Sponsored by the Kirtland Bird Club and conducted on Cleveland's east side and 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.
weather: overcast at start with blowing snow, increasing as the morning advanced, driving hazardous, temp: about 30º F.
List of Cleveland Christmas Bird Count
December 17,
2011
Species Count Comment
Canada Goose 811
Gadwall 6
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 137
Northern Shoveler 6
Northern Pintail 2
Lesser Scaup 1
Surf Scoter 13
White-winged Scoter 1
Black Scoter 6
Common Goldeneye 110
Hooded Merganser 5
Red-breasted Merganser 1450
Wild Turkey 2
Horned Grebe 16
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 10
Bald Eagle 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper's Hawk 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 7
Red-tailed Hawk 11
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Killdeer 6
Wilson's Snipe 4
Bonaparte's Gull 310
Ring-billed Gull 140
Herring Gull 153
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Rock Pigeon 205
Mourning Dove 99
Eastern Screech-Owl 2
Barred Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 42
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 73
Hairy Woodpecker 9
Northern Flicker 4
Pileated Woodpecker 6
Blue Jay 170
American Crow 85
Black-capped Chickadee 215
Tufted Titmouse 87
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 56
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 13
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 59
American Robin 246
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 621
Eastern Towhee 3
American Tree Sparrow 53
Song Sparrow 44
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 11
Dark-eyed Junco 255
Northern Cardinal 163
House Finch 153
American Goldfinch 190
House Sparrow 534
Total Species for 2011 CBC: 65
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Created: Jan. 14, 2012