Fri 1 Jan 2010
I have received all of the field team reports and all but two of the feeder reports. The final (mostly) total is 65 species, which is slightly below average for the past 10 years.
Highlights were Chipping Sparrow, Brown Thrasher, Winter Wren (2), Eastern Meadowlark, Eastern Bluebird (2), and 4 Northern Shrikes. New totals for high species numbers were counted for Black-capped Chickadee (677), American Goldfinch (653), Brown-headed Cowbird (112), Bald Eagle (29) and White-crowned Sparrow (6). Fox Sparrow tied the high with 8.
On the low or missing side, there were no Wilson’s Snipe for the first time in many years, no Common Goldeneyes or Common Mergansers, no Carolina Wrens no Yellow-rumped Warblers or Hermit Thrushes, and only 3 Ring-necked Pheasants!
A full list of the species and numbers will be sent to all participants with my compiler comments, and they will also be available on the National Audubon website after I post the final results there in a few days. Thank you to all who participated.
Happy New Year!
Dan
January 2nd, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Oops! We’re one of the counts that didn’t get back to you yet. The hard copy will be in the mail . . . until then here’s our count:
3 Rock Pigeon
5 Mourning Dove
4 Downy Woodpecker
2 Hairy Woodpecker
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 American Crow
4 Blue Jay
5 Black-capped Chickadee
3 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Brown Creeper
7 European Starling
1 Red-winged Blackbird
1 American Tree Sparrow
2 White-throated Sparrow
9 Dark-eyed Junco
14 N. Cardinal
4 House Finch
2 Pine Siskin
8 American Goldfinch
40 House Sparrow
1 Merlin
That’s it for us. Hope We weren’t too late to turn in the count.