Hi Ontbirds, Twenty participants came out for the 6th annual Collingwood Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, 28 December 2013. Here is a summary of our results: a.. Count Day Species: 50 (no others known for count week), which is slightly below the average of 51; lowest species total was 42 and highest was 63 b.. We had 4979 individual birds, which is the lowest ever (max. is 8154) and well below the average of 6626 c.. all-time lows included: 10 Canada Goose, 9 Bufflehead, 1 Common Merganser, 39 Wild Turkey; 4 Great Black-backed Gull, 18 Northern Cardinal, 104 House Sparrow d.. all-time highs were: 7 Bald Eagle (previous high 2), 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk, 8 Snowy Owl and 261 American Goldfinch e.. new for count birds: Ruffed Grouse, Winter Wren and White-crowned Sparrow f.. this brings the all-time species total for this count to 83 I’ll remember this count as one with lots of snow, not much open water and lots of Snowy Owls. Burke Korol Compiler – Collingwood CBC Barrie, ON _______________________________________________ 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
