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1999 Cedar Creek Christmas Bird Count



The Cedar Creek CBC covers the central southern portion of Essex County, Ontario including Kingsville, Harrow, McGregor, Essex and a portion of the Lake Erie shoreline. The fifteenth Cedar Creek CBC on December 18th, 1999 attracted thirty-five participants who tallied 88 species and 32,832 individuals. Record high counts (numbers in bold) were observed for Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Bald Eagle, Red-bellied Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Hermit Thrush, American Pipit, and Common Grackle.

Several unusual species such as Horned Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Merlin, Little Gull, Marsh Wren and Ruby-crowned Kinglet have been recorded on few previous counts. Sanderling and White-winged Crossbill were new to the Cedar Creek CBC, bringing the total number of species recorded on all counts to 140. After a long day of birding everyone descended on Tom and Peggy Hurst's for the tally and a pot luck dinner.

PARTICIPANTS: Area 1 Kingsville: (69 species) Tom Hince, Heather Campbell, Peggy Hurst. Area 2 Cedar Beach: (43 species) Betty Learmouth, Gordon Barnett, Paul Desjardins, Mike Forton, Muriel Kassimatis, Raymond & Kathy Lesperance, Carl Maiolani, Pauline Renaud, Bob Wickett. Area 3 Gesto: (41 species) Anne & Brian Barbour, Allan Merritt, Bernard Calhoun, Shirley Grondin, JoAnn Grondin, Jim McAllister, Ron Muir, Phil Roberts, Andy Garlatti, Nikki van Vrouwerff, John Zoch. Area 4 South Colchester: (64 species) Steve Pike, Thomas Hurst, Keith Burk, Jim Burk, Randy Horvath. Area 5 Harrow: (57 species) Paul Pratt, Elaine Sinnott, Karen Cedar, June Hurley, Fred Urie.

The list below is divided into four columns: (SPECIES); (#) the number of counts recording this species; (MAX) maximum number recorded for a single count; (1999) results for 1999 count. Species recorded during count week but never on the count are shown as (cw).


SPECIES # MAX 1999
Common Loon 2 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1 1
Horned Grebe 4 3 1
Red-necked Grebe 1 1
Eared Grebe 1 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2 1 1
Great Blue Heron 15 50 21
Tundra Swan 8 12 10
Mute Swan 1 3
Snow Goose 10 14
Canada Goose 15 8554 2014
Wood Duck 8 10 9
Green-winged Teal 2 4
American Black Duck 15 114 3
Mallard 15 2807 140
Northern Pintail 5 7
Blue-winged Teal 1 1
Northern Shoveler 2 2
Gadwall 4 2
American Wigeon 4 2
Canvasback 5 85
Redhead 8 110
Ring-necked Duck 3 1
Greater Scaup 8 187
Lesser Scaup 6 178 1
"scaup" species 8
Common Goldeneye 15 44 44
Bufflehead 12 11 11
Hooded Merganser 10 9 6
Common Merganser 15 5515 507
Red-breasted Merganser 15 2449 1552
"merganser" species 1880
Ruddy Duck 3 6 6
"duck" species 3
Turkey Vulture 5 4 2
Bald Eagle 15 8 8
Northern Harrier 15 28 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 15 11 5
Cooper's Hawk 15 9 2
Northern Goshawk 3 2
"accipiter" species
Red-shouldered Hawk 13 5
Red-tailed Hawk 15 89 45
Rough-legged Hawk 13 25
American Kestrel 15 61 34
Merlin 2 1 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 15 24 2
Virginia Rail 1 1
Sora 1 1
American Coot 1 1
Killdeer 11 42 5
Sanderling NEW 1
Dunlin 2 1 1
Common Snipe 6 6
American Woodcock 2 1
Little Gull 4 2 1
Bonaparte's Gull 14 5620 590
Ring-billed Gull 15 4280 377
Herring Gull 15 1333 202
Thayer's Gull 1 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull cw
Glaucous Gull 2 1
Great Black-backed Gull 15 193 61
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 1
"gull" species 222
Rock Dove 15 771 140
Mourning Dove 15 2016 388
E. Screech-Owl 15 56 15
Great Horned Owl 15 29 8
Snowy Owl 2 1
Long-eared Owl 14 14 2
Short-eared Owl 6 3
Northern Saw-whet Owl 3 4
Belted Kingfisher 13 4 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 9 9
Red-bellied Woodpecker 14 31 31
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6 2
Downy Woodpecker 15 215 203
Hairy Woodpecker 15 10 6
Northern Flicker 15 54 42
Eastern Phoebe 5 1
Horned Lark 15 3152 178
N. Rough-winged Swallow 1 1
Barn Swallow 1 2
Blue Jay 15 712 270
American Crow 15 94200 15733
Black-capped Chickadee 15 526 168
Boreal Chickadee 1 1
Tufted Titmouse 8 26 12
Red-breasted Nuthatch 14 19 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 15 117 117
Brown Creeper 15 44 16
Carolina Wren 15 28 18
House Wren 4 1
Winter Wren 13 16 7
Marsh Wren 5 1 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 15 98 23
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 3 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 1
Eastern Bluebird 14 149 102
Mountain Bluebird 1 1
Swainson's Thrush 1 1
Hermit Thrush 14 19 19
American Robin 14 271 30
Gray Catbird 4 1
Northern Mockingbird 9 4 2
Brown Thrasher 5 2
American Pipit 2 64 64
Cedar Waxwing 15 102 58
Northern Shrike 8 1 1
European Starling 15 5797 1863
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 13 21 18
Common Yellowthroat 3 2
Northern Cardinal 15 422 327
Dickcissel 1 1
Eastern Towhee 13 7 3
American Tree Sparrow 15 1858 640
Chipping Sparrow 8 11 1
Field Sparrow 15 33 17
Vesper Sparrow 2 1
Savannah Sparrow 6 4 1
Fox Sparrow 6 3 2
Song Sparrow 15 301 193
Lincoln's Sparrow 2 1
Swamp Sparrow 15 90 58
White-throated Sparrow 15 195 42
White-crowned Sparrow 14 126 23
Dark-eyed Junco 15 1065 434
Lapland Longspur 10 30 1
Snow Bunting 14 3185 141
Red-winged Blackbird 15 80 78
(Eastern) Meadowlark 10 59
Rusty Blackbird 13 157 32
Common Grackle 14 28 28
Brown-headed Cowbird 15 874 168
Pine Grosbeak 1 3
Purple Finch 14 60 8
House Finch 15 1682 289
White-winged Crossbill NEW 1
Common Redpoll 6 451 15
Pine Siskin 9 86 10
American Goldfinch 15 432 255
Evening Grosbeak 3 26
House Sparrow 15 5804 2743


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