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The 2009 Hoover Reservoir Christmas Bird Count 
 
2009 marked the 54th 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, Westerville and portions of Southern Delaware County. 
 
Highlights for the 2009 count included 1 new species, Sandhill Crane; establishing new highs for 3 species; and tying the high for 2 species. Our final count was 77 species. 
 
The 2010 Hoover Reservoir Christmas Bird Count will be held Saturday, December 18, 2010.
 
Charlie Bombaci, Compiler 
Hoover Reservoir CBC 
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The species recorded were as follows: 
         4 Common Loon
         2 Pied-billed Grebe
         2 Horned Grebe
       13 Great Blue Heron 
 2,147 Canada Geese 
         2 Green-winged Teal
       90 American Black Duck 
     728 Mallard 
          5 Northern Pintail  
          3 Northern Shoveler 
         2 American Wigeon
          5 Lesser Scaup 
          6 Common Goldeneye
          3 Bufflehead 
     153 Hooded Merganser 
     303 Ruddy Duck 
          5 Bald Eagle              
          1 Northern Harrier
          1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
        15 Cooper's Hawk      
           1 Red-shouldered Hawk
         25 Red-tailed Hawk    
           7 American Kestrel 
           9 Wild Turkey
           3 Sandhill Crane
           2 Killdeer
        47 Bonaparte's Gull 
   1,248 Ring-billed Gull 
         13 Herring Gull 
       152 Rock Pigeon 
       126 Mourning Dove 
            2 Great Horned Owl 
            4 Barred Owl                                          
            2 Belted Kingfisher 
            5 Red-headed Woodpecker 
       103 Red-bellied Woodpecker     
            2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
        111 Downy Woodpecker           
            5 Hairy Woodpecker   
          40 Northern Flicker 
            8 Pileated Woodpecker 
       239 Blue Jay                                  
       253 American Crow 
       107 Horned Lark 
       325 Carolina Chickadee             
       193 Tufted Titmouse 
            6 Red-breasted Nuthatch
         99 White-breasted Nuthatch     
         11 Brown Creeper 
         30 Carolina Wren                        
           1 House Wren            
           4 Golden-crowned Kinglet  
           2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
      105 Eastern Bluebird                   
           2 Hermit Thrush
      456 American Robin 
           1 Gray Catbird
         16 Northern Mockingbird 
   1,998 European Starling 
         14 Cedar Waxwing 
         13 Yellow-rumped Warbler 
      337 Northern Cardinal                                
           1 Eastern Towhee
        53 American Tree Sparrow 
           1 Chipping Sparrow
           1 Fox Sparrow
         36 Song Sparrow 
           2 Swamp Sparrow
      148 White-throated Sparrow     
           1 White-crowned Sparrow 
       249 Dark-eyed Junco 
         34 Red-winged Blackbird
       164 House Finch 
            1 Pine Siskin
       294 American Goldfinch            
       604 House Sparrow 
 
  11,209 Individuals 
          77 Species 
 
          15 Teams in the field
          34 Participants in the field
          10 Feeder Watchers
 
          Count Week: Double-crested Cormorant, Redhead, Canvasback and Ring-necked Duck.

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