2003 Lycoming Audubon
Christmas Bird Count
January 3, 2004
The 2003 Christmas Bird Count was held on Saturday, January 3rd, 2004. There were 20 participants this year divided over 11 areas in our count circle. The count circle is a 15-mile diameter circle, centered at the Loyalsock Creek Bridge in Montoursville. Highlights this year include an adult female Rufous Hummingbird that is an extremely rare visitor to the eastern United States during Fall and Winter. Other interesting birds sighted were 3 species of falcon including 3 Peregrine Falcons, 12 Kestrels, and 1 Merlin. Two Saw-Whet Owls responded to calls in the Williamsport Water Authority property off Sulphur Springs Rd. There were no northern finch species recorded this year.
| SPECIES TOTAL Common Loon CW Great Blue Heron 4 Canada Goose 469 Tundra Swan 1 Duck sp. 60 American Black Duck 20 Mallard 218 Am. Green-Winged Teal 1 Bufflehead 9 Common Goldeneye 2 Hooded Merganser 22 Common Merganser 57 Northern Harrier 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 Cooper's Hawk 3 Red-Tailed Hawk 11 American Kestrel 12 *Merlin 1 **Peregrine Falcon 3 Ring-necked Pheasant 10 Ruffed Grouse 3 Wild Turkey 129 Ring-Billed Gull 2 Rock Pigeon 764 Mourning Dove 336 Eastern Screech Owl 11 Saw-Whet Owl 2 Great Horned Owl 3 *Rufous Hummingbird 1 Downy Woodpecker 65 Hairy Woodpecker 11 Northern Flicker 23 |
SPECIES TOTAL Blue-Jay 168 American Crow 600 Common Raven CW Black-capped Chickadee 198 Tufted Titmouse 101 White-breasted Nuthatch 52 Brown Creeper 4 Carolina Wren 35 Golden-crowned Kinglet 23 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Bluebird 83 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin 89 Northern Mockingbird 6 Cedar Waxwing 21 American Tree Sparrow 191 Fox Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 32 White-Throated Sparrow 132 Dark-eyed Junco 468 Northern Cardinal 161 Red-Winged Blackbird 1 Common Grackle 1 European Starling 6594 House Finch 192 American Goldfinch 217 House Sparrow 201 Belted Kingfisher 8 Red-Bellied Woodpecker 20 Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 13 |
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS 11,877
TOTAL SPECIES 62
*First Official Record for Lycoming CBC
**Recorder Previously, but not on count day
Species in bold type are record highs for Lycoming CBC.