Twenty-one birders and thirteen feeder watchers participated in the
annual Sutton CBC on Sunday December 29, 2013.
A total of 42 species on the day, and three Count Week bird species,
were seen (lower than most years as Lake Simcoe was almost fully frozen
in). Highlights for the count were Great Blue heron (1), Sharp-shinned
hawk (2), Franklin's gull (1), Great Black-backed gull (1), Snowy owl
(1), Belted kingfisher (1), Red-bellied woodpecker (6), Brown creeper
(1), N. Mockingbird (1), Bohemian waxwing (5). Count Week species were
Brown thrasher (1), Am. Kestrel (1), Bald eagle (4).
Temperature was seasonally warm at -4 to +4 Celcius. The lake being ice
and snow covered from previously cold weather the week preceding the
Count meant waterfowl were almost completely absent.
Paul Harpley
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