Great Backyard Bird Count: 2021 Recap!

Thanks to all who participated in our 2021 Great Backyard Bird Count! We hope you will join us again next year—visit The Great Backyard Bird Count page for more info about how to participate. A special thank you to Dondi Black for compiling our eBird data!

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Totals

• 41 participants

• 169 checklists shared

• 91 species found

• 19,678 individual birds seen

Most Common Species Seen

• 1,849 dark-eyed juncos 

• 1,642 house finches 

• 1,332 mallards 

• 1,157 house sparrows

Least Common Species Seen

These were only observed by one person/party.

• White-breasted Nuthatch 

• Townsend’s Solitaire 

• Snow Bunting 

• Prairie Falcon 

• Pine Grosbeak 

• Peregrine Falcon 

• Greater White-fronted Goose 

• Golden-crowned Kinglet 

• Golden Eagle 

• Double-crested Cormorant 

• Bufflehead 

• Blue Jay 

• Clark’s Nutcracker

Unusual/Rare Species

• Lapland Longspur

• Common Redpoll

• Snow Bunting

• Harris’s Sparrow 

• Spotted Sandpiper 

"Easy" Species Missed

These were seen the prior weekend and would have been seen with better weather. 

• Snow Goose 

• Tundra Swan 

• Green-winged Teal 

• Lesser Scaup  

• Ruddy Duck  

• Chukar 

• Ring-necked Pheasant 

• Wild Turkey 

• Eared Grebe 

• Western Grebe 

• Virginia Rail 

• Common Loon 

• American White Pelican 

• Black-crowned Night-heron 

• Northern Shrike 

• Rock Wren  

• Canyon Wren  

• Marsh Wren 

• Hermit Thrush

Popular Locations 

• 9 checklists from Blacks Creek Bird Reserve 

• 99 checklists from “home”/personal residence (60%)