Friday, January 2, 2009

Burton CBC

Jim and Bret McCarty joined me on New Years day to count for the Burton CBC. We covered Headwaters Park and a few surrounding roads. The highlight would definitely be the four White-winged Crossbills that landed for a minute and continued flying southeast; this was along Rt. 322 at a Headwaters Park trailhead. Here’s our results (NOT the whole circle’s results).

1. Canada Goose – 614
2. Mallard – 97
3. Cooper’s Hawk – 1
4. Red-shouldered Hawk – 1
5. Red-tailed Hawk – 11
6. Bald Eagle – 1
7. Mourning Dove – 33
8. Rock Pigeon – 2
9. Belted Kingfisher – 1
10. Red-bellied Woodpecker – 12
11. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – 2
12. Downy Woodpecker – 20
13. Hairy Woodpecker – 5
14. Northern Flicker – 4
15. Pileated Woodpecker – 2
16. Blue Jay – 51
17. American Crow – 71
18. Tufted Titmouse – 32
19. Black-capped Chickadee – 101
20. Red-breasted Nuthatch – 11
21. White-breasted Nuthatch – 33
22. Brown Creeper – 2
23. Carolina Wren – 1
24. Golden-crowned Kinglet – 13
25. Eastern Bluebird – 12
26. American Robin – 1
27. European Starling – 278
28. Yellow-rumped Warbler – 1
29. Northern Cardinal – 44
30. American Tree Sparrow – 66
31. White-throated Sparrow – 7
32. Song Sparrow – 7
33. Swamp Sparrow – 1
34. Dark-eyed Junco – 95
35. House Finch – 7
36. White-winged Crossbill – 4
37. Pine Siskin – 10
38. American Goldfinch – 17
39. House Sparrow – 52

Total Species: 39
Total Individuals: 1,723


By the way, when we started it was only 3 degrees.

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