Date: 12/16/24 8:45 am From: Deb Grantham <dgg3...> Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Syracuse CBC Results
This prompts me to write that I've had dozens of robins (but not 10s of thousands) around my house for over a month now.
Deb
From: <bounce-128539490-83565122...> <bounce-128539490-83565122...> On Behalf Of Jason Luscier
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2024 9:25 AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <CAYUGABIRDS-L...>
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Syracuse CBC Results
The Syracuse CBC occurred on Saturday, 14 December. Highlights included:
1. a MASSIVE number of American Robins (a count record),
2. Magnolia Warbler (a count first),
3. Palm Warbler,
4. Gray Catbirds (2),
5. Killdeer (2),
6. high counts of both Carolina and Winter Wrens,
7. noticeably absent: loons, Brown-headed Cowbird, Peregrine Falcon, Merlin
Species
TOTAL
Cackling Goose
3
Canada Goose
9131
Mute Swan
11
Tundra Swan
139
Gadwall
13
American Wigeon
1
American Black Duck
4
Mallard
493
Mallard (Domestic type)
2
Northern Shoveler
3
Northern Pintail
2
Redhead
742
Greater Scaup
77
Lesser Scaup
54
White-winged Scoter
1
Bufflehead
19
Common Goldeneye
21
Hooded Merganser
61
Common Merganser
1661
Red-breasted Merganser
30
Wild Turkey
111
Pied-billed Grebe
3
Horned Grebe
2
Red-necked Grebe
2
Double-crested Cormorant
48
Great Blue Heron (Blue form)
15
Turkey Vulture
45
Northern Harrier
6
Sharp-shinned Hawk
5
Cooper's Hawk
13
Sharp/Coops
1
Bald Eagle
20
Red-tailed Hawk
54
American Coot
80
Killdeer
2
Bonaparte's Gull
4
Ring-billed Gull
1166
Herring Gull
72
Great Black-backed Gull
13
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
1753
Mourning Dove
187
Eastern Screech-Owl
3
Great Horned Owl
7
Belted Kingfisher
1
Red-bellied Woodpecker
98
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
16
Downy Woodpecker
143
Hairy Woodpecker
30
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
48
Pileated Woodpecker
24
American Kestrel
1
Merlin
1
Blue Jay
100
American Crow
2064
Fish Crow
8
Common Raven
14
Black-capped Chickadee
544
Tufted Titmouse
144
Red-breasted Nuthatch
8
White-breasted Nuthatch
145
Brown Creeper
6
Winter Wren
12
Marsh Wren
1
Carolina Wren
55
Golden-crowned Kinglet
28
Eastern Bluebird
52
Hermit Thrush
5
American Robin
29234
Gray Catbird
2
Northern Mockingbird
28
European Starling
4253
Cedar Waxwing
28
Snow Bunting
15
Yellow-rumped Warbler
2
American Tree Sparrow
166
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)
296
White-throated Sparrow
219
Song Sparrow
17
Eastern Towhee
1
Northern Cardinal
270
Red-winged Blackbird
21
Common Grackle
4
House Finch
131
Purple Finch
1
American Goldfinch
209
House Sparrow
461
Black Vulture
5
Palm Warbler
1
Magnolia Warbler
1
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