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CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
http://www.bsc-eoc.org/national/cbcmain.html The Christmas Bird Count is done in over 1800 localities across Canada, the United States and Latin America. Each local group of birders picks a day between December 14 and January 5th inclusive, sets out a 24-km diameter circle, and then does their best to count all the birds within that circle on the selected day. Local rivalries and the long history of the count have made it one of the biggest social and sporting events in the birding world. More important for bird conservation, however, is the huge database on the distribution and numbers of North American Birds that the Christmas Bird Count has amassed.
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Black-capped Chickadee
Photo by Raymond Toal |
| Bird |
# Counted |
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| ruffed grouse |
6 |
| downy woodpecker |
2 |
| hairy woodpecker |
1 |
| pileated woodpecker |
1 |
| gray jay |
11 |
| blue jay |
4 |
| black-billed magpie |
28 |
| common raven |
138 |
| black-capped chickadee |
174 |
| boreal chickadee |
2 |
| red-breasted nuthatch |
1 |
| white-breasted nuthatch |
1 |
| bohemian waxwing |
100 |
| snow bunting |
1 |
| pine grosbeak |
4 |
| evening grosbeak |
1 |
| common redpoll |
83 |
| house sparrow |
5 |
| northern hawk-owl |
3 |
| european starling |
3 |
| bald eagle |
4 |
| great gray owl |
7 |
| sharp-tailed grouse |
4 |
| northern shrike |
2 |
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| Total Birds |
586 |
| Total Species |
24 |
| Bush Party Hours |
29.5 |
| Birds/Party Hour |
19.9 |
| Feederwatcher |
0 |
| Owling |
2.25 |
If you are interested in getting involved in next year’s Christmas Bird Count, contact Jeff (780-849-7101) or Amy (780-849-7117) and they’ll get you signed up. If you want more information on Christmas Bird Counts in general, please visit the Bird Studies Canada website.
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