32 138.5 50%
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 1 Canada Goose 1,641 729 1,253 1,302 1,337 1,215 1,273 1,079 1,232 761 1,334 1,497 1,947 1,276.9 129%
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 - goose sp. - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 0.2 0%
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 1 Mute Swan 78 28 46 65 65 34 48 36 29 44 31 83 12 46.1 169%
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 1 Wood Duck 10 6 8 21 1 7 6 - 14 - 8 - - 6.2 160%
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 1 Mandarin Duck - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 0.1 0%
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 1 Blue-winged Teal 1 2 - - - - 2 2 - - - - 2 0.7 144%
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 1 Cinnamon Teal 15 20 3 - 10 16 - 9 224 38 14 20 36 31.2 48%
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 1 Northern Shoveler 563 1,253 346 685 1,208 1,166 643 620 302 843 316 455 1,348 749.8 75%
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 1 Gadwall 313 554 159 339 440 367 417 239 241 199 193 350 111 301.7 104%
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 1 Eurasian Wigeon 1 5 2 - 2 2 1 - 1 3 1 1 6 1.9 52%
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 1 American Wigeon 261 1,013 405 687 646 1,672 355 432 634 411 118 468 157 558.4 47%
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 1 Mallard 1,072 906 487 975 1,171 1,439 1,313 442 1,121 417 757 781 848 902.2 119%
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 1 Northern Pintail 496 2,366 795 172 850 616 219 599 1,190 2,539 178 814 149 844.8 59%
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 1 Green-winged Teal (American) 1,068 1,558 1,187 1,840 909 1,085 639 355 757 400 525 390 633 872.8 122%
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 1 Canvasback 256 302 639 601 313 295 251 485 758 1,647 884 897 204 579.4 44%
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 1 Redhead - 2 - - 1 1 1 - - - - - - 0.4 0%
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 1 Ring-necked Duck 224 477 125 132 395 176 60 129 97 484 132 127 82 203.1 110%
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 1 Greater Scaup 75 512 148 270 - 12 11 117 330 3,214 2,334 711 8 595.5 13%
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 1 Lesser Scaup 1 40 17 80 - 2 1 2 38 22 27 7 - 18.2 5%
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 - Aythya sp. 35 20 42 63 11 - 1 - 730 - 1 5 - 69.8 50%
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 1 Surf Scoter - - 3 - 1 1 - - 2 11 7 3 - 2.2 0%
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 1 Long-tailed Duck 3 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 0.3 975%
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 1 Bufflehead 616 522 536 859 895 849 443 842 569 693 589 479 487 644.5 96%
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 1 Common Goldeneye 430 874 457 669 126 469 84 788 1,219 794 374 218 41 503.3 85%
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 1 Barrow's Goldeneye 6 12 6 4 - 5 3 2 - 9 5 23 2 5.9 101%
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 1 Hooded Merganser 19 27 41 29 25 26 34 3 36 18 5 9 22 22.6 84%
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 1 Common Merganser 169 188 63 20 154 39 128 6 51 3 8 25 213 82.1 206%
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 1 Red-breasted Merganser 4 2 1 1 2 4 2 1 4 4 1 - 1 2.1 193%
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 1 Ruddy Duck 795 900 181 599 1,608 295 707 399 971 1,134 804 1,158 1,626 859.8 92%
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 - duck sp. 15 - 208 304 1 19 4 - 33 18 6 17 4 48.4 31%
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 1 California Quail 151 303 177 170 112 287 167 72 295 113 125 146 127 172.7 87%
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 1 Indian Peafowl - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 0.1 0%
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 1 Wild Turkey 69 181 111 77 246 324 113 184 100 134 196 152 123 154.6 45%
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 1 Ring-necked Pheasant - - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 0.2 0%
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 1 Pied-billed Grebe 35 30 18 33 59 52 63 7 31 26 36 68 67 40.4 87%
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 1 Horned Grebe - 1 - 2 - - - 1 2 6 1 1 - 1.1 0%
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 1 Eared Grebe 7 22 7 1 3 - 2 - 25 36 5 3 31 10.9 64%
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 1 Red-necked Grebe - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 0.1 0%
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 1 Western Grebe 4 1 7 2 10 8 4 1 8 19 38 70 74 18.9 21%
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 1 Clark's Grebe 1 2 1 4 2 3 1 - 4 - 4 11 6 3.0 33%
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 - Clark's Grebe/Western Grebe - - 1 - 2 - - - 3 8 - 2 - 1.2 0%
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 1 Rock Pigeon 362 229 112 178 514 556 310 339 508 466 485 570 492 393.9 92%
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 1 Band-tailed Pigeon 470 197 62 695 94 254 1,316 - 565 5,460 305 344 169 763.9 62%
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 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 111 136 47 71 79 169 111 112 134 90 28 75 94 96.7 115%
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 1 Mourning Dove 113 175 117 95 197 101 91 60 310 130 97 70 285 141.6 80%
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 - Pigeon sp. - - - 30 - - - - - - - - - 2.3 0%
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 1 Vaux's Swift - - - - - - - - - cw - - - - #DIV/0!
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 1 White-throated Swift 109 507 - 35 6 2 1 - 6 7 4 21 5 54.1 202%
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 - small swift sp. - - - 4 - - - - - - - 1 - 0.4 0%
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 1 Anna's Hummingbird 217 238 175 212 232 258 234 55 231 182 217 110 159 193.8 112%
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 1 Allen's Hummingbird - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #DIV/0!
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 1 Ridgway's Rail (1) formerly Clapper Rail 8 2 - - 6 2 9 2 4 14 2 3 3 4.2 189%
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 1 Virginia Rail 6 7 - 2 15 9 7 - 1 5 1 3 6 4.8 126%
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 1 Sora 7 6 3 2 17 9 8 1 1 1 - - 4 4.5 154%
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 1 Common Gallinule 5 3 1 5 13 2 9 - 3 - 6 10 5 4.8 105%
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 1 American Coot 126 235 77 301 555 456 299 98 412 643 249 303 1,116 374.6 34%
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 1 Black Rail 3 4 9 4 10 24 4 11 13 12 19 10 22 11.2 27%
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 1 Black-necked Stilt 121 92 31 179 48 112 148 95 94 121 104 90 156 107.0 113%
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 1 American Avocet 2,230 388 870 589 888 647 782 32 731 336 875 891 445 746.5 299%
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 1 Black-bellied Plover 136 106 91 44 2 38 8 2 56 cw 50 430 253 101.3 134%
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 1 Killdeer 203 157 67 91 147 53 305 44 177 140 80 117 193 136.5 149%
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 1 Semipalmated Plover 112 26 60 623 9 45 30 - 41 1 81 - 60 83.7 134%
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 1 Snowy Plover 5 10 12 - - - 27 - - cw - - - 4.5 111%
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 1 Whimbrel 2 - - - - - - - - 1 - 19 - 1.7 118%
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 1 Long-billed Curlew 159 5 47 30 53 92 32 151 35 181 75 120 61 80.1 199%
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 1 Marbled Godwit 357 - 35 23 261 18 13 24 45 235 68 313 160 119.4 299%
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 1 Dunlin 2,715 4,035 8,755 5,992 2,748 5,454 1,599 143 1,762 1,713 1,567 201 2,298 2,998.6 91%
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 1 Least Sandpiper 5,267 2,408 1,894 5,117 624 1,085 2,856 91 1,787 567 3,155 473 1,908 2,094.8 251%
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 1 Western Sandpiper 8,206 297 4,687 14,322 660 2,841 389 2 71 1,204 430 18 3,577 2,823.4 291%
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 - small sandpiper sp. 10,080 - 14 - 600 - - 41 313 - 300 2,860 - 1,092.9 922%
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 1 Short-billed Dowitcher - - - - - - 12 - - - - - - 0.9 0%
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 1 Long-billed Dowitcher 163 276 3 26 83 - 95 - - 165 205 233 107 104.3 156%
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 - Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 50 - - 107 127 552 137 13 - 6 20 43 409 112.6 44%
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 1 Wilson's Snipe 41 43 20 14 3 5 36 7 44 21 5 23 58 24.6 167%
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 1 Spotted Sandpiper 14 20 15 19 19 20 20 6 14 15 17 7 14 15.4 91%
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 1 Lesser Yellowlegs - - - - - 2 - - - - 1 - 2 0.4 0%
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 1 Willet 378 13 265 315 677 213 111 320 105 88 394 404 508 291.6 130%
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 1 Greater Yellowlegs 68 162 67 113 51 54 87 12 108 70 78 81 68 78.4 87%
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 1 Bonaparte's Gull 40 15 - - 1 - 8 2 14 61 5 28 26 15.4 260%
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 1 Short-billed Gull formerly Mew Gull 3 1 1 19 5 59 2 14 4 14 5 3 3 10.2 29%