As Larry Hymes kindly pointed out, I inadvertently (he could have said incompetently) omitted WHITE-THROATED SPARROW from the Ithaca CBC list, so it now stands at 91 species. See the amended list below, on which I've also added some notes on unique finds.
High counts were (I think):
GREAT BLUE HERON tied at 20
TURKEY VULTURE at least 32 (presumably there was considerable duplication among the 116 reported)
BALD EAGLE 3
MERLIN 3 (a 4th was deemed possibly a duplicate)
WINTER WREN 5
HERMIT THRUSH 5 (although 1 was eaten by a Cooper's Hawk immediately after being counted)
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER 1 (first time on an Ithaca Christmas Bird Count)
There were at least 3 species each added to the 2012 Basin list on 1 & 2 January, noted separately at the bottom. Keep letting me know of additions. We're also still looking for additional species for Count Week in the Ithaca area observed by Wednesday at the latest. Considering the way the weather has turned, HORNED LARK, SNOW BUNTING, and LAPLAND LONGSPUR might be worth looking for!
--Dave Nutter
SNOW GOOSE* 17, single flock,
unknown party or location, Area IX, Lansing
CACKLING GOOSE* 5, Stewart Park,
Ithaca, Ken Rosenberg
CANADA GOOSE
GADWALL* 2, Stewart Park, Dave
Nutter, Stewart Park, from West Hill, Ithaca
AMERICAN BLACK DUCK
5
MALLARD
NORTHERN PINTAIL
GREEN-WINGED TEAL* 1, relief
channel by Wegmans, Ithaca, Ken Rosenberg
CANVASBACK* 1, Stewart
Park, Ithaca, Ken Rosenberg
REDHEAD* 15, Stewart Park,
Ithaca, Ken Rosenberg
10
RING-NECKED DUCK* 3, Stewart
Park, Ithaca, Ken Rosenberg
GREATER SCAUP* 1, Chris Wood, Hog
Hole
LESSER SCAUP* 8 Stewart Park,
Ithaca, Ken Rosenberg
SURF SCOTER* 1, East Shore Dr,
Lansing,Tim Lenz
BUFFLEHEAD* 2, Stewart Park,
Ithaca, Ken Rosenberg
15
COMMON GOLDENEYE
HOODED MERGANSER
COMMON MERGANSER
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER* 1
Ithaca/Ulysses? Scott Sutcliffe
RUDDY DUCK* 1, Stewart Park,
Ithaca, Ken Rosenberg
20
RUFFED GROUSE
WILD TURKEY
RED-THROATED LOON* 1,
Ithaca/Ulysses, Ken Rosenberg, Chris Wood
COMMON LOON
PIED-BILLED GREBE* 1
Ithaca/Ulysses? Scott Sutcliffe
25
HORNED GREBE* 1 Ithaca/Ulysses?
Scott Sutcliffe
RED-NECKED GREBE* 2
Ithaca/Lansing, Tim Lenz
DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT* 1 Stewart
Park, Ithaca, Ken Rosenberg
GREAT BLUE HERON
TURKEY VULTURE
30
BALD EAGLE
NORTHERN HARRIER
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
COOPER'S HAWK
NORTHERN GOSHAWK* 1 Hammond
Hill?, Dryden, Steve Fast
35
RED-TAILED HAWK
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK
AMERICAN KESTREL
MERLIN
AMERICAN COOT
40
RING-BILLED GULL
HERRING GULL
ICELAND GULL* 1 Monkey Run,
Dryden, Chris Wood, Gary Kohlenberg
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL
ROCK PIGEON
45
MOURNING DOVE
EASTERN SCREECH-OWL
GREAT HORNED OWL
BARRED OWL
NORTHERN SAW-WHET-OWL* 1 Monkey
Run, Dryden, Chris Wood
50
BELTED KINGFISHER
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER* 2
Floral Ave, Ithaca, Marty Schlabach
DOWNY WOODPECKER
HAIRY WOODPECKER
55
NORTHERN FLICKER
PILEATED WOODPECKER
NORTHERN SHRIKE
BLUE JAY
AMERICAN CROW
60
FISH CROW* 9 Willow Av NW/
NYS-13, Ken Rosenberg
COMMON RAVEN
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE
TUFTED TITMOUSE
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
65
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH
BROWN CREEPER
CAROLINA WREN
WINTER WREN
GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET
70
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET
EASTERN BLUEBIRD
HERMIT THRUSH
AMERICAN ROBIN
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD
75
EUROPEAN STARLING
CEDAR WAXWING
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER* 1
Carpenter Circle, Ithaca, Ken Rosenberg
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
SONG SPARROW
80
SWAMP SPARROW* 2 Cascadilla Cr,
Dryden, John Fitzpatrick
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
DARK-EYED JUNCO
NORTHERN CARDINAL
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD* 2 together,
unknown party or location, Area I, Groton, contact Colleen Richards
85
COMMON GRACKLE* 2, White Church
Rd, Caroline, Nellie Farnum
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD* 7 Pheasant
Farm, Stevenson Rd, Dryden, Laura Stenzler
PURPLE FINCH
HOUSE FINCH
AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
90
HOUSE SPARROW
Additional species for basin:
TUNDRA SWAN - 1 Jan, Dave Nicosia Potato building, mucklands
AMERICAN WIGEON 1 Jan - mill pond, Union Springs, Dave Nicosia
SNOWY OWL - 1 Jan, 1 outlet mall , NYS-318, Junius, Dave Kennedy
TRUMPETER SWAN - 2 Jan, Tim Lenz, Susan Danskin, Ann Mitchell, Cayuga L SP
NORTHERN SHOVELER 2 Jan, 1, Van Cleef Lake, Seneca Falls, Dave Kennedy
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL - 2 Jan, Tim Lenz, Susan Danskin, Ann Mitchell, Dean's Cove
