09 May 2014

Extent of Bird Use at Squaw Creek NWR

This is a summary of details on the number of birds known to occur at Squaw Creek NWR, near Mound City, Missouri. Records evaluated include those gathered by visiting birds as well as counts made by refuge staff. The value given is a summary of the number of birds counted during any of the surveys evaluated during the particular year. A zero value indicates that the species was denoted during a survey, but no information on the number present was indicated. Records evaluated here include those available through the end of April, 2014.

It's obvious that this refuge is an important place for a vast multitude of birds. The extent of use can change and evolve as it has so prominently for the Trumpeter Swan in recent years. This summary listing also provides a "rough index" on the status of the different species of wildbirds.

Common Name 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2011 2012 2013 2014
Greater White-fronted Goose 871 58032 972 900 18545 37954 35234 41165 19038
Snow Goose 761,324 65970 250,000 36002 398,330 1,337,970 4,908,623 2,515,077 2,610,251
Ross's Goose 4 109 0 24 53 25 10 96 754
Cackling Goose - - 0 0 0 7 16 1 14 - -
Canada Goose 4045 19992 5799 5467 14726 5133 4830 13726 4389
Trumpeter Swan 3 11 - - 104 72 1117 2169 5060 1496
Tundra Swan 1 - - - - 11 0 11 24 51 4
Wood Duck 817 1569 3 2312 532 590 421 149 272
Gadwall 25568 109,346 140 47690 57093 9085 42833 71193 13975
American Wigeon 798 5357 4 1525 16154 331 249 261 611
American Black Duck 4 0 - - 4 5 1 - - 4 1
Mallard 422,992 369,095 13653 177,126 123,029 429,411 266,271 641,664 99553
Blue-winged Teal 17316 7148 0 8455 6214 1401 73626 7555 15210
Blue-winged x Cinnamon Teal - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - -
Cinnamon Teal - - 2 - - 5 - - - - 4 0 6
Northern Shoveler 8471 23929 0 20731 32739 6617 21955 25854 26450
Northern Pintail 29001 122,608 9238 122,835 104391 103368 46179 84724 44358
Green-winged Teal 51415 99130 0 33414 29480 34341 42090 56248 31158
Canvasback 14 151 120 168 220 31 50 122 37
Redhead 302 18 0 364 2218 284 482 148 261
Ring-necked Duck 5998 16561 459 8335 33578 19485 24412 19299 24716
Greater Scaup - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - 3
Lesser Scaup 80 219 - - 11 30 127 4298 1019 18
Bufflehead 81 676 46 461 1021 212 613 469 506
Common Goldeneye 52 383 107 352 93 97 1016 1133 81
Hooded Merganser 42 113 32 95 92 369 220 970 171
Common Merganser 15 155 142 154 187 68 1651 600 259
Red-breasted Merganser - - - - - - 2 - - - - 9 3 - -
Ruddy Duck 1726 942 - - 750 1725 874 1449 2776 2769
Ring-necked Pheasant 9 20 25 1 0 1 - - 2 2
Wild Turkey 15 20 0 8 19 12 5 0 - -
Northern Bobwhite 0 - - 10 0 0 - - 12 - - 0
Pied-billed Grebe 1 26 0 15 50 49 212 305 35
Horned Grebe - - 0 - - 1 9 - - 2 2 - -
Eared Grebe 6 - - - - 3 3 - - - - 1 - -
American White Pelican 601 361 0 90 1400 1016 2702 3071 750
Neotropic Cormorant - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - -
Double-crested Cormorant 0 98 - - 11 1880 3 188 44 70
American Bittern 4 7 - - 2 4 - - - - 1 0
Least Bittern 19 3 - - 5 - - - - - - 1 - -
Great Blue Heron 54 0 0 10 15 18 76 40 90
Great Egret 115 144 - - 62 16 0 81 13 12
Snowy Egret 5 4 - - 6 5 - - - - - - 0
Little Blue Heron 6 16 - - 6 1 - - - - 1 2
Cattle Egret 4 22 - - 1 - - 12 0 3 0
Green Heron 1 0 - - 1 2 - - - - 2 - -
Black-crowned Night-Heron 0 23 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - -
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 0 - - 2 0 - - - - - - 1
Glossy Ibis - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - -
White-faced Ibis - - 70 - - 211 10 19 33 16 12
Turkey Vulture 60 2 10 2 0 6 10 35 5
Osprey 1 1 - - - - 1 1 - - 0 - -
Bald Eagle 2019 546 8 259 230 414 782 893 247
Northern Harrier 3 5 0 9 5 7 9 2 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 1 - - 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Cooper's Hawk 6 4 - - 1 0 - - 1 1 - -
Red-shouldered Hawk - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - -
Broad-winged Hawk - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Swainson's Hawk - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - 38 - -
Red-tailed Hawk 0 16 1 54 3 23 24 9 5
Rough-legged Hawk 2 8 - - 0 - - 2 2 - - - -
Golden Eagle - - - - - - - - - - 3 0 - - - -
American Kestrel - - 1 0 2 3 2 - - 1 1
Merlin 3 0 0 1 - - - - - - - - 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 2 - - 2 1 2 0 0 - -
Prairie Falcon - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
King Rail 1 6 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Virginia Rail 1 - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Sora 1 3 - - 6 0 0 0 1 - -
Common Moorhen - - 15 - - 1 1 - - 1 - - - -
American Coot 9068 30868 5 46465 68394 12896 37642 120,274 46296
Sandhill Crane 2 16 - - 9 9 2 2 18 5
Black-bellied Plover 3 0 - - 11 0 54 0 - - 2
American Golden-Plover 7 27 - - 5 166 78 33 6 0
Snowy Plover - - 1 - - - - 2 - - - - - - - -
Semipalmated Plover 5 58 - - 15 54 0 51 0 3
Piping Plover 0 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Killdeer 0 24 0 61 179 2438 253 140 32
Black-necked Stilt - - - - - - 7 1 1 - - - - 1
American Avocet 2 1 - - 2 20 15 34 28 26
Spotted Sandpiper 6 6 - - 8 7 44 4 2 0
Solitary Sandpiper 11 1 - - 7 2 - - 4 1 1
Greater Yellowlegs 12 96 0 19 144 140 301 50 150
Willet 5 4 - - 2 3 3 19 0 - -
Lesser Yellowlegs 55 406 - - 476 1843 462 3035 120 485
Upland Sandpiper 2 2 - - 1 - - - - 0 - - - -
Hudsonian Godwit 17 212 - - 11 27 - - 21 0 58
Marbled Godwit - - 7 - - - - 22 0 3 17 45
Ruddy Turnstone - - 1 - - 1 - - - - 0 - - - -
Sanderling - - 2 - - 0 1 - - 0 - - - -
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6 28 - - 1 32 28 290 0 0
Western Sandpiper - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Least Sandpiper 79 214 - - 237 90 129 509 0 5
White-rumped Sandpiper - - 370 - - 0 1 9 505 - - - -
Baird's Sandpiper 3 129 - - 8 135 2 47 8 28
Pectoral Sandpiper 119 1404 - - 9 1829 28 3759 60 668
Dunlin 3 69 - - 1 15 14 31 0 4
Stilt Sandpiper 0 103 - - 13 32 343 1 0 0
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1 - - - - 13 2 - - - - - - - -
Short-billed Dowitcher 4 36 - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - -
Long-billed Dowitcher 8 435 - - 110 54 762 323 4 35
Wilson's Snipe 69 477 2 61 188 3 13 8 15
American Woodcock - - - - - - 3 0 - - - - - - - -
Wilson's Phalarope 0 80 - - 19 10 5 163 0 35
Red-necked Phalarope - - 6 - - - - - - - - 0 52 - -
Red Phalarope - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Franklin's Gull - - 283 - - 25 11 2 0 0 23
Bonaparte's Gull - - 10 - - - - 43 - - 1 0 18
Ring-billed Gull - - 24 - - 4 56 20 65 0 1
Herring Gull - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - -
Caspian Tern - - 2 - - - - 4 2 - - - - - -
Black Tern 140 96 - - 0 150 - - - - - - - -
Common Tern - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Forster's Tern - - 16 - - 17 1 - - - - 2 0
Rock Pigeon - - - - 5 50 0 8 0 3 - -
Mourning Dove - - - - 0 28 0 2 5 11 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - - 0 10 0 0 - - - - 2 - -
Great Horned Owl 4 4 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Snowy Owl - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - -
Barred Owl 2 - - - - 0 1 - - 2 1 - -
Short-eared Owl - - 6 - - - - 0 - - 2 - - - -
Chimney Swift - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 0 - -
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - -
Belted Kingfisher - - 1 12 4 0 0 3 3 1
Red-headed Woodpecker - - - - 5 0 0 - - 7 11 - -
Red-bellied Woodpecker - - 0 5 12 0 4 6 6 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - - - - - - 0 - - 1 0 - - - -
Downy Woodpecker - - 0 1 10 0 5 6 5 3
Hairy Woodpecker - - 3 2 2 0 2 3 1 2
Northern Flicker - - 0 3 13 2 3 8 6 5
Pileated Woodpecker - - - - - - 1 3 0 1 1 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 0 0 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - -
Eastern Wood-Pewee - - 0 1 - - 0 - - 2 6 - -
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - -
Acadian Flycatcher 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Alder Flycatcher - - 2 - - 4 - - - - - - - - - -
Willow Flycatcher 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Least Flycatcher 5 - - - - 2 - - - - - - 0 - -
Eastern Phoebe - - 2 - - 0 0 1 4 0 5
Great Crested Flycatcher - - - - 1 0 0 - - 1 1 - -
Western Kingbird - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - -
Eastern Kingbird 42 - - 5 0 1 1 6 7 0
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Loggerhead Shrike - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Bell's Vireo 17 2 - - - - 0 - - 1 - - - -
Yellow-throated Vireo - - 0 - - 0 0 - - 0 1 - -
Blue-headed Vireo - - 0 - - - - - - - - 0 - - - -
Warbling Vireo 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0 1 0
Philadelphia Vireo - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Red-eyed Vireo 13 0 - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - -
Blue Jay - - 0 3 4 0 16 8 12 1
American Crow - - - - 5 15 0 21 3 50 1
Horned Lark - - 3 - - 1 - - - - - - - -
Purple Martin 0 0 - - - - 0 - - 8 0 2
Tree Swallow 0 312 5 7000 202 0 27 52 7
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 0 32 5 0 0 0 10 0 0
Bank Swallow - - 1200 150 0 0 0 50 - - - -
Cliff Swallow 0 275 20 0 0 0 0 5 0
Barn Swallow 0 206 0 0 0 6 50 5 0
Black-capped Chickadee - - 8 0 13 0 9 7 6 1
Tufted Titmouse - - 4 - - 10 0 7 4 5 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch - - 4 - - - - - - - - 0 0 - -
White-breasted Nuthatch - - 7 2 9 4 6 11 2 5
Brown Creeper 0 1 - - 8 0 1 0 - - - -
Carolina Wren - - 1 - - 4 0 1 2 1 0
House Wren - - 0 5 0 0 0 2 29 0
Winter Wren - - 0 - - 2 0 - - 2 - - - -
Sedge Wren 20 18 - - 0 0 - - 0 1 - -
Marsh Wren 3 2 - - 0 0 0 0 1 - -
Golden-crowned Kinglet 0 1 - - 6 0 - - - - - - - -
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - - 11 - - 1 0 0 0 0 1
Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Bluebird - - 2 1 29 0 8 4 4 4
Gray-cheeked Thrush - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Swainson's Thrush - - 15 - - 0 0 - - - - - - - -
Hermit Thrush - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Wood Thrush - - 0 - - 0 0 - - - - - - - -
American Robin - - 0 10 11 0 10 36 25 12
Gray Catbird - - - - 4 0 0 - - 1 2 - -
Northern Mockingbird - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 - - - -
Brown Thrasher 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0
European Starling - - 0 200 38 0 62 121 57 10
American Pipit 3 0 - - - - 2 - - - - 3 - -
Cedar Waxwing - - 0 0 50 0 - - 0 9 0
Tennessee Warbler - - 3 - - 0 0 - - - - 0 - -
Orange-crowned Warbler - - 2 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 - -
Nashville Warbler 0 3 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Northern Parula - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 - -
Yellow Warbler 3 73 1 - - 0 0 0 3 - -
Chestnut-sided Warbler - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - -
Magnolia Warbler - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Yellow-rumped Warbler - - 0 - - 0 10 0 0 0 0
Black-throated Green Warbler - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 0 - -
Blackburnian Warbler 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Palm Warbler - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0
Blackpoll Warbler - - 0 - - 4 0 - - - - 0 - -
Black-and-white Warbler 4 - - - - - - 1 - - 1 0 - -
American Redstart 8 3 3 0 0 - - - - - - - -
Prothonotary Warbler - - 1 - - 0 1 0 - - - - - -
Worm-eating Warbler - - 0 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Ovenbird 0 2 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
Northern Waterthrush 1 5 - - 6 0 0 0 0 - -
Kentucky Warbler - - 0 - - 0 0 - - 0 - - - -
Common Yellowthroat 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 25 - -
Wilson's Warbler 0 0 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Canada Warbler 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Yellow-breasted Chat - - 0 - - - - 0 - - - - - - - -
Summer Tanager - - - - - - 0 0 - - 0 - - - -
Scarlet Tanager - - - - - - 0 0 - - - - - - - -
Spotted Towhee - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - -
Eastern Towhee 0 - - 1 0 0 - - 1 - - 0
American Tree Sparrow - - 531 0 83 25 69 38 13 - -
Chipping Sparrow 0 0 3 0 0 0 6 3 2
Clay-colored Sparrow - - 3 - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - -
Field Sparrow 0 0 - - - - 0 - - - - - - 0
Vesper Sparrow 0 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lark Sparrow 0 - - 3 4 0 - - - - 0 5
Savannah Sparrow 0 6 - - - - 0 - - 0 2 0
Le Conte's Sparrow - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Fox Sparrow - - 10 - - 1 5 - - 0 - - 14
Song Sparrow 0 16 0 14 0 3 2 15 9
Lincoln's Sparrow - - 1 - - - - 0 - - 0 0 3
Swamp Sparrow 0 0 - - 2 0 5 0 0 - -
White-throated Sparrow - - 0 - - 1 1 - - 0 0 0
Harris's Sparrow 0 12 - - 0 12 0 0 1 1
White-crowned Sparrow - - 1 - - 0 - - 2 - - 0 - -
Dark-eyed Junco - - 161 0 128 22 29 10 21 4
Northern Cardinal - - 0 15 10 0 13 28 13 15
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - - 0 5 1 0 0 - - 0 - -
Blue Grosbeak - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - -
Indigo Bunting - - - - 10 - - 0 - - 6 3 - -
Dickcissel - - - - 5 - - 0 - - 17 15 - -
Bobolink - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - -
Red-winged Blackbird 20000 0 0 1 0 480 5883 205 750
Eastern Meadowlark - - 1 - - - - 0 10 0 1 4
Yellow-headed Blackbird - - 28 - - 0 0 - - 0 0 1
Rusty Blackbird 0 51 - - 71 0 0 1 - - - -
Brewer's Blackbird - - - - - - 5 - - 0 - - - - 0
Common Grackle - - 0 0 0 0 58 11715 149 10
Great-tailed Grackle 1 185 - - 0 19 26 255 35 103
Brown-headed Cowbird - - - - 10 0 0 0 14 95 8
Orchard Oriole - - - - 0 - - 0 0 - - 15 - -
Baltimore Oriole - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - -
Purple Finch - - 10 - - - - 0 2 - - - - - -
House Finch - - - - - - - - - - 7 0 - - 0
Pine Siskin - - 2 - - 0 - - - - - - - - - -
American Goldfinch - - 0 5 8 0 30 16 9 1
House Sparrow - - - - 0 0 0 16 0 1 2

This is not a complete tally of the numerous reports made as a result of bird observations at the refuge, but only those available in a personal database. There are, however, additional reports that provide sporadic details from 2002 and prior years.

Further information for birdly occurrence could be evaluated — especially details associated with the day of occurrence as compared throughout the year — for the 6842 available database records.


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