North Coast

Cleveland, Ohio Christmas Bird Count, 2006

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.

62 participants in 18 parties
weather: mostly sunny; all water running; 35º to 43º F. Wind calm.

List of Cleveland Christmas Bird Count
December 16, 2006


Species Name                           Count        Comment

Greater White-fronted Goose               1         2nd time on the count
Canada Goose                           1061    
Wood Duck                                 2
Gadwall                                   1    
American Black Duck                      32    
Mallard                                 605    
Ring-necked Duck                          8         new high count
Greater Scaup                             2    
Lesser Scaup                             30    
Surf Scoter                              14         tied high count
White-winged Scoter                      18         new high count
Black Scoter                             11         new high count
Bufflehead                               25    
Common Goldeneye                        145    
Hooded Merganser                          1    
Common Merganser                          8    
Red-breasted Merganser                14000         new high count
Ring-necked Pheasant                      1
Wild Turkey                               7    
Pied-billed Grebe                         5    
Horned Grebe                              2    
Double-crested Cormorant                  2    
Great Blue Heron                         44    
Sharp-shinned Hawk                        2    
Cooper's Hawk                            18    
Red-shouldered Hawk                      11         new high count
Red-tailed Hawk                          33    
American Kestrel                          4    
Merlin                                    2    
Peregrine Falcon                          1    
American Coot                             1    
Wilson's Snipe                            9    
Bonaparte's Gull                       1700    
Ring-billed Gull                       2213    
Herring Gull                           4053    
Lesser Black-backed Gull                  3    
Glaucous Gull                             1    
Great Black-backed Gull                  60    
Rock Pigeon                            1612         new high count
Mourning Dove                           226    
Eastern Screech-Owl                       4    
Barred Owl                                1    
Belted Kingfisher                        10    
Red-bellied Woodpecker                  102         new high count
Downy Woodpecker                        104    
Hairy Woodpecker                         21    
Northern Flicker                          8    
Pileated Woodpecker                      13    
Blue Jay                                309    
American Crow                            86    
Black-capped Chickadee                  335    
Tufted Titmouse                          78    
Red-breasted Nuthatch                    10    
White-breasted Nuthatch                 103    
Brown Creeper                             1    
Carolina Wren                            38    
Winter Wren                               1    
Golden-crowned Kinglet                    9    
Eastern Bluebird                         71    
American Robin                         1283    
Northern Mockingbird                      9    
European Starling                      1113    
Cedar Waxwing                           100    
American Tree Sparrow                    88    
Song Sparrow                             27    
Swamp Sparrow                             5    
White-throated Sparrow                   69    
White-crowned Sparrow                     1    
Dark-eyed Junco                         286    
Northern Cardinal                       227    
Red-winged Blackbird                      8
Common Grackle                           40    
Purple Finch                              5    
House Finch                             125    
Pine Siskin                               2    
American Goldfinch                      264    
House Sparrow                           471   

     Total Species for 2006 CBC:   77  with none Count Week only


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