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2006 Laguna de Chapala Audubon Christmas Bird Count - December 27, 2006
Final Tally: 117 Species and 4,839 Individuals (see detailed list below)

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TEAMS (33 participants): TEAM 1. Seven members: Jeanne Greene (team leader), Margot Wojciechoski, Judy McKinnon, Neil McKinnon, Elizabeth Rankin, Allen Turner, Sandy Wallace TEAM 2. Six members: Sally Pachulski (team leader), Elaine Kent, Randy Kent, Raymond Price, Esme Ryan, Patrick Waite TEAM 3. Six members: Alan Bensman (team leader), Carol Bensman, Chuck Busch, Jean Busch, Larry Bouchner, Marge Fritz TEAM 4. Eleven members: Vince Gravel (team leader), Judy Boyd, Joseph Sameh, Maxine Walker, Lizz Drummond, Clark Drummond, Enrique Valdez, Tere Valdez, Estefania Valdez, Yael Valdez, Alam Duran TEAM 5. Three members: Tom Holeman (team leader), Jon Roynan, Joel Gómez

SPECIES
COUNT

NUMBER OF
INDIVIDUALS

SPECIES NAME

1

14

Least Grebe
Tachybaptus dominicus

2

85

White Pelican
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

3

90

Neotropic Cormorant
Phalacrocórax brasilianu

4

57

Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias

5

99

Great Egret
Ardea alba

6

15

Snowy Egret
Egretta thula

7

1

Tri-colored Heron
Egretta tricolor

8

8

Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis

9

2

Green Heron
Butorides virescens

10

37

Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax

11

1

Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Nyctanassa violacea

12

1

Least Bittern
Ixobrychus exilis

13

278

White-faced Ibis
Plegadis chihi

14

3

White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons

15

3

Mexican Duck
Anas diazi

16

2

Northern Pintail
Anas acuta

17

2

Blue-winged Teal
Anas discors

18

4

Cinnamon Teal
Anas cyanoptera

19

60

Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura

20

2

Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus

21

1

Gray Hawk
Asturnia nitida

22

1

Cooper’s Hawk
Accipiter cooperii

23

2

Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis

24

1

Osprey
Pandion haliaetus

25

3

Crested Caracara
Caracara cheriway

26

3

American Kestrel
Falco sparverius

27

1

Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus

28

1133

American Coot
Fulica americana

29

9

Killdeer
Charadrius vociferous

30

1

Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca

31

4

Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularia

32

2

Common(Wilson's) Snipe
Gallinago delicate

33

11

Blacked-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus

34

6

Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis

35

3

Laughing Gull
Larus atricilla

36

7

Caspian Tern
Sterna caspia

37

135

Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus

38

52

Rock Dove
Columba livia

39

16

White-winged Dove
Zenaida asiatica

40

64

Inca Dove
Columbina inca

41

7

Common Ground Dove
Columbina passerine

42

8

Ruddy Ground Dove
Columbina talpacoti

43

2

Thick-billed Parrot
Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha

44

1

Squirrel Cuckoo
Piaya cayana

45

2

Groove-billed Ani
Crotophaga sulcirostris

46

3

Broad-billed Hummingbird
Cynanthus latirostris

47

4

Berylline Hummingbird
Saucerottia beryllina

48

10

Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Agyrtria violiceps

49

2

Magnificent Hummingbird
Eugenes fulgens

50

5

Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon

51

1

Green Kingfisher
Chloroceryle americana

52

1

Russet-crowned Motmot
Momotus mexicanus

53

4

Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus

54

5

Golden-cheeked Woodpecker
Melanerpes chrysogenys

55

4

Golden-fronted Woodpecker
Melanerpes aurifrons

56

6

Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Picoides scalaris

57

1

Gila Woodpecker
Melanerpes uropygialis

58

68

Vermillion Flycatcher
Pyrocephalus rubinus

59

23

Cassin’s Kingbird
Tyrannus vociferans

60

1

Western Kingbird
Tyrannus verticalis

61

3

Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus

62

3

Thick-billed Kingbird
Tyrannus crassirostris

63

44

Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similes

64

46

Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus

65

5

Western Wood-Peewee
Contopus sordidulus

66

2

Gray Flycatcher
Empidonax wrightii

67

1

Violet-green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina

68

14

Tree Swallow
Tachycineta bicolor

69

9

Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis

70

366

Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia

71

16

Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica

72

2

Common Raven
Corvus corax

73

1

Mexican Jay
Aphelocoma ultramarine

74

3

Spotted Wre
Campylorhynchus gularis

75

2

Canyon Wren
Catherpes mexicanus

76

3

Bewick’s Wren
Thryomanes bewicki

77

2

Curve-billed Thrasher
Toxostoma curvirostre

78

1

Blue Mockingbird
Melanotis caerulescens

79

4

Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos

80

12

Rufous-backed Robin
Turdus rufopalliatus

81

75

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Polioptila caerulea

82

1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula

83

2

Sprague’s Pipit
Anthus spragueii

84

2

Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum

85

4

Gray Silky-Flycatcher
Ptilogonys cinereus

86

8

Loggerhead Shrike
Lanius ludovicianus

87

2

Hutton’s Vireo
Vireo huttoni 

88

2

Orange-Crowned Warbler
Vermivora celata

89

4

Nashville Warbler
Vermivora ruficapilla

90

29

Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata

91

7

Wilson’s Warbler
Wilsonia pusilla

92

2

American Redstart
Setophaga ruticilla

93

2

Golden-crowned Warbler
Basileuterus culicivorus

94

2

MacGillivray’s Warbler
Oporornis tolmiei

95

71

Bronzed Cowbird
Molothrus aeneus

96

51

Brown-headed Cowbird
Molothrus ater

97

358

Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus

98

3

Black-vented Oriole
Icterus wagleri

99

5

Hooded Oriole
Icterus cucullatus

100

2

Bullock’s Oriole
Icterus bullockii

101

1

Streak-backed Oriole
Icterus pustulatus

102

1002

Yellow-headed Blackbird
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus

102

1

Northern Waterthrush
Seiurus noveboracensis

104

3

Black-headed Grosbeak
Pheucticus melanocephalus

105

8

Blue Grosbeak
Passerina caerulea

106

6
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea

107

1

Varied Bunting
Passerina versicolor

108

8

House Finch
Carpodacus mexicanus

109

23

Lesser Goldfinch
Carduelis psaltria

110

1

Painted Bunting
Passerina ciris

111

1

White-collared Seedeater
Sporophila torqueola

112

6

Canyon Towhee
Pipilo fuscus

113

29

Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina

114

87

Rufous-crowned Sparrow
Aimophila ruficeps

115

24

Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus

116

1

Stripe-headed Sparrow
Aimophila ruficauda

117

89

House Sparrow
Passer domesticus

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