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