North Coast

Cleveland, Ohio Christmas Bird Count, 2001

Sponsored by the Kirtland Bird Club and conducted on Cleveland's east side, eastern suburbs into Lake and Geauga Counties, it covers a circle of 15 miles in diameter centered 0.5 miles west of the junction of Rtes 6 and 175.

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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