Hello, Here is a brief summary of the Woodstock CBC - held today, Dec. 17th. The weather was surprisingly good considering a brutal forecast: Light wind, light snow in am, light freezing drizzle in pm, low of -5, high of -1.
21 field participants and 5 feeder watchers saw 28,315 birds of 63 species (average). There were two new record high counts: Red-bellied Woodpecker 35 (previous high 22); Dark-eyed Junco 1921 (previous high 1222). Rare species included: 1 Gadwall (6th time on the count - James Holdsworth and Bill Lindley); 1 Bufflehead (new for count - Richard Skevington, Ed Juurlink, Jeff Skevington, Liz Purves), 7 Sandhill Cranes (4th time on count - Jeff Skevington, Liz Purves, Ken and Janet Dance); 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull (4th time on count - James Holdsworth and Bill Lindley); 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (3rd time on count - Corrie Juurlink, Jeff Skevington, Liz Purves); 2 Tufted Titmouse (3rd time on count - James Holdsworth and Bill Lindley); 16 Eastern Bluebird (10th time on count - Jerome van Erve, Stephan Labonte, Jeff Skevington, Liz Purves, Ken and Janet Dance); 2 Hermit Thrush (9th time on count - Jeff Skevington, Liz Purves); 1 Fox Sparrow (3rd time on count - Sharron and Alexander Skevington); 1 White-crowned Sparrow (6th time on count - Tom Ovington, Diana Yungblut). We will still get a few more feeder count results tomorrow so these totals are preliminary. The results will be posted on the Woodstock Field Naturalists' Club website (http://www.execulink.com/~wfnc/wildlife.htm) on Dec. 21st (after the count period). Good birding! Jeff -- Jeff Skevington, Research Scientist Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 960 Carling Avenue, K.W. Neatby Building Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada Phone: 613-720-2862 FAX: 613-759-1927 E-mail: [email protected] _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - 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 Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide Visit the OFO Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists
