Posting on behalf of Cliff Bennett, compiler: Summary Results of 9th Annual Lanark Highlands Christmas Bird Count, held Friday, Dec. 30, 2011.
Lanark Highlands CBC is centred on the village of Watsons Corners in Lanark County. Weather was cold with much snow on the ground and the trees. Total Species counted: 40, equal to record set last year. Total Birds counted: 3903 (record was 4276). New to the count: Hooded Merganser Ring-billed Gull Belted Kingfisher. Record highs: Common Raven -56 American Robin -105 American Tree Sparrow -150 Dark-eyed Junco –142 White-winged Crossbill –153 American Goldfinch –1086. Low counts: woodpeckers, chickadees, snow buntings and zero house sparrows. Mike Jaques Carleton Place _______________________________________________ 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/
