48 participants in 18 parties
weather: 6 to 18 in. snow cover; AM sunny; PM some clouds;
water mostly frozen, Lake Erie open;
22º to 30º F.
List of Cleveland Christmas Bird Count
December 17, 2005
Species Name Count Comment
Canada Goose 475
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 168
Northern Shoveler 3
Greater Scaup 1
Lesser Scaup 4
Harlequin Duck 2 Unusual species
Black Scoter 4
Long-tailed Duck 0 Count Week only
Bufflehead 2
Common Goldeneye 25
Common Merganser 7
Red-breasted Merganser 250
Ruddy Duck 1
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Northern Gannet 1 Unusual species
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Bald Eagle 4 New high count
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 18 New high count
Red-shouldered Hawk 8
Red-tailed Hawk 21
American Kestrel 0 Count Week only (4th miss in 66 years)
Merlin 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Coot 3
Wilson's Snipe 1
Bonaparte's Gull 3300
Ring-billed Gull 7430
Herring Gull 5500
Thayer's Gull 2
Iceland Gull 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
Glaucous Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 650 New high count
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 First time on the CBC *
Rock Pigeon 206
Mourning Dove 246
Barred Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 81
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 73
Hairy Woodpecker 22
Northern Flicker 7
Pileated Woodpecker 11
Blue Jay 192
American Crow 137
Black-capped Chickadee 185
Tufted Titmouse 64
Red-breasted Nuthatch 20 New high count
White-breasted Nuthatch 76
Carolina Wren 14
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 35
American Robin 519
Northern Mockingbird 8
European Starling 369
Cedar Waxwing 75
Eastern Towhee 1
American Tree Sparrow 43
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 23
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 117
Dark-eyed Junco 300
Northern Cardinal 166
House Finch 102
Pine Siskin 3
American Goldfinch 164
House Sparrow 306
Total Species for 2005 CBC: 72 with 2 Count Week
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Created: Jan. 6, 2006