The 2007 Hoover Reservoir Christmas Bird Count  
2007 marked the 52nd 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. 
My intrepid teams had a challenging day as the snow began at about 11:30  AM 
and continued for most of the afternoon. They showed true grit as they  
covered the majority of the area and compiled a surprising list for the  conditions. 
Several species were recorded that had not been found in the circle  for 
years, whereas some species that were thought to be give-me’s were nowhere  to be 
found.  
Highlights for the 2007 count included setting new record highs for 3  
species and recording species not located for 51 and 24 years in the  circle. Our 
final count was 75 species.  
The 2008 Hoover Reservoir Christmas Bird Count will be held Saturday,  
December 20, 2008. 
Charlie Bombaci, Compiler  
Hoover Reservoir CBC  
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The species recorded were as follows:  
1 Common Loon  
10 Horned Grebes  
18 Great Blue Heron  
2 Mute Swan  
1,722 Canada Geese 
1 Cackling  Goose       
2 Mute  Swan 
1 Wood  Duck 
14  Gadwall 
88 American Black Duck  
617 Mallard  
4 Northern  Shoveler  
9 Northern  Pintail 
5  Green-winged Teal 
11 Ring-necked Duck  
1 Lesser  Scaup 
28 Bufflehead  
2 Common Goldeneye  
189 Hooded Merganser  
7 Common Merganser 
10 Red-breasted  Merganser 
24 Ruddy Duck  
6 Bald  Eagle               
1 Northern  Harrier 
2  Sharp-shinned Hawk   
8 Cooper's Hawk       
21 Red-tailed  Hawk     
8 American  Kestrel  
18 Wild  Turkey 
1 American  Coot 
1 Killdeer  
25 Bonaparte's Gull  
507 Ring-billed Gull  
78 Rock Pigeon  
231 Mourning Dove  
3 Great Horned Owl  
4 Barred Owl                                                              
7 Belted Kingfisher  
3 Red-headed  Woodpecker 
46 Red-bellied Woodpecker         
70 Downy Woodpecker                
16 Hairy  Woodpecker    
43 Northern  Flicker  
8  Pileated Woodpecker  
150 Blue Jay                                     
206 American Crow  
181 Horned Lark  
222 Carolina Chickadee                 
2  Black-capped Chickadee 
117 Tufted Titmouse  
51 White-breasted  Nuthatch         
9  Red-breasted Nuthatch 
1 Brown Creeper  
21 Carolina  Wren 
1  House Wren                               
47 Eastern Bluebird                       
150 American Robin  
2 Northern Mockingbird  
600 European Starling  
9 Yellow-rumped Warbler  
233 Cedar Waxwing  
97 American Tree Sparrow  
3 Field Sparrow  
57 Song Sparrow  
2 Swamp Sparrow 
133 White-throated Sparrow          
7 White-crowned Sparrow  
162 Dark-eyed Junco  
101 Lapland  Longspurs 
34 Snow  Buntings 
268 Northern Cardinal                    
1 Red-winged  Blackbird 
2 Purple Finch  
272 House Finch  
259 American Goldfinch                
112 House Sparrow  
7,383 Individuals  
75 Species  
14-17 Teams in the field 
48 Participants 
2 Feeder Watchers 
Count Week: Pied-billed Grebe, Black Vulture, Red-shouldered Hawk,  
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Fox Sparrow, and Winter  Wren.



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