Edmonton Statistics

Stats are only available for winter 2019-20 and later

The dates are when the species were added to the database,
not when they were first detected or reported

Number of species added to database each time period

Days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Dec 1	39	0	0	17	39	30
Dec 2	1	21	29	16	1	5
Dec 3	6	38	5	7	12	0
Dec 4	3	1	17	15	1	2
Dec 5	3	10	9	3	4	0
Dec 6	5	4	0	1	2	2
Dec 7	4	2	0	2	4	10
Dec 8	6	1	0	2	0	0
Dec 9	3	0	1	0	0	0
Dec 10	2	2	0	1	0	0
Dec 11	0	1	1	0	5	5
Dec 12	0	1	1	1	1	0
Dec 13	3	2	0	1	0	3
Dec 14	2	1	0	0	1	3
Dec 15-Dec 21	4	8	6	2	3	7
Dec 22-Dec 28	5	4	4	2	6	3
Dec 29-Jan 4	3	4	3	4	3	1
Jan 5-Jan 18	2	1	3	4	5	8
Jan 19-Feb 1	1	3	2	5	3	2
Feb 2-Feb 15	2	0	0	0	1	6
Feb 16-Feb 28/9	0	3	1	3	4	1

Cumulative number of species for each time period

Days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Dec 1	39	0	0	17	39	30
Dec 2	40	21	29	33	40	35
Dec 3	46	59	34	40	52	35
Dec 4	49	60	51	55	53	37
Dec 5	52	70	60	58	57	37
Dec 6	57	74	60	59	59	39
Dec 7	61	76	60	61	63	49
Dec 8	67	77	60	63	63	49
Dec 9	70	77	61	63	63	49
Dec 10	72	79	61	64	63	49
Dec 11	72	80	62	64	68	54
Dec 12	72	81	63	65	69	54
Dec 13	75	83	63	66	69	57
Dec 14	77	84	63	66	70	60
Dec 15-Dec 21	81	92	69	68	73	67
Dec 22-Dec 28	86	96	73	70	79	70
Dec 29-Jan 4	89	100	76	74	82	71
Jan 5-Jan 18	91	101	79	78	87	79
Jan 19-Feb 1	92	104	81	83	90	81
Feb 2-Feb 15	94	104	81	83	91	87
Feb 16-Feb 28/9	94	107	82	86	95	88

Earliest and latest first addition of each species since Dec 2019
EOS means species was added after end of season

Species	Occurrences	Earliest date	Latest date
Cackling Goose	3	Dec 5	Feb 2
Canada Goose	6	Dec 1	Dec 4
Trumpeter Swan	6	Dec 3	Dec 17
Tundra Swan	6	Dec 1	Dec 8
Wood Duck	1	Dec 5	Dec 5
Northern Shoveler	2	Dec 3	Jan 19
Gadwall	6	Dec 3	Jan 16
American Wigeon	4	Dec 2	Jan 20
Mallard	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
Northern Pintail	4	Dec 1	Jan 26
Green-winged Teal	2	Dec 4	Dec 12
Canvasback	6	Dec 3	Jan 2
Redhead	6	Dec 3	Dec 11
Ring-necked Duck	6	Dec 3	Dec 11
Greater Scaup	6	Dec 3	Feb 10
Lesser Scaup	6	Dec 1	Dec 23
White-winged Scoter	1	Dec 15	Dec 15
Long-tailed Duck	3	Dec 4	Jan 17
Bufflehead	6	Dec 1	Dec 7
Common Goldeneye	6	Dec 1	Dec 4
Barrow's Goldeneye	5	Dec 6	EOS
Hooded Merganser	6	Dec 3	Jan 10
Common Merganser	6	Dec 1	Dec 7
Red-breasted Merganser	6	Dec 3	Feb 10
Ruddy Duck	6	Dec 3	Jan 26
Ruffed Grouse	6	Dec 1	Dec 8
Sharp-tailed Grouse	2	Dec 14	Dec 31
Grey Partridge	6	Dec 1	Dec 18
Ring-necked Pheasant	5	Dec 1	Feb 22
Rock Pigeon	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
Eurasian Collared-Dove	6	Dec 2	Dec 18
Mourning Dove	1	Dec 10	Dec 10
American Coot	6	Dec 3	Jan 2
Glaucous Gull	1	Jan 3	Jan 3
Pied-billed Grebe	3	Dec 3	Jan 6
Horned Grebe	3	Dec 3	Dec 28
Red-necked Grebe	6	Dec 3	Jan 22
Eared Grebe	3	Dec 4	Jan 16
Western Grebe	5	Dec 3	Dec 17
Pacific Loon	1	Dec 3	Dec 3
Yellow-billed Loon	1	Dec 7	Dec 7
Double-crested Cormorant	2	Dec 4	Dec 5
Golden Eagle	5	Dec 3	Jan 15
Sharp-shinned Hawk	6	Dec 1	Dec 13
Cooper's Hawk	6	Dec 6	Feb 22
American Goshawk	6	Dec 2	Dec 14
Northern Harrier	2	Dec 13	Dec 17
Bald Eagle	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
Red-tailed Hawk	5	Dec 2	Feb 2
Rough-legged Hawk	6	Dec 1	Dec 24
Snowy Owl	6	Dec 1	Dec 8
Great Horned Owl	6	Dec 1	Dec 3
Northern Hawk Owl	6	Dec 1	Feb 19
Northern Pygmy-Owl	1	Dec 3	Dec 3
Barred Owl	6	Dec 1	Jan 5
Great Grey Owl	6	Dec 1	Jan 2
Short-eared Owl	4	Dec 1	Jan 1
Boreal Owl	2	Dec 14	Feb 26
Northern Saw-whet Owl	6	Dec 4	Dec 27
Belted Kingfisher	2	Dec 25	Dec 28
American Three-toed Woodpecker	5	Dec 6	Feb 23
Black-backed Woodpecker	6	Dec 1	Dec 4
Downy Woodpecker	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
Hairy Woodpecker	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
Pileated Woodpecker	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
Northern Flicker	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
American Kestrel	1	Dec 3	Dec 3
Merlin	6	Dec 1	Dec 7
Gyrfalcon	4	Dec 7	Jan 23
Peregrine Falcon	2	Dec 5	Dec 11
Prairie Falcon	4	Dec 7	Dec 28
Northern Shrike	6	Dec 1	Dec 7
Canada Jay	6	Dec 3	Jan 5
Blue Jay	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
Black-billed Magpie	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
American Crow	6	Dec 1	Dec 23
Common Raven	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
Black-capped Chickadee	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
Mountain Chickadee	2	Dec 7	Dec 21
Boreal Chickadee	6	Dec 2	Dec 23
Horned Lark	6	Dec 3	Feb 28
Golden-crowned Kinglet	5	Dec 1	Dec 12
White-breasted Nuthatch	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
Brown Creeper	6	Dec 1	Jan 2
European Starling	6	Dec 1	Jan 4
Mountain Bluebird	1	Dec 16	Dec 16
Townsend's Solitaire	6	Dec 1	Dec 22
Varied Thrush	2	Dec 15	Dec 20
Hermit Thrush	3	Dec 4	Dec 29
American Robin	6	Dec 1	Dec 6
Bohemian Waxwing	6	Dec 1	Dec 8
Cedar Waxwing	6	Dec 1	Jan 20
House Sparrow	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
Evening Grosbeak	6	Dec 1	Jan 4
Pine Grosbeak	6	Dec 1	Dec 19
Grey-crowned Rosy-Finch	2	Dec 14	Jan 4
House Finch	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
Purple Finch	6	Dec 2	Feb 26
Cassin's Finch	2	Dec 24	Feb 22
Redpoll	1	Dec 1	Dec 1
Redpoll (Common)	5	Dec 1	Jan 7
Redpoll (Hoary)	3	Dec 2	Dec 11
Red Crossbill	5	Dec 3	Feb 10
White-winged Crossbill	6	Dec 1	Dec 26
Pine Siskin	6	Dec 1	Jan 7
American Goldfinch	5	Dec 5	Jan 29
Lapland Longspur	2	Jan 5	Jan 5
Snow Bunting	6	Dec 1	Dec 10
Chipping Sparrow	2	Dec 6	Jan 3
American Tree Sparrow	5	Dec 3	Jan 6
Fox Sparrow	1	Jan 12	Jan 12
Dark-eyed Junco	6	Dec 1	Dec 2
White-crowned Sparrow	1	Feb 6	Feb 6
Harris's Sparrow	2	Jan 3	Feb 24
White-throated Sparrow	6	Dec 1	Dec 31
Song Sparrow	5	Dec 2	Jan 1
Swamp Sparrow	1	Jan 1	Jan 1
Eastern Towhee	1	Dec 1	Dec 1
Yellow-headed Blackbird	1	Dec 17	Dec 17
Western Meadowlark	1	Dec 9	Dec 9
Red-winged Blackbird	1	Dec 15	Dec 15
Rusty Blackbird	2	Dec 5	Feb 18
Common Grackle	3	Dec 13	Feb 3
Cape May Warbler	1	Dec 3	Dec 3
Pine Warbler	1	Jan 29	Jan 29
Yellow-rumped Warbler	2	Dec 6	Dec 30