Hello Ontbirders, Following are the highlights for the Woodstock Christmas Bird Count that took place Sat. Dec. 18th. 19 observers in the field and 13 observers at field logged 63 species, our 6th highest count total. 37,938 individuals were counted.
Highlights: Cackling Goose 1 (1st time recorded) Great Black-backed Gull - 2 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 (second ever) Long-eared Owl 1 Great Horned Owl 6 Eastern Screech Owl 17 Red-bellied Woodpecker 9 (new high) Hairy Woodpecker 25 (ties high) American Crow 25113 (second highest) Winter Wren 3 (ties high) Carolina Wren 1 (5th record) Northern Shrike 3 Eastern Towhee 1 (second ever) Dark-eyed Junco 1107 (new high) American Tree Sparrow 665 (second highest, highest since 1963) Snow Bunting 838 (new high) Red Crossbill 1 (4th time on count) Pine Siskin 1 Common Redpoll 61 Purple Finch 11 Pittock Lake froze up 2 days before the count so many waterbirds left. Count week sightings that were missed yesterday included: Snow Goose 9 Canvasback 1 Scaup sp 2 Red-breasted Merganser 2 Iceland Gull 1 Bald Eagle 2 If you were in the Woodstock area yesterday, I welcome any additional reports for our count. Good birding, Jeff ===== Jeff Skevington, Invertebrate Biodiversity Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada K.W. Neatby Building, C.E.F., 960 Carling Ave. Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada Work Phone: 613-759-1647, FAX: 613-759-1927 Home Phone: 613-832-1970 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] alternate e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Dec 19 12:38:16 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com (smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.36.79]) by king.hwcn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09968A003C for <[email protected]>; Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:38:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from unknown (HELO doug) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@24.112.18.37 with login) by smtp101.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 19 Dec 2004 17:38:57 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Doug Lockrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ontbirds" <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:41:05 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Subject: [Ontbirds]Glaucous Gull, Redpolls in Whitby, Dec.19 X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:38:16 -0000 Sunday, Dec. 19, was bitterly cold for birders. Just before noonhour I saw a Glaucous Gull among many waterfowl in the open water west of Brock St. S. in Whitby-- the Pringle Creek bridge. On Hall's Rd. in southwest Whitby the north roadside feeder and path attracts many House Finches, Tree Sparrows and Juncos, along with several Cardinals and 1 or 2 White-throated Sparrows. Common Redpolls were reported in the trees above around 9a.m. At 11a.m. I witnessed a small flock of Redpolls here-- they were constantly on the move for 5 minutes, before flying off. A Song Sparrow came in to feed. Recent raptors include Red-tailed, Rough-legged, Harrier , Kestrel and Sharp-shinned. I have not heard of a Cooper's for several days. The Golden-crowned Sparrow has not been reported since Dec.11, after a string of 36 consecutive days. >From the 401 exit at Brock St. in Whitby, south throug Victoria to the Pringle Creek bridge OR west along Victoria about 2 km. over to Hall's Rd.--south. Doug Lockrey, Whitby
