The Bates Hole CBC for 2005 on January 1, 2006. 

Great Blue Heron – 5, Trumpeter Swan – 3, Canada Goose – 63, Mallard Duck – 169, Gadwall – 19, Northern Pintail –3, Green-winged Teal – 16, American Wigeon – 25, Common Goldeneye – 96, Common Merganser – 3, Sharp-shinned Hawk – 1, Copper’s Hawk – 1, Red-tailed Hawk – 7, Rough-legged Hawk – 9, Golden Hawk  –  24 (Adult 17, imm. 7), Bald Eagle  – 9 (Adult 8, imm. 1), Northern Harrier – 5, Prairie Falcon – 2, American Kestrel – 1, Greater Sage-grouse – 103, Ring-necked Pheasant – 6, Chukar – 9, Gray Partridge – 50, Wild Turkey – 189, Killdeer – 1, Ring-billed Gull – 7, Rock Dove – 22, Great Horned Owl – 12, Northern Flicker (RS) – 8, Downy Woodpecker – 3, Horned Lark – 35, Black-billed Magpie – 178, Common Raven – 6, American Crow – 1, Pinyon Jay – 114, Clark’s Nutcracker – 3, Black-capped Chickadee – 12, Mountain Chickadee – 3, White-breasted Nuthatch – 1, American Robin – 99, Townsend’s Solitaire – 12, Bohemian Waxwing – 217, Northern Shrike – 2, European Starling – 214, Western Meadowlark – 11, House Finch – 42, Gray-crowned Rosy Finch – 39, American Goldfinch 30 –, Dark-eyed Junco – 33 (Slate-colored 11, Oregon 16, Pink-sided 3, undetermined 3), Tree Sparrow – 75, Song Sparrow – 10, Lapland Longspur – 1, House Sparrow – 104.  Total Species 54; Total Individuals 2,115.  Compiler, Charles Scott

This year’s count was very similar to last year’s . The total species was the same as last year’s while the total individual birds seen was slightly less.  The numbers of eagles, sage-grouse, and turkeys were up while the numbers of waterfowl and small land birds were down due to the continuing drought.

                Participants in the count were Jim & Gloria Lawrence, J.P. Cavigelli, Ken Keffer, Chris Michelson, and Charles, Stacey, Joe and Pete Scott.