North American Migration Count, Spring 1992-1999

Year

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999
Date

09-May

08-May

14-May

13-May

11-May

10-May

09-May

08-May
Observers

29

32

31

24

29

26

35

31
Species

131

116

105

110

110

121

120

129
Individuals

11189

8059

7800

5983

7290

8990

10363

10710
Common Loon

1

1
Pied-billed Grebe

9

3

7

1

3

6

3
Brown Pelican

1
Double-crested Cormorant

92

46

37

19

45

15

57

67
Anhinga

68

39

64

39

49

49

103

126
American Bittern

1
Least Bittern

9

14

6

6

13

15

16

18
Great Blue Heron

47

76

49

64

96

94

110

83
Great Egret

52

77

81

30

42

74

68

53
Snowy Egret

36

35

21

12

58

82

55

89
Little Blue Heron

62

43

32

40

39

55

68

65
Tricolored Heron

8

14

15

1

14

9

19

30
Cattle Egret

2494

1343

1456

669

752

486

1095

1743
Green Heron

48

44

49

40

38

41

59

38
Black-crowned Night-Heron

11

12

14

7

26

22

17

35
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

2

1

1

2

1

1
White Ibis

379

687

608

57

47

101

51

145
Glossy Ibis

2

6

4

26

34
Wood Stork

5

6

4

7

11

20

18

15
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

15
Fulvous Whistling-Duck

3
Wood Duck

48

21

9

26

45

12

22

33
Mottled Duck

4

1

8

9

2

2

26
Mallard

5

1
Blue-winged Teal

3

2

21
Black Vulture

64

52

73

73

76

95

133

109
Turkey Vulture

106

78

56

73

101

121

80

154
Osprey

97

57

53

57

53

57

47

53
Swallow-tailed Kite

2

2

1

4

1
Mississippi Kite

8

10

1

10

23

7

35

26
Bald Eagle

23

25

10

10

8

10

17

10
Northern Harrier

1
Cooper’s Hawk

1

1

1

1
accipiter, sp.

1
Red-shouldered Hawk

60

25

46

31

35

37

68

45
Broad-winged Hawk

1

3

1

1

1

1

1
Red-tailed Hawk

19

12

12

9

16

10

12

14
American Kestrel

10

9

8

6

17

14

12

8
Merlin

1
Wild Turkey

19

17

2

5

20

8

12

11
Northern Bobwhite

54

28

29

20

40

34

15

20
King Rail

2

3

2

1

1

3

3
Purple Gallinule

12

10

12

4

6

4

10

13
Common Moorhen

114

61

52

23

80

92

155

131
American Coot

1

1

1

20

57

55

37
Limpkin

6

1

3

1

4

2

9

8
Sandhill Crane

8

9

15

8

18

3

12

8
Semipalmated Plover

2
Killdeer

10

12

11

12

14

19

10

15
Black-necked Stilt

1

6
Greater Yellowlegs

1

1

3
Lesser Yellowlegs

1

1

13
yellowlegs, sp.

1
Solitary Sandpiper

5

2

4

4

6

13
Spotted Sandpiper

23

17

6

2

24

1

6
Semipalmated Sandpiper

1

3

2

5

27
Least Sandpiper

1

1

18

42

44
peep, sp.

5

10
Common Snipe

2
Laughing Gull

2

2
Ring-billed Gull

7

10

8
gull, sp.

13
Forster’s Tern

1

1
Black Tern

10
Rock Dove

42

29

29

26

75

145

110

102
Eurasian Collared-Dove

2

6

2

9

14

20
Mourning Dove

203

159

237

153

195

302

303

262
Common Ground-Dove

11

15

14

2

4

16

4

10
Yellow-billed Cuckoo

28

41

54

40

16

18

83

58
Barn Owl

2

1

1
Eastern Screech Owl

1

4

3

9

1

1
Great Horned Owl

3

4

4

6

4

2

2

2
Burrowing Owl

2

2

2

1

3

4

2

2
Barred Owl

13

14

8

17

13

6

15

15
Common Nighthawk

7

11

7

8

12

5

27
Chuck-will’s-widow

2

24

30

25

30

22

20
Chimney Swift

212

73

116

119

136

95

133

162
Ruby-throated Hummingbird

20

10

7

6

11

10

13

10
Belted Kingfisher

4

2

1

1
Red-headed Woodpecker

35

26

28

27

73

61

77

59
Red-bellied Woodpecker

174

137

166

144

157

161

234

173
Downy Woodpecker

31

33

43

54

73

54

87

85
Hairy Woodpecker

1

1
Northern Flicker

11

11

2

7

12

7

7

7
Pileated Woodpecker

60

38

39

31

57

41

74

60
Eastern Wood-Pewee

9

6

4

15

5

1

3

6
Acadian Flycatcher

51

17

19

29

22

22

34

34
Great Crested Flycatcher

271

203

175

188

220

223

314

304
Western Kingbird

1
Eastern Kingbird

48

19

14

16

27

32

18

17
Purple Martin

72

34

85

88

92

62

53

102
Tree Swallow

50

30
Northern Rough-winged Swallow

9

10

12

10

8

13

14

10
Bank Swallow

3
Cliff Swallow

2
Barn Swallow

193

22

16

13

33

16

56

23
swallow, sp.

3
Blue Jay

246

159

222

170

173

190

261

198
American Crow

143

93

136

78

165

193

347

238
Fish Crow

72

83

89

105

106

83

81

46
crow, sp.

104

104

118

120

111

150

185

110
Carolina Chickadee

65

50

38

30

51

27

62

104
Tufted Titmouse

271

171

179

221

211

224

314

343
Brown-headed Nuthatch

2

3

24

6

8

7

8
Carolina Wren

248

242

245

211

274

308

404

365
House Wren

1
Marsh Wren

1

1

3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

1

1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

91

87

78

70

72

85

123

85
Eastern Bluebird

66

40

61

52

77

97

91

66
Veery

1
Wood Thrush

13

2

1

2

4

2
Gray Catbird

32

8

2

3

10

10
Northern Mockingbird

250

178

191

181

179

275

207

211
Brown Thrasher

74

51

52

39

43

57

69

42
Cedar Waxwing

89

51

10

57

254

590

83
Loggerhead Shrike

30

28

39

36

20

32

20

23
European Starling

67

65

71

38

72

80

89

80
White-eyed Vireo

254

180

175

151

161

116

193

202
Yellow-throated Vireo

54

20

28

29

33

17

34

34
Red-eyed Vireo

130

100

74

76

81

63

141

156
Tennessee Warbler

1
Northern Parula

356

251

229

245

234

232

417

338
Yellow Warbler

1
Magnolia Warbler

1

3
Cape May Warbler

48

1

3

1
Black-throated Blue Warbler

28

5

2

1

2

6

13
Yellow-rumped Warbler

1
Yellow-throated Warbler

66

60

42

39

34

49

62

39
Pine Warbler

37

30

37

53

72

49

43

79
Prairie Warbler

3

1

1
Palm Warbler

16

1

1

3
Blackpoll Warbler

89

2

6

6

9

9
Black-and-white Warbler

6

4

1

2

2

5

2
American Redstart

45

27

25

1

7

15

106

80
Prothonotary Warbler

33

29

22

27

19

20

41

27
Ovenbird

8

1

1
Northern Waterthrush

7

1

2

4

3
Louisiana Waterthrush

2

2
waterthrush, sp.

1
Connecticut Warbler

2

1

1
Oporornis, sp.

1
Common Yellowthroat

94

65

61

82

67

65

67

77
Hooded Warbler

52

22

30

6

11

8

11

12
Yellow-breasted Chat

1

2

1

2
Summer Tanager

131

103

96

85

101

102

145

147
Northern Cardinal

469

406

409

316

362

443

560

436
Rose-breasted Grosbeak

1
Blue Grosbeak

22

22

21

31

34

17

16

22
Indigo Bunting

38

36

38

27

29

20

17

15
Painted Bunting

2
Eastern Towhee

148

78

98

141

140

141

136

162
Bachman’s Sparrow

5

1

6

5

5

4
Chipping Sparrow

1
Swamp Sparrow

3

1

6
Bobolink

103

73

60

46

924

37

215
Red-winged Blackbird

619

548

256

328

433

576

458

690
Eastern Meadowlark

52

48

61

27

70

45

33

24
Boat-tailed Grackle

363

380

292

314

368

624

413

588
Common Grackle

327

209

198

59

146

133

144

106
Brown-headed Cowbird

44

39

31

30

22

47

54

61
Orchard Oriole

48

51

46

27

37

29

39

42
House Finch

3

8

11

5

33
American Goldfinch

3

8

1

2

3

12
House Sparrow

17

25

9

7

33

46

49

56