These are the results of the 31st Woodhouse CBC held on Sunday December 17th 2017.
The Woodhouse CBC is centred 7 km east of Simcoe, at the crossroads of Highway 3 and Cockshutt Road at Renton in Norfolk County and roughly covers from Port Dover to Waterford and just west of Simcoe to east of Jarvis. Weather The weather this year was better than the freezing rain of last year. Overnight and during the day it was dry and mostly cloudy. Temperatures overnight went from -5 at midnight down to -7 at dawn, daytime high was -4. The wind was mostly calm or light easterly. *Total Species*: 90 with no additional Count Week species (average for the last 30 years = 79, average for the last 10 years = 85) *Total Individuals*: 18,972 (average for the last 30 years = 26,0559, average for the last 10 years = 25,709) *# of participants*: 34 NEW SPECIES TO THE COUNT None COUNT WEEK SPECIES None *RECORD HIGH - (previous high)* Great Blue Heron 11 (11) = high count Peregrine Falcon 2 (1) record high Snowy Owl 5 (3) record high Red-bellied Woodpecker 61 (49) record high Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 (2) = high count Common Raven 2 (2) = high count Eastern Towhee 3 (3) = high count Slate-coloured Junco 3337 (2170) record high Red-winged Blackbird 351 (225) record high Common Grackle 64 (25) record high *RECORD LOW: (previous low)* None *SPECIES ABOVE AVERAGE (last 10 year average)* Double-crested Cormorant 4 (0) Greater Scaup 213 (174) Bald Eagle 16 (9) Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 (7) Coopers Hawk 15 (9) Wild Turkey 330 (158) Great Black-backed Gull 18 (12) Mourning Dove 1168 (626) Eastern Screech Owl 44 (38) Downy Woodpecker 116 (102) Hairy Woodpecker 20 (16) Blue Jay 543 (359) Horned Lark 338 (256) Eastern Tufted Titmouse 3 (1) Eastern Bluebird 86 (55) European Starling 2749 (1745) Chipping Sparrow 9 (0) White-crowned Sparrow 57 (11) Snow Bunting 990 (585) Rusty Blackbird 36 (12) House Sparrow 1292 (990) *SPECIES WELL BELOW AVERAGE (last 10 year average)* Canada Goose 2245 (7383) Cackling Goose 1 (7) Mallard 381 (2269) American Black Duck 53 (187) Gadwall 6 (19) Redhead 7 (570) Bufflehead 95 (296) Common Merganser 309 (608) Red-breasted Merganser 249 (726) Ruddy Duck 1 (7) Northern Harrier 10 (15) American Kestrel 13 (19) Bonaparte's Gull 17 (113) Ring-billed Gull 170 (1348) Herring Gull 88 (156) Rock Pigeon 392 (6538) American Crow 519 (723) Black-capped Chickadee 307 (453) White-breasted Nuthatch 48 (75) Brown Creeper 2 (8) Golden-crowned Kinglet 13 (31) American Robin 17 (23) American Pipit 2 (11) Cedar Waxwing 20 (62) American Tree Sparrow 646 (878) Song Sparrow 35 (55) House Finch 161 (216) American Goldfinch 159 (327) NOTABLE ABSENTEES Tundra Swan 2nd year in a row Canvasback 5th year in a row Lesser Scaup 2nd year in a row Ruffed Grouse 8th year in a row ALSO WORTHY OF MENTION Turkey Vulture 1 (8th record) Wood Duck 1 (10th record) Ring-necked Duck 1 (9th record) Savannah Sparrow 1 (1st since 2007 and 4th record) Eastern Meadowlark 1 (4th record) FULL SPECIES LIST AND TALLY Horned Grebe 2 Double-crested Cormorant 4 Great Blue Heron 11 Turkey Vulture 1 Mute Swan 7 Canada Goose 2245 Cackling Goose 1 Wood Duck 1 Mallard 381 American Black Duck 53 Gadwall 6 Redhead 7 Ring-necked Duck 1 Greater Scaup 213 (Scaup Sp) 90 Common Goldeneye 157 Bufflehead 95 Hooded Merganser 17 Common Merganser 309 Red-breasted Merganser 249 Ruddy Duck 1 Bald Eagle 16 Northern Harrier 10 Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 Cooper's Hawk 15 Red-tailed Hawk 104 Rough-legged Hawk 11 Peregrine Falcon 2 American Kestrel 13 Merlin 1 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Wild Turkey 330 Bonaparte’s Gull 17 Ring-billed Gull 170 Herring Gull 88 Great Black-backed Gull 18 Rock Pigeon 392 Mourning Dove 1168 Eastern Screech-Owl 44 Great Horned Owl 2 Snowy Owl 5 Belted Kingfisher 7 Red-bellied Woodpecker 61 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 Downy Woodpecker 116 Hairy Woodpecker 20 Yellow-shafted Flicker 11 Pileated Woodpecker 4 Northern Shrike 2 Blue Jay 543 American Crow 519 Common Raven 2 Horned Lark 338 Black-capped Chickadee 307 Eastern Tufted Titmouse 3 Red-breasted Nuthatch 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 48 Brown Creeper 2 Carolina Wren 11 Winter Wren 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 13 Eastern Bluebird 86 American Robin 17 Northern Mockingbird 3 European Starling 2749 American Pipit 2 Cedar Waxwing 20 Myrtle Warbler 3 Eastern Towhee 3 American Tree Sparrow 646 Chipping Sparrow 9 Field Sparrow 2 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 35 Swamp Sparrow 16 White-throated Sparrow 24 White-crowned Sparrow 57 Slate-colored Junco 3337 Lapland Longspur 7 Snow Bunting 990 Northern Cardinal 249 Red-winged Blackbird 351 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Rusty Blackbird 36 Common Grackle 64 Brown-headed Cowbird 334 Purple Finch 2 House Finch 161 Pine Siskin 33 American Goldfinch 159 House Sparrow 1292 Total 90 Sp _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. 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