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LOUISBOURG CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT: 1995 - 1998

By

Susann Myers

Note: cw indicates species seen during Count Week (3 days before and 3 days after Count Day) but not on Count Day itself.

Species 1995 1996 1997 1998
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 December
16		 December
21		 December
20

December
19
Red-throated Loon 0 0 0 1
Common loon 7 9 19 13
(loon species)  1 0 0 0
Horned grebe 1 3 3 0
Red-necked grebe 10 22 10 12
Northern gannet 5 1 0 4
Great cormorant 1 1 1 6
Double-crested Cormorant 0 0 0 1
American black duck 76 42 141 84
Mallard 2 0 6 0
American Wigeon 0 1 0 0
Greater scaup 0 0 1 0
Common eider 44 120 87 113
Harlequin duck 5 0 0 0
Oldsquaw 261 108 171 148
Surf scoter 6 0 1 4
White-winged scoter 15 2 36 54
(scoter species) 0 16 2 4
Common goldeneye 50 29 38 17
Bufflehead 12 13 44 25
Common merganser 7 cw 14 6
Red-breasted merganser 23 57 53 63
(duck species) 0 0 0 2
Bald eagle 4 3 4 4
Northern harrier 0 0 1 1
Sharp-shinned hawk 1 0 1 0
Red-tailed hawk 1 0 1 3
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 1
Merlin 0 0 0 1
Ring-necked pheasant 0 0 1 0
Spruce Grouse 0 1 1 1
Ruffed grouse 14 3 1 5
Purple sandpiper 18 cw 117 10
Common Snipe 0 0 0 cw
American Woodcock 0 0 0 1
C. Black-headed Gull 0 5 0 1
Ring-billed Gull 0 0 0 1
Herring gull 248 90 109 183
Iceland gull 46 7 84 22
Glaucous gull 9 1 3 0
Great black-backed gull 54 64 57 54
(gull species) 6 5 7 21
Dovekie 2 2 31 12
Common (Thin-billed) murre 0 0 0 2
(murre species) 0 0 0 1
Black guillemot 63 71 155 97
Rock dove 4 2 11 25
Mourning dove 37 28 30 43
Great horned owl 2 0 cw 6
(small owl species) 0 0 0 1
Downy woodpecker 4 4 2 1
Hairy woodpecker 1 3 5 0
Black-backed woodpecker 2 0 0 0
Northern Flicker 0 0 0 1
Pileated woodpecker 0 0 1 0
(woodpecker species) 0 0 0 2
Gray jay 14 6 10 4
Blue jay 58 34 50 75
American crow 128 141 235 222
Common raven 16 17 40 35
Black-capped chickadee 116 91 80 119
Boreal chickadee 81 51 76 124
Red-breasted nuthatch 100 8 6 1
White-breasted nuthatch 1 0 0 0
Brown creeper 1 cw 0 cw
Golden-crowned kinglet 65 17 62 77
(Northern mockingbird) cw 0 0 0
American robin 1 cw 1 50
Bohemian waxwing 30 0 150 300
Cedar waxwing 0 0 1 0
Northern shrike 5 0 2 2
European starling 201 175 214 186
Yellow-rumped warbler 1 0 1 3
Pine warbler 2 0 4 cw
Palm warbler 0 0 1 0
(Yellow-breasted chat) cw cw 0 0
Painted Bunting 0 1 0 0
Dickcissel 1 1 4 1
American tree sparrow 2 1 5 0
Chipping sparrow 0 2 0 0
Lark sparrow 1 0 0 0
Song sparrow 41 15 8 6
White-throated sparrow 0 1 2 3
(sparrow species) 8 1 23 27
Dark-eyed junco 103 7 40 14
Snow bunting 130 21 3 3
(Northern cardinal) cw 0 0 0
Red-winged Blackbird 0 0 0 1
Common grackle 1 0 0 cw
Pine grosbeak 71 0 5 15
Purple finch 176 1 2 1
Red crossbill 2 0 2 0
White-winged crossbill 675 0 56 11
Common redpoll 0 0 80 0
Hoary redpoll 0 0 1 0
Pine siskin 234 8 19 0
American goldfinch 376 66 84 186
Evening grosbeak 408 cw 40 1
House sparrow 100 160 76 90

GROSS TOTALS

Year: 1995 1996 1997 1998

Month /
Day:

 December
16		 December
21		 December
20		 December
19
Total species (count day): 64 48 66 62
Total individuals: 4191 1538 2632 2614
Field observers: 23 18 25 27
Feeder watchers: 16 14 19 21
Party hours: 62.0 57.0 62.3 64.8
Party kilometers: 185.7 205.0 191.7 181.2

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