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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.
2007 Cedar Creek Christmas Bird Count
The twenty-third Cedar Creek CBC held on December 15th, 2007 attracted 50 participants (including 12 feeder watchers) who walked and drove nearly 700 km to tally 88 species (long term average is 85 species) and 53,787 individuals. Weather was typical for mid December with frozen ponds but open water on Lake Erie. There was no snow cover for most of the day but a major snow storm started to produce snow in the late afternoon. At the end of the day we gathered at Tom and Peggy Hurst's for the tally and pot luck dinner.
Three new species were recorded for the count bringing the all-time
total to 154 species:
Long-tailed Duck (1) at Kingsville
Jaeger species (1) at Kingsville
Baltimore Oriole (1) at feeder in McGregor (photo)
Record high counts were set for eight species:
- Ross's Goose (3) at Jack Miner's
- Tundra Swan (257)
- Wood Duck (14)
- Bufflehead (84)
- Hooded Merganser (10)
- Wild Turkey (73)
- Bald Eagle (9)
- Lapland Longspur (107)
- Snow Bunting (5,970)
Other highlights included Cackling Goose (2), Mute Swan (2), Northern Shoveler (2), Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (2), Red-bellied Woodpecker (64), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (2) and Common Redpoll (17). Only 7 American Kestrels were tallied, a record low count. American Crows (17,827) have decreased each year since 2002. The roost is located along County Road 8 on the west side of Essex.
PARTICIPANTS: Area 1 Kingsville: (67 species, 29 party-hrs) Bob Sanford, Janet Tuite, Alan Wormington, Henrietta O'Neil, Mike Chomshyn, Adam Pinch, Dean Ware, Dan Loncke and four feeder watchers: (Robin & Valerie Dobson, John & Linda Dreiger, Dick Grolman, Steve Philips, Leah Swaddling, Peggy Hurst). Area 2 Essex-Cedar Beach: (51 species, 18 party-hrs) Paul DesJardins, Marg Calder, Cherise Charron, Karen Hass, Kathy Lesperance, Bob Wickett, Pauline Renaud, Ian Woodfield. Area 3 Gesto: (51 species, 29 party-hrs) JoAnn Grondin, Shirley Grondin, Donna Cowie, Helene Parks, Bernard Beneteau, Caroline Biribauer, Kyle Swiston, David Bradley, Jessica Cuthbert, Celia Chui and three feeder watchers: Linda Corkum. Crow Roost counters were Phil Roberts, Peggy Hurst, Janet Tuite and Linda Moore. Area 4 South Colchester: (64 species, 21 party-hrs) Thomas Hurst, Keith Burk, Jim Burk, Ron Muir, Anne Muir. Area 5 Harrow: (59 species, 12 party-hrs) Paul Pratt, Karen Cedar, Kristen Fawdry.
2007 RESULTS
Snow Goose 3
Ross's Goose 3
Cackling Goose 2
Canada Goose 5651
Mute Swan 2
Tundra Swan 257
Wood Duck 14
merican Black Duck 12
Mallard 364
Northern Shoveler 2
Canvasback 2
Redhead 6
Greater Scaup 3
Lesser Scaup 4
Long-tailed Duck 1
Bufflehead 84
Common Goldeneye 63
Hooded Merganser 10
Common Merganser 373
Red-breasted Merganser 155
Ring-necked Pheasant 2
Wild Turkey 73
Great Blue Heron 21
Bald Eagle 9
Northern Harrier 23
Sharp-shinned Hawk 12
Cooper's Hawk 17
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 92
Rough-legged Hawk 7
American Kestrel 7
Jaeger species 1
Little Gull
Bonaparte's Gull 538
Ring-billed Gull 972
Herring Gull 215
Great Black-backed Gull 56
Rock Pigeon 330
Mourning Dove 1520
Eastern Screech-Owl 9
Great Horned Owl 5
Long-eared Owl 6
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 64
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 169
Hairy Woodpecker 13
Northern Flicker 30
Northern Shrike 1
Blue Jay 273
American Crow 17827
Horned Lark 629
Black-capped Chickadee 93
Tufted Titmouse 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 13
White-breasted Nuthatch 89
Brown Creeper 28
Carolina Wren 38
Winter Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 31
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Eastern Bluebird 36
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 14
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 11477
Cedar Waxwing 66
Yellow-rumped Warbler 9
American Tree Sparrow 571
Field Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 43
Swamp Sparrow 15
White-throated Sparrow 51
White-crowned Sparrow 60
Dark-eyed Junco 1016
Lapland Longspur 107
Snow Bunting 5970
Northern Cardinal 320
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Common Grackle 205
Brown-headed Cowbird 984
Baltimore Oriole 1
Purple Finch 4
House Finch 221
Common Redpoll 17
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 284
House Sparrow 1955
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"Mallard-Black Duck" hybrid 2
"scaup" species 8
"merganser" species 50
"duck" species 6
"buteo" species 2
"hawk" species 1
"gull" species 6
" blackbird" species 6
"sparrow" species 18
