Article source for : ONWR Christmas Bird Count
I missed this year's 2005 count, which took place on Jan 1, 2006. Toledo Blade outdoor writer Steve Pollick gave some highlights in his Jan 27 <a href="http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060127/COLUMNIST22/601270309">column</a>: <i>"The 35th annual Christmas bird count at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge netted a total of 84 individual species and 57,377 birds overall."</i>
More from Pollick's column which is based upon info in the most recent Ottawa Nationbal Wildlife Refuge Association newsletter.
<i>"The event saw about 18 high counts for individual species, including one new species, a gray catbird. The Ottawa count's all-time best was 91 species in 1984, and the recent count ranks second. Also of note, 35 bald eagles were seen."
"Among most numerous species were ring-billed gull, 20,337; Canada goose, 13,965; European starling, 3,539; house sparrow, 2,162; mallard, 2,089; northern pintail, 1,943; canvasback, 1,587; red-winged blackbird, 1,578; various diving ducks, 1,500; mourning dove, 1,134, and common goldeneye, 1,058."
"High counts for individual species included northern pintail, 1,943; greater scaup, 37; pied-billed grebe, 3 [tie]; double-crested cormorant, 35; bald eagle, 35; northern harrier, 23; Cooper's hawk, 10; red-tailed hawk, 82; peregrine falcon, 4; rock pigeon, 362; mourning dove, 1,134; red-bellied woodpecker, 28; downy woodpecker, 106; red-breasted nuthatch, 2 [tie]; white-breasted nuthatch, 12; field sparrow, 6; Lapland longspur, 265, and gray catbird, 1."</i>
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