On Sun, Dec 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM Roger Dietrich via groups.io <1947rogerd=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> 2025 Yankton Christmas Bird Count Record
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> The Yankton Christmas Bird Count (CBC) took place on Wednesday, December
> 17, 2025 (postponed from Sunday, December 14 because of bad weather
> conditions). A new record of 83 species was recorded, beating the previous
> high of 82 species seen in 2020. The Yankton CBC was first performed in
> 1916 and only missed a few years since then, mostly in the World War II
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> Thirty-four people from Yankton and Vermillion, South Dakota; South Sioux
> City, Omaha, & Wayne, Nebraska; and Sioux City, Iowa enjoyed a cool but
> beautiful day to be out counting birds. A total of 11,650 birds of 83
> different species were found.
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> Highlights of the day were twenty Trumpeter Swan, seven Rusty Blackbird,
> eight Common Grackle, one Brewer’s Blackbird, two Common Redpoll, 180
> Lapland Longspur, four Fox Sparrow, three White-crowned Sparrow, five
> Harris’s Sparrow, one Song Sparrow, and one Yellow-rumped Warbler.
> Trumpeter Swans were recorded for the second time on the count; twenty
> individual swans this year compared to just three last year.
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> Final tally: (1.) Snow Goose-231, (2.) Ross’s Goose-16, (3.) Greater
> White-fronted Goose-3, (4.) Cackling Goose-18, (5.) Canada Goose-3,058,
> (6.) Trumpeter Swan-20, (7.) Northern Shoveler-1, (8.) Gadwall-82, (9.)
> Mallard-598, (10.) Green-winged Teal-2, (11.) Redhead-4, (12.) Ring-necked
> Duck-44, (13.) Greater Scaup-13, (14.) Lesser Scaup-502, (15.)
> Bufflehead-20, (16.) Common Goldeneye-168, (17.) Hooded Merganser-24, (18.)
> Common Merganser-337, (19.) Red-breasted Merganser-2, (20.) Wild
> Turkey-175, (21.) Ring-necked Pheasant-38, (22.) Rock Pigeon-912, (23.)
> Eurasian Collared-Dove-195, (24.) Mourning Dove-8, (25.) American Coot-110,
> (26.) Killdeer-4, (27.) Wilson’s Snipe-1, (28.) Ring-billed Gull-676, (29.)
> Herring Gull-17, (30.) Glaucous Gull-1, (31.) Double-crested Cormorant-5,
> (32.) Great Blue Heron-2, (33.) Northern Harrier-1, (34.) Sharp-shinned
> Hawk-4, (35.) Cooper’s Hawk-6, (36.) Bald Eagle-99, (37.) Red-tailed
> Hawk-37, (38.) Rough-legged Hawk-10, (39.) Eastern Screech-Owl-3, (40.)
> Great Horned Owl-1, (41.) Northern Saw-whet Owl-1, (42.) Belted
> Kingfisher-2, (43.) Red-bellied Woodpecker-28, (44.) Downy Woodpecker-34,
> (45.) Hairy Woodpecker-7, (46.) Northern Flicker-55, (47.) American
> Kestrel-5, (48.) Merlin-1, (49.) Northern Shrike-1, (50.) Blue Jay-49,
> (51.) American Crow-95, (52.) Horned Lark-63, (53.) Black-capped
> Chickadee-40, (54.) Red-breasted Nuthatch-11, (55.) White-breasted
> Nuthatch-38, (56.) Brown Creeper-3, (57.) Golden-crowned Kinglet-7, (58.)
> Eastern Bluebird-11, (59.) American Robin-669, (60.) European Starling-904,
> (61.) Cedar Waxwing-103, (62.) House Sparrow-199, (63.) House Finch-76,
> (64.) Purple Finch-1, (65.) Common Redpoll-2, (66.) Pine Siskin-12, (67.)
> American Goldfinch-90, (68.) Lapland Longspur-180, (69.) Fox Sparrow-4,
> (70.) American Tree Sparrow-88, (71.) Dark-eyed Junco-168, (72.)
> White-crowned Sparrow-3, (73.) Harris’s Sparrow-5, (74.) White-throated
> Sparrow-1, (75.) Song Sparrow-1, (76.) Western Meadowlark-52, (77.)
> Red-winged Blackbird-1,152, (78.) Brown-headed Cowbird-3, (79.) Rusty
> Blackbird-7, (80.) Brewer’s Blackbird-1, (81.) Common Grackle-8, (82.)
> Yellow-rumped Warbler-1, (83.) Northern Cardinal-21.
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> No additional species were found for “Count Week”. Species expected to be
> found that were missed this year include Canvasback, Northern Pintail,
> Ruddy Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Carolina Wren,
> Prairie Chicken, Hermit Thrush, and Snow Bunting.
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> The next Audubon Christmas Bird Count will be held on December 20, 2026.
> If you have any questions about the 2025 or 2026 Christmas Bird Counts
> contact Roger Dietrich at <1947rogerd...>
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