Tuesday 3 January 2017

NIPIGON CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT 2016


CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT 2016

23rd annual Christmas Bird Count

December 17, 2016

 22 field observers and 7 feeder watchers

 28 species

  3 Common Merganzers

 16 Ruffed Grouse

  3 Bald Eagles

  1 Northern Goshawk

  1 Herring Gull

160 Rock Pigeons

   1 Northern Hawk Owl

 11 Downy Woodpeckers

 15 Hairy Woodpeckers

  3 Pileated Woodpeckers

  1 Northern Shrike

 40 Gray Jay –Canada Jays

 38 Blue Jays

 20 Crow

433 Ravens

185 Black-capped Chickadees

  2 Boreal Chickadees

 13 Red breasted Nuthatch

109 Starlings

 17 Bohemian Waxwings

  1 Dark-eyed Junco

283 Pine Grosbeaks

  4 Purple Finch

 17 Common Redpoll

  7 Pine Siskens

 32 American Goldfinch

121 Evening Grosbeak

 23 House Sparrows

Seven Mammals Observed:

16 Red Squirrels; 4 Deer; 2 Otter: 1 Vole;  5 Snowshoe hares; 1 Muskrat; 1 Flying Squirrel.