Total Bird Count 5,125 Species 53 – compared to 46 last year (with light rain) and 52 the year before.
First time birds on this count – eastern towhee, pipits, hermit thrush, & cowbirds,
Record numbers this year for: bald eagles; brown creepers, horned larks, cardinals, dark-eyed junco, turkeys, grackles, European starlings, white-breasted nuthatch, red-shouldered hawks, hairy woodpeckers, golden-crowned kinglets and Cooper’s Hawk.
Species
- Canada Goose 329
- Mallard 43
- Northern Pintail 8
- Turkey 78
- Great Blue Heron 3
- Northern Harrier 6
- Cooper’s Hawk 7
- Bald Eagle 32
- Red-shouldered Hawk 5
- Red-tailed hawk 12
- Rock Pigeon 311
- Mourning Dove 208
- Great Horned Owl 1
- Belted Kingfisher 1
- Red-bellied woodpecker 19
- Downy woodpecker 39
- Hairy woodpecker 11
- Northern Flicker 20
- Pileated woodpecker 1
- Kestrel 31
- Blue Jay 30
- American Crow 23
- Horned Larks 589
- Carolina Chickadee 18
- Black-capped Chickadee 1
- Tufted Titmouse 23
- Red-breasted nuthatch 1
- White-breasted Nuthatch 35
- Brown Creeper 11
- Carolina Wren 3
- Golden-crowned Kinglet 12
- Hermit Thrush 4
- American Robins 4
- European Starlings 1795
- American Pipits 12
- Lapland Longspur 129
- Snow Bunting 1
- American Tree Sparrow 283
- Dark-eyed Junco 260
- Junco Slate-colored 1
- White-crowned Sparrow 5
- White-throated Sparrow 32
- Song Sparrow 19
- Swamp Sparrow 1
- Eastern Towhee 1
- Northern Cardinal 115 (broke the record of 88)
- Red-winged blackbird 1
- Common Grackle 78
- Brown-headed Cowbirds 3
- House Finch 45
- American Goldfinch 60
- House Sparrow 365
Each of the lists and counters is important. So I thank everyone for participating and your interest in the CBC.
Highlights: Tom and Cheryl Bell had large flocks of horned larks. John Winebrenner & Lisa Silvey had the most eagles – 10. Matt Gerlach had the only snow bunting, black-capped chickadee and red-breasted nuthatch. Ryan Smith and Greg McCallister had the towhee, swamp sparrow and the pileated woodpecker. Melissa Fey had the pipits, kingfisher and northern pintails. Curt Burnette and Rose & Jim Jeffery had one flock of 64 turkey, large flock of tree sparrow & 3 harriers. April Raver had the great-horned owl and grackles. Bill & Sherry Hubbard had the cowbirds at their feeders & 4 eagles on the lake. Jackie Caffee had the most titmouse and a heron on her dock. Randy & I had a heron, northern pintails & 6 eagles.
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