The 37th Vankleek Hill CBC was held December 29th, 2013.
Cloud cover was heavy and winds were from the NE at 20 kph.
Few open areas were found on the Ottawa River.
The 16 field observers and 49 feeder watchers counted 42 species and 3778
individual birds.
The number of species was higher than our 37-year average of 40, but the
total individuals was lower than our average of 5383.
No new species were found on count day so the all-time species list
remains at 95.
Record highs:
Snowy Owl 6 (previous high 5 in 1991)
Pileated Woodpecker 8 (previous high 7 in 2006)
Tied record highs:
White-crowned Sparrow 6 (2004)
Interesting species: Gray Partridge 5, and Lapland Longspur 6.
Thanks again to all the counters we had this year.
Christine Brunet
CBC Compiler
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