Posting on behalf of Betty Learmouth, Count Coordinator. The 9th annual Holiday Beach CBC was held December 27, 2013. Weather was mild (-1 to +3), with light winds. The Big Creek marsh was frozen over, as was Lake Erie out to the shipping channel, although there was open water in some local drains and on the Detroit River.
A total of 72 species, slightly down from the 8 year average of 75 species were recorded. The total number of birds counted was 27,173. New species for the count: Cackling Goose - 2 There were 4 new high count records set including: Canada Goose - 11,918 Tundra Swan - 910 Great Blue Heron - 45 American Robin - 97 There were also 4 new low counts including: Bufflehead - 1 Common Goldeneye - 13 Ring-billed Gull - 164 Dark-eyed Junco - 230 Good Birding. Todd R. Pepper 36 Cherrywood Avenue Leamington, ON, N8H 4Z9 “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” Aristotle _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup
