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Monday, December 20, 2010

Plainfield CBC Results


On Saturday, the 50th Plainfield Christmas Bird Count was held and the preliminary results are in. These results are not complete, but already we've recorded a 10-year high in our total species count of 40 (ten year average is 25 species). The most unusual sighting was a group of three Lapland Longspur that were seen eating grit by the side of a road, the first time this species has appeared for the Plainfield circle. Other highlights included a flock of 18 Pine Grosbeak (not many/any reports this season), a pair of Hooded Mergansers (rare on this count), good numbers of Bohemian Waxwing (98), and others. The preliminary tally is below:

Mallard 11
Hooded Merganser 2
Ruffed Grouse 2
Wild Turkey 311
Accipiter sp. 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rock Pigeon 349
Mourning Dove 160
Barred Owl 1
Downy Woodpecker 39
Hairy Woodpecker 42
Pileated Woodpecker 7
Northern Shrike 1
Blue Jay 216
American Crow 247
Common Raven 46
Black-capped Chickadee 1263
Tufted Titmouse 13
Red-breasted Nuthatch 13
White-breasted Nuthatch 34
Brown Creeper 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 13
American Robin 1
European Starling 752
Bohemian Waxwing 98
Cedar Waxwing 10
American Tree Sparrow 22
Dark-eyed Junco 22
Lapland Longspur 3
Snow Bunting 175
Northern Cardinal 27
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Pine Grosbeak 18
Purple Finch 2
House Finch 7
Common Redpoll 40
Pine Siskin 2
American Goldfinch 188
Evening Grosbeak 12
House Sparrow 36

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