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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.

 

2005 Cedar Creek Christmas Bird Count



The twenty-first Cedar Creek CBC held on December 17th, 2005 attracted 42 participants (including 8 feeder watchers) who tallied 87 species (long term average is 83) and 75,506 individuals. Highlights included:

Cackling Goose - (3) Harrrow, new for count
(waterfowl were low in numbers due to lack of open water this year)
Turkey Vulture - (4) tied previous record high
Cooper's hawk - (19) record high count (previous high of 11 in 2004)
Peregrine Falcon - (1) one previous record
Snowy Owl - (1) Oxley, third count
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - (3) record high count (previous high of 2 in 1987 & 2004)
Black-capped Chickadee - (886) record high count (previous high of 712 in 2001)
American Crow - (37,220) (The roost is on County Rd. 8 opposite the new Canadian Tire Store in Essex)
White-breasted Nuthatch - (109) high count (average is 49)
Eastern Towhee - (6) tie for second highest count
Chipping Sparrow - (83) record high count (previous high of 11 in 1986)
Field Sparrow - (61) record high count (previous high of 33 in 1986)
Vesper Sparrow - (4) record high count (previous high of 1 in 1986)
Savannah Sparrow - (15) record high count (previous high of 4 in 1986)
Fox Sparrow - (9) record high count (previous high of 3 in 1989)
Song Sparrow - (341) record high count (previous high of 301 in 1987)
Dark-eyed Junco - (1833) record high count (previous high of 1222 in 2003)
Lapland Longspur - (41) record high count (previous high of 30 in 1987)
Snow Bunting - (4148) record high count (previous high of 3185 in 1989)
Common Grackle - (636) record high count (previous high of 93 in 2002)
Brown-headed Cowbird - (3309) record high count (previous high of 874 in 1992)
American Goldfinch - (497) record high count (previous high of 432 in 1986)

This was certainly the year of the sparrow! Deep snow forced sparrows and other field birds to roadsides which allowed easy counting. Weather on count day was -5C with 15 (to 40) cm. of snow cover and virtually no 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: (70 species, 19 party-hrs) Bob Sanford, Janet Tuite, Alan Wormington, Adam Pinch, P. Roberts, six feeder watchers.   Area 2 Cedar Beach: (42 species, 14 party-hrs) Betty Learmouth, M. Calder, C. Charron, Paul DesJardins, Bob Wickett, Pauline Renaud, Ian Woodfield.   Area 3 Gesto: (41 species, 31 party-hrs) JoAnn Grondin, Shirley Grondin, Phil Roberts (crow roost co-ordinator), Donna Cowie, Helene Parks, B. Beneteau, Caroline Biribauer, Dan Mennill, S. Topp, K. Swiston, Todd Pepper, Jeanne Elliot, Bruno Sfalcin, Cathy Lapin, Ken Goble.   Area 4 South Colchester: (68 species, 19 party-hrs) Thomas Hurst, Keith Burk, Jim Burk, Steve Pike, Ron Muir.   Area 5 Harrow: (64 species, 17 party-hrs) Paul Pratt, Karen Cedar, Jacques Nicoletti, Tom Hince.

The list below is divided into four columns: (SPECIES); (#) the number of counts recording this species; (MAX) maximum number recorded for a single count; (2005) results for 2005 count.
SPECIES # MAX 2005
Common Loon 3 2
Pied-billed Grebe 2 1
Horned Grebe 4 3
Red-necked Grebe 1 1
Eared Grebe 1 1
Double-cr. Cormorant 5 5
Great Blue Heron 21 50 33
Tundra Swan 14 37 2
Mute Swan 1 3
Snow Goose 15 34
Ross's Goose 1 2
Canada Goose 21 8554 2974
Cackling Goose 1 3 3
Wood Duck 11 10 7
Green-winged Teal 4 4 1
American Black Duck 20 114 50
Mallard 21 2807 165
Northern Pintail 8 7
Blue-winged Teal 1 1
Northern Shoveler 3 5
Gadwall 6 2
American Wigeon 4 2
Canvasback 9 85
Redhead 12 110
Ring-necked Duck 5 4
Greater Scaup 12 187
Lesser Scaup 11 178
"scaup" species
Surf Scoter 1 1
Common Goldeneye 21 64 15
Bufflehead 17 29
Hooded Merganser 12 9
Common Merganser 21 5515 99
Red-breasted Merganser 21 2449 38
"merganser" species
Ruddy Duck 4 6
"duck" species
Turkey Vulture 7 4 4
Bald Eagle 21 8 5
Northern Harrier 21 33 12
Sharp-shinned Hawk 21 14 13
Cooper's Hawk 21 11 19
Northern Goshawk 5 2
"accipiter" species
Red-shouldered Hawk 16 5 2
Red-tailed Hawk 21 97 82
Rough-legged Hawk 20 25 11
American Kestrel 21 61 9
Merlin 5 3 2
Peregrine Falcon 2 1 1
falcon species
Ring-necked Pheasant 21 24 2
Wild Turkey 4 8 1
Virginia Rail 2 2
Sora 1 1
American Coot 1 1
Sandhill Crane 1 3
Killdeer 13 42 2
Sanderling 1 1
Dunlin 2 1
Common Snipe 8 6
American Woodcock 2 1
Little Gull 4 2
Bonaparte's Gull 19 5620
Ring-billed Gull 21 4280 18
Herring Gull 21 1333 91
Thayer's Gull 1 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 1
Glaucous Gull 2 1
Great Black-backed Gull 21 193 2
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 1
"gull" species 2
Rock Pigeon 21 771 470
Mourning Dove 21 2016 2443
E. Screech-Owl 21 56 10
Great Horned Owl 21 29 6
Snowy Owl 3 1 1
Long-eared Owl 18 17 3
Short-eared Owl 7 3
Northern Saw-whet Owl 5 4 2
Belted Kingfisher 18 4 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 12 9
Red-bellied Woodpecker 21 48 45
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 9 2 3
Downy Woodpecker 21 215 173
Hairy Woodpecker 21 14 10
Northern Flicker 21 65 57
Eastern Phoebe 7 1
N. Rough-winged Swallow 1 1
Barn Swallow 1 2
Horned Lark 21 3152 2964
Blue Jay 21 712 638
American Crow 21 117,149 37,220
Black-capped Chickadee 21 712 886
Boreal Chickadee 1 1
Tufted Titmouse 14 26 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch 20 19 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 21 116 109
Brown Creeper 21 44 22
Carolina Wren 21 39 28
House Wren 4 1
Winter Wren 19 19 6
Marsh Wren 6 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 21 97 15
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 7 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 1
Eastern Bluebird 20 149 77
Mountain Bluebird 1 1
Swainson's Thrush 1 1
Hermit Thrush 18 19 8
American Robin 20 271 33
Gray Catbird 5 1 1
Northern Mockingbird 14 4 1
Brown Thrasher 7 2 1
American Pipit 6 64 4
Cedar Waxwing 21 212 52
Northern Shrike 10 2
European Starling 21 13481 13481
Orange-crowned Warbler 2 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 19 59 12
Pine Warbler 1 1
Common Yellowthroat 5 2
Northern Cardinal 21 482 365
Dickcissel 1 1
Eastern Towhee 18 7 6
American Tree Sparrow 21 1858 863
Chipping Sparrow 12 83 83
Field Sparrow 21 61 61
Vesper Sparrow 3 4 4
Savannah Sparrow 9 15 15
Fox Sparrow 11 9 9
Song Sparrow 21 341 34
Lincoln's Sparrow 2 1
Swamp Sparrow 21 90 8
White-throated Sparrow 21 195 136
White-crowned Sparrow 20 126 62
Dark-eyed Junco 21 1833 1833
Lapland Longspur 14 41 41
Snow Bunting 19 4148 4148
Red-winged Blackbird 21 4349 55
(Eastern) Meadowlark 13 59 7
Rusty Blackbird 19 157 111
Common Grackle 20 636 636
Brown-headed Cowbird 21 3309 3309
Pine Grosbeak 1 3
Purple Finch 19 60 22
House Finch 21 1682 435
White-winged Crossbill 1 1
Common Redpoll 6 451
Pine Siskin 12 86 1
American Goldfinch 21 497 497
Evening Grosbeak 4 26
House Sparrow 21 5804 2215


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