Each year, I compile a list of birds seen on the Christmas cards I receive. This is the list for 2011, presented in order of abundance (rather than taxonomic order). The list covers both "hard" cards and their electronic equivalents. (Best viewed using a fixed-width font.) Common Name Scientific Name Number Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis 12 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 7 Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri 6 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 6 (European) Robin Erithacus rubecula 6 (Common) Blackbird Turdus merula 4 Jungle Fowl (domesticated) Gallus gallus domesticus 3 Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla 3 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 2 (European) Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 2 (European) Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 2 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 1 (European) Herring Gull Larus argentatus 1 Dove (generic) Strepopelia nonspecificus 1 (Bohemian) Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 1 Redwing Turdus iliacus 1 Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus 1 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata 1 House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus 1 American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis 1 (Eurasian) Siskin Carduelis spinus 1 John -- =============================================== John Arnfield : Church Stretton, Shropshire, UK ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]