Mark your calendars to help at the OHOS Christmas Bird Count on Thursday
December 31, 2015. We meet at the Wendys at Dublin Rd and Glick Rd at
7amET to get your maps, check lists and assignments. Please email Darlene
on or before Dec 20 if you plan to help with the count so she can assign
teams. We welcome new birders and last year our 68 observers compiled 79
species of birds for the day. An overview for the 2014 count is below.
Look forward to hearing from you if you can help this year. We meet at 5pm
at Iacanos in Shawnee Hills to turn in data sheets and celebrate our hard
work and warm up with food and bird tales/tails
.
Thanks
Darlene Sillick
Powell, Ohio 43065
Mobile/text preferred 614-288-3696
National Audubon Christmas Bird Count: OShaughnessy Circle
Location
The OShaughnessy Reservoir Christmas Bird Count is centered at 40.2167
degrees North x -83.2167 degrees West, which is in Union County just
northwest of the intersection of Watkins Road (CR 104) and State Road (CR
96). The count circle includes much of the O'Shaughnessy Reservoir,
suburban Dublin and some Plain City, eastern Marysville, western Powell,
southern Delaware and rural areas. The Columbus Zoo, Glacier Ridge Metro
Park, Blues Creek and Emily Traphagen and Ohio Wildlife Center and Twin
Lakes are some highlights along the Scioto River corridor.
History
The OShaughnessy Reservoir CBC has been conducted annually since 1955.
115th OHOS Christmas Bird Count December 31, 2014
December 31, 2014, 68 observers sponsored by Columbus Audubon, spent the day
counting birds in NW Columbus including Franklin, Delaware and Union
Counties. It was a very cold day (11-23 degrees during count time) and 66
observers in the field with 2 feeder counters were able to tally 79 species
(including 2 found during count week) and a total of 14,399 individual
birds.
Count Date: December 31, 2014; 6:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Temp. 11-25 ΊF.
Wind 5-10 mph Still water partly frozen, moving water starting to freeze.
The day was partly cloudy
Observers: 66 in the field in 13 parties, 2 at the feeders. Total party
hours: 171 (127 on foot, 43 in cars, 1 on bike; 3 owling). Total Party
miles: 251.7 driven, 59.25 hours driven, 47.5 miles walked and 109.5 hours
walked including 3 folks owling)
Pied-billed Grebe 1; Double-crested Cormorant 1; Great Blue Heron 36;
Tundra Swan 3; Mute Swan 2; Canada Goose 1027; Black Duck 14;
Mallard 818; Northern Shoveler 16; Gadwall 2; Lesser Scaup - 4;
Ring-necked Duck 5; Common Goldeneye 11; Hooded Merganser 43; Common
Merganser 3; Canvasback 6; Ruddy Duck 2
Bald Eagle 12; Sharp-shinned Hawk 1; Coopers Hawk 25; Northern
Harrier 3; Red-shouldered Hawk 7; Red-tailed Hawk 95; American
Kestrel 24; Roughlegged Hawk- 1 (CW)
Wild Turkey 6; Pheasant 2; Bonapartes Gull- 6; Ring-billed Gull 275;
Rock Dove 146; Mourning Dove 328;
Eastern Screech Owl 2; Great Horned Owl 2; Barred Owl 4; Long-eared
Owl 1; Short-eared Owl 1;
Belted Kingfisher 9; Red-headed Woodpecker 6; Red-bellied Woodpecker
82; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 7; Downy Woodpecker 88; Hairy Woodpecker
31; Northern Flicker 36; Pileated Woodpecker 11
Blue Jay 293; American Crow 212; Horned Lark 151; Carolina
Chickadee 270; Tufted Titmouse 167; White-breasted Nuthatch 81;
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1; Brown Creeper 20; Carolina Wren 41; Winter
Wren 1; Golden-crowned Kinglet 4; Eastern Bluebird 147; Hermit
Thrush 1 (CW); American Robin 380; Northern Mockingbird 17;
European Starling 5898; Cedar Waxwing 5; Yellow-rumped Warbler 4;
Northern Cardinal 539; Eastern Towhee 2; American Tree Sparrow 235;
Field Sparrow 9; Song Sparrow 77; Swamp Sparrow 1; White-throated
Sparrow 84; White-crowned Sparrow 6; Fox Sparrow 1; Dark-eyed Junco
541; Red-winged Blackbird 1; Common Grackle 4; House Finch 364;
Purple Finch 1; American Goldfinch 241; Pine Siskin 1; House
Sparrow 1285
Totals: 79 species, 14,339 individuals (we had 81 species in #114 last
year)
Birds seen Count Period, but not Count Day: Hermit Thrush and Rough-legged
Hawk
Special thanks to the 13 parties and 66 people in the field along with the 2
feeder counters giving their time to #115 years of citizen science for
National Audubon. See you next year on Dec. 31, 2015!!
Best,
Darlene
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