Sorry for the late report. Time flies by this time of year!
The Champlain Islands/St. Albans CBC was held Sunday Dec 18. Here are the
highlights:
We saw over 28,000 birds covering 70 species. These numbers will probably
change.
We saw most all the expected species and this will not be a complete
listing, just the more interesting ones.
Canada Goose new high count- 6268
*Cackling Goose-CW
*Wood Duck- CW
Ring-necked Duck-1
*Red-throated Loon-1
Common Loon-9
Horned Grebe tied high count- 62
**EARED GREBE- 3 needs Rare Bird report
**WESTERN GREBE-1 needs Rare Bird report
*Red-necked Grebe-1
Bald Eagle tied high count-5
Northern Harrier new high count- 7
Cooper’s Hawk tied high count-7
American Kestrel-1
Merlin-1
*Snowy Owl-1 (not found the following day)
*Belted Kingfisher-1
Northern Flicker-2
Carolina Wren-2
Eastern Bluebird-4
Song Sparrow-3
*White-crowned Sparrow-1
*Dickcissel- 1
Good luck to all the remaining CBC to be held. Happy Holidays to all!
Liz Alton
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Liz Alton:
"Keep a green tree in your heart; perhaps a singing bird will come."
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