North Coast

Cleveland, Ohio Christmas Bird Count, 2003

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.

41 participants in 18 parties
weather: 3 to 6 in. snow cover; AM and PM snow or rain; water open in lakes and streams, still water frozen; 28º to 33º F. Wind 5 - 10 mph.

List of Cleveland Christmas Bird Count
December 20, 2003


Species Name                           Count        Comment

Canada Goose                           1630    
American Black Duck                       8    
Mallard                                 162    
Canvasback                               60    
Redhead                                  50    
Greater Scaup                             8    
Lesser Scaup                             50    
Surf Scoter                               2    
Black Scoter                              2    
Bufflehead                               12    
Common Goldeneye                         60    
Hooded Merganser                          1    
Common Merganser                          7    
Red-breasted Merganser                 4000    
Double-crested Cormorant                  1    
Great Blue Heron                          7    
Bald Eagle                                1    
Sharp-shinned Hawk                        1    
Cooper's Hawk                             9    
Red-shouldered Hawk                       5    
Red-tailed Hawk                          23    
American Kestrel                          1    
Wilson's Snipe                            2    
Bonaparte's Gull                        250    
Ring-billed Gull                       3127    
Herring Gull                            358    
Thayer's Gull                             1    
Lesser Black-backed Gull                  1    
Rock Pigeon                            1067    
Mourning Dove                           219    
Belted Kingfisher                         5    
Red-headed Woodpecker                     1    
Red-bellied Woodpecker                   78    
Downy Woodpecker                        108    
Hairy Woodpecker                         21    
Northern Flicker                          8    
Pileated Woodpecker                       8    
Eastern Phoebe                            1    unusual on count
Blue Jay                                167    
American Crow                           104    
Horned Lark                               3    
Black-capped Chickadee                  190    
Tufted Titmouse                         108    
Red-breasted Nuthatch                     2    
White-breasted Nuthatch                  86    
Carolina Wren                            21    
Golden-crowned Kinglet                    2    
Ruby-crowned Kinglet                      1    
Eastern Bluebird                         28    
American Robin                          272    
Northern Mockingbird                      7    
European Starling                      1250    
Cedar Waxwing                             1    
American Tree Sparrow                   110    
Song Sparrow                             24    
Swamp Sparrow                             1    
White-throated Sparrow                   41    
White-crowned Sparrow                     1    
Dark-eyed Junco                         296    
Northern Cardinal                       235    
Red-winged Blackbird                     15    
Common Grackle                          248    
Brown-headed Cowbird                     30    
House Finch                             115    
American Goldfinch                      215    
House Sparrow                           721    


     Total Species for 2003 CBC:   66  with 0 Count Week; # of individuals: 15,649


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Created: Dec. 18, 2004