POSTING FOR ADRIAN JUURLINK - questions, comments to
family_juurl...@yahoo.ca
Hallo Ontbirders.
Yesterday (Dec 20 th) with the help of 45 participating counters
(Including 9 counters from surrounding aria clubs) completed our 4 th
annual Christmas Bird Count
Weather : minus 5 to 0 degrees C, wind light in early am West 5-10 kpm
picking up to 15 kpm in the pm varying from W to NW Snow cover
none,Moving water open Still water frozen Lake open
Our preliminary numbers with still 2 sectors and feeders to report are:
Best Birds
White- Winged Scoter(1) Killdeer (2) Pied-Billed Grebe (1) Cackling
Goose (1) Kingfisher (1) Red-Headed Woodpecker (1) Tufted Titmouse (2)
High Counts:
Bald Eagle (9) Bonaparte's Gulls (1740) Red-bellied Hairy,and Downy
Woodpeckers
White and Red Breasted Nuthatch,Brown Creeper,Carolina and Winter
Wren,Tree Field and Swamp Sparrow,Junco and Cardinals
Low Counts
Eastern Bluebird,Snowbuntings,Redwing Blackbirds
Countweek special
Sandhill Cranes (97) and Turkey Vulture (1)
Total number of species recorded 81 (High)
Happy Birding
Adrian Juurlink
CBC Compiler ONPV Otter Valley Naturalist
E-Mail family_juurl...@yahoo.ca
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Mark Cranford
ONTBIRDS Coordinator
Mississauga, Ont.
mark.cranf...@ofo.ca
905 279 9576
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