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Cheep Thrills Christmas Bird Count - CACT 2011-2025
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YearTotal speciesTotal birdsYearTotal speciesTotal birdsYearTotal speciesTotal birds
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2025163 82,511 2019162 47,971 2015159 51,932
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2024163 53,926 2018159 52,994 2014159 60,931
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2023164 62,193 2017160 43,922 2013162 37,747
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2022161 47,189 2016*133 21,426 2012161 39,972
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2021156 42,919 * 2016 it rained heavily all day and several flash flood alerts were issued 2011164 41,496
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2020155 78,981
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15 yearsAverage speciesAverage birdsMedian SpeciesMedian Birdscomparison of 2025 count totals to 15 yr average7 year ave 2019 to 2025change of 7 year average compare to 15 year average
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total species observed158.7 51,074 161.0 47,971
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counted 212 2011-2025
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speciesSpecies20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201115-Yr Average
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 1 Snow Goose - 32111 - - - 5 - - - 2 - 1 2.9 0%
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 1 Ross's Goose - 4 - - - - - - 1 - - - 4 - 3 0.8 0%
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 1 Greater White-fronted Goose 25 16221626 2 - 1 - 1 1 - 1 3 1 16.1 156% 33 207%
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 1 Cackling Goose 3 1046926 11 1,445 161 2 9 5 1 3 13 23 32 127.1 2% 260 204%
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 1 Canada Goose 1,386 1,139 1,641 729 1,253 1,302 1,337 1,215 1,273 1,079 1,232 761 1,334 1,497 1,947 1,275.0 109% 1,255 98%
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 - goose sp. - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 0.1 0%
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 1 Mute Swan 122 78 78 28 46 65 65 34 48 36 29 44 31 83 12 53.3 229% 69 129%
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 1 Wood Duck 1 11 10 6 8 21 1 7 6 - 14 - 8 - - 6.2 16% 8 134%
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 1 Mandarin Duck - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 0.1 0% - 0%
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 1 Blue-winged Teal - - 1 2 - - - - 2 2 - - - - 2 0.6 0%
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 1 Cinnamon Teal 43 41 15 20 3 - 10 16 - 9 224 38 14 20 36 32.6 132% 19 58%
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 1 Northern Shoveler 1,523 1,036 563 1,253 346 685 1,208 1,166 643 620 302 843 316 455 1,348 820.5 186% 945 115%
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 1 Gadwall 1,638 756 313 554 159 339 440 367 417 239 241 199 193 350 111 421.1 389% 600 142%
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 1 Eurasian Wigeon 6 1 1 5 2 - 2 2 1 - 1 3 1 1 6 2.1 281% 2 114%
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 1 American Wigeon 4,028 986 261 1,013 405 687 646 1,672 355 432 634 411 118 468 157 818.2 492% 1,147 140%
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 1 Mallard 1,688 1,300 1,072 906 487 975 1,171 1,439 1,313 442 1,121 417 757 781 848 981.1 172% 1,086 111%
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 1 Northern Pintail 987 863 496 2,366 795 172 850 616 219 599 1,190 2,539 178 814 149 855.5 115% 933 109%
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 1 Green-winged Teal (American) 2,223 2,946 1,068 1,558 1,187 1,840 909 1,085 639 355 757 400 525 390 633 1,101.0 202% 1,676 152%
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 1 Canvasback 320 733 256 302 639 601 313 295 251 485 758 1,647 884 897 204 572.3 56% 452 79%
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 1 Redhead 2 - - 2 - - 1 1 1 - - - - - - 0.5 429%
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 1 Ring-necked Duck 240 268 224 477 125 132 395 176 60 129 97 484 132 127 82 209.9 114% 266 127%
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 1 Greater Scaup 1,327 - 75 512 148 270 - 12 11 117 330 3,214 2,334 711 8 604.6 219%
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 1 Lesser Scaup 37 2 1 40 17 80 - 2 1 2 38 22 27 7 - 18.4 201% 25 137%
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 - Aythya sp. - 4 35 20 42 63 11 - 1 - 730 - 1 5 - 60.8 0%0%
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 1 Surf Scoter 2 - - - 3 - 1 1 - - 2 11 7 3 - 2.0 100%
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 1 White-winged Scoter 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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 1 Long-tailed Duck 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 0.3 300%
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 1 Bufflehead 753 1,136 616 522 536 859 895 849 443 842 569 693 589 479 487 684.5 110% 760 111%
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 1 Common Goldeneye 2,261 185 430 874 457 669 126 469 84 788 1,219 794 374 218 41 599.3 377% 715 119%
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 1 Barrow's Goldeneye 21 14 6 12 6 4 - 5 3 2 - 9 5 23 2 7.5 281% 9 121%
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 1 Hooded Merganser 35 44 19 27 41 29 25 26 34 3 36 18 5 9 22 24.9 141% 31 126%
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 1 Common Merganser 105 23 169 188 63 20 154 39 128 6 51 3 8 25 213 79.7 132% 103 129%
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 1 Red-breasted Merganser 5 3 4 2 1 1 2 4 2 1 4 4 1 - 1 2.3 214% 3 110%
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 1 Ruddy Duck 304 1,162 795 900 181 599 1,608 295 707 399 971 1,134 804 1,158 1,626 842.9 36% 793 94%
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 - duck sp. 13 40 15 - 208 304 1 19 4 - 33 18 6 17 4 45.5 0%
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 1 California Quail 284 338 151 303 177 170 112 287 167 72 295 113 125 146 127 191.1 149% 219 115%
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 1 Indian Peafowl - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 0.1 0%
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 1 Wild Turkey 87 136 69 181 111 77 246 324 113 184 100 134 196 152 123 148.9 58% 130 87%
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 1 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 0.3 375%
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 1 Rock Pigeon 297 451 362 229 112 178 514 556 310 339 508 466 485 570 492 391.3 76% 306 78%
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 1 Band-tailed Pigeon 336 1,196 470 197 62 695 94 254 1,316 - 565 5,460 305 344 169 764.2 44% 436 57%
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 1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 111 70 111 136 47 71 79 169 111 112 134 90 28 75 94 95.9 116% 89 93%
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 1 Mourning Dove 130 107 113 175 117 95 197 101 91 60 310 130 97 70 285 138.5 94% 133 96%
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 - Pigeon sp. - - - - - 30 - - - - - - - - - 2.0 0%
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 1 Vaux's Swift - 1 - - - - - - - - - cw - - - 0.1
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 1 White-throated Swift 93 124 109 507 - 35 6 2 1 - 6 7 4 21 5 61.3 152% 125 204%
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 - small swift sp. 3 1 - - - 4 - - - - - - - 1 - 0.6 0%
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 1 Anna's Hummingbird 284 204 217 238 175 212 232 258 234 55 231 182 217 110 159 200.5 142% 223 111%
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 1 Ridgway's Rail (1) formerly Clapper Rail 8 17 8 2 - - 6 2 9 2 4 14 2 3 3 5.3 150% 6 110%
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 1 Virginia Rail 7 6 6 7 - 2 15 9 7 - 1 5 1 3 6 5.0 140% 6 123%
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 1 Sora 9 13 7 6 3 2 17 9 8 1 1 1 - - 4 5.4 167% 8 151%
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 1 Common Gallinule 14 6 5 3 1 5 13 2 9 - 3 - 6 10 5 5.5 256% 7 123%
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 1 American Coot 664 665 126 235 77 301 555 456 299 98 412 643 249 303 1,116 413.3 161% 375 91%
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 1 Black Rail - 11 3 4 9 4 10 24 4 11 13 12 19 10 22 10.4 0% 6 56%
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 1 Black-necked Stilt 109 140 121 92 31 179 48 112 148 95 94 121 104 90 156 109.3 100% 103 94%
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 1 American Avocet 4,183 390 2,230 388 870 589 888 647 782 32 731 336 875 891 445 951.8 439% 1,363 143%
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 1 Black-bellied Plover 85 44 136 106 91 44 2 38 8 2 56 cw 50 430 253 96.1 88% 73 76%
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 1 Killdeer 189 59 203 157 67 91 147 53 305 44 177 140 80 117 193 134.8 140% 130 97%
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 1 Semipalmated Plover 182 51 112 26 60 623 9 45 30 - 41 1 81 - 60 88.1 207% 152 172%
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 1 Snowy Plover - 19 5 10 12 - - - 27 - - cw - - - 5.2 0% 7 126%
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 1 Whimbrel - - 2 - - - - - - - - 1 - 19 - 1.5 0%
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 1 Long-billed Curlew 126 67 159 5 47 30 53 92 32 151 35 181 75 120 61 82.3 153% 70 85%
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 1 Marbled Godwit 1,857 553 357 - 35 23 261 18 13 24 45 235 68 313 160 264.1 703% 441 167%
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 1 Short-billed Dowitcher 6 - - - - - - - 12 - - - - - - 1.2 500%
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 1 Long-billed Dowitcher 198 59 163 276 3 26 83 - 95 - - 165 205 233 107 107.5 184% 115 107%
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 - Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher 150 67 50 - - 107 127 552 137 13 - 6 20 43 409 112.1 134%0%
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 1 Wilson's Snipe 25 16 41 43 20 14 3 5 36 7 44 21 5 23 58 24.1 104% 23 96%
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 1 Spotted Sandpiper 19 15 14 20 15 19 19 20 20 6 14 15 17 7 14 15.6 122% 17 111%
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 1 Willet 1,486 939 378 13 265 315 677 213 111 320 105 88 394 404 508 414.4 359% 582 140%
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 1 Greater Yellowlegs 89 58 68 162 67 113 51 54 87 12 108 70 78 81 68 77.7 114% 87 112%
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 1 Lesser Yellowlegs - - - - - - - 2 - - - - 1 - 2 0.3 0%combined
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 1 Dunlin 8,295 4,302 2,715 4,035 8,755 5,992 2,748 5,454 1,599 143 1,762 1,713 1,567 201 2,298 3,438.6 241% 5,263 153%
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 1 Least Sandpiper 2,400 1,755 5,267 2,408 1,894 5,117 624 1,085 2,856 91 1,787 567 3,155 473 1,908 2,092.5 115% 2,781 133%157%
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 1 Western Sandpiper 7,652 4,252 8,206 297 4,687 14,322 660 2,841 389 2 71 1,204 430 18 3,577 3,240.5 236% 5,725 177%
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 - small sandpiper sp. - - 10,080 - 14 - 600 - - 41 313 - 300 2,860 - 947.2 0%
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 1 Bonaparte's Gull 27 145 40 15 - - 1 - 8 2 14 61 5 28 26 24.8 109% 33 131%
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 1 Short-billed Gull formerly Mew Gull 5 3 3 1 1 19 5 59 2 14 4 14 5 3 3 9.4 53% 5 56%
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 1 Ring-billed Gull 263 351 616 617 605 522 1,447 477 759 155 600 548 655 590 511 581.1 45% 632 109%
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 1 Western Gull 8 11 25 13 23 31 58 17 75 68 196 45 19 109 43 49.4 16% 24 49%
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 1 Herring Gull 105 12 30 39 121 105 60 41 273 179 57 126 9 352 16 101.7 103% 67 66%
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 1 California Gull 265 157 182 103 572 1,279 414 274 1,194 672 939 1,223 38 585 59 530.4 50% 425 80%
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 1 Glaucous-winged Gull 607 70 34 48 587 280 179 27 1,053 742 1,256 173 262 217 582 407.8 149% 258 63%
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 - Glaucous-winged Gull/Herring 200 75 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - 19.3
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 - Glaucous-winged Gull X Western Gull (hybrid) - - - 8 1 3 13 - - 4 3 1 - 1 - 2.3
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 1 Glaucous Gull - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 0.1 0%
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 1 Iceland Gull (3) formerly Thayer's Gull 50 14 8 6 42 70 47 3 5 3 36 9 8 42 22 24.3 205% 34 139%
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 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.1 0%
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 - gull sp. 51 471 243 55 274 393 393 362 241 434 428 1,367 150 395 65 354.8 14% 269 76%