55 participants in 17 parties
weather: 3 to 12 in. snow cover; AM sunny; PM partly cloudy;
water open in lakes and streams, still water frozen;
32º to 39º F. Wind calm AM, 5 mph S PM.
List of Cleveland Christmas Bird Count
December 18, 2004
Species Name Count Comment
Canada Goose 1201
Wood Duck 1
Gadwall 0 Count Week only
American Black Duck 3
Mallard 166
Redhead 0 Count Week only
Lesser Scaup 3
Surf Scoter 1
Bufflehead 15
Common Goldeneye 49
Common Merganser 100
Red-breasted Merganser 8002
Wild Turkey 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 9
Bald Eagle 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 9
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 34 new high count
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 2
American Coot 0 Count Week only
Wilson's Snipe 6
Bonaparte's Gull 800
Ring-billed Gull 2234
Herring Gull 513
Great Black-backed Gull 150
Rock Pigeon 1065
Mourning Dove 262
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Barred Owl 4
Belted Kingfisher 6
Red-headed Woodpecker 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 87
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 94
Hairy Woodpecker 21
Northern Flicker 8
Pileated Woodpecker 13 recent high count
Blue Jay 296
American Crow 141
Black-capped Chickadee 270
Tufted Titmouse 105
Red-breasted Nuthatch 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 102
Brown Creeper 3
Carolina Wren 41 new high count
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 8
Eastern Bluebird 77
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 1773 new high count
Northern Mockingbird 11
European Starling 3244
Cedar Waxwing 33
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Eastern Towhee 3
American Tree Sparrow 107
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 42
White-throated Sparrow 79
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 334
Northern Cardinal 257
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 14
Purple Finch 1
House Finch 285
Pine Siskin 68 new high count
American Goldfinch 228
House Sparrow 729
Total Species for 2004 CBC: 71 with 3 Count Week; # of individuals: 23,149
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Created: Jan. 7, 2005