The Peterborough CBC was held on Sunday, December 18th in pleasantly warm weather for a change. 27 participants found 57 species, well above average but below our high of 62.
New high counts (with previous highs) were: Cooper's Hawk 6 (5) Ring-billed Gull 306 (284) Red-bellied Woodpecker 7 (2) American Crow 691 (535) American Robin 750 (495) Cedar Waxwing 737 (417) Common Starling 3400 (2553) Dark-eyed Junco 366 (309) Red-winged Blackbird 13 (5) Total Birds 15002 (12477) Records were also equaled for: American Wigeon 1 (only seen once before) Wilson's Snipe 1 (seen five times before) Eastern Screech Owl 2 Northern Flicker 5 Also of note was a Yellow-rumped Warbler, our first warbler since 1981. Of the finches we had only 2 Purple Finches, one flock of 151 Pine Siskins, and 870 American Gold Finches.. The high numbers were no doubt due to the warmer temperatures, and abundant food crop in the area. Tony Bigg Co-ordinator _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS visit http://www.ofo.ca/
