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The nineteenth Cedar Creek CBC on December 20th, 2003 attracted 30 participants and 2 feeder watchers who tallied 93 species and 96,393 individuals. Record high counts were observed for Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Long-eared Owl, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Carolina Wren, Dark-eyed Junco, Red-winged Blackbird and tied for Wild Turkey and Northern Shrike. Turkey Vulture and Short-eared Owl were recorded for count week. Unusual species included Green-winged Teal, Northern Shoveler, Merlin, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Eastern Phoebe, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Thrasher, American Pipit and Common Yellowthroat.

Weather conditions for the count were very good with little snow cover and open water on Lake Erie. At the end of the day we gathered at Tom and Peggy Hurst's for the tally and pot luck dinner.

PARTICIPANTS: Area 1 Kingsville: (65 species, 17 party-hrs) Alan Wormington, Heather Anne Campbell, Bob Sanford, Bob Horvath, Peggy Hurst (fw).   Area 2 Cedar Beach: (47 species, 23 party-hrs) Betty Learmouth, Clarence & Margaret Calder, Paul DesJardins, Bob Wickett, Pauline Renaud, Ian Woodfield.   Area 3 Gesto: (36 species, 22.5 party-hrs) Shirley Grondin, JoAnn Grondin, Phil Roberts (crow roost co-ordinator), Bev Wannick, Cathy Lapain, Jim McAllister, Claire McAllister, Donna Cowie, Helene Parks, one fw.   Area 4 South Colchester: (74 species, 24 party-hrs) Thomas Hurst, Keith Burk, Jim Burk, Steve Pike, Randy Horvath, Ron Muir.   Area 5 Harrow: (58 species, 19 party-hrs) Paul Pratt, Karen Cedar, Jacques Nicoletti, Kristen Fawdry.

The list below is divided into four columns: (SPECIES); (#) the number of counts recording this species; (MAX) maximum number recorded for a single count; (2003) results for 2003 count.

SPECIES	#	MAX	2003
Common Loon	2	2
Pied-billed Grebe	2	1
Horned Grebe	4	3
Red-necked Grebe	1	1
Eared Grebe	1	1
Double-cr. Cormorant	4	5
Great Blue Heron	19	50	10
Tundra Swan	12	37	29
Mute Swan	1	3
Snow Goose	13	34	2
Ross's Goose	1	2
Canada Goose	19	8554	2447
Wood Duck	10	10	4
Green-winged Teal	3	4	1
American Black Duck	19	114	12
Mallard	19	2807	648
Northern Pintail	8	7	1
Blue-winged Teal	1	1
Northern Shoveler	3	5	3
Gadwall	6	2	1
American Wigeon	4	2
Canvasback	8	85	2
Redhead	11	110	8
Ring-necked Duck	5	4	1
Greater Scaup	11	187
Lesser Scaup	10	178	5
"scaup" species			2
Surf Scoter	1	1
Common Goldeneye	19	64	8
Bufflehead	16	21	10
Hooded Merganser	11	9
Common Merganser	19	5515	260
Red-breasted Merganser	19	2449	67
"merganser" species			50
Ruddy Duck	4	6
"duck" species			250
Turkey Vulture	6	4	CW
Bald Eagle	19	8	5
Northern Harrier	19	33	33
Sharp-shinned Hawk	19	14	8
Cooper's Hawk	19	11	8
Northern Goshawk	4	2
"accipiter" species			1
Red-shouldered Hawk	15	5	1
Red-tailed Hawk	19	97	97
Rough-legged Hawk	18	25	8
American Kestrel	19	61	16
Merlin	5	3	1
Peregrine Falcon	1	1
falcon species			1
Ring-necked Pheasant	19	24	5
Wild Turkey	3	8	8
Virginia Rail	2	2
Sora	1	1
American Coot	1	1
Killdeer	11	42
Sanderling	1	1
Dunlin	2	1
Common Snipe	8	6	1
American Woodcock	2	1
Little Gull	4	2
Bonaparte's Gull	18	5620	4293
Ring-billed Gull	19	4280	169
Herring Gull	19	1333	184
Thayer's Gull	1	1
Lesser Black-backed Gull	1	1
Glaucous Gull	2	1
Great Black-backed Gull	19	193	39
Black-legged Kittiwake	1	1
"gull" species			230
Rock Dove	19	771	113
Mourning Dove	19	2016	752
E. Screech-Owl	19	56	3
Great Horned Owl	19	29	6
Snowy Owl	2	1
Long-eared Owl	16	17	17
Short-eared Owl	7	3	CW
Northern Saw-whet Owl	4	4	1
Belted Kingfisher	17	4	2
Red-headed Woodpecker	11	9
Red-bellied Woodpecker	19	48	48
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	7	2	1
Downy Woodpecker	19	215	153
Hairy Woodpecker	19	10	9
Northern Flicker	19	55	52
Eastern Phoebe	7	1	1
N. Rough-winged Swallow	1	1
Barn Swallow	1	2
Horned Lark	19	3152	205
Blue Jay	19	712	215
American Crow	19	117,149	71,908
Black-capped Chickadee	19	712	85
Boreal Chickadee	1	1
Tufted Titmouse	12	26	10
Red-breasted Nuthatch	18	19	7
White-breasted Nuthatch	19	116	55
Brown Creeper	19	44	9
Carolina Wren	19	39	39
House Wren	4	1
Winter Wren	17	16	7
Marsh Wren	6	1
Golden-crowned Kinglet	19	97	14
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	7	3	2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	1	1
Eastern Bluebird	18	149	56
Mountain Bluebird	1	1
Swainson's Thrush	1	1
Hermit Thrush	17	19	2
American Robin	18	271	5
Gray Catbird	4	1
Northern Mockingbird	12	4	1
Brown Thrasher	6	2	1
American Pipit	5	64	1
Cedar Waxwing	19	212	70
Northern Shrike	9	2	2
European Starling	19	5797	2172
Orange-crowned Warbler	2	1
Yellow-rumped Warbler	17	59	27
Pine Warbler	1	1
Common Yellowthroat	5	2	1
Northern Cardinal	19	482	390
Dickcissel	1	1
Eastern Towhee	16	7	6
American Tree Sparrow	19	1858	792
Chipping Sparrow	11	11	3
Field Sparrow	19	33	8
Vesper Sparrow	2	1
Savannah Sparrow	7	4
Fox Sparrow	10	3	2
Song Sparrow	19	301	260
Lincoln's Sparrow	2	1
Swamp Sparrow	19	90	67
White-throated Sparrow	19	195	44
White-crowned Sparrow	18	126	89
Dark-eyed Junco	19	1222	1222
Lapland Longspur	12	30
Snow Bunting	17	3185	18
Red-winged Blackbird	19	4349	4349
(Eastern) Meadowlark	12	59	20
Rusty Blackbird	17	157	15
Common Grackle	18	93	58
Brown-headed Cowbird	19	874	816
Pine Grosbeak	1	3
Purple Finch	17	60	13
House Finch	19	1682	428
White-winged Crossbill	1	1
Common Redpoll	6	451
Pine Siskin	10	86
American Goldfinch	19	432	328
Evening Grosbeak	4	26
House Sparrow	19	5804	2734

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