The 2006 Hoover Reservoir Christmas Bird Count
2006 marked the 51st Hoover Reservoir Christmas Bird Count. The Hoover
Reservoir Circle includes Hoover Reservoir, Alum Creek Reservoir, Westerville
Reservoir, areas along the Olentangy River, Highbanks Metro Park, Inniswood Metro
Park, Sharon Woods Metro Park, Camp Mary Orton, Westerville and portions of
Southern Delaware County.
Highlights for the 2006 count included setting new record highs for 13
species and adding a new species for the circle, Black Vulture. Our final count
was 71 species, 7 less than the 78 in 2005.
The 2007 Hoover Reservoir Christmas Bird Count will be held Saturday,
December 15, 2007.
Charlie Bombaci, Compiler
Hoover Reservoir CBC
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The species recorded were as follows:
1 Common Loon
6 Pied-billed Grebe
30 Great Blue Heron
4 Mute Swan
2,410 Canada Geese
16 American Black Duck
790 Mallard
5 Northern Shoveler
7 American Wigeon
1 Surf Scoter
3 Bufflehead
12 Common Goldeneye
96 Hooded Merganser
17 Ruddy Duck
3 Black Vulture [New Species/New High]
3 Turkey Vulture [New High]
8 Bald Eagle
1 Northern Harrier
3 Sharp-shinned Hawk
11 Cooper's Hawk
38 Red-tailed Hawk
8 American Kestrel
17 Wild Turkey
1 American Coot
55 Bonaparte's Gull
3,169 Ring-billed Gull
3 Herring Gull
92 Rock Pigeon
205 Mourning Dove
4 Great Horned Owl
8 Barred Owl [New High]
4 Belted Kingfisher
104 Red-bellied Woodpecker [New High]
3 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
123 Downy Woodpecker [New High]
10 Hairy Woodpecker
31 Northern Flicker
3 Pileated Woodpecker
268 Blue Jay [New High]
185 American Crow
15 Horned Lark
335 Carolina Chickadee [New High]
140 Tufted Titmouse
106 White-breasted Nuthatch [New High]
12 Brown Creeper
127 Carolina Wren [New High]
38 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
162 Eastern Bluebird [New High]
3 Hermit Thrush
627 American Robin
26 Northern Mockingbird
1,947 European Starling
31 Yellow-rumped Warbler
89 Cedar Waxwing
2 Eastern Towhee
80 American Tree Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
2 Fox Sparrow
79 Song Sparrow
9 Swamp Sparrow
253 White-throated Sparrow [New High]
14 White-crowned Sparrow
280 Dark-eyed Junco
346 Northern Cardinal [New High]
3 Red-winged Blackbird
5 Common Grackle
245 House Finch
1 Pine Siskin
425 American Goldfinch [New High]
247 House Sparrow
13,409 Individuals
71 Species
10.75 Hours by car
73.50 Hours by foot
74.75 Total hours
227.20 Miles by car
39.35 Miles by foot
266.55 Total miles
10-11 Teams in the field
47 Participants
2 Feeder Watchers
Count Week: Red-headed Woodpecker, Winter Wren, and Brown Thrasher.
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