Posting for Dave Martin.
27th Ingersoll CBC
The count was held on January 2 after being canceled on December 28 due
to high winds.
We ended up with 65 species. 65 species is the 3rd highest total and
well above the long term average of 58.4 birds and the most recent 10
year average of 59.9 birds. The highest count was 69 species in 1992 and
the second highest count was 67 species in 2004.
The addition of Lesser Scaup this year brings our all time species total
to 112 species. There are also 2 species seen during count week but not
ever on count day (American Wigeon, Northern Bobwhite).
New birds
Lesser Scaup 1
Highest ever (previous high in brackets)
Northern Pintail 22 (8)
Ring-necked Duck 2 (1)
Common Merganser 77 (51)
Red-tailed Hawk 119 (115)
Wild Turkey 103 (51)
Carolina Wren 3 (2)
White-winged Crossbill 1969 (4)
Tied Highest ever
Bald Eagle 2
2nd highest count (highest in brackets)
American Crow 12,155 (13,681 in 2004)
Red-breasted Nuthatch 28 (37in 2003)
European Starling 9952 (13,823 in 1996)
Red-winged Blackbird 9 (15 in 1992)
American Goldfinch 642 (670 in 2005)
3rd highest (highest in brackets)
Canada Goose 4534 (5622 in 2002)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (37 in 2007)
1st in years
Evening Grosbeak 1 (1st since 1995)
One individual only
Northern Harrier
Merlin
Ruffed Grouse
Long-eared Owl
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Winter Wren
Hermit Thrush
Evening Grosbeak
Count week birds
Turkey Vulture 2
American Robin 1
Missed species
Common Goldeneye (found on 16 of the 27 counts but on only 3 of the last
10 counts)
Field Sparrow (found on 13 counts overall but on only 1 of the last 10
counts)
Winter Finches
Purple Finch 2
House Finch 274
White-winged Crossbill 1969
Common Redpoll 23
Pine Siskin 43
Evening Grosbeak 1
American Goldfinch 642
Dave Martin
Harrietsville, ON
[email protected]
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Mark Cranford
ONTBIRDS Coordinator
Mississauga, Ont.
[email protected]
905 279 9576
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