The 41st annual Kleinburg Christmas Count was held on Sunday December 19th under very good conditions. There was some snow cover and the temperature was just below freezing. The recent warm spell gave us a lot of open water, both in larger ponds and lakes and in flowing streams. The Count Circle includes parts of Vaughn, King, Caledon and Brampton. Thirty-three field observers recorded 59 species (highest number 61) and 11677 individual birds. The number of species was above the count average of 55 while the number of individuals was slightly under the average of 12100. No new species were observed leaving the total number for the count at 117. Two Count Week birds were observed - Bufflehead and American Coot. We did have some good birds including Redhead (3rd record), Peregrine Falcon (5th record) and Bluebird (6th record). Most of the expected species were found except for Horned Lark (26 previous years). The only exceptionally high number was Hooded Merganser with 74 individuals observed. All of the other species had slightly below average numbers but none were exceptionally low. Bob NobleCompiler -- Ontbirds and Birdnews are moderated email Listservs provided by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) as a service to all birders in Ontario.
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