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Results of the 2025
Hillsboro Christmas
Bird Count
On December 18, seventeen people
spent 52 hours in the Þeld counting
the number of individual birds of
whatever species they encountered.
Twelve spent 17 hours doing the
same at bird feeders. All of this as
part of the 2025 Hillsboro Christmas
Bird Count.
The following tabulation lists the
species seen and the number of
individuals seen of that species. ÒcwÓ
refers to Òcount weekÓ, meaning the
species was seen during the three
days prior or three days after count
day - but not on count day (the
number of individuals of a species
sighted during cw are not counted). If
a species is listed in red, the number
of individuals seen was a record low
for the species in the Hillsboro
Christmas Count. If a species is listed
in blue, the species has been seen on
a previous CBC but not on this one. If
a species is listed in CAPITAL LETTERS,
it was not seen on previous CBCs.
American Wigeon
Mallard
Scaled Quail
Gambel's Quail - 174
Montezuma Quail - cw
Wild Turkey
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Cooper's Hawk - cw
Northern Goshawk
Red-tailed Hawk - 15
Ferruginous Hawk - cw
Sandhill Crane - 2
Killdeer
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove - 35
Inca Dove
White-winged Dove - 155
Mourning Dove - 117
Greater Roadrunner - 2
Barn Owl (American) - 1
Western Screech-Owl - cw
Great Horned Owl - 2
LONG-EARED OWL - 1
Northern Pygmy Owl
Black-chinned Hummingbird
AnnaÕs Hummingbird
Acorn Woodpecker - cw
WilliamsonÕs sapsucker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-naped Sapsucker - 6
Ladder-backed Woodpecker - 18
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker (Red shafted) - 34
American Kestrel - 5
Merlin
Prairie falcon
Black Phoebe
Say's Phoebe - 6
Vermillion Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike - 1
Hutton's Vireo - 2
Pinyon Jay - 4
Steller's Jay - 11
WoodhouseÕs Scrub-Jay - 81
American Crow - cw
Chihuahuan Raven - 10
Common Raven - 50
Horned Lark
Mountain Chickadee - 1
Bridled Titmouse - 4
Juniper Titmouse - 16
Verdin - 3
Bushtit - 33
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch - 13
Brown Creeper
Rock Wren - 8
Canyon Wren - 2
House Wren
Winter Wren - cw
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren - 2
Cactus Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Black-tailed Gnatcatcher
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 32
Eastern Bluebird - 6
Western Bluebird - 94
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend' Solitaire - 7
Hermit Thrush - 6
American Robin - 9
Gray Catbird
Curve-billed Thrasher - 6
Crissal Thrasher - 1
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing - 1
Phainopepla - 6
McCownÕs Longspur
OLIVE WARBLER - 1
97
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
(AudubonÕs) - 3
WilsonÕs Warbler
Painted Redstart
Yellow-breasted Chat
CassinÕs Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow - 1
BairdÕs Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow - 223
Black-chinned Sparrow - 4
Field Sparrow
Brewer's Sparrow - 32
Black-throated Sparrow - 26
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco - 512 (New High
Number)
White-crowned Sparrow - 277
HARRISÕS SPARROW - cw
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Sagebrush Sparrow - 2
Vesper Sparrow - 2
Savannah Sparrow - 7
Song Sparrow - 3
Lincoln's Sparrow - 4
Canyon Towhee - 34
Rufous-crowned Sparrow - 12
Green-tailed Towhee - 2
Spotted Towhee - 47
Northern Cardinal - 3
Pyrrhuloxia - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 52
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Western Meadowlark - 2
Eastern Meadowlark
Brewer's Blackbird - 87
Great-tailed Grackle
House Finch - 142
Cassin's Finch - 1
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin - 4
Lesser GoldÞnch - 47
American GoldÞnch - 3
House Sparrow - 49
Take aways
In the seven years of the Hillsboro
Christmas Count 130 species have
been recorded. Over a third of those
species (36%) were not seen on this
yearÕs Christmas Count. Of those seen
on this yearÕs count 9 species were
seen in record low numbers, 12% of
the species seen. Slightly over 40% of
