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: