Brattleboro Area Christmas Bird Count was on Saturday. Rain held off and a good count resulted with 54 species, plus 2 count week species.
Highlights included
-- Barrow's Goldeneye among several hundred waterfowl coming in to roost above the Vernon Dam in the late afternoon (previous cw in '04 & '10)
-- Rough-legged Hawk seen near the fish hatchery along Connecticut River (last record '04)
-- count week Common Grackle (last record cw '06)
-- count week White-crowned Sparrow (last records '90, '92)
The White-crowned Sparrow was at my feeders. I photographed it on December 14. It was seen everyday through December 20. A photo of the bird is on my blog: www.tailsofbirding.net
2013 Brattleboro CBC
car miles 244
walking miles 8.7
# in field 22
people hours 101
Canada Goose 7
American Black Duck 50
Mallard 62
Common Goldeneye 147
Barrow’s Goldeneye 1
Hooded Merganser 52
Common Merganser 31
Wild Turkey 21
Bald Eagle 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 6
Rough-legged Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 7
Herring Gull 7
Rock Pigeon 268
Mourning Dove 168
Barred Owl 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 16
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Downy Woodpecker 39
Hairy Woodpecker 25
Pileated Woodpecker 5
Blue Jay 303
American Crow 191
Common Raven 4
Horned Lark 25
Black-capped Chickadee 418
Tufted Titmouse 61
Red-breasted Nuthatch 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 62
Brown Creeper 6
Carolina Wren 9
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 58
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 116
Northern Mockingbird 5
European Starling 536
Cedar Waxwing 388
American Tree Sparrow 61
Chipping Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 23
White-crowned Sparrow cw
Dark-eyed Junco 215
Snow Bunting 40
Northern Cardinal 62
Common Grackle cw
Purple Finch 25
House Finch 43
American Goldfinch 339
Evening Grosbeak 12
House Sparrow 410
Total Species =56 4366
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