These are the results of the Woodhouse CBC held on December 18th 2011. The Woodhouse CBC is centered 7 km east of Simcoe, at Renton in Norfolk County and roughly covers from Port Dover to Waterford and just east of Simcoe to Jarvis.
Weather The weather this year was good, it was mostly cloudy with some light snow flurries all day with up to a centimeter of snow on the ground. The temperature ranged from –3 to +2 with a light westerly wind. Total Species: 87 +2 Count Week (average for the last 24 years = 81) Total Individuals: 22,856 (average for the last 24 years = 28,351) # of participants: 39 NEW SPECIES TO THE COUNT Golden Eagle 1 Brant 1 (CW) RECORD HIGHS - (previous high) Cackling Goose 31 (6) Gadwall 29 (24) Northern Shoveler 18 (5) 5th record Hooded Merganser 25 (15) Bald Eagle 9 (5) Merlin 2 (1) RECORD LOW: (previous low) Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 (2) Average 6 Rough-legged Hawk 3 (3) Average 15 Mourning Dove 227 (233 back in 1987) Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 (2) Average 31 Snow Bunting 1 (2) Average 374 Purple Finch 1 (= lowest) COUNT WEEK SPECIES Little Gull (6th record) Brant (new for count) SPECIES WELL ABOVE AVERAGE (24 year average) Mute Swan 5 (2) Canada Goose 6729 (4066) Mallard 2552 (1735) Bufflehead 421 (205) Red-breasted Merganser 410 (219) Bonaparte’s Gull 605 (203) Eastern Screech Owl 40 (20) Red-bellied Woodpecker 26 (13) Brown Creeper 10 (6) Carolina Wren 10 (5) Eastern Bluebird 54 (38) Northern Mockingbird 4 (2) White-winged Crossbill 13 (7) Pine Siskin 46 (37) SPECIES WELL BELOW AVERAGE (23 year average) Black Duck 53 (108) Canvassback 2 (8) Greater Scaup 25 (3856) Common Goldeneye 77 (124) Common Merganser 204 (418) Northern Harrier 8 (14) American Kestrel 22 (40) Wild Turkey 5 (48) Herring Gull 110 (248) Great-horned Owl 5 (9) Downy Woodpecker 73 (105) American Crow 533 (999) Horned Lark 22 (154) Black-capped Chickadee 285 (550) Red-breasted Nuthatch 3 (23) White-breasted Nuthatch 45 (78) European Starling 1995 (3293) Cedar Waxwing 45 (95) Slate-coloured Junco 639 (1020) Rusty Blackbird 1 (8) Red-winged Blackbird 5 (26) Brown-headed Cowbird 45 (488) House Finch 193 (749) Common Redpoll 6 (65) American Goldfinch 224 (349) House Sparrow 775 (1571) NOTABLE ABSENTEES Ruffed Grouse 3rd miss ever and two years running White-crowned Sparrow 2nd miss since 1994 Common Grackle 4th year in a row ALSO WORTHY OF MENTION American Wigeon 2 (5th record) Red-shouldered Hawk 2 (= 2nd best count) Grey Partridge 3 (6th record) Wilson’s Snipe 1 (5th record) same spot as last year Yellow-shafted Flicker 14 (3rd Highest) American Pipit 1 (7th record) Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Rusty Blackbird 1 (9th record) _______________________________________________ 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/
