Schedule for the Christmas Bird Count Jan, 2008
While no, we probably won't see Carmine Bee Eaters on this year's count, but a good eye and ID skills are still what we need. CBC compiler Liz Hailman is assembling teams for Audubon of Martin County's 'Stuart Count,' which will be held on Saturday, Jan. 5th. Holiday chaos will be over by then, and we're always interested in having experienced birders to participate in this one-day event. To volunteer, contact Liz at 561-746-7293. A pre-count orientation meeting will be held on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 5th. about CBC
Results of the Christmas Bird Count of Dec. 30, 2006
For those of you who participated in the 2007 Christmas Count, thank you very much for helping us. To those who were in previous counts, I hope you will be able to join us another year. We had 19 parties with 72 participants, and covered all but one area and some of the gated communities. The total number of species is 118, as compared with 114 last year, not a significant difference.
Here are some of the best finds of our count on Dec. 30, 2006, not reported last year, and seen on fewer than half of Stuart's 43 counts:
There was 1 Roseate Spoonbill seen by Greg Kaufman's party in the Savannas.
A Marsh Wren was seen by Phillip Kline in Liz Albertson's area in Jensen Beach and the Savannas.
Jack Hailman's party picked up 5 Piping Plovers and 50 American Widgeon.
Cedar Waxwings have reappeared on the scene, with over 200 seen by 4 parties.
In striking numbers were American Robins (over 3000, vs. 81 last year) and Tree Swallows (about 2700, 10 times more than last year.
Again, thanks for participating and I hope you will be able to do it again next year. - Liz Elizabeth D. Hailman Compiler, Stuart Christmas Bird Count ehailman@wisc.edu
Christmas Bird Count List - Dec. 30, 2006
118 species - 20472 individuals
22
68
647
192
125
38
110
159
105
151
63
575
13
3
9
1564
251
1
42
191
585
51
8
50
7
7
355
84
1
18
795
6
15
155
8
4
1
5
22
16
113
1
94
56
93
32
5
121
5
1
106
17
27
154
1
23
2
445
3
Pied-billed Grebe
Northern Gannet
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Anhinga
Magnificent Frigatebird
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-cr. Night-Heron
Yellow-cr. Night-Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Wood Stork
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Mallard
Mottled-Mallard hybrid
Mottled Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Purple Gallinule
Common Moorhen
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Black-bellied Plover
Piping Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Dunlin
Wilson's Snipe
Laughing Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
20
12
6
39
2
44
56
307
78
48
453
11
20
2
2
4
1
47
54
8
18
7
27
2
30
3
11
44
10
147
2299
2684
10
1
6
49
3050
70
157
2
284
203
723
16
44
6
185
2
21
9
1
72
7
51
429
289
10
16
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon (Rock Dove)
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Common Ground-Dove
Monk Parakeet
Great Horned Owl
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (M)
Archilochus sp.
hummingbird sp.
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Loggerhead Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
Florida Scrub-Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Carolina Wren
Marsh Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Pine Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Eastern Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Painted Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Sparrow
