With one last list finally received, I can now report the Randolph CBC results,
held on December 18th. In the fourth year of this count, the best conditions
(mostly sunny, high near 32, 2" snow cover) but lowest species count (30). New
high counts for regular feeder birds (mourning dove, chickadee, titmouse, wb
nuthatch) which reflects addition of half a dozen more feeder watchers. One of
them was rewarded with the sight of an adult Bald Eagle soaring over her house,
and perching close enough so she could get an identifiable photograph from her
yard. (You can't make it up) The first eagle on the Randolph CBC, two other
additions this year were Rough-legged Hawk and Golden-crowned Kinglet.
The full results:
Mallard 12
Common Merganser 6
Ruffed Grouse 1
Wild Turkey 100
Red-tailed hawk 5
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK 1
BALD EAGLE 1
Rock Pigeon 198
Mourning Dove 234
Downy Woodpecker 28
Hairy Woodpecker 22
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Shrike cw
Blue Jay 185
American Crow 94
Northern Raven 20
Black-capped Chickadee 480
Tufted Titmouse 34
Red-breasted Nuthatch 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 34
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 2
European Starling 401
Cedar Waxwing 55
A. Tree Sparrow 47
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 32
Northern Cardinal 19
Purple Finch 2
Common Redpoll 42
American Goldfinch 153
House Sparrow 74
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