Christmas Bird Count • • • Dec. 30, 2006
Below are the results of the 2006 Lakewood Christmas Bird Count, Saturday, December 30, 2006:
64 Participants (not all paying)
17.5 hours for feeder watchers
53.25 hours on foot with 45.75 miles being covered
7.75 miles by car with 100.5 miles being covered
66 Species seen with 14,847 individuals. Two species noted during count week.
Of special note were the Black Scoter, Wild Turkey and Killdeer. High count of Red-tailed Hawk and Cooper's Hawk. Low numbers of big water ducks as well as species and numbers of gulls. Lake Erie was wide open ... it was just too darn nice a day. Other noteable sitings - painted turtles sunning themselves at Lake Isaac, fresh spider silk.
Species |
Lakewood |
Photos |
Canada Goose | 902 | Hillary, the Hilliard Rd. Bridge Peregrine was seen on Count day © Chris Saladin |
Snow Goose* | count week | |
Wood Duck | 9 | |
Mallard | 1174 | |
American Black Duck | 29 | |
American Wigeon | 3 | |
Northern Shoveler | 1 | |
Green-winged Teal | 1 | |
Lesser Scaup | 24 | |
Black Scoter | 2 | |
Bufflehead | 112 | |
Common Goldeneye | 203 | |
Red-breasted Merganser | 860 |
Northern Mockingbird at Brookside Park © Mary Anne Romito |
Wild Turkey | 5 | |
Common Loon | 1 | |
Double-crested Cormorant | 3 | |
Great Blue Heron | 2 | |
Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2 | |
Cooper's Hawk | 8 | |
Red-tailed Hawk | 25 | |
Red-shouldered Hawk | 7 | |
American Kestrel | 1 | |
Merlin * | count week | |
Peregrine Falcon | 1 | |
Virginia Rail | 1 | |
American Coot | 1 |
Pileated Woodpecker © Chris Saladin |
Killdeer | 1 | |
Ring-billed Gull | 6552 | |
Herring Gull | 273 | |
Great Black-backed Gull | 13 | |
Bonaparte's Gull | 880 | |
Rock Pigeon | 308 | |
Mourning Dove | 201 | |
Great Horned Owl | 1 | |
Barred Owl | 1 | |
Eastern Screech Owl | 4 | |
Belted Kingfisher | 4 |
Merlin © Chris Saladin |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 72 | |
Downy Woodpecker | 94 | |
Hairy Woodpecker | 22 | |
Northern Flicker | 2 | |
Pileated Woodpecker | 6 | |
American Crow | 40 | |
Blue Jay | 225 | |
Black-capped Chickadee | 207 | |
Tufted Titmouse | 37 | |
White-breasted Nuthatch | 62 | |
Red-breasted Nuthatch | 1 |
Feeder birds count too! Black-capped Chickadee © Dave Lewis |
Brown Creeper | 1 | |
Carolina Wren | 31 | |
Golden-crowned Kinglet | 8 | |
Eastern Bluebird | 13 | |
American Robin | 609 | |
Northern Mockingbird | 4 |
Another "feeder bird" Cooper's Hawk © Dave Lewis |
European Starling | 313 | |
Yellow-rumped Warbler | 4 | |
Eastern Towhee | 1 | |
American Tree Sparrow | 16 | |
Field Sparrow | 1 | |
Song Sparrow | 13 |
Even House Sparrows are counted © Dave Lewis |
Swamp Sparrow | 2 | |
White throated Sparrow | 28 | |
Dark-eyed Junco | 213 | |
Northern Cardinal | 148 | |
Red-winged Blackbird | 130 |
Chili Luncheon and Compilation © Laurie Boylan |
House Finch | 153 | |
American Goldfinch | 189 | |
House Sparrow | 587 | |
Total Species | 66 |