Hi Birders,
I hope everyone participating in a CBC this weekend is having a great
experience, it will be interesting to compare results around the state.
Friday, December 14, was a very "interesting" day for the CBC. Nine teams
of threeor four (30 birders total) spent the day birding the Mad River
Valley,Northfield, and Roxbury. We had seven people participate for the
first time. We ended our day with a wonderful potluck at the home of
Jeannie Elias and Craig Goss.
Warm temperatures, no snow, open water are not our usual CBC conditions.
In general, we found few birds at feeders and usual hotspots,many of the
species we expect to see were missing or low in numbers, butthere were
some intriguing additions to our species list. New birds to our CBC list:
Ring-billed Gull, Belted Kingfisher, and Eastern Bluebird.
Here are the results from CBC: (CW - Count Week birds - those not
seen/heard on actual CBC day, but three days before or three days after
CBC date. FW - Feeder Watcher. Hopefully, the number of species will rise
in the next few days. Possibilities include Snowy Owl - one reported in
the area, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Northern Shrike, Crossbills, Redpolls,
Waxwings). Interesting that the number of species seen on CBC last year
was 39, this year 41. Total number of birds last year - 3598, this year
3053.
For comparison, I've included the number seen last year if dramatically
different than this year.
'11 Seen by '10
American Black Duck 28 1 team
Mallard 152 3 teams
Canada Goose 350 1 team 118
Common Merganser 13 3 teams
Hooded Merganser 7 1 team
Common Golden-eye 2 1 team
Ruffed Grouse 5 2 teams
Wild Turkey 14 1 team 331
Great Blue Heron 1 1 team
Northern Goshawk 1 1 team
Cooper's Hawk 1 1 team
Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 team
Rough-legged Hawk 1 1 team
Mourning Dove 113 8 teams 229
Rock Pigeon 217 6 teams
Barred Owl 1 CW
Belted Kingfisher 1 1 team
Downy Woodpecker 13 8 teams 29
Hairy Woodpecker 10 5 teams 60
Pileated Woodpecker 2 CW
American Crow 412 9 teams 92
Common Raven 21 7 teams
Blue Jay 93 9 teams 232
Black-capped Chicadee 689 9 teams 1246
Tufted Titmouse 9 4 teams 36
Red-breasted Nuthatch 17 7 teams
White-breasted Nuthatch 21 6 teams 71
Brown Creeper 12 5 teams 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 29 6 teams 7
American Robin 5 2 teams
Eastern Bluebird 1 1 team
European Starling 634 7 teams 456
Snow Bunting 40 FW
American Tree Sparrow 3 2 teams 14
Dark-eyed Junco 57 6 teams
Northern Cardinal 6 4 teams 24
Purple Finch 16 5 teams
House Finch 6 2 teams
Pine Siskin 52 4 teams 18
American Goldfinch 136 9 teams
Evening Grosbeak 1 FW 12
House Sparrow 26 3 teams
Thanks to everyone, we're already looking forward to 2012 CBC - Save
Friday, December 14!!
Happy birding,
Pat Folsom
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