Summary of Cleveland Christmas Bird Counts 1940 - 2006
Years Overall Yr Seen
Species Name Seen Average Average Max Max Yr Min Count Week
Greater White-fronted Goose 2 0 3 5 1966
Snow Goose 5 0 1 1 1959 CW 1989
Canada Goose 45 886 1320 2558 1997
Brant 1 0 1 1 1994 CW 1970
Mute Swan 2 0 1 1 1958
Tundra Swan 13 4 20 124 1999 CW 2
Wood Duck 31 2 4 21 1971 CW 1985
Gadwall 27 3 8 34 1986 CW 4
American Wigeon 26 1 4 9 1971 CW 2
American Black Duck 66 178 181 478 1975
Mallard 67 455 455 1425 1976 1
Blue-winged Teal 4 0 4 8 1979
Northern Shoveler 10 1 4 12 1985 CW 1974
Northern Pintail 19 0 2 4 1970 CW 3
Green-winged Teal 12 0 1 3 1971 CW 2
Canvasback 37 14 25 200 1952 CW 4
Redhead 41 25 40 368 1980 CW 2
Ring-necked Duck 9 0 2 8 2006 CW 1977
Greater Scaup 39 43 74 1036 1963 CW 1972
Lesser Scaup 62 129 140 3050 1953 CW 2000
King Eider 1 0 1 1 1966
Harlequin Duck 2 0 2 2 2005
Surf Scoter 14 1 4 14 1996 CW 2
White-winged Scoter 16 1 3 18 2006 CW 1970
Black Scoter 13 1 3 11 2006
Long-tailed Duck 16 0 2 4 1977 CW 2
Bufflehead 59 19 21 100 1991
Common Goldeneye 66 92 93 404 1989
Hooded Merganser 44 2 3 15 2001 CW 1967
Common Merganser 53 46 58 373 1985 CW 3
Red-breasted Merganser 63 1291 1373 14000 2006
Ruddy Duck 46 19 28 185 1979 CW 1980
Ring-necked Pheasant 40 3 6 20 1962 CW 1971
Ruffed Grouse 24 1 2 16 1941
Wild Turkey 5 0 4 13 2000
Northern Bobwhite 22 9 27 75 1949 CW 2
Common Loon 12 1 6 46 1983 CW 4
Pied-billed Grebe 29 1 2 8 1991 CW 4
Horned Grebe 37 5 8 84 1974 CW 1969
Eared Grebe 2 0 2 2 1987
Northern Gannet 3 0 1 2 1947
Double-crested Cormorant 21 1 3 9 1995 CW 1988
Great Blue Heron 47 7 9 46 1992
Green Heron 1 0 1 1 1979
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4 0 2 5 1983
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 0 1 1 1973
Bald Eagle 7 0 1 4 2005 CW 1994
Northern Harrier 22 1 2 10 1948 CW 2002
Sharp-shinned Hawk 40 1 2 4 1983 CW 1981
Cooper's Hawk 56 4 4 18 2005 CW 1967
Red-shouldered Hawk 54 2 3 11 2006 CW 2
Broad-winged Hawk 4 0 1 1 1953
Red-tailed Hawk 65 11 11 34 2004
Rough-legged Hawk 19 1 2 7 1948 CW 2
American Kestrel 63 4 4 11 1973 CW 2005
Merlin 7 0 2 5 1999
Peregrine Falcon 4 0 2 2 1997
American Coot 40 5 8 130 1975 CW 3
Killdeer 16 1 5 35 1975 CW 2
Western Sandpiper 0 0 0 0 CW 1984
Purple Sandpiper 4 0 1 2 1948 CW 1966
Dunlin 3 0 1 2 1984 CW 3
Wilson's Snipe 35 2 4 12 1975
American Woodcock 2 0 1 1 1963
Red-necked Phalarope 1 0 1 1 1953 CW 1974
Red Phalarope 1 0 2 2 1980 CW 1988
Pomarine Jaeger 3 0 2 3 1988
Franklin's Gull 4 0 1 2 1969
Little Gull 6 0 2 3 1977 CW 2
Black-headed Gull 1 0 1 1 1994
Bonaparte's Gull 65 3608 3719 25650 1974
Ring-billed Gull 67 8882 8882 64250 1969 1
Herring Gull 67 2900 2900 17410 1974 13
Thayer's Gull 13 0 2 5 1985 CW 1990
Iceland Gull 6 0 1 1 1947 CW 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 18 0 2 4 1988
Glaucous Gull 16 0 2 4 1980 CW 3
Great Black-backed Gull 41 37 60 650 2005 CW 1971
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 0 1 1 2005
Ivory Gull 0 0 0 0 CW 1975
Rock Pigeon 34 247 487 1474 2006
Mourning Dove 64 116 122 301 1999
Barn Owl 1 0 1 1 1992
Eastern Screech-Owl 24 1 2 5 2001 CW 3
Great Horned Owl 37 1 1 3 1979 CW 2
Snowy Owl 3 0 1 2 1984 CW 4
Barred Owl 55 1 2 4 1943 CW 1967
Long-eared Owl 2 0 1 1 2000 CW 1972
Short-eared Owl 2 0 1 1 1977 CW 2
Northern Saw-whet Owl 6 0 1 2 2001
Belted Kingfisher 62 6 7 20 2001
Red-headed Woodpecker 30 1 3 13 1980 CW 1994
Red-bellied Woodpecker 65 27 28 91 2006
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 31 1 2 3 1953
Downy Woodpecker 67 89 89 134 1964 29
Hairy Woodpecker 67 24 24 58 1964 9
Northern Flicker 62 5 6 22 1984
Pileated Woodpecker 66 6 6 14 1960
Eastern Phoebe 4 0 1 1 1952
Northern Shrike 11 0 1 2 1954 CW 1991
Blue Jay 67 209 209 464 1986 23
American Crow 67 452 452 2426 1979 1
Horned Lark 23 3 8 36 1991
Black-capped Chickadee 67 319 319 723 1983 39
Boreal Chickadee 1 0 1 1 1972
Tufted Titmouse 67 129 129 280 1969 18
Red-breasted Nuthatch 57 8 9 33 1941
White-breasted Nuthatch 67 89 89 162 1959 24
Brown Creeper 63 5 5 29 1984
Carolina Wren 49 7 9 41 2004 CW 1980
House Wren 1 0 1 1 1975
Winter Wren 33 1 2 4 1974
Golden-crowned Kinglet 61 10 11 72 1984
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 16 0 2 7 1972 CW 1992
Eastern Bluebird 55 16 19 85 2001
Swainson's Thrush 2 0 1 1 1971
Hermit Thrush 14 0 1 2 1989
Wood Thrush 1 0 1 1 1978
American Robin 65 174 179 1773 2004
Gray Catbird 9 0 1 2 2002
Northern Mockingbird 25 2 4 12 2001
Brown Thrasher 11 0 1 3 1969 CW 1973
European Starling 67 2440 2440 61458 1986 79
American Pipit 2 0 2 2 1982
Cedar Waxwing 58 88 102 397 1993
Nashville Warbler 1 0 1 1 2001
Yellow-rumped Warbler 27 3 6 33 1998
Ovenbird 1 0 1 1 1996
Common Yellowthroat 1 0 2 2 1980 CW 2001
Eastern Towhee 44 3 5 37 1960 CW 3
American Tree Sparrow 67 170 170 570 1947 9
Chipping Sparrow 6 0 3 12 1959
Field Sparrow 27 2 4 16 1964 CW 1982
Vesper Sparrow 0 0 0 0 CW 1984
Savannah Sparrow 1 0 1 1 1959
Fox Sparrow 8 0 2 4 2001 CW 1965
Song Sparrow 67 44 44 108 1975 6
Lincoln's Sparrow 1 0 1 1 1981
Swamp Sparrow 36 2 3 10 1999
White-throated Sparrow 58 30 34 215 1980
White-crowned Sparrow 15 1 4 18 1984 CW 1976
Dark-eyed Junco 67 283 283 612 1947 53
Lapland Longspur 9 0 3 12 1988
Snow Bunting 41 12 19 200 1970
Northern Cardinal 67 209 209 394 1975 34
Dickcissel 0 0 0 0 CW 2
Red-winged Blackbird 38 44 79 1501 1983 CW 2
Eastern Meadowlark 10 0 2 11 1956
Yellow-headed Blackbird 0 0 0 0 CW 1993
Rusty Blackbird 13 3 16 98 1991 CW 1966
Common Grackle 35 91 174 1414 1983
Brown-headed Cowbird 39 100 172 2107 1986 CW 1972
Baltimore Oriole 2 0 1 1 1957 CW 2
Pine Grosbeak 4 1 19 31 1961
Purple Finch 34 5 10 123 1982
House Finch 31 89 192 443 1992
Red Crossbill 4 0 6 9 1969
White-winged Crossbill 2 1 32 60 1966
Common Redpoll 26 18 48 174 1969 CW 2
Hoary Redpoll 1 0 1 1 1995
Pine Siskin 40 10 17 68 2004 CW 2
American Goldfinch 67 130 130 332 1998 1
Evening Grosbeak 23 5 15 46 1977 CW 1967
House Sparrow 67 643 643 1350 1951 129
Total Species Max & Max Year Min & Min Year Avg of Species CW only
164 85 1977 40 1942 68 5
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