We had an excellent count on Sunday, December 14 in Guelph. The mild weather helped. I'm still missing some of the final effort information, but here are the highlights:
- 68 species and 17728 individuals (both about average for the past 10 years) Record numbers of: Hooded Merganser - 15 Bald Eagle - 7 (probably some duplicates in here) Northern Harrier - 4 (tied the record) Merlin - 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 13 Common Raven - 13 Unusual records included: Cackling Goose - 1 Gray Catbird - 1 (tied the record) Red-winged Blackbird - 8 Glaucous Gull - 6 Iceland Gull - 9 Great Black-backed Gull - 9 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 White-crowned Sparrow -1 Long-eared Owl -1 (calling in the gloom at 4:30 pm!) Mallard x Northern Pintail hybrid We also had the following low numbers: Great Blue Heron - 0 Horned Lark - 0 Snow Bunting - 0 American Robin - 36 Northern Shrike - 0 Count Week birds so far: Eastern Bluebird Barred Owl Brown-headed Cowbird Thanks to everyone who took part (about 60 people), especially to the group leaders, and to Dave and Margaret Hull for their warm hospitality for the tally rally. Cheers, Mike Cadman _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to [email protected] For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
