45 participants in 18 parties
weather: no snow; AM mostly cloudy; PM mostly sunny; all water open; 28º to 41º F.
List of Cleveland Christmas Bird Count
December 15, 2001
Species Name Count Comment
Common Loon 6
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Horned Grebe 7
Double-crested Cormorant 9
Great Blue Heron 29
Canada Goose 2271
Tundra Swan 11
Wood Duck 8
Gadwall 6
American Black Duck 30
Mallard 477
Lesser Scaup 1
Bufflehead 6
Common Goldeneye 27
Hooded Merganser 15 record high count
Red-breasted Merganser 1800
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 10
Red-shouldered Hawk 8
Red-tailed Hawk 33 record high count
American Kestrel 2
Peregrine Falcon 2
Wild Turkey 2
American Coot 1
Bonaparte's Gull 3010
Ring-billed Gull 1704
Herring Gull 819
Iceland Gull 0 Count Week only
Great Black-backed Gull 81
Rock Dove 554
Mourning Dove 172
Eastern Screech-Owl 5 record high count
Great Horned Owl 2
Northern Saw-whet Owl 2 rare, record high count
Belted Kingfisher 20 record high count
Red-headed Woodpecker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 89 record high count
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 102
Hairy Woodpecker 20
Northern Flicker 6
Pileated Woodpecker 9
Blue Jay 381
American Crow 850
Black-capped Chickadee 363
Tufted Titmouse 204
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 103
Carolina Wren 28 record high count (was 24 in 1975)
Eastern Bluebird 85 record high count
American Robin 469
Northern Mockingbird 12 record high count
European Starling 3192
Cedar Waxwing 84
Nashville Warbler 1 First time on the CBC
Common Yellowthroat 0 Count Week only
Eastern Towhee 2
American Tree Sparrow 68
Fox Sparrow 4 rare, record high count
Song Sparrow 20
White-throated Sparrow 66
Dark-eyed Junco 412
Snow Bunting 2
Northern Cardinal 224
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Eastern Meadowlark 1 rare on count
Common Grackle 71
Brown-headed Cowbird 60
House Finch 297
Pine Siskin 4
American Goldfinch 256
House Sparrow 595
Total Species for 2001 CBC: 70 with 2 Count Week; # of individuals: 19,226
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Created: Jan 2, 2002