Date: 1/31/26 10:09 am From: Jeremy Wrenn (via carolinabirds Mailing List) <carolinabirds...> Subject: Re: Falls Lake Christmas Bird Count results
Well, we may have missed on the Rock Pigeons, but we did have an Oregon
Dark-eyed Junco that Mike Manetz found earlier in the week that showed up
on count day as well!
On Tue, Jan 27, 2026, 2:15 PM Brian Bockhahn <birdranger248...>
wrote:
> The 28th Falls Lake CBC was held on January 2, 2026 under mostly clear
> skies, temperatures 28 to 58 degrees, light winds, no rain or snow.
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> 23 observers in the field and 3 feeder counters tallied 87 species
> (average 90, high 105, low 74) plus two count week birds.
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> Trip report: Falls Lake CBC Jan 2 2026 - eBird Trip Report
> <https://ebird.org/tripreport/435828> >
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> Thanks for using ebird, it really expedited compiling! And it was neat to
> see the trip report update throughout the day and to see what was being
> seen where. I didn’t notice the Rock Pigeon miss or I would have checked
> under the Highway 50 bridge, argh.
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> We did add one new species to the overall count, a single Dunlin on mud
> flats in Ledge Creek making a long walk worth the while. Other goodies
> include our 4th Osprey along the MST.
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> A handful of misses: American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, Red-breasted
> Merganser, Ruddy Duck, WILD TURKEY (2ND miss ever), Northern Harrier,
> Lesser Black-backed Gull, ROCK PIGEON (1st miss), Red-breasted Nuthatch
> (left already) and Pine Siskin (barely invaded).
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> We set a few new high counts with 197 Brown-headed Nuthatch and 51 Purple
> Finch.
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> No noteworthy low counts, but it has been many years since we had large
> numbers of Robins or blackbirds.
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> 58 species have been seen on all 28 counts, steady effort. I think I may
> be the only volunteer left who has helped in all 28 counts, but many are
> close.
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> thanks to all the volunteers who helped out, mark your calendars
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> Falls Lake CBC: Monday January 4, 2027
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> Brian Bockhahn
> <birdranger248...>
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