Christmas Bird Count • • • December 31, 2005
The Lakewood CBC was successful on Saturday, December 31. While all of the data has not
be sent in, listed below is what was found that day and some information on what has
been seen count week. For our almost 50 participants, to whom I send thanks, we had good
or bad weather depending on how you look at it. Temps. ranged from 35 to 38 degrees.
Overcast all day. Slight drizzle in the morning, rain stopped fairly early, then later
afternoon came heavier rain turning to snow. By the late afternoon rain/snow, no bird in
its right mind seemed to be out ... only the birders, like me (who sometimes are not in their right mind)
were out. Lake Erie was wide open which meant waterbirds, diving ducks and gulls were not concentrated,
thus difficult to find ... can you believe it? It was a challenge. Looking forward to next year!
The chili luncheon was great, adding two birds there - turkey chili and chicken chili.
Here's our list of 69 species for count day and 4 species for count weekthus far:
Nancy Howell, WCAS CBC Compiler
Hover your mouse over pictures for description and photographer
Species | Lakewood | ||
CBC | |||
Canada Goose | 1360 | ||
Bufflehead | 49 | ||
Common Goldeneye | 92 | ||
American Black Duck | 46 | ||
Mallard | 1258 | ||
Common Merganser | 2 | ||
Hooded Merganser | 6 | ||
Red-breasted Merganser | 14 | (amazingly low number) | |
Northern Shoveler | 2 | ||
Greater Scaup | 1 | ||
Scaup Species | 65 | ||
American Wigeon | 2 | ||
Wood Duck | 1 | ||
Pied billed Grebe | 1 | ||
Horned Grebe | 13 | ||
Double-crested Cormorant | 1 | ||
Great Blue Heron | 4 | ||
Coopers Hawk | 7 | ||
Red-tailed Hawk | 17 | ||
Red-shouldered Hawk | * | (count week) | |
Rough-legged Hawk | 1 | ||
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2 | ||
Merlin | 1 | (nice addition) | |
Peregrine Falcon | 1 | ||
Virginia Rail | 1 | (great find) | |
American Coot | 1 | ||
Bonaparte's Gull | 4 | (low number) | |
Great Blk Back Gull | 13 | ||
Herring Gull | 48 | ||
Ring-billed Gull | 3498 | (low number) | |
Rock Pigeon | 443 | ||
Mourning Dove | 250 | ||
Barred Owl | 1 | ||
Eastern Screech Owl |
* |
(count week) | |
Great Horn Owl | 1 | ||
Belted Kingfisher | 5 | ||
Red-headed Woodpecker | 3 | ||
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 53 | ||
Downy Woodpecker | 76 | ||
Hairy Woodpecker | 19 | ||
Northern Flicker | 2 | ||
Pileated Woodpecker | 4 | ||
Blue Jay | 151 | ||
American Crow | 37 | ||
Black-capped Chickadee | 181 | ||
Tufted Titmouse | 27 | ||
Red-breasted Nuthatch | 20 | ||
White-breasted Nuthatch | 62 | ||
Brown Creeper | 6 | ||
Carolina Wren | 31 | ||
Winter Wren | 2 | ||
Gold crown Kinglet | 12 | ||
Eastern Bluebird | 7 | ||
Hermit Thrush |
* |
(count week) | |
American Robin | 603 | ||
N Mockingbird | 3 | ||
European Starling | 1503 | ||
Eastern Towhee |
* |
(count week) | |
American Tree Sparrow | 43 | ||
Field Sparrow | 1 | ||
Fox Sparrow | 1 | (nice find) | |
Song Sparrow | 24 | ||
Swamp Sparrow | 1 | (where have they all gone??) | |
White Throat Sparrow | 58 | ||
Dark eye Junco | 231 | ||
Northern Cardinal | 153 | ||
Red-winged Blackbird | 22 | ||
Common Grackle | 8 | ||
Brown-headed Cowbird | 10 | ||
House Finch | 339 | ||
Pine Siskin | 4 | (nice find) | |
American Goldfinch | 227 | ||
House Sparrow | 526 | ||
TOTAL SPECIES | 69 |
Thanks to all the participants in this year's WCAS Christmas Bird Count:
Claudia Anders | Gabe Leidy | |
Mary Bartos | Gary Leidy | |
Kit Birch | Paula Lozano | |
Erik Bruder | Ashley Marrister | |
Jim Bruder | Terri Martincic | |
Diane Busch | Jim McCarty | |
Craig Caldwell | Chris Pierce | |
Lee Cavano | Marcia Polevoi | |
Mary Cavano | Craig Rieker | |
Philip Chaon | Mary Anne Romito | |
Liz Clingman | Tom Romito | |
Bill Deininger | Huge Rose | |
Dave Dvorak | Judy Kolo-Rose | |
Bob Finkelstein | Coleen Roy | |
Jerry Friedman - came in from New Mexico (visiting family) | Robert Segedi | |
Betty Green | Linda Sekura | |
John Habig - from Carlisle, OH near Dayton/Cincy area | Tom Sendry | |
Don Howell | Cathy Shambaugh | |
Nancy Howell | Paul Sherwood - from Sandusky OH and naturalist for Black Swamp Bird Observatory | |
Mary Lou Hura | Sonya Steckler - from Arizona (visiting relatives in the Cleve. area) | |
Kathy Karhan | Judy Weitzel | |
Rich Kassouf | Jennifer Werrell | |
Tim Krynak | Ben Winger | |
Dave LeGallee | Dave Yoo |