42 participants in 18 parties
weather: 3 - 6 inches snow and slush cover; AM mist and drizzle; PM mostly rain; still water frozen.
List of Cleveland Christmas Bird Count
December 16, 2000
Species Name Count Comment
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Horned Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 15
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 rare on count
Canada Goose 1875
Tundra Swan 17
Wood Duck 1
American Black Duck 42
Mallard 321
Northern Pintail 0 Count Week only
Canvasback 0 Count Week only
Redhead 4
Greater Scaup 15
Lesser Scaup 0 Count Week only
Surf Scoter 2
Bufflehead 26
Common Goldeneye 70
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 22
Red-breasted Merganser 2436
Ruddy Duck 3
Bald Eagle 1 rare on count
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4
Cooper's Hawk 6
Red-shouldered Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk 25
American Kestrel 1
Wild Turkey 13 First time on the CBC
American Coot 10
Dunlin 0 Count Week only rare on count
Common Snipe 3
Bonaparte's Gull 360
Ring-billed Gull 1231
Herring Gull 468
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Rock Dove 678
Mourning Dove 175
Great Horned Owl 2
Long-eared Owl 1 rare on count
Short-eared Owl 1 rare on count
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 rare on count
Belted Kingfisher 5
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 62
Downy Woodpecker 84
Hairy Woodpecker 15
Northern Flicker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 6
Blue Jay 360
American Crow 560
Black-capped Chickadee 242
Tufted Titmouse 139
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 61
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 16
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 56
American Robin 119
Northern Mockingbird 8
Brown Thrasher 1 rare on count
European Starling 556
Cedar Waxwing 108
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8
Eastern Towhee 2
American Tree Sparrow 131
Song Sparrow 34
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 35
White-crowned Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco 311
Lapland Longspur 1
Snow Bunting 18
Northern Cardinal 119
Red-winged Blackbird 1
House Finch 73
American Goldfinch 160
House Sparrow 254
Total Species for 2000 CBC: 77 with 4 Count Week; # of individuals: 11,410
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Created: Jan 24, 2001