Date: 1/18/26 10:49 am From: Robert Lewis (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Durham NC CBC results
Twenty-seven observers in seventeen parties enjoyed a good, if unremarkable, Christmas Count at Durham NC on December 14. The weather was pretty good, mostly cloudy, no rain, and temperature between 35 and 45. We totaled 92 species, the same as last year.
One remarkable fact was that we had more Purple Finches than House Finches, 75 to 39. As usual, Ring-billed Gull was the most common species. It, Bald Eagle, and Double-crested Cormorant each more than doubled their totals from last year. But Bonaparte's Gull surged from 27 last year to 999 this year! There's a pattern here somewhere.
Thanks to Alex Nickely for producing a nice new map of the count circle.
Thank you to all who counted! If you are interested in participating this December, reach out to me at <rfermat...>.
