Seeing posting reports of CBC's and having returned from a trip, FYI if you like: Dec. 26, 2007, 15 volunteers counted the new Meeker County circle which comprises of the Litchfield Nature Preserve on the south rim, the N. Fork Crow River on the NW to E rim with Forest City just north of the center point. Frozen ice, 6-8" snowcover, 20's F temps. some wind chill. 36 species, 3400 individuals. Mallard-12; Bald Eagle-8; Sharp-shinned Hawk-2; Merlin-1; Red-tailed Hawk-35; Kestrel-3; Pheasant-319;W.Turkey-142; Rock Dove Pigeon-547; Mourning Dove-8; GHOwl-1; RBWoodpecker-22; DownyWP-51; HairyWP-12; PileatedWP-5; NFlicker-1; NShrike-2; BlueJay-109; Crow-248;Chickadee-202; RBNuthatch-4; WBNuthatch-68; Robin-38; Starling-499; CedarWaxwing-51; Am.TreeSparrow-23; DEJunco-194 (one prominent Oregon); Lapland Longspur-39; Snow Bunting-141; Cardinal-33; PurpleFinch-6; House Finch-4; Am.Goldfinch-42; HouseSparrow-476.
Of note: Red-tailed Hawk city...related to high count of Pheasant? Merlin seen chasing on Snow Buntings. Blue Jay counts are up relative to recent years in nearby CBC's. A nice successful start. Join us next year. mjb -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080112/b234df66/attachment-0001.html
