Here are the final results for the Lake Erie Islands Christmas Bird Count.
This was one of the best counts we have had with some unusual sightings and
some very high numbers a few species. We ended up with 81 species seen
count day and 6 additional species seen count week. Some of the best finds
were brant, golden eagle, purple sandpiper (4), California and Iceland gull,
long-eared and northern saw-whet owl, and rose-breasted grosbeak (2). There
were a number of high counts including bufflehead (2,023), common goldeneye
(2,376), northern flicker (79), golden-crowned kinglet (168), hermit thrush
(110), and American robin (1,693),
Islands covered were Pelee, North Bass, Middle Bass, South Bass, and
Kelley's Islands.
TOTAL
Common Loon 51
Horned Grebe 15
Grebe spp CW
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 20
Great Blue Heron 3
Canada Goose 259
BRANT 1
Tundra Swan 10
Gadwall 53
American Wigeon 6
American Black Duck 126
Mallard 660
Mallard x American Black Duck 3
Redhead 1
Ring-necked Duck CW
Canvasback 1
Lesser Scaup 2
Scaup spp. 24
SURF SCOTER 1
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 2
Bufflehead 2023
Common Goldeneye 2376
Hooded Merganser 8
Common Merganser 20
Red-breasted Merganser 1370
Merganser spp. 4
Turkey Vulture 1
GOLDEN EAGLE 1
Bald Eagle 10
Northern Harrier CW
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 4
Red-tailed Hawk 13
MERLIN CW
Ring-necked Pheasant 8
Killdeer 2
PURPLE SANDPIPER 4
American Woodcock CW
Shorebird spp. 2
Bonaparte's Gull 375
Ring-billed Gull 1209
CALIFORNIA GULL 1
Herring Gull 875
ICELAND GULL 1
Great Black-backed Gull 40
Gull spp. 5
Mourning Dove 23
Rock Pigeon CW
Eastern Screech-Owl 16
Great Horned Owl 12
LONG-EARED OWL 1
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 64
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 112
Northern Flicker 79
Blue Jay 26
American Crow 59
Black-capped Chickadee 500
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Brown Creeper 66
Carolina Wren 86
Winter Wren 8
Golden-crowned Kinglet 168
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Kinglet spp. 3
Eastern Bluebird 25
Hermit Thrush 110
American Robin 1693
European Starling 23250
AMERICAN PIPIT 4
Cedar Waxwing 123
Yellow-rumped Warbler 103
Warbler spp 1
Eastern Towhee CW
American Tree Sparrow 62
Song Sparrow 13
Swamp Sparrow 9
White-throated Sparrow 153
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Sparrow spp. 2
Dark-eyed Junco 150
Snow Bunting 1
Northern Cardinal 196
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK 2
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Rusty Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Purple Finch 8
House Finch 262
American Goldfinch 47
House Sparrow 367
Total 37435
John Pogacnik
4765 Lockwood Road
Perry, OH 44081
440-259-2751
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