The 8th Alfred-Montebello CBC was held December 26th. A light snow fell all day, at times limiting long distance visibility. Few open areas were found on the Ottawa and Nation Rivers. The 13 field observers and 3 feeder watchers counted 34 species and 2821 individual birds. This is lower than our 8-year average of 40 species and 4495 of total individuals. White-throated Sparrow was new to the count bringing the all-time species list to 66. A few record highs were noted but in particular Snowy Owl 10 (2 in 2008) all found south of Lefaivre. Other New Highs: Ruffed Grouse 6 ( previous high 5 in 2010) Hairy Woodpecker 36 (previous high 33 in 2012) Blue Jay 289 (previous 216 in 2011) Interesting species: Gray Partridge 5, American Robin 2 (2nd record), and Lapland Longspur 1. Thanks to all the counters who participated this year. Christine Brunet Alfred-Montebello CBC Compiler
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