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Lycoming Audubon’s 2006 Christmas Bird Count (CBC) The 2006 CBC was
held Sunday, Dec. 17. The morning was mostly cloudy with a frosty start, but
was milder than normal. A total of 66 species and 10,424 birds were
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2006 Count |
Last Year’s Count (’05) |
Previous Record and Year |
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Canada Goose |
1,529 |
345 |
1239 in 2001 |
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American Wigeon |
1 |
0 |
2 in 1993 |
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Gadwall |
8 |
--- |
New Species, 8 in 2006 |
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Black Duck |
19 |
36 |
100 in 1986 |
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Mallard |
812 |
199 |
569 in 1992 |
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Northern Pintail |
1 |
5 |
5 in 2005 |
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Ring-necked Duck |
3 |
0 |
4 in 2002 |
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Scaup species |
CW* |
0 |
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Bufflehead |
40 |
15 |
56 in 1998 |
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Common Goldeneye |
10 |
0 |
4 in 2002 |
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Hooded Merganser |
65 |
0 |
22 in 2004 |
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Common Merganser |
511 |
37 |
92 in 1998 |
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Ring-necked Pheasant |
1 |
1 |
45 in 1971 |
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Ruffed Grouse |
2 |
0 |
18 in 1996 |
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Wild Turkey |
36 |
121 |
224 in 2002 |
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Great Blue Heron |
4 |
1 |
7 in 1998 |
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Bald Eagle |
2 |
1 |
1 in 2003 |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
5 |
4 |
8 in 1986 |
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Cooper’s Hawk |
5 |
6 |
9 in 2002 |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
39 |
44 |
64 in 2003 |
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Rough-legged Hawk |
0 |
5 |
17 in 1990 |
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American Kestrel |
12 |
11 |
34 in 1992 |
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Peregrine Falcon |
1 |
2 |
3 in 2004 |
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American Coot |
7 |
0 |
7 in 1995 |
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Ring-billed Gull |
43 |
2 |
104 in 2003 |
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Herring Gull |
45 |
1 |
50 in 2003 |
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Rock Pigeon |
1,180 |
796 |
1,720 in 2003 |
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Mourning Dove |
464 |
134 |
827 in 1988 |
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Eastern Screech Owl |
15 |
12 |
15 in 2003 |
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Great Horned Owl |
4 |
4 |
10 in 1990 |
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Barred Owl |
4 |
0 |
2 in 1996 |
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Saw-whet Owl |
1 |
1 |
3 in 2002 |
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Belted Kingfisher |
5 |
2 |
13 in 1993 |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker |
28 |
24 |
31 in 2003 |
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Yellow-breasted Sapsucker |
1 |
1 |
6 in 2002 |
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Downy Woodpecker |
109 |
58 |
104 in 1987 |
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Hairy Woodpecker |
15 |
15 |
26 in 1987 |
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Northern Flicker |
25 |
32 |
32 in 2005 |
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Pileated Woodpecker |
15 |
15 |
15 in 2005 |
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Blue Jay |
200 |
127 |
215 in 1990 |
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American Crow |
842 |
733 |
2,532 in 1979 |
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Fish Crow |
3 |
0 |
12 in 1987 |
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Common Raven |
12 |
1 |
15 in 2003 |
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Horned lark |
0 |
79 |
320 in 1970 |
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Black-capped Chickadee |
246 |
244 |
436 in 1994 |
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Tufted Titmouse |
149 |
117 |
192 in 1975 |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch |
0 |
16 |
19 in 1973 |
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
97 |
47 |
98 in 1995 |
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Brown Creeper |
2 |
1 |
18 in 1979 |
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19 |
19 |
35 in 2004 |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet |
15 |
23 |
74 in 1990 |
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Eastern Bluebird |
160 |
113 |
161 in 2000 |
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Hermit Thrush |
4 |
2 |
3 in 1993 |
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American Robin |
38 |
202 |
150 in 2000 |
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Gray Catbird |
0 |
2 |
2 in 2005 |
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Northern Mockingbird |
30 |
14 |
40 in 1988 |
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European Starling |
1,425 |
6,621 |
11,998 in 1982 |
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Cedar Waxwing |
51 |
7 |
397 in 1979 |
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Eastern Towhee |
0 |
CW |
2 in 1985 |
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American Tree Sparrow |
126 |
130 |
799 in 1974 |
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Field Sparrow |
49 |
4 |
59 in 1980 |
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Fox Sparrow |
0 |
1 |
5 in 1972 |
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Song Sparrow |
44 |
25 |
111 in 1985 |
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Swamp Sparrow |
3 |
0 |
9 in 1985 |
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White-throated Sparrow |
110 |
181 |
206 in 1986 |
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White-crowned Sparrow |
2 |
0 |
18 in 1986 |
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Dark-eyed Junco |
816 |
667 |
2,101 in 1990 |
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Northern Cardinal |
205 |
124 |
306 in 1990 |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
1 |
0 |
39 in 1971 |
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Brown-headed Cowbird |
10 |
2 |
38 in 1979 |
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Purple Finch |
0 |
4 |
63 in 1983 |
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House Finch |
267 |
135 |
1,358 in 1988 |
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American Goldfinch |
204 |
102 |
577 in 1985 |
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House Sparrow |
246 |
227 |
4,343 in 1979 |
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*CW= not observed during the CBC, but observed within 3 days of
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