>Subject: Hanover-Norwich CBC results

Greetings hardy observers and would-be-observers if the weather had cooperated:

At long last, here is a compilation of the results of the Hanover-Norwich Christmas Bird Count, held on that icy New Year's Day, 2007.

Canada Goose                                 CW
American Black Duck                        17
Mallard                        *356 *(2^nd highest)
Hooded Merganser                              5
Common Merganser                          30
Ruffed Grouse                                       2
Wild Turkey                                         80
Bald Eagle                     2 (1 ad, 1 imm)
Cooper's Hawk                                     *7*
Northern Goshawk                                1
Red-tailed Hawk                                   8
American Kestrel                                  1
Ring-billed Gull                                      1
Herring Gull                                            2
Great Black-backed Gull                      5
Rock Pigeon                                     550
Mourning Dove                                 358
Barred Owl                                            1
Downy Woodpecker                          55
Hairy Woodpecker                             32
Pileated Woodpecker                          3
Blue Jay                                             238
American Crow                              2900
Common Raven                                  39
Horned Lark                                          4
Black-capped Chickadee             1391
Tufted Titmouse                                  74
Red-breasted Nuthatch                      29
White-breasted Nuthatch                 111
Brown Creeper                                     5
Carolina Wren                                       *9*
Golden-crowned Kinglet                    20
*Eastern Bluebird*       2 (3^rd count rec)
American Robin                                  19
Northern Mockingbird                           3
European Starling                            851
Cedar Waxwing                                442
American Tree Sparrow                  149
Song Sparrow                                       8
White-throated Sparrow                       3
Dark-eyed Junco                              426
Northern Cardinal                             104
Brown-headed Cowbird                       4
Purple Finch                                          9
House Finch                                      189
Pine Siskin                                        CW
American Goldfinch                         586
House Sparrow                                339

Total Species                                      46
(plus 2 Count Week Species)

Total Individuals                             9,470     
15 Participants in 8 Field Parties

Hours: 59 (32.5 car, 26.5 foot) plus 17 at feeders
Miles: 380.5 (361 car, 19.5 foot)

Bold type indicates significant species or high totals 
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Overnight freezing rain is not conducive to getting observers out for early-morning bird counting. Only two record counts this year (Carolina Wren & Cooper's Hawk), but respectable numbers of the regular species none-the-less. The weather probably led to missed goldeneye and shrike; the northern finches simply stayed to our north where the good cone crops are.

Sincere thanks to all -- we hope to see you again next year, along with everyone else trapped at home by icy roads this year.



Walter, Nancy & Dan

23460 Clarissa Rd
Chestertown, MD 21620
410-778-9568

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