Lycoming Audubon’s 2008 Christmas Bird Count (CBC)

 

The 2008 Williamsport (WPT) CBC was held Sunday, Dec. 28. The morning was mostly cloudy and mild for winter with temperatures above freezing. A total of 73 species and  11,555  birds were identified. The 2nd Northern Lycoming CBC was held December 14.

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



Species

2008 WPT  Count

Last Year’s WPT Count (’07)

Previous

Record and Year

 

 

 

 

Canada Goose

301

304

1529 in 2006

Black Duck

3

3

100 in 1986

Mallard

323

198

812 in 2006

Bufflehead

2

7

56 in 1998

Common Merganser

37

26

511 in 2006

Ring-necked Pheasant

5

1

45 in 1971

Ruffed Grouse

5

CW

18 in 1996

Wild Turkey

73

69

224 in 2002

Grebe (species)

1

0

 

Great Blue Heron

3

3

7 in 1998

Bald Eagle

5

2

2 in 2006 & 2007

Northern Harrier

2

0

9 in 1987

Sharp-shinned Hawk

2

2

8 in 1986

Cooper’s Hawk

6

3

9 in 2002

Red-tailed Hawk

33

13

64 in 2003

Rough-legged Hawk

1

0

17 in 1990

American Kestrel

15

9

34 in 1992

Peregrine Falcon

1

1

3 in 2004

Ring-billed Gull

260

4

104 in 2003

Herring Gull

12

0

50 in 2003

Gull (species)

40

0

 

Rock Pigeon

1,039

638

1,720 in 2003

Mourning Dove

290

369

827 in 1988

Eastern Screech Owl

16

16

16 in 2007 & ‘08

Great Horned Owl

4

5

10 in 1990

Barred Owl

2

4

4 in 2006 & ‘07

Saw-whet Owl

1

1

3 in 2002

Belted Kingfisher

4

9

13 in 1993

Red-bellied Woodpecker

31

25

31 in 2003 & ‘08

Yellow-breasted Sapsucker

6

1

6 in 2002 & ‘08

Downy Woodpecker

60

73

109 in 2006

Hairy Woodpecker

11

8

26 in 1987

 

 

 

 

 

 

Species

2008 WPT  Count

Last Year’s WPT Count (’07)

 

Previous

Record and Year

Northern Flicker

18

22

32 in 2005

Pileated Woodpecker

12

2

15 in 2005 & ‘06

Blue Jay

169

197

215 in 1990

American Crow

1,336

707

2,532 in 1979

Fish Crow

1

0

12 in 1987

Common Raven

9

3

15 in 2003

Horned Lark

3

0

320 in 1970

Black-capped Chickadee

211

199

436 in 1994

Tufted Titmouse

168

149

192 in 1975

Red-breasted Nuthatch

11

3

19 in 1973

White-breasted Nuthatch

49

59

98 in 1995

Brown Creeper

9

5

18 in 1979

Carolina Wren

33

25

35 in 2004

Winter Wren

2

7

7 in 2007

Golden-crowned Kinglet

18

25

74 in 1990

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

3

0

13 in 1977

Eastern Bluebird

97

89

161 in 2000

Hermit Thrush

2

1

4 in 2006

American Robin

273

47

150 in 2000

Gray Catbird

1

0

2 in 2005

Northern  Mockingbird

17

6

40 in 1988

European Starling

3,934

2049

11,998 in 1982

American Pipit

5

2

2 in 1982 & 2007

Cedar Waxwing

76

92

397 in 1979

Yellow-rumped Warbler

4

8

32 in 1985

Eastern Towhee

1

1

2 in 1982 & ‘85

American Tree Sparrow

65

96

799 in 1974

Field Sparrow

6

0

59 in 1980

Song Sparrow

41

29

111 in 1985

Swamp Sparrow

1

0

9 in 1985

White-throated Sparrow

110

105

206 in 1986

White-crowned Sparrow

3

0

18 in 1986

Dark-eyed Junco

431

669

2,101 in 1990

Lapland Longspur

3

0

1 in 1969

Snow Bunting

201

3

110 in 1996

Northern Cardinal

111

192

306 in 1990

Red-winged Blackbird

7

4

39 in 1971

Rusty Blackbird

1

0

13 in 1974

Purple Finch

22

15

63 in 1983

House Finch

172

184

1,358 in 1988

Common Redpoll

5

0

49 in 1994

Pine Siskin

435

58

320 in 1988

American Goldfinch

691

166

577 in 1985

House Sparrow

194

162

4,343 in 1979

 

 

 

 

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