These are the results of the Woodhouse CBC held on December 19th 2010. The
Woodhouse CBC is centered 7 km east of Simcoe, at Renton, in Norfolk County
and roughly covers from Port Dover to Waterford and just west of Simcoe to
Jarvis.
Weather
The weather this year was good, it was mostly cloudy with some light snow
flurries all day. The temperature was –5 all day with a light westerly wind.
Total Species: 82 (average for the last 23 years = 85)
Total Individuals: 26,158 (average for the last 23 years = 25,375)
# of participants: 37
NEW SPECIES TO THE COUNT
Lark Sparrow and Brewers Blackbird
RECORD HIGHS - (previous high)
Mute Swan – 6 (5)
Coopers Hawk – 18 (11)
Wild Turkey – 379 (156)
Mourning Dove – 1445 (1325)
Eastern Screech Owl – 64 (47)
Pileated Woodpecker – 5 (3)
Song Sparrow – 162 (77)
Snow Bunting – 2856 (1730)
Northern Cardinal – 352 (269)
Pine Siskin – 109 (105)
RECORD LOW: (previous low)
Great blue Heron – 1 (2)
EQUAL BEST
Merlin – 1
Glaucous Gull – 1 three previous records
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 34
COUNT WEEK SPECIES
None
NOTABLE LOWS
Eastern Bluebird - 24 (worst since 1998 (3 birds))
NOTABLE ABSENTEES
Ruffed Grouse 2nd miss ever
Bonaparte’s Gull 3rd miss ever
Brown Creeper 2nd miss ever
Purple Finch 3rd miss ever
Common Grackle 7th miss ever
ALSO WORTHY OF MENTION
Pied-billed Grebe – 1 (5th record)
Snow Goose - 1 (6th record)
Ruddy Duck – 23 (3rd best count)
Northern Goshawk – 1 (6th record)
Rough-legged Hawk – 41 (2nd best record (50 in 1989))
Ring-necked Pheasant – 2 (best since 2001)
Wilson’s Snipe – 1 (4th record)
Rock Pigeon – 838 (3rd best record)
Downy Woodpecker – 125 (best since 1997)
American Pipit – 2 (6th record)
American Tree Sparrow – 1929 (3rd best record)
Lapland Longspur – 28 (4th best record)
Rusty Blackbird – 4 (8th record)
David Okines
Count Compiler
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