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 identified.
Record high counts for a species are highlighted. For more information on any one species, use this Cornell Ornithology link.


Species

2006 Count

Last Year’s Count (’05)

Previous

Record and Year

 

 

 

 

Canada Goose

1,529

345

1239 in 2001

American Wigeon

1

0

2 in 1993

Gadwall

8

---

New Species, 8 in 2006

Black Duck

19

36

100 in 1986

Mallard

812

199

569 in 1992

Northern Pintail

1

5

5 in 2005

Ring-necked Duck

3

0

4 in 2002

Scaup species

CW*

0

---

Bufflehead

40

15

56 in 1998

Common Goldeneye

10

0

4 in 2002

Hooded Merganser

65

0

22 in 2004

Common Merganser

511

37

92 in 1998

Ring-necked Pheasant

1

1

45 in 1971

Ruffed Grouse

2

0

18 in 1996

Wild Turkey

36

121

224 in 2002

Great Blue Heron

4

1

7 in 1998

Bald Eagle

2

1

1 in 2003

Sharp-shinned Hawk

5

4

8 in 1986

Cooper’s Hawk

5

6

9 in 2002

Red-tailed Hawk

39

44

64 in 2003

Rough-legged Hawk

0

5

17 in 1990

American Kestrel

12

11

34 in 1992

Peregrine Falcon

1

2

3 in 2004

American Coot

7

0

7 in 1995

Ring-billed Gull

43

2

104 in 2003

Herring Gull

45

1

50 in 2003

Rock Pigeon

1,180

796

1,720 in 2003

Mourning Dove

464

134

827 in 1988

Eastern Screech Owl

15

12

15 in 2003

Great Horned Owl

4

4

10 in 1990

Barred Owl

4

0

2 in 1996

Saw-whet Owl

1

1

3 in 2002

Belted Kingfisher

5

2

13 in 1993

Red-bellied Woodpecker

28

24

31 in 2003

Yellow-breasted Sapsucker

1

1

6 in 2002

Downy Woodpecker

109

58

104 in 1987

Hairy Woodpecker

15

15

26 in 1987

Northern Flicker

25

32

32 in 2005

Pileated Woodpecker

15

15

15 in 2005

Blue Jay

200

127

215 in 1990

American Crow

842

733

2,532 in 1979

Fish Crow

3

0

12 in 1987

Common Raven

12

1

15 in 2003

Horned lark

0

79

320 in 1970

Black-capped Chickadee

246

244

436 in 1994

Tufted Titmouse

149

117

192 in 1975

Red-breasted Nuthatch

0

16

19 in 1973

White-breasted Nuthatch

97

47

98 in 1995

Brown Creeper

2

1

18 in 1979

Carolina Wren

19

19

35 in 2004

Golden-crowned Kinglet

15

23

74 in 1990

Eastern Bluebird

160

113

161 in 2000

Hermit Thrush

4

2

3 in 1993

American Robin

38

202

150 in 2000

Gray Catbird

0

2

2 in 2005

Northern  Mockingbird

30

14

40 in 1988

European Starling

1,425

6,621

11,998 in 1982

Cedar Waxwing

51

7

397 in 1979

Eastern Towhee

0

CW

2 in 1985

American Tree Sparrow

126

130

799 in 1974

Field Sparrow

49

4

59 in 1980

Fox Sparrow

0

1

5 in 1972

Song Sparrow

44

25

111 in 1985

Swamp Sparrow

3

0

9 in 1985

White-throated Sparrow

110

181

206 in 1986

White-crowned Sparrow

2

0

18 in 1986

Dark-eyed Junco

816

667

2,101 in 1990

Northern Cardinal

205

124

306 in 1990

Red-winged Blackbird

1

0

39 in 1971

Brown-headed Cowbird

10

2

38 in 1979

Purple Finch

0

4

63 in 1983

House Finch

267

135

1,358 in 1988

American Goldfinch

204

102

577 in 1985

House Sparrow

246

227

4,343 in 1979

 

 

 

 

*CW= not observed during the CBC, but observed within 3 days of CBC date