The Caledon CBC was conducted by Headwaters Nature on Saturday Jan 4. Weather was around zero degrees and overcast all day. Unfortunately, still bodies of water were frozen. The Caledon circle includes Erin, Hillsburg, Orangeville, Caledon Village and Inglewood. We had 33 field observers, the most ever, which is encouraging, plus four feeder watches. Species count was 38 (5 year average of 40) and individuals 3310 (lowest since 2013; average 4235). New to the count were Green-winged Teal (male and female) and a pair of feral Mute Swans. Other good finds were Brown Creeper (5, tying the record) two Great-Horned Owls (last counted in 2011) and 14 Ravens (tying record). We also had Northern Flicker (1), Belted Kingfisher (2), Robin (29), Cedar Waxwing (67), Golden-crown Kinglet (3) and House Finch (27). Notable misses were Pileated Woodpecker (last zero count was 2012) and Northern Shrike (last zero count was 2015). Purple Finch (7) was the only winter finch. The only hawks were Red-tailed (17) and Cooper's (2).
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