Phoenix Aquatic Bird Survey - 19 January 2013
	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	San Tan Valley	Scottsdale	Sun City/ Youngtown	Sun City West	Sun Lakes	Surprise	Tempe	Salt River/ Pima
Waterfowl																											TOTAL
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck																9											9
**Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Gr. White-fronted Goose			2			4										1								1			8
Snow Goose																2				2							4
Ross’s Goose																			1	5		1					7
Ross’s x Snow Goose hybrid																3				2							5
Canada Goose (large race)	13	15	346	2	313	72		205	165		17	35	182	1		258	2			1813	86	31	636	230	83		4505
Canada Goose (lesser race)			21								2					6				2							31
**Cackling Goose
**Tundra Swan																						1					1
Wood Duck								1								3											4
Gadwall	1				8			29	33		2		1			130			3	13					15		235
**Eurasian Wigeon									1										1								2
American Wigeon	96	110			2550	570	650	1090	321	123	182	327	1784	135	349	1407	450		760	2872	336	95	978	2073	158		17416
Am. x Eur. Wigeon hybrid
Mallard	126	35	340	13	364	53	98	972	436	22	48	142	380	14	40	767	139		72	324	71	111	67	211	217		5062
** (Mexican Duck) Mallard																	1										1
Mex. Duck x Mallard hybrid					2						2					1	1										6
Blue-winged Teal					1											3									1		5
Cinnamon Teal			6		34			29								39											108
Northern Shoveler	71	4	35	52	580	4	59	470	496		62	14	143	7	2	452		6	55	221	5	52	301	18	109		3218
Northern Pintail		2			523			396	22							80							2				1025
Green-winged Teal (American)					123	2		299	112			1	3			64				32					11		647
** Green-winged Teal (Eurasian)
Canvasback	2	8	6		58	5		33	14		9	1	17	4		8	3		1	16		7	28	16	6		242
Redhead	2				20		1	6				10	4	8		47				2	2						102
Ring-necked Duck	50	6	123	7	253	8	25	301	101	10	188	9	425	48	16	587	1	19	16	404	87	105	113	84	122		3108
**Greater Scaup													1										1				2
Lesser Scaup	9		12		30		5	10	1		5	1	11			49				20	1		49	1	53		257
Bufflehead	47				112		27	1	27		3		5	1		30	2			10	14	14	54	4	1		352
Common Goldeneye					4				5							4				6			4				23
Hooded Merganser					5	1	15	4	18		9		4			4	3			29			25		2		119
Common Merganser					94		24	18	1151	16										692		226	1	1	13		2236
**Red-breasted Merganser																									2		2
Ruddy Duck	4		42	7	269	1	59	100	299		38	6	94	8	50	653		3	8	134	12	12	236	12	58		2105
Water & Marsh Birds
Common Loon
**Least Grebe																							1				1
Pied-billed Grebe	6		17	1	28	4	12	38	29	1	4	3	44	1		96			5	30	2	2	12	2	32		369
**Horned Grebe								1																			1
Eared Grebe					5	1	15	1								6			3				1		16		48
Western Grebe					3			1								2								1	9		16
Clark’s Grebe																									1		1
American White Pelican																62											62
**Brown Pelican																									8		8
Neotropic Cormorant			39		570			129	72	6	1	11	179			774	65		5	504		1	42		87		2485
Double-crested Cormorant			77		83			49	82		8		69			297	1			283	1		119		155		1224
American Bittern
Least Bittern																27											27
Great Blue Heron	2		11		44			16	13		1		20	2		26			2	40	2	1	8	2	13		203
Great Egret					158			111	48				224			18				76			18		4		657
Snowy Egret					20			31					3			17				94			8		39		212
**Reddish Egret
Cattle Egret					4			2								77											83
Green Heron	3		1	1	11	2		12	22	1	1	1	13		1	21	1		3	9		1	8	5	12		129
Black-crowned Night-Heron			22		19		1	9	12			3	20			64				1			1		5		157
White-faced Ibis																728											728
Virginia Rail					1											4											5
Sora																20									1		21
Common Gallinule			1					1								38											40
American Coot	106	55	641	8	1831	105	1059	1484	1413	44	167	488	609		8	1164	15		666	1248	321	411	1010	227	513		13593
Shorebirds
Killdeer	4	7	11		30			37	7	2	13	9	31	3	2	53			11	43	3	10	19	19	23		337
Black-necked Stilt			5		71			49	4		7		19	1		13				6			4		1		180
American Avocet								5	5																		10
Greater Yellowlegs						3		6					1			9						1		1			21
**Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper			5		2		1	2			1		3			5			2	9			3		4		37
**Western Sandpiper									1																		1
Least Sandpiper			20		11			167	82		9	2	2			14				5				1			313
Dunlin								1	1																		2
Long-billed Dowitcher								163	2																		165
Wilson’s Snipe						1		5								3			3								12
Ring-billed Gull																8									1		9
Other Water Oriented Birds
Osprey			1		1			2	2		1		1			4									2		14
Bald Eagle					1											1				3			1				6
Belted Kingfisher			1		2			2	1				1			6	1			6			1	1	3		25
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS	542	242	1785	91	8238	836	2051	6288	4998	225	780	1063	4293	233	468	8164	685	28	1617	8956	943	1082	3751	2910	1780		62049
TOTAL SPECIES	16	9	23	8	38	16	15	42	33	9	22	17	30	13	8	49	12	3	18	32	14	18	30	20	35		63
Participant Information
City	Surveyor/Teams								Hours	Area Coverage									# Species	# Individuals	Miles
Anthem	Hank Vanderpol								5.75	primarily golf course and park ponds									16	542	25
Apache Junction, Gold Canyon	Theona Vyvial								4.75	primarily golf course ponds									13	467	34
Avondale	Laura and Patrick Ellis								6.75	Avondale									23	1662
Carefree, Cave Creek	Chrissy Kondrat-Smith								0.75	primarily golf course ponds									8	91	12
Chandler, Sun Lakes	Troy Corman, Tom Lewis								13.5	west Chandler, Sun Lakes									33	8974	56
Chandler	Dave and Nancy Pearson, Andrew and Harriet Smith								8	east Chandler, including Gilbert Rd. ponds									36	3016	84
Fountain Hills, Rio Verde	Vic Lewis, Robert Hindle								3.5	Fountain Hills Lake, various golf courses									15	2079	6
Gilbert	Marceline VandeWater, Paul Kinslow, Andy Laufman								9	north Gilbert, including Gilbert Riparian Preserve									37	3190	5
Gilbert	Bill Burger								7.75	south Gilbert									32	3099	56
Glendale	Edwin Juarez, Sam Insana, JoAnne Hill, John Arnett								5.25	Glendale, incl. Bonsall Park, Falcon Dunes GC									19	1929	38
Glendale	Steve and Joan Hosmer								4.25	Arrowhead Ranch Lakes, incl. Thunderbird Park Lake									19	2406	12
Glendale	Janet and Bob Witzeman								3.75	Glendale Recharge Ponds									19	671	4
Litchfield Park, Goodyear North	Joe Ford, David Nye, Caleb Strand								8.25	Goodyear: primarily golf courses and Litchfield Lake Park									25	1843	35
Goodyear South	not surveyed								n/a	Goodyear: Estrella Mtn. Ranch									n/a	n/a	n/a
Mesa	Johnida and Patrick Dockens, Eric Liknes								5	west Mesa									17	808	40
Mesa	Gordon Karre, Larry Langstaff								9	east Mesa									21	1608	55
Mesa	Craig Fischer, Cindy Marple, Candida Haslam								7.5	southeast Mesa									22	1802	51
Paradise Valley	Troy Corman								0.75	Camelback Golf Club/Course									13	233	4
Peoria	Janet and Bob Witzeman								3	Peoria parks and residential ponds									8	468	35
Phoenix	Sam Insana								4	Desert West Park, Maryvale Golf Course									10	230	5
Phoenix	Justin Jones								9	Tres Rios Full-scale Wetlands and overbank wetlands									47	3231	6
Phoenix	Thomas Gaskill, Nina Grimaldi, Kurt Licence								5.5	Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Site									22	178	8
Phoenix	Daniela Yellan								6.5	northwest Phoenix									12	849	10
Phoenix	Troy Corman								0.75	Stone Creek Golf Club, Orange Tree Golf Resort									15	471	3
Phoenix	Chrissy Kondrat-Smith								1.25	north Phoenix - only Dove Valley Ranch GC									5	66	41
Phoenix	Matt Chew								5	south Phoenix									10	276	40
Phoenix	Frank Insana, Magill Weber								9.25	downtown & north-central Phoenix, incl. Biltmore area, AZ Canal, Granada Park, Encanto Park									16	975	14
Phoenix	Pierre Deviche								4	Ahwatukee									20	1016	44
Phoenix	Mike Foley								3	southeast Phoenix, including Phx. Zoo, Papago Park, Phoenecian									21	485	5
Queen Creek	Joey Alsadi, Kristan Godbeer								2.25	primarily golf course ponds									12	685	4
San Tan Valley	Joey Alsadi, Kristan Godbeer								4	San Tan Valley, golf course ponds									18	1617	12
Scottsdale	Karen Stucke, Pat Scott, Jeanne LeSage, Pam Swan, Harvey Beatty, Jean Rigden								9.5	south Scottsdale (s. of Indian Bend Rd.), Scottsdale Pavilion									22	2445	6
Scottsdale	Brian Ison, Walter Thurber, Herb Andrews, Diana and William Herron								15	central Scottsdale									29	6230	36
Scottsdale	Bud Johnson								7.5	north Scottsdale (n. of Hayden-Rhodes Aqueduct), primarily golf course ponds									17	281	91
Surprise, El Mirage	John Arnett, Joann Hill								6.25	Aquatic Center and many golf course ponds									24	3696	32
Sun City, Youngtown	Dean and Joan Luehrs								9	Sun City, Youngtown (Maricopa Lake)									14	943	32
Sun City West	Carol Beardmore, Ricki Carlson								4.5	primarily golf course and park ponds									18	1082	21
Tempe, Phoenix	Tom Hildebrandt, Martin Helmkampf								5	north Tempe park and golf course ponds, Harbour Retention Pond									16	525	28
Tempe	Don Witter, Gay Christansen-Dean, Joyce Goodman								3.25	Tempe Marsh, upstream of Tempe Town Lake									28	397	3
Tempe	Peggy Thomas, Anita Peterson, Jeff Stemshorn								7.5	Tempe Town Lake, including downstream of lake									23	219	3
Tempe	Diane Laush, Robert Dummer								6	South Tempe, including ASU Research Park									18	1081	23
Salt River - Pima Tribe and Mesa	not surveyed									Mesa and Salt River - Pima Community Tribal ponds
GRAND TOTALS									234.5										n/a	62049	1019