All Birders and CBC Participants,
Here is a summary attached to today for the 2013 OVN CBC - this was the 8th OVN
CBC. Although the total species count is down somewhat from last year, we had
some wonderful birds appear for the count. Highlight birds were Snowy Owl (1),
several sparrow species, Gray Catbird (2), Red-headed Woodpecker (3) , Tufted
Titmouse(1), Ruffed Grouse (4). Locations identified for some species. Some
misses we should try to find in the remaining count week are: Cedar Waxwing,
blackbird spp., Yellow-rumped Warbler, etc.
Sunday started out calm and then after 11:00am the wind started to pick up and
must have hit 50km/h in mid-afternoon with snow too. The day was overcast and
the temp was -7C in the morning rising to -3C in the afternoon.
Considering we had fewer counters this year, we still did well with 76 species
on Sunday and two new ones (a Turkey Vulture and Snow Geese) appear Monday in
count week.
Thirty people helped count this year.
Species Sum 2013
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture (CW) 1
Snow Goose (CW) 25
Canada Goose (prim. L.Erie) 4426
Tundra Swans 56
American Black Duck 32
Mallard Duck 199
Greater Scaup (Port Burwell Harbour) 1
Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw) 2
Bufflehead 7
Common Goldeneye 11
Common Merganser 239
Red-breasted Merganser 131
Ruddy Duck 2
Bald Eagle 16
Northern Harrier 21
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 8
Red-shouldered Hawk (2013 und rev.) 1
Red-tailed Hawk 49
Rough-legged Hawk 3
Ruffed Grouse 4
Wild Turkey 63
American Coot
Sandhill Crane (one herad over Pt. Burwell PP) 1
Ring-billed Gull 59
Herring Gull 73
Great black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 263
Mourning Dove 611
E. Screech-Owl 13
Great Horned Owl 4
Snowy Owl (Pt. Buwell PP) 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-headed Woodpecker (Jackson Gunn Old Gwth) 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 19
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Downy Woodpecker 54
Hairy Woodpecker 19
Northern Flicker 12
Pileated Woodpecker 8
Northern Shrike (Norfolk) 1
Blue Jay 389
A. Crow 1878
Horned Lark 234
Black-capped Chickadee 164
Tufted Titmouse (north part of circle) 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 11
White-breasted Nuthatch 14
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 4
Winter Wren (Pt. Burwell PP) 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Eastern Bluebird 11
Hermit Thrush (East of Pt. Burwell) 1
A. Robin 3
Gray Catbird (Pt. Burwell PP) 2
Northern Mocking Bird (Norflok) 2
European Starling 241
American Pipit 7
Eastern Towhee 2
Am. Tree Sparrow 553
Chipping Sparrow 3
Field Sparrow 24
Savannnah Sparrow (East part circle) 1
Fox Sparrow (north part circle) 1
Song Sparrow 148
Swamp Sparrow 8
White-throated Sparrow 21
White-crowned Sparrow 12
Dark-eyed Junco 2956
Lapland Longspur 6
Snow Bunting 471
N. Cardinal 110
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 40
House Finch 84
Am. Goldfinch 228
House Sparrow 512
Number Species, incl CW 78
Numer Birds, incl. CW 14,603
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