Hi everyone, The 13th annual Linwood CBC was held yesterday, December 28th. Temperatures were a tropical +2 to +10 degrees C(!); we had moderately heavy rain in the preceding night, however, it more or less ended around 7am on count day. Winds were S to SW, 20-25km/hr.
A total of 34 count participants gave the count excellent coverage, with 55 species, above the count's average of 51.7 species. Total number of individuals was above average, with 13,075 (ave. is 12,491). New species: Evening Grosbeak - count-week only (this brings the counts cumulative species total to 93) Unusual species: Ring-necked Pheasant (4th record), Pileated Woodpecker (4th record), Merlin (4th record), Pine Grosbeak (2nd record), White-winged Crossbill (4th record), Swamp Sparrow (4th record) High-counts: Ring-necked Pheasant - 1 (ties previous high), Great Horned Owl - 7 (ties previous high), Rock Pigeon - 3,119 (previous high: 2,315), Red-bellied Woodpecker - 21 (18), Pileated Woodpecker - 3 (1), Merlin - 3 (2), Black-capped Chickadee - 611 (476), White-breasted Nuthatch - 55 (ties previous high), Brown Creeper - 12 (10), European Starling - 3,926 (3,774), White-throated Sparrow - 3 (2), Song Sparrow - 3 (ties previous high), and Swamp Sparrow - 5 (1) Low-counts: Rough-legged Hawk - 42 (ave. is 95, previous low is 44), Hairy Woodpecker - 5 (ave. is 10, previous low is 6), American Kestrel - 1 (ave. is 12, previous low is 2), Notable misses: Horned Lark(!) Last but certainly not least, a big thank you to my Mom who put on a great chili dinner/wrap-up! Link showing the count circle: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?msa=0&mid=1v_MKAk2cYBfqmHk3QDv-d76C_gE&ll=43.445050430091946%2C-80.47508900000003&z=10 Linwood is located northwest of Waterloo. If you have any questions please email me privately. Ken Burrell kenneth.gd.burr...@gmail.com The *Best Places to Bird in Ontario* - in stores spring 2019. Find out more http://burrellbirding.ca/ _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca 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
