Here's the tally from some famous local birders of the Wheaton Club on a
routine Christmas Count in Columbus in 1923:
"Columbus, Ohio. Dec 23: 8:30 to 12:30 and 1:30 to 5 pm. Fair in a.m.,
heavy clouds in p.m. Snow on ground; wind moderate, southwest; temp. 28
to 35 degrees. Distance covered, 5 mi on foot, about 35 miles by
automobile. Observers together. Bob-white 48, mourning dove 24, marsh
hawk 2, Cooper's hawk 2, red-shouldered hawk , sparrow hawk 5, barn owl
1, screech owl 1, hairy woodpecker 7, downy woodpecker 21, red-headed
woodpecker 46, red-bellied woodpecker 3, flicker 6, horned lark heard,
blue jay 19, crow 26, meadowlark 4, goldfinch 7, tree sparrow 141, junco
55, song sparrow 8, towhee 3, cardinal 29, Carolina
wren 2, brown creeper 14, white-breasted nuthatch 15, tufted titmouse
22, chickadee 12, golden-crowned kinglet 13, robin 1, bluebird 13. Total
31 species, 542 individuals. E. S. Thomas, John Thomas, Milton Trautman,
and Robert Geist."
Thought this might be of some interest for folks who've done Xmas
counts recently, worth comparing with results from local experts almost
a century ago...
Bob White
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