Hi everyone, Final results are in for the Faribault/Northfield CBC which took place on December 15th. Eight teams plus numerous feeder watchers garnered 50 total species seen.
The count, which started in 1951, added one new species this year; Short-eared Owl. High count records were set for: Hooded Merganser (2) Red-tailed Hawk (55) Wild Turkey (251) Downy Woodpecker (130) & Northern Cardinal (251) Other highlights included: 1 Great Blue Heron 4 Sharp-shinned Hawks 2 Cooper's Hawks 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 6 Rough-legged Hawks 1 Eastern Screech Owl 1 Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher 7 Northern Shrikes 25 Red-breasted Nuthatches 2 Song Sparrows & 1 White-throated Sparrow One big significant miss was Red-headed Woodpecker. They are usually seen over wintering at Nerstrand Big Woods State Park. Good birding and Happy Holidays! Dave Bartkey Faribault, MN screechowl at charter.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20071218/2a289b6f/attachment.html
