48 Bobwhites and 46 Red-headed Woodpeckers...  That's not something
you're going to come across these days!  (Although I do see Red-headed
Woodpeckers here in Holmes County with some frequency)

Joseph Boros,
Holmes County

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> 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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