Christmas Bird Count

It was a COLD and windy bird count day. You can tell by the water color it was a cloudy grey day. Here is a list of what we saw. Please understand that our area is a very rural area with farms and scattered houses. Not a lot of places to stop and watch for birds.

 

11 American Crows  

11 Northern Cardinals

4 Northern Mockingbirds

13 Blue Jays

1 Carolina Wren

10 Dark-eyed Juncos

51 Cedar-Waxwings

10 Yellow rumped warbler

3 Tufted Titmouse

2 Road Runner

30 Ringed-necked Duck

12 Canvasback

1 Great Blue Heron

2 Ring-billed gull

27 Canada Geese

8 Common goldeneye

20 Gadwall

25 Mallard

20 Bufflehead

8 Coot

5 Redhead

16 Grackle

23 Goldfinch

10 Bluebirds

2 Downy Woodpecker

3 Red-bellied Woodpecker

5 House Finch

 



Photos from the Christmas Bird Count 2013.

 

So I was able to add photos. The Christmas Bird Count day was a chilly one, and a bit windy.

 

 Our area was a 15 square mile area for the count. We saw 26 different  types of birds...for a total of 511 birds in all.

 

Half this pond was frozen. We saw a lot of water fowl. There were hundreds we could not id because most were on private property.

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas bird count

We are so excited! We got our quad assignment for the Christmas bird count. We will do the count then turn in our bird count numbers. This info along with all the other bird counts are passed on to the scientists...ornithologist...They track populations and distribution of birds. Anyway...this means more photos for me! Oh yes!