Ron Weir sent the following Kingston C.B.C. final results: The information to be entered into the database for the 2003 Christmas Count for Kingston, ON, has now been received from all sources. The total count settled out at 102 species and 45 of us were in the field for the day 14 Dec 03 together with about 25 feeder watchers. In my view, this is an excellent showing, especially so given the handicap of the heavy snow that started late morning and continued for the rest of the day. Two additional species were found during the Count Week that are reported officially, but are excluded from the 102 species on the day. They are Barrow's Goldeneye (ad male off Wolfe I.,) and the Belted Kingfisher seen along the north shore of Wolfe I. for the two days previous to 14 Dec 03. The feeder watchers provided some of the species missed by the field observers.
The single Snowy Owl on Simcoe Island constitutes the 52nd consecutive year we have found this species. Record high counts (since 1948) are the 754 Redheads, 558 Red-breasted Mergansers, 68 Wild Turkeys, 1032 Black-capped Chickadees, 134 Dark-eyed Juncos, and 86 Cardinals. I would like to thank each of you for your help. We are fortunate in Kingston to have the combination of varied habitat conducive to high species totals and a group of hard working birders who shake every bush. The totals we are often able to realise equal the results from Christmas Counts held in areas several hundred km to our south. List of species: Common Loon 3, Pied-billed Grebe 1, Horned Grebe 1, Red-necked Grebe 1, Double-crested Cormorant 1, Great Blue Heron 1, Snow Goose 1, Canada Goose 24,046, Mute Swan 3, Trumpeter Swan 8, Tundra Swan 367, Gadwall 300, American Wigeon 6, Black Duck 1476, Mallard 14,601, N. Pintail 9, Green-winged Teal 2, Canvasback 1, Redhead 754, Ring-necked Duck 10, Greater Scaup 265, Lesser Scaup 28, Harlequin Duck 1, White-winged Scoter 8, Black Scoter 2, Long-tailed Duck 110, Bufflehead 214, Common Goldeneye 1745, Hooded Merganser 8, Common Merganser 1229, Red-breasted Merganser 558, Bald Eagle 13, N. Harrier 45, Sharp-shinned Hawk 1, Cooper's Hawk 2, Red-tailed Hawk 42, Rough-legged Hawk 67, American Kestrel 2, Peregrine Falcon 1, Ring-necked Pheasant 1, Ruffed Grouse 4, Wild Turkey 68, American Coot 15, Dunlin 6, Purple Sandpiper 1, Little Gull 1, Bonaparte's Gull 982, Ring-billed Gull 267, Herring Gull 339, Iceland Gull 1, Glaucous Gull 2, Great Backed-backed Gull 93, Rock Pigeon 901, Mourning Dove 475, Screech Owl 7, Great Horned Owl 10, Snowy Owl 1, Short-eared Owl 5, Rufous Hummingbird 1, Red-bellied Woodpecker 4, Downy Woodpecker 57, Hairy Woodpecker 43, N. Flicker 1, Pileated Woodpecker 4, Northern Shrike 6, Blue Jay 133, American Crow 160, Horned Lark 21, Black-capped Chickadee 1032, Red-breasted Nuthatch 8, White-breasted Nuthatch 80, Brown Creeper 6, Carolina Wren 2, Winter Wren 3, Marsh Wren 1, Golden-crowned Kinglet 12, American Robin 21, European Starling 1472, Cedar Waxwing 6, Common Yellowthroat 1, American Tree Sparrow 325, Fox Sparrow 1, Song Sparrow 22, Swamp Sparrow 4, White-throated Sparrow 2, White-crowned Sparrow 2, Dark-eyed Junco 134, Lapland Longspur 4, Snow Bunting 359, N. Cardinal 86, Red-winged Blackbird 11, Eastern Meadowlark 1, Rusty Blackbird 3, Common Grackle 1, Brown-headed Cowbird 2, Purple Finch 7, House Finch 177, Common Redpoll 73, Pine Siskin 20, American Goldfinch 230, Evening Grosbeak 3, House Sparrow 865. Bob Sachs, Kingston, Ont. "Bob Sachs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit http://www.ofo.ca/ontbirdsguide.htm for information on leaving and joining the list. As well as general information and content guidelines.
