Date: 12/16/24 8:08 pm From: Karen Brown via groups.io <filmfam3...> Subject: Re: [IBLE] 2024 Nampa CBC
Thank you for organizing this!!
On Mon, Dec 16, 2024, 9:01 PM Denise Hughes via groups.io <deniseh449=
<gmail.com...> wrote:
> Tentative results for the count include
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> 101 birds for count day and
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> 2 birds for count week.
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> Two bird species were new to the count this year, Western Bluebird and
> Chestnut-backed Chickadee.
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> We had 52 participants out in the field and watching feeders. A Blue Jay
> has been visiting one feeder for several weeks and a feeder watcher in
> Nampa has had an Anna’s Hummingbird that has showed up for several weeks
> except for count day. So it’s a count week bird. A single Greater
> Yellowlegs was found on Pond Road.
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> I haven’t had a chance to start looking at the checklists but tentative
> counts for Snow Geese (30,000+), Canada Geese (10,000+), and (23,000+)
> Starlings. American Kestrel numbers seem to be high with more than 250
> individuals.
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> Cheryl and I want to thank everyone for supporting our Christmas count,
> whether you were in the field or helping to feed the participants.
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> Denise Hughes
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