Litchfield Hills Christmas Bird Count Results from White Memorial - 12/18/2011

December 18, 2011

Red-necked Grebe photo from www.nepabirdproject.org

Pied-billed Grebe photo by Bob Stanowski

Northern Shoveler photo by Paul Fusco from

www.paulfuscowildlifephotography.com

Northern Pintail photo from www.werc.usgs.gov

Winter Wren photo from www.birds.cornell.edu

Species Total

Canada Goose 336

Mute Swan 19

Gadwall 10

American Wigeon 2

American Black Duck 93

Mallard 506

Northern Shoveler 1

Northern Pintail 1

Ring-necked Duck 47

Lesser Scaup 7

Bufflehead 29

Common Goldeneye 20

Hooded Merganser 72

Common Merganser 100

Ruddy Duck 6

Bald Eagle 2

Cooper’s Hawk 1

Red-tailed Hawk 6

Wild Turkey 15

Pied-billed Grebe 1

Red-necked Grebe 1

Great Blue Heron 1

American Coot 87

Ring-billed Gull 223

Herring Gull 2

Mourning Dove 93

Great Horned Owl 2

Barred Owl 1

Belted Kingfisher 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker 17

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1

Downy Woodpecker 32

Hairy Woodpecker 11

Northern Flicker 1

Pileated Woodpecker 1

Blue Jay 74

American Crow 325

Common Raven 1

Black-capped Chickadee 210

Tufted Titmouse 94

Red-breasted Nuthatch 6

White-breasted Nuthatch 70

Brown Creeper 7

Carolina Wren 1

Winter Wren 1

Golden-crowned Kinglet 10

Eastern Bluebird 8

Hermit Thrush 1

American Robin 56

Gray Catbird 1

Northern Mockingbird 1

European Starling 92

Cedar Waxwing 9

Yellow-rumped Warbler 1

American Tree Sparrow 19

Fox Sparrow 1

Song Sparrow 17

Swamp Sparrow 5

White-throated Sparrow 97

Dark-eyed Junco 314

Northern Cardinal 53

Red-winged Blackbird 4

Common Grackle 1

Purple Finch 18

House Finch 31

American Goldfinch 91

House Sparrow 15

Totals:

Species: 67

Individuals: 3,382

Weather: Sunny. Temperature 15 - 32° F. No snow cover. Water 95% Open; Wild food crop excellent.

Participants: Beverly Baldwin, Mike Doyle, John Eykelhoff, John Grabowski, Jim Kandefer, Marie Kennedy, John Marshall, Russ Naylor, Art Potwin, Donna Potwin, Dave Rosgen, Heather Shirlock, George Stephens.