Peterborough held its 56th annual Christmas Bird Count on Sunday December 16th. The snow storm affected the numbers of observers, species and individual birds as it did elsewhere.
33 species (plus 7 count period species) and 3263 individuals were recorded by 21 field observers. Both of these totals were well below the averages for the last ten years of 53 species and 9328 individuals, and the lowest number of species since 1968. Winter 'finch' numbers were: 13 Pine Grosbeaks, 141 Common Redpolls (with 2 Hoary Redpolls seen during the count period), 77 American Goldfinch, 520 Snow Buntings, 325 Bohemian Waxwings, 7 Cedar Waxwings Tony Bigg Peterborough Christmas Bird Count Compiler _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to ONTBIRDS mailing list [email protected] For instructions to join or leave ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdssetup.php ONTBIRDS Guidelines may be viewed at http://www.ofo.ca/information/ontbirdsguide.php
