Sorry about the late post. On Saturday, 22 December 22 participants in 10 parties counted birds for the Canton-Potsdam Christmas Bird Count. It was a little chilly but otherwise weather was reasonably good, but numbers for most species were quite low. The most unusual bird of the day was a juvenile Golden Eagle Tom and Eileen Wheeler found at a deer carcass along the boundary of Canton and Potsdam. Six parties tallied a total of 80 Pine Grosbeaks, and Common Redpolls were widely scattered in flocks of up to 60-70 individuals. Bohemian Waxwings have been virtually absent from the Canton-Potsdam area so far this winter and none were found on count day, but I found several flocks a couple of days later in Potsdam so at least added if for count week. Here is the full list:
Canada Goose—9 Ruffed Grouse—3 Wild Turkey—309 Great Blue Heron—1 Bald Eagle—3 Golden Eagle—1 Cooper’s Hawk—3 Red-tailed Hawk—15 Rough-legged Hawk—1 Merlin—1 Rock Pigeon—335 Mourning Dove—57 Barred Owl—1 Red-bellied Woodpecker—2 Downy Woodpecker—38 Hairy Woodpecker—35 Northern Flicker—1 Pileated Woodpecker—5 Northern Shrike—1 Blue Jay—106 American Crow—103 Common Raven—16 Horned Lark—35 Black-capped Chickadee—597 Red-breasted Nuthatch—3 White-breasted Nuthatch—57 Brown Creeper—2 Eastern Bluebird—CW American Robin—1 European Starling—433 Cedar Waxwing—11 Bohemian Waxwing—CW American Tree Sparrow—15 Song Sparrow—1 Dark-eyed Junco—112 Snow Bunting—33 Northern Cardinal—74 Red-winged Blackbird—1 Pine Grosbeak—80 Common Redpoll—361 American Goldfinch—52 House Sparrow—230 Jeff Bolsinger Canton, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
