St. Clair NWA Bird Count

Here are the final results of the St. Clair National Wildlife Christmas Bird Count. (courtesy of Allen Woodliffe, compiler).

The following is the complete list of species recorded during the 29th St. Clair NWA CBC, held January 1, 2009. New species are in bold Italics.

Great Blue Heron—12
Canada Goose—805
Mute Swan—2
Tundra Swan—22
Wood Duck—1
Am. Black Duck—383
Mallard—924
Redhead—15
Ring-necked Duck—1
Common Goldeneye—2
Common Merganser—35
Bald Eagle—15
Northern Harrier—26
Sharp-shinned Hawk—10
Cooper’s Hawk—8
accipiter sp.—1
Red-shouldered Hawk—1
Red-tailed Hawk—72
Rough-legged Hawk—5
American Kestrel—5
Peregrine Falcon—3
Wild Turkey—2
Ring-necked Pheasant—2
Ring-billed Gull-6
Herring Gull—86
Glaucous Gull—1
Great Black-backed Gull—10
Rock Pigeon—1877
Mourning Dove—1427
Eastern Screech Owl—12
Great Horned Owl—24
Long-eared Owl—2
Short-eared Owl—1
Belted Kingfisher—2
Red-bellied Woodpecker—14
Downy Woodpecker—130
Hairy Woodpecker—1
Northern Flicker—4
Blue Jay—68
American Crow—50138
Horned Lark—157
Black-capped Chickadee—3
Red-breasted Nuthatch—2
White-breasted Nuthatch—2
Brown Creeper—4
Carolina Wren—13
Winter Wren—6
Marsh wren—1
Golden-crowned Kinglet—10
Eastern Bluebird—1
Hermit Thrush—2
American Robin—15
European Starling—4906
Eastern Towhee—1
American Tree Sparrow—1033
Field Sparrow—1
Song Sparrow—70
Swamp Sparrow—24
White-throated Sparrow—14
White-crowned Sparrow—67
Dark-eyed Junco—491
Lapland Longspur—3
Snow Bunting—775
Northern Cardinal—292
Red-winged Blackbird—388
Rusty Blackbird—3
Brewer’s Blackbird—2
Common Grackle—154
Brown-headed Cowbird—1086
Purple Finch—2
House Finch—167
White-winged Crossbill—182
Common Redpoll—9
American Goldfinch—691
House Sparrow—1766


Total Species Observed: 74
Total New Species: 1
New High Counts: 11
Total Individuals: 68498
Total Observers: 15
Total Party Hours: 68.0