Christmas Bird Count -Dec 28, 2014

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valandgarry1We want to thank Lester Pearson College for providing transportation to the Race Rocks Ecological Reserve for the 2014 Christmas Bird Count. Ecoguardian Alex Fletcher picked up Garry Fletcher and Val George with the Race Rocks boat from the Pearson College docks at 9:30 AM. We were able to do a Pedder Bay count as well.

The following is the spreadsheet for the 2014 Christmas Bird Count prepared by Val and Garry. Link to the Index for the past Race Rocks records for the Christmas Bird Counts

2014 Christmas Bird Count –
Summary for Race Rocks and Race Passage

2 observers, 10:00-11:30 AM -6degreesC, wind NE-8km/hr, partly cloudy, .25m on foot, .2km by boat.  Numbers observed follow species in the checklist.

  Greater White-fronted Goose     Red-tailed Hawk     Common Raven  2  
  Snow Goose     Golden Eagle
     Sky Lark      
  Cackling Goose     American Kestrel     Chestnut-backed Chickadee      
  Canada Goose  6 Merlin     Bushtit      
  Mute Swan     Peregrine Falcon     Red-breasted Nuthatch      
  Trumpeter Swan     Ring-necked Pheasant     Brown Creeper      
  Tundra Swan
     Virginia Rail     Bewick’s Wren      
  Wood Duck     American Coot     Pacific Wren      
  Gadwall     Black-bellied Plover     Marsh Wren      
  Eurasian Wigeon     Killdeer     American Dipper      
  American Wigeon     Black Oystercatcher  3 Golden-crowned Kinglet      
  Mallard     Greater Yellowlegs     Ruby-crowned Kinglet      
  Northern Shoveler     Spotted Sandpiper     Townsend’s Solitaire      
  Northern Pintail     Black Turnstone  5 Hermit Thrush      
  Green-winged Teal     Surfbird     American Robin      
  Canvasback     Sanderling     Varied Thrush      
  Redhead     Rock Sandpiper     European Starling      
  Ring-necked Duck     Dunlin     American Pipit    1
  Greater Scaup     Wilson’s Snipe     Cedar Waxwing      
  Lesser Scaup     Mew Gull  80 Orange-crowned Warbler      
  Harlequin Duck  11 California Gull  1 Yellow-rumped Warbler      
  Surf Scoter     Herring Gull  3 Townsend’s Warbler      
  White-winged Scoter  1 Thayer’s Gull  500 Spotted Towhee      
  Black Scoter     Western Gull     Savannah Sparrow      
  Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw)     Glaucous-winged Gull  30 Fox Sparrow      
  Bufflehead
  2 Glaucous Gull     Song Sparrow    2
  Common Goldeneye     Common Murre  70 Lincoln’s Sparrow      
  Barrow’s Goldeneye     Pigeon Guillemot.  2 Swamp Sparrow      
  Hooded Merganser     Marbled Murrelet     White-throated Sparrow      
  Common Merganser     Ancient Murrelet     White-crowned Sparrow      
  Red-breasted Merganser     Rhinoceros Auklet     Golden-crowned Sparrow      
  Ruddy Duck     Eurasian Collared-dove     Dark-eyed Junco      
  California Quail     Rock Pigeon     Red-winged Blackbird      
  Red-throated Loon     Mourning Dove     Western Meadowlark      
  Pacific Loon
  3 Barn Owl     Brewer’s Blackbird      
  Common Loon     Western Screech-Owl     Brown-headed Cowbird      
  Pied-billed Grebe     Great Horned Owl     Purple Finch      
  Horned Grebe     Northern Pygmy Owl     House Finch      
  Red-necked Grebe     Barred Owl     Red Crossbill      
  Eared Grebe     Short-eared Owl     Pine Siskin      
  Western Grebe  8 Northern Saw-whet Owl     American Goldfinch      
  Brandt’s Cormorant
  500 Anna’s Hummingbird     Evening Grosbeak      
  Double-crested Cormorant  10 Belted Kingfisher     House Sparrow      
  Pelagic Cormorant  20 Red-breasted Sapsucker            
  Great blue Heron     Downy Woodpecker            
  Turkey Vulture     Hairy Woodpecker     Boreal  Owl
    1
  Bald Eagle (adult)
 1 Total BAEA Northern Flicker            
  (immature)
 2 3 Pileated Woodpecker            
  Northern Shrike            
  Northern Harrier     Hutton’s Vireo        
  Sharp-shinned Hawk     Steller’s Jay          
  Cooper’s Hawk     Northwestern Crow          
     
           
Location Date Total Number of Birds  1264
Garry Fletcher Race  Rocks 2014-12-28 Total Species  23
Val George Race  Rocks 2014-12-28

 

2014 Christmas Bird Count –
Summary for Pedder Bay

2 observers, 10:00-11:30 AM -6degreesC, wind NE-8km/hr, partly cloudy, .25m on foot, .2km by boat.

Greater White-fronted Goose Red-tailed Hawk Common Raven
Snow Goose Golden Eagle
 Sky Lark
Cackling Goose American Kestrel Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Canada Goose Merlin Bushtit
Mute Swan Peregrine Falcon Red-breasted Nuthatch
Trumpeter Swan Ring-necked Pheasant Brown Creeper
Tundra Swan
 Virginia Rail Bewick’s Wren
Wood Duck American Coot Pacific Wren
Gadwall Black-bellied Plover Marsh Wren
Eurasian Wigeon Killdeer American Dipper
American Wigeon Black Oystercatcher Golden-crowned Kinglet
Mallard Greater Yellowlegs Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Northern Shoveler Spotted Sandpiper Townsend’s Solitaire
Northern Pintail Black Turnstone Hermit Thrush
Green-winged Teal Surfbird American Robin
Canvasback Sanderling Varied Thrush
Redhead Rock Sandpiper European Starling
Ring-necked Duck Dunlin American Pipit 1
Greater Scaup Wilson’s Snipe Cedar Waxwing
Lesser Scaup Mew Gull Orange-crowned Warbler
Harlequin Duck California Gull Yellow-rumped Warbler
Surf Scoter Herring Gull Townsend’s Warbler
White-winged Scoter Thayer’s Gull Spotted Towhee
Black Scoter Western Gull Savannah Sparrow
Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw) Glaucous-winged Gull 5 Fox Sparrow
Bufflehead
 60 Glaucous Gull Song Sparrow 2
Common Goldeneye Common Murre Lincoln’s Sparrow
Barrow’s Goldeneye Pigeon Guillemot. 7 Swamp Sparrow
Hooded Merganser Marbled Murrelet  1 White-throated Sparrow
Common Merganser  16 Ancient Murrelet White-crowned Sparrow
Red-breasted Merganser  5 Rhinoceros Auklet Golden-crowned Sparrow
Ruddy Duck Eurasian Collared-dove Dark-eyed Junco
California Quail Rock Pigeon Red-winged Blackbird
Red-throated Loon Mourning Dove Western Meadowlark
Pacific Loon
 1 Barn Owl Brewer’s Blackbird
Common Loon  1 Western Screech-Owl Brown-headed Cowbird
Pied-billed Grebe Great Horned Owl Purple Finch
Horned Grebe Northern Pygmy Owl House Finch
Red-necked Grebe Barred Owl Red Crossbill
Eared Grebe Short-eared Owl Pine Siskin
Western Grebe Northern Saw-whet Owl American Goldfinch
Brandt’s Cormorant
 Anna’s Hummingbird Evening Grosbeak
Double-crested Cormorant 4 Belted Kingfisher  1 House Sparrow
Pelagic Cormorant Red-breasted Sapsucker
Great blue Heron Downy Woodpecker
Turkey Vulture Hairy Woodpecker Boreal Owl
Bald Eagle (adult)
 Total BAEA Northern Flicker
(immature)
 Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Shrike
Northern Harrier Hutton’s Vireo
Sharp-shinned Hawk Steller’s Jay
Cooper’s Hawk Northwestern Crow
Location Date Total Number of Birds 101
Garry Fletcher Pedder Bay 2014-12-28 Total Species 10
Val George Pedder Bay 2014-12-28