Greater Phoenix Area Waterbird Census - 16 January 2010
	TOTAL	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	Sun City West	Sun Lakes	Surprise	Tempe	Youngtown	Salt River/ Pima
Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Gr. White-fronted Goose	3						1													2
Snow Goose	13																1			12
Ross’s Goose	11																			4			7
Ross’s x Snow Goose hybrid
Canada Goose (large race)	3705		1	40		125	24	5	415	134	2	16	84	44	7	38	213			1670	74	87	281	370	75
Canada Goose (lesser race)	22	6											1				3				6			6
**Cackling Goose
Wood Duck	8			3					1								4
Gadwall	291								70	47		4	1				83			42			1		31		12
**Eurasian Wigeon	3																1			2
American Wigeon	12357	18			15	1701	300	309	610	413	146	347	297	582	140	535	1407	59		2837	412	256	754	1055	150	4	10
Am. x Eur. Wigeon hybrid
Mallard	5668	100	23	189	15	324	34	25	999	270	21	195	203	541	29	14	883	257		591	97	148	75	204	384	25	22
** (Mexican Duck) Mallard	3													1			2
Mex. Duck x Mallard hybrid	1														1
Blue-winged Teal	16																16
Cinnamon Teal	78					32			14								29										3
Northern Shoveler	2214	10		2	19	343		101	615	477		138	2	33			136			143	16	30	90	7	42		10
Northern Pintail	505					73			321	72							28				1		2		4		4
Green-winged Teal (American)	506				1	36			256	116					7		84			3		1			2
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian)
Canvasback	210					73	1		9			25	5	11	2		10			1		23	43	6	1
Redhead	127			1		55						4	27	10			8				11				9		2
Ring-necked Duck	2532	18	5	59	20	27	5	4	147	64		236	7	180	83	43	550		11	257	132	66	172	15	358	3	70
**Greater Scaup	1													1
Lesser Scaup	395			17		1		21	22	3		8	10	22		24	41		1				72		124		29
Bufflehead	291					62		21	2	24	1	3		2			7			5	15	19	38				92
Common Goldeneye	58	9				21		1		10		8											4	3			2
Hooded Merganser	97				4			2	2	34		3		1	7		2			9			28	3			2
Common Merganser	1638				5	374			53	1009		1			5		6			68		80		4			33
Red-breasted Merganser	3																										3
Ruddy Duck	1157			13		198	4	84	64	98		122		4	1	17	138			172	4	19	183	9	18		9
Water & Marsh Birds
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe	315		3	14	1	41	10	19	41	29	2	13	1	13	1	2	52		1	22	2	4	8	2	30		4
Eared Grebe	12					5		1	1	1		1					3
Western Grebe
Clark’s Grebe
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Neotropic Cormorant	1821					1207	1		294	17		3		11	5		46			89			102		45		1
Double-crested Cormorant	919			10		178			11	40		10		5			110	5		110			260		177	1	2
American Bittern	1																1
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron	176			4		45			8	18		2	2		3		29			30	2	5	11	2	8		7
Great Egret	365					90			134	51		1		11	4		7			18			30		18		1
Snowy Egret	149			1		47			9	5					10		5			17			19		34		2
**Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret	19					11			8
Green Heron	108		3			11	4	1	15	4		3	1	12	4	2	23			7	1		4	4	9
Black-crowned Night-Heron	132					33			19	30							19			19			3		3		6
White-faced Ibis
Virginia Rail
Sora	3			1													2
Common Moorhen	25					1			2								22
American Coot	9025	31	66	310	8	1052	20	295	673	858	10	807	165	335	1	127	947	29		1254	107	440	677	126	541	12	134
Shorebirds
Killdeer	492					119	5	6	36	21	7	29		34			79			33	12	18	24	50	15		4
Black-necked Stilt	182					77	8		57	2		3		4			2			14			14		1
American Avocet	5								5
Greater Yellowlegs	58					1		1	4	31				5			8			1		1		2	2		2
Spotted Sandpiper	40			2		11		1		6		3					8			6	1			1	1
**Western Sandpiper	4									2							2
Least Sandpiper	778					10		7	124	547				8			56								10		16
Dunlin	3									3
Long-billed Dowitcher	110								87	17							6
Wilson’s Snipe	22				2	1	2		8								4								5
Ring-billed Gull	1									1
Other Water Oriented Birds
Osprey	11			1		1			1											5			1		2
Bald Eagle	2																			1							1
Belted Kingfisher	45				1	5		1	6	4			1	2	3		4			8			3	2	4		1
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS	46736	192	101	667	91	6391	419	905	5143	4458	189	1985	807	1872	313	802	5087	350	13	7452	893	1197	2906	1871	2103	45	484
TOTAL SPECIES	53	7	6	16	11	35	14	19	37	34	7	25	14	23	17	9	42	5	3	32	15	15	27	18	29	5	28
Participant Information
Surveyor/Teams	Hours	Area Coverage								# Species	# Individuals	Miles
Jorge Canaca	4	primarily golf course and park ponds								8	194	3.5
Theona Vyvial	6.25	primarily golf course ponds								9	290	59
Jolan Truan	4	Avondale								16	667	20.5
Mike Rabe	0.5	primarily golf course ponds								11	91	2
Troy Corman, Barb and Lou Winterfield	12.5	west Chandler, Sun Lakes								30	6053	99
Dave Pearson	3.75	east Chandler, including Gilbert Rd. ponds								33	3221	14
Vic Lewis, Robert Hindle, Richard Carter	4.74	Fountain Hills Lake, various golf courses								19	918	15
Marceline VandeWater, Paul Kinslow, Brian Sutter, Dominick D'Agosto	8.5	north Gilbert, including Gilbert Riparian Preserve								31	2389	29
Bill Burger	8	south Gilbert								29	2754	50
Edwin Juarez, Greg Clark, Tim Price, Dwayne Fink, Doug O'Bannon	6.25	Glendale, include. Thunderbird Park and Arrowhead lakes								21	2504	40
Tommy DeBardeleben	3	Glendale Recharge Ponds								24	1938	1
Cecilia Schmidt, Triska Hoover, Daniela Yellan	10	Goodyear including Estrella Mtn. Ranch, Litchfield Lake Park,								26	2792	6
Johnida Martin, Patrick Dockens	5	west Mesa								16	730	59.5
Phil Norton, Tom Lewis	8.5	east Mesa								19	1142	51
Troy Corman	1	Camelback Golf Club/Course								17	313	5
Daniela Yellan, Sam Insana, Jolan Truan	8	Phoenix-Tres Rios, sw. Phx. park and golf course ponds								20	493	16
Tom Gaskill, James McKay, Frank Insana, Mike Erickson	3.25	Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Site								32	616	7
David Powell	4.5	north Phoenix								15	864	59
Mike Rabe, Troy Corman	1.25	northeast Phoenix								18	519	6
Greg Clark, Tim Price, Dwayne Fink, Doug O'Bannon	5	south Phoenix, Avondale and Peoria parks and residential ponds								24	1324	21.5
Frank Insana, Tom Gaskill	3.5	north-central Phoenix, incl. Biltmore area, AZ Canal, Granada Park								15	528	4.5
Pierre Deviche	3.5	Ahwatukee								15	871	35
Mike Foley	3.25	southeast Phoenix, including Phx. Zoo, Papago Park, Phoenecian								20	374
Magill Weber, Molly Hanson	2.5	downtown Phoenix, including Encanto and Indian Steele Parks								8	311	15
William Murdock	1.5	primarily golf course ponds								5	350	18
Marjorie Eckman, Walter Thurber, Shirley Haynes, Jean Rigden	7.5	south Scottsdale (s. of Indian Bend Rd.), Scottsdale Pavilion								22	2306	24
Brian Ison, Diana and William Herron, Michael Eakin, Justin Winter	9.5	central Scottsdale								28	4714	20
Paul Hershberger	5.5	north Scottsdale (n. of Hayden-Rhodes Aqueduct), primarily golf course ponds								11	428	60
John Arnett, Rich and Carol Schooler, Joann Hill	6	Aquatic Center and many golf course ponds								26	2307
Dean and Joan Luehrs	7	Sun City, Youngtown (Maricopa Lake)								16	938	46
Carol Beardmore, Ricki Carlson	4.5	primarily golf course and park ponds								15	1197	20
Tom Hildebrandt, Kristan Hildebrandt, Greg Clark, Tim Price, Dwayne Fink	3.5	north Tempe park and golf course ponds, Harbour Retention Pond								17	286	17.25
Magill Weber, Molly Hanson, Diana Stuart	2.5	Tempe Marsh, below Tempe Town Lake								15	266	0.5
Magill Weber, Molly Hanson	1	Tempe Town Lake								11	271	3
Diane Laush, Robert Dummer	5.5	South Tempe, including ASU Research Park								22	1286	23
Diane Stuart	2.25	Mostly Salt River - Pima Community Tribal sand/gravel ponds								28	484	4
GRAND TOTALS	176.99									n/a	50569	854.25