In the preliminary report that I sent out there was a significant error,
kindly and promptly brought to my attention by YuLee Larner. Instead of
the Barred Owl, heard be Allen Larner, I listed a Long-eared Owl, a very
rare bird in our county and one which we've never had on a CBC,
including this year. My apologies to all and my thanks to YuLee.
The official data has been entered and is available at
http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/index.html
<http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/index.html> and copied below.
Note that the proper owl is recorded this time!
We had 76 species. There were no new high counts. Unusual birds that
will require a rare bird documentation submission to the state regional
editor include Snow Goose, Marsh Wren and Common Yellowthroat.
Snow Goose 1
Canada Goose 834
Wood Duck 2
Gadwall 57
American Black Duck 14
Mallard 314
Northern Shoveler 14
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 18
Ring-necked Duck 4
Ruddy Duck 8
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 18
Black Vulture 168
Turkey Vulture 295
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4
Cooper's Hawk 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 34
American Kestrel 32
American Coot 18
Killdeer 44
Wilson's Snipe 3
Rock Pigeon 275
Mourning Dove 529
Eastern Screech-Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Barred Owl 1
Short-eared Owl 3
Belted Kingfisher 16
Red-bellied Woodpecker 51
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Downy Woodpecker 44
Hairy Woodpecker 9
Northern Flicker 21
Pileated Woodpecker 10
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue Jay 411
American Crow 813
Fish Crow 37
Common Raven 7
Horned Lark 21
Carolina Chickadee 152
Black-capped Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 97
White-breasted Nuthatch 42
Brown Creeper 9
Carolina Wren 72
Winter Wren 6
Marsh Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Eastern Bluebird 197
American Robin 127
Northern Mockingbird 183
European Starling 2820
Cedar Waxwing 37
Yellow-rumped Warbler 98
Common Yellowthroat 1
Eastern Towhee 3
American Tree Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 22
Savannah Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow 153
Swamp Sparrow 7
White-throated Sparrow 355
White-crowned Sparrow 127
Dark-eyed Junco 290
Northern Cardinal 206
Red-winged Blackbird 149
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle 11
Brown-headed Cowbird 48
House Finch 99
American Goldfinch 100
House Sparrow 275
Thanks again to all who helped. I hope to see many of you on the
Waynesboro Count Dec. 30.
John
