Greater Phoenix Area Waterbird Census - 15 January 2011
	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	Maricopa
Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	26																26
**Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Gr. White-fronted Goose	16						1										11			1			3
Snow Goose	2						1																1
Ross’s Goose	8											3										1	4
Ross’s x Snow Goose hybrid
Canada Goose (large race)	3868	6		297		58	29		185	47		15	35	96	13	75	180			1498	12	16	775	423	108
Canada Goose (lesser race)	64			15						14						5	15			3	2		8	2
**Cackling Goose
**Tundra Swan	2																			2
Wood Duck	7			4									1	1			1
Gadwall	464			2		87			34	69							150			32			5		67		18
**Eurasian Wigeon	1																						1
American Wigeon	12766	60	2		39	1885	309	235	576	394	99	402	364	779	192	280	893	246		2833	149	420	1077	1309	214	1	8	85
Am. x Eur. Wigeon hybrid
Mallard	6091	179	19	223	12	549	33	107	935	190	28	157	174	616	12	18	1022	169		545	74	170	143	223	427	64	2	87
** (Mexican Duck) Mallard	4					2																	2
Mex. Duck x Mallard hybrid	11			1		9											1
Blue-winged Teal	6					2											4
Cinnamon Teal	65					40			4								19								2
Northern Shoveler	4069	2		58	37	286		29	802	556	7	135		52		32	1244	3		301	10	58	246	9	96		106
Northern Pintail	722	1				59			346	69				10			197						3		21		16
Green-winged Teal (American)	1240			21		104		1	525	213				9	2		310			7		2			46
** Green-winged Teal (Eurasian)	1																								1
Canvasback	230					31			7	5		10	6	25	2		19			17	1	6	91	10
Redhead	39					2						1	8	3			12			9	1	1			2			6
Ring-necked Duck	2399			15	6	84		25	189	28	5	21	6	153	51	13	560			198	100	97	206	41	83	2	516	34
**Greater Scaup	3					1																	2
Lesser Scaup	254					4			1	2		5	1	3	1		32			6	2	22	100		75			42
Bufflehead	262	1				31		58	4	14		1		5			27				22	7	89		3			3
Common Goldeneye	31					6				7		7					1						8	2				3
Hooded Merganser	47							10	3					9	2			2		11		1	9					5
Common Merganser	1327					276				598	1	17		260			1			24		145		5
**Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck	1948	1				182		123	68	167		30	7	52	8	5	605		5	223	7	2	272	9	181		1	1
Water & Marsh Birds
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe	271			5	2	34	3	8	36	11	3	12	1	23		3	63			25	1	5	4	2	26		4	3
**Horned Grebe	1								1
Eared Grebe	57					10		7	4	3				2			27						1		3
Western Grebe	4																								4			1
Clark’s Grebe
American White Pelican	10																10
**Brown Pelican	3																								3
Neotropic Cormorant	852			4		264			59	4		2		45	2		322			93			33		21		3	13
Double-crested Cormorant	644					22		1	6	15		4		64			377			67			8		76		4	29
American Bittern	1																1
Least Bittern	1									1
Great Blue Heron	255			7	1	49		1	18	13		2		12	3	1	62	1		62	1	5	10	1	6
Great Egret	435					93			222	38		7		12			16			14		2	27		4
Snowy Egret	166					7			13	3				17			39			20			61		6
**Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret	37					30			2								5
Green Heron	102			3		14	2		15	7		2		9	1	1	22			12	1	2	1	3	7			1
Black-crowned Night-Heron	79					31			16	9				1			15			1			2		2		2
White-faced Ibis	1													1
Virginia Rail
Sora	5													1			3			1
Common Moorhen	38			2		1			1								33			1								4
American Coot	10167	31	41	359	10	1188	45	493	875	410	3	722	230	239		76	1299	18		1944	180	488	747	101	516	9	143	70
Shorebirds
Killdeer	457	9	13	4		74	1	12	62	21	6	18	2	24	5	1	133			28		7	4	16	17			3
Black-necked Stilt	174			6		42			46	2				17			33			7			13		8			6
American Avocet	10								10
Greater Yellowlegs	46							1	3	22				4			13							3
**Lesser Yellowlegs	1									1
Spotted Sandpiper	19					1		2	3	1		1		1	1		1			3					5			1
**Western Sandpiper	1									1
Least Sandpiper	694					15		3	205	378							84			1					8
Dunlin	3								2	1
Long-billed Dowitcher	412			48	1				221	77							65
Wilson’s Snipe	17				2				10								4				1
Ring-billed Gull	1									1
Other Water Oriented Birds
Osprey	21			1		2			2	2		1		1			4			3					5
Bald Eagle	8									2				1			2			2			1
Belted Kingfisher	30			1		5			1	1				3	2		5			3	2	1		1	5
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS	50996	290	75	1076	110	5580	424	1116	5512	3397	152	1575	835	2550	297	510	7968	439	5	7997	566	1458	3957	2160	2048	76	823	397
TOTAL SPECIES	61	9	4	18	9	36	9	17	38	38	8	23	12	34	15	11	45	6	1	34	16	21	31	16	31	4	12	19
Participant Information
Surveyor/Teams	Hours	Area Coverage							# Species	# Individuals	Miles
Steve Hosmer	1.75	primarily golf course and park ponds							9	290	11
Theona Vyvial, Mary Kiamar	4	primarily golf course ponds							8	227	33
Stig Tjotta	4.25	Avondale							16	1021
Cathy Madsen, Alison O'Konski, Stacy Burleigh	1.25	primarily golf course ponds							9	110
Troy Corman, Tom Lewis	13.5	west Chandler, Sun Lakes							36	7321	101
Cecilia Schmidt, Nina Schmidt	8	east Chandler, including Gilbert Rd. ponds							33	2009
Vic Lewis, Robert Hindle	3.25	Fountain Hills Lake, various golf courses							17	1121	6
Marceline VandeWater, Paul Kinslow, Dominick D'Agosto, Brian Sutter	7.25	north Gilbert, including Gilbert Riparian Preserve							38	2975	20
Bill Burger	7	south Gilbert							25	2536	51
Edwin Juarez, Stephanie Prevost, Joe Ford	5.75	Glendale, including Thunderbird Park and Arrowhead lakes							21	1654	41.5
Melanie Herring	7.25	Glendale Recharge Ponds							27	1683	1
Melanie Herring, Stephanie Prevost, Joe Ford	7	Goodyear: primarily golf courses and Litchfield Lake Park							22	1589	13
Daniela Yellan	1.75	Goodyear: Estrella Mtn. Ranch							6	822	2
Heather English, Alex Smith; Diana Stuart, Magill Weber	5.5	west Mesa, including Mesa recharge ponds							13	536	52
Betsy and Neil Fisch, Craig Fischer	10.25	east Mesa							27	1535	47
Troy Corman	1	Camelback Golf Club/Course							15	297	12
Daniela Yellan	2	Tres Rios Wetlands - Hayfield Site							23	515	1
Jeff Ritz, Shirley Ritz, Les Olson	5.5	Tres Rios Full-scale Wetlands and overbank wetlands							33	2951	6
Tom Gaskill, Adam Stein, Frank Insana, Mike Erickson	5	Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Site							24	555	10
Paul Hershberger	6.5	northwest Phoenix							14	528
Troy Corman	3	northeast Phoenix							18	285	3
Cathy Madsen, Alison O'Konski, Stacy Burleigh	3.25	north Phoenix and The Boulders, Scottsdale							14	194
Tim Price, Dwayne Fink, Doug O'Bannon	5	south Phoenix and Peoria parks and residential ponds							18	1178	21.5
Frank Insana	3.75	north-central Phoenix, incl. Biltmore area, AZ Canal, Granada Park							8	226	6
Pierre Deviche	3	Ahwatukee							19	1104	38
Mike Foley	3	southeast Phoenix, including Phx. Zoo, Papago Park, Phoenecian							18	695	2.5
Ken Furtado, Phyllis Bofferding, Sandra Bondy	3.25	downtown Phoenix, including Encanto and Indian Steele Parks							10	208	13
Theona Vyvial, Mary Kiamar	3.5	primarily golf course ponds							6	439	27
Marjorie Eckman, Jean Rigden, Walter Thurber, Herb Andrews, Gretchen Burgess	10.5	south Scottsdale (s. of Indian Bend Rd.), Scottsdale Pavilion							21	1857	27
Brian Ison, Justin Jones, Diana and William Herron	11.5	central Scottsdale							29	5373	30
Bud Johnson	5	north Scottsdale (n. of Hayden-Rhodes Aqueduct), primarily golf course ponds							12	715	72
John Arnett, Rich and Carol Schooler, Joann Hill	6.75	Aquatic Center and many golf course ponds							20	2683	27
Dean and Joan Luehrs	7	Sun City, Youngtown (Maricopa Lake)							16	642	48
Carol Beardmore, Ricki Carlson	7	primarily golf course and park ponds							21	1458	28
Tom Hildebrandt	3.5	north Tempe park and golf course ponds, Harbour Retention Pond							15	257	36
Magill Weber, Diana Stuart	1.5	Tempe Marsh, upstream of Tempe Town Lake							20	560	4
Peggy Thomas, Jesse Cuilty, Tammy Baker	6	Tempe Town Lake, including downstream of lake							17	301	3
Diane Laush, Robert Dummer	4.75	South Tempe, including ASU Research Park							17	974	22.5
Diane Stuart, Magill Weber	1.5	Mostly Mesa and Salt River - Pima Community Tribal sand/gravel ponds							26	1300	7
GRAND TOTALS	200.5								n/a	50996	823
Michael Hawk	4	Maricopa area, Pinal Co.							19	397	36