Lycoming Audubon’s 2008 Christmas Bird Count (CBC) for Northern Lycoming County The second 2008 Northern Lycoming CBC was held Sunday, Dec. 14. The weather was dry with temperatures near freezing. Ice was present on lakes and ponds. A total of 58 species and 6,667 birds were identified. For more information on any one species, use this Cornell Lab of Ornithology link.
Species	2008 Northern Lyco Count	2007 Northern Lyco Count
Canada Goose	1	0
Mallard	6	0
Common Merganser	CW*	1
Ring-necked Pheasant	1	0
Ruffed Grouse	1	2
Wild Turkey	18	199
Bald Eagle	2	0
Northern Harrier	11	0
Sharp-shinned Hawk	2	1
Cooper’s Hawk	3	3
Red-shouldered Hawk	1	1
Red-tailed Hawk	11	20
Rough-legged Hawk	3	4
American Kestrel	4	2
Gull (species)	38	0
Rock Pigeon	147	191
Mourning Dove	117	114
Eastern Screech Owl	3	6
Great Horned Owl	1	6
Short-eared Owl	3	0
Red-bellied Woodpecker	5	3
Yellow-breasted Sapsucker	3	2
Downy Woodpecker	15	27
Hairy Woodpecker	3	6
Northern Flicker	1	0
Pileated Woodpecker	2	4
Blue Jay	173	155
American Crow	396	362
Common Raven	47	36
Horned Lark	125	103
Black-capped Chickadee	171	215
Tufted Titmouse	38	50
White-breasted Nuthatch	19	47
Brown Creeper	2	3
Carolina Wren	4	0
Winter Wren	1	0
Golden-crowned Kinglet	11	11
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	2	0
Eastern Bluebird	64	29
Hermit Thrush	1	0
Species	2008 Northern Lyco Count	2007 Northern Lyco Count
American Robin	28	12
Northern Mockingbird	3	4
European Starling	698	973
Cedar Waxwing	201	83
American Tree Sparrow	96	147
Song Sparrow	6	6
White-throated Sparrow	6	5
Dark-eyed Junco	456	550
Snow Bunting	10	410
Northern Cardinal	26	51
Common Grackle	40	0
Brown-headed Cowbird	10	16
Purple Finch	9	0
House Finch	89	65
White-winged Crossbill	24	0
Pine Siskin	183	9
American Goldfinch	243	63
House Sparrow	125	79
*CW= not observed during the CBC, but observed within 3 days of the CBC date