Greater Phoenix Area Waterbird Census - 21 January 2012
		Anthem	Apache Junction	Avondale	Cave Creek-Carefree	Chandler	El Mirage	Fountain Hills	Gilbert	Glendale	Gold Canyon	Goodyear	Litchfield Park	Mesa	Paradise Valley	Peoria	Phoenix	Queen Creek	Rio Verde	Scottsdale	Sun City/ Youngtown	Sun City West	Sun Lakes	Surprise	Tempe	Salt River/ Pima
Waterfowl	TOTAL
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	11																11
**Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Gr. White-fronted Goose	6						2		1								1						1	1
Snow Goose	6								1									2					3
Ross’s Goose	13			2					1			1						3				2	4
Ross’s x Snow Goose hybrid	1																						1
Canada Goose (large race)	2935	4		238		322	36	5	177	91		29	38	78	25	7	224			757	66	47	521	250	20
Canada Goose (lesser race)	136			6		14			1	1							73			2	39
**Cackling Goose	1			1
**Tundra Swan	1																					1
Wood Duck	5			3													2
Gadwall	375				2	3			19	94			3	3			171			37					37	6
**Eurasian Wigeon	1																1
American Wigeon	18159	68	12	1	7	2921	589	625	1011	365	87	593	368	1368	20	895	1592	578		3222	484	448	1259	1463	161	22
Am. x Eur. Wigeon hybrid
Mallard	6714	165	27	334	7	608	56	118	1249	247	24	125	264	595	9	55	873	48		802	142	118	139	253	454	2
** (Mexican Duck) Mallard	6	1				4			1
Mex. Duck x Mallard hybrid	9	2				7
Blue-winged Teal	2					2
Cinnamon Teal	144			2		23			18								99	2
Northern Shoveler	3665	4		6	6	326	5	14	446	146		50	2	234		63	1116	11		596		79	453	12	79	17
Northern Pintail	557					77			356	16				1			99			5			1		2
Green-winged Teal (American)	1121			19		95			418	275				13			269			23		1			8
** Green-winged Teal (Eurasian)
Canvasback	227	1		2		35			57	4		13	3	13	4		19	2		9	5	4	23	14	10	9
Redhead	77	4		8					15			10	12	5			10			3			2	1		7
Ring-necked Duck	2527	44		29	18	187		2	162	72	12	136	2	249	64	51	595		12	114	65	86	119	45	93	370
**Greater Scaup	1					1
Lesser Scaup	309	1		3		2			24			17	2	2		7	40			11	3		96	1	99	1
Bufflehead	226	15				45		28	1	6				7		1	21			2	9	17	67	6	1
Common Goldeneye	13					3						1											8	1
Hooded Merganser	134					8	2	35		22							2		2	24		1	38
Common Merganser	2243					127		2	10	1642	22	76		238			18			32		45	2	29
**Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck	2193	10		73	3	228	2	198	71	71	1	60	15	72	6	44	514			283	14	8	275	22	223
Water & Marsh Birds
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe	450	8		17	1	38	8	9	59	56	5	13		28	2	4	82	5		22		8	14	6	43	22
**Horned Grebe	2								1														1
Eared Grebe	122					6		37	6			1					5								67
Western Grebe	39																1								38
Clark’s Grebe
American White Pelican	50																50
**Brown Pelican	2					1																			1
Neotropic Cormorant	1306					265			106	23		1		12	1		503			130			15		243	7
Double-crested Cormorant	1129					170		2	96	75		5		54	15	3	156			149			218		184	2
American Bittern
Least Bittern	3																3
Great Blue Heron	275	4		16		61	1	2	13	21	1	1		10	3		73	1	1	26	4	6	16	1	12	2
Great Egret	519					146			167	31				31			94			18			8		23	1
Snowy Egret	240	1				41			24	3				7			69			4			14		77
**Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret	15																15
Green Heron	112	1		3		15	3		15	16				5	1		22	1		6		3	3	5	13
Black-crowned Night-Heron	194			13		20			6	33		3		4			85			11	7		5		7
White-faced Ibis	574																574
Virginia Rail
Sora	11													2			8								1
Common Gallinule	54					4			3					3			43								1
American Coot	17962	78	33	542	22	1626	151	1215	1562	1182	36	2089	217	1050	4	434	1870	500		2124	278	696	1315	196	622	120
Shorebirds
Killdeer	358	3	13	10	3	42	3	11	33	36	12	16		27			44	3		34	19	12	10	17	10
Black-necked Stilt	361			31		53			63	66		20		13			89			10			7	1	8
American Avocet	20								19								1
Greater Yellowlegs	27			2			4			7		1		4			5							1	3
**Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper	26			4		2		5	2	1							1			6			2	1	2
**Western Sandpiper	4									4
Least Sandpiper	967					9			270	621		16		17			24							3	7
Dunlin	2									2
Long-billed Dowitcher	297			20				1	249	27
Wilson’s Snipe	30						2		6	2		3		1			14	1							1
Ring-billed Gull
Other Water Oriented Birds
Osprey	20					3			1	2				2			7			2					3
Bald Eagle	3									1							1								1
Belted Kingfisher	30			2		3			2	2		1		2			6			5				1	6
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS	67022	414	85	1387	69	7543	864	2309	6742	5263	200	3281	926	4150	154	1564	9595	1157	15	8469	1135	1582	4640	2330	2560	588
TOTAL SPECIES	59	16	4	25	9	36	14	17	39	34	9	25	11	32	12	11	47	13	3	29	12	18	29	23	35	14
Participant Information
Surveyor/Teams	Hours	Area Coverage								# Species	# Individuals	Miles
David and Devahni Taylor	4.25	primarily golf course and park ponds								16	414	15
Theona Vyvial	4.5	primarily golf course ponds								9	285	34
Laura and Patrick Ellis	9.5	Avondale								25	1376	17
Cathy Madsen, Stacy Burleigh	1	primarily golf course ponds								9	69	5
Troy Corman, Tom Lewis	16.75	west Chandler, Sun Lakes								34	9396	96
Joey Alsadi, Nick Vandehei	10	east Chandler, including Gilbert Rd. ponds								34	2773	62
Vic Lewis, Robert Hindle, Melanie Hoffman, Ken and Eve Smith	4	Fountain Hills Lake, various golf courses								16	2322	9
Marceline VandeWater, Dominick D'Agosto, Andy Laufman	9	north Gilbert, including Gilbert Riparian Preserve								36	3277	12
Bill Burger	7.25	south Gilbert								32	3467	54
Edwin Juarez	3.75	Glendale								15	1338	5.5
Steve and Joan Hosmer	4.5	Arrowhead Ranch Lakes, incl. Thunderbird Park Lake								22	2652	13
Melanie Herring	8	Glendale Recharge Ponds								20	1273	2
Joe Ford	6	Goodyear: primarily golf courses and Litchfield Lake Park								23	1930	31
Daniela Yellan, Geoffery Eden	2.25	Goodyear: Estrella Mtn. Ranch								14	2274	2
Johnida and Patrick Dockens; Diana Stuart, Magill Weber, Candy Haslam	7.5	west Mesa, including Sand and Gravel ponds								26	1587	70
Jay Miller , Richard Gaffney, Dick Walker	10.5	east Mesa								19	1570	76
Craig Fischer	7	southeast Mesa								20	993	15
Troy Corman	0.5	Camelback Golf Club/Course								12	164	3
Daniela Yellan, Geoffery Eden	2	Tres Rios Wetlands - Hayfield Site, Desert West Park, Villa de Paz GC								22	792	2
Jeff Ritz, Shirley Ritz, Les Olson	7	Tres Rios Full-scale Wetlands and overbank wetlands								42	3699	6
Justin Jones, James McKay	9.5	Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Site								32	603	11.5
Paul Hershberger	6.25	northwest Phoenix								14	1097	36
Troy Corman, Brian Ison	1.5	Stone Creek Golf Club, Kierland Golf Course								20	675	14
Cathy Madsen, Stacy Burleigh	3	north Phoenix and The Boulders, Scottsdale								14	172	19
Greg Clark, Dwayne Fink	6.5	south Phoenix and Peoria parks and residential ponds								15	2092	27
Justin Jones	2	north-central Phoenix, incl. Biltmore area, AZ Canal, Granada Park								19	287	2
Pierre Deviche	3	Ahwatukee								17	914	41
Mike Foley, Dawn Dell'Ergo	2.5	southeast Phoenix, including Phx. Zoo, Papago Park, Phoenecian								16	474	5
Laurence Butler	4	downtown Phoenix, including Encanto and Indian Steele Parks								9	311	10
Joey Alsadi, Nick Vandehei	1	primarily golf course ponds								13	662	10
Marjorie Eckman, Jean Rigden, Karen Stucke, Pat Scott	6.5	south Scottsdale (s. of Indian Bend Rd.), Scottsdale Pavilion								23	2071	24
Brian Ison, Herb Andrews, Diana and William Herron	13.25	central Scottsdale								24	5477	34
Bud Johnson	5.25	north Scottsdale (n. of Hayden-Rhodes Aqueduct), primarily golf course ponds								16	819	47
John Arnett, Joann Hill	6.75	Aquatic Center and many golf course ponds								24	3153	43
Dean and Joan Luehrs	7	Sun City, Youngtown (Maricopa Lake)								12	1135	49
Carol Beardmore, Ricki Carlson, Joyce Eggert	3.5	primarily golf course and park ponds								18	1582	25
Tom Hildebrandt	2	north Tempe park and golf course ponds, Harbour Retention Pond								13	252	0
Magill Weber, Diana Stuart, Candy Haslam, Don Witter, Gay Christansen-Dean, Joyce Goodman	3.5	Tempe Marsh, upstream of Tempe Town Lake								23	685	4.5
Peggy Thomas, Ann Givey, Anita Peterson	6.5	Tempe Town Lake, including downstream of lake								24	627	6
Diane Laush, Robert Dummer	6	South Tempe, including ASU Research Park								16	1115	20
Diane Stuart, Magill Weber, Candy Haslam	0.75	Mostly Mesa and Salt River - Pima Community Tribal sand/gravel ponds								14	588	3
GRAND TOTALS	225.5									n/a	67022	960.5