These are the results of the 28th Woodhouse CBC held on December 14th 2014. The Woodhouse CBC is centred 7 km east of Simcoe, at the crossroads of Highway 3 and Cockshutt Road at Renton in Norfolk County and roughly covers from Port Dover to Waterford and just west of Simcoe to east of Jarvis.
Weather The weather this year was certainly different from last year. Last year had a significant snow cover, this year none. There was some drizzle overnight and the day was overcast with occasional light drizzle but this had stopped by mid morning. Most of the standing water was free of ice. Temperatures varied from a low of +2 when owling to a high of +5 during the day. Total Species: 90 + 1 Count Week (average for the last 28 years = 81, average for the last 10 years = 85) Total Individuals: 22,028 (average for the last 28 years = 28,889, average for the last 10 years = 23,783) # of participants: 34 NEW SPECIES TO THE COUNT Ross's Goose 3 Barred Owl 1 RECORD HIGH - (previous high) Turkey Vulture 6 (=peak count) American Green-winged Teal 8 (=peak count) Merlin 4 (=peak count) Pileated Woodpecker 6 (=peak count) Carolina Wren 15 (=peak count) Common Yellowthroat 1 (=peak count) RECORD LOW: (previous low) House Finch 108 (= lowest) Average 239 COUNT WEEK SPECIES American Coot 1 (7th Record) SPECIES ABOVE AVERAGE (last 10 year average) Great Blue Heron 10 (5) Mallard 5237 (1861) American Black Duck 312 (171) Gadwall 23 (15) Hooded Merganser 23 (15) Ruddy Duck 30 (7) Coopers Hawk 14 (9) Mourning Dove 799 (666) Eastern Screech Owl 49 (34) Downy Woodpecker 115 (92) Blue Jay 509 (345) Black-capped Chickadee 514 (442) White-breasted Nuthatch 97 (68) Golden-crowned Kinglet 43 (28) Northern Mockingbird 6 (4) Swamp Sparrow 26 (18) White-throated Sparrow 31 (25) Northern Cardinal 263 (212) Common Grackle 14 (3) Brown-headed Cowbird 1001 (431) Pine Siskin 157 (68) SPECIES WELL BELOW AVERAGE (last 10 year average) Tundra Swan 7 (67) Redhead 129 (550) Greater Scaup 60 (141) Lesser Scaup 15 (180) Common Goldeneye 97 (154) Common Merganser 117 (687) Red-breasted Merganser 218 (715) Northern Harrier 7 (13) Wild Turkey 38 (131) Bonaparte’s Gull 89 (109) Ring-billed Gull 561 (1210) Rock Pigeon 488 (644) Great Horned Owl 3 (6) Yellow-shafted Flicker 5 (9) American Crow 478 (768) Horned Lark 18 (211) American Robin 1 (16) European Starling 936 (1809) Cedar Waxwing 10 (66) American Tree Sparrow 610 (915) Song Sparrow 47 (59) White-crowned Sparrow 6 (13) Red-winged Blackbird 4 (27) House Finch 108 (239) Common Redpoll 3 (30) American Goldfinch 200 (309) House Sparrow 729 (934) NOTABLE ABSENTEES Canvasback Ruffed Grouse 5th year in a row Snow Bunting ALSO WORTHY OF MENTION Common Loon 1 (7th record) Cackling Goose 3 (6th record) Snow Goose 1 (9th record) Wood Duck 2 (8th record) Northern Shoveler 2 (7th record) Long-tailed Duck 1 (3rd record) Short-eared Owl 1 (Third time on count day since 2000) Chipping Sparrow 1 (9th record) Eastern Meadowlark 1 (4th record) FULL SPECIES LIST AND TALLY Common Loon 1 Great Blue Heron 10 Turkey Vulture 6 Mute Swan 4 Tundra Swan 7 Canada Goose 6000 Cackling Goose 3 Snow Goose 1 Ross's Goose 3 Wood Duck 2 Mallard 5237 American Black Duck 312 Gadwall 23 Northern Pintail 3 Northern Shoveler 2 American Green-winged Teal 8 Redhead 129 Greater Scaup 60 Lesser Scaup 15 (Scaup Spp) 1 Common Goldeneye 97 Long-tailed Duck 1 Bufflehead 220 Hooded Merganser 23 Common Merganser 117 Red-breasted Merganser 218 Ruddy Duck 30 Bald Eagle 6 Northern Harrier 7 Sharp-shinned Hawk 7 Cooper's Hawk 14 Red-tailed Hawk 101 Rough-legged Hawk 12 American Kestrel 17 Merlin 4 Ring-necked Pheasant 1 Wild Turkey 38 American Coot CW Bonaparte’s Gull 89 Ring-billed Gull 561 Herring Gull 163 Great Black-backed Gull 14 Rock Pigeon 488 Mourning Dove 799 Eastern Screech-Owl 49 Great-horned Owl 3 Barred Owl 1 Short-eared Owl 1 Belted Kingfisher 3 Red-bellied Woodpecker 27 Downy Woodpecker 115 Hairy Woodpecker 13 Yellow-shafted Flicker 5 Pileated Woodpecker 6 Northern Shrike 5 Blue Jay 509 American Crow 478 Horned Lark 18 Black-capped Chickadee 514 Red-breasted Nuthatch 15 White-breasted Nuthatch 97 Brown Creeper 8 Carolina Wren 15 Golden-crowned Kinglet 43 Eastern Bluebird 55 American Robin 1 Northern Mockingbird 6 European Starling 936 Cedar Waxwing 10 Myrtle Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Eastern Towhee 1 American Tree Sparrow 610 Chipping Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 47 Swamp Sparrow 26 White-throated Sparrow 31 White-crowned Sparrow 6 Slate-colored Junco 1029 Northern Cardinal 263 Red-winged Blackbird 4 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Rusty Blackbird 3 Common Grackle 14 Brown-headed Cowbird 1001 Purple Finch 3 House Finch 108 Common Redpoll 3 Pine Siskin 157 American Goldfinch 200 House Sparrow 729 Total 90 Sp + 1 Count Week _______________________________________________ ONTBIRDS is presented by the Ontario Field Ornithologists - the provincial birding organization. Send bird reports to birdalert@ontbirds.ca For information about ONTBIRDS including how to unsubscribe visit http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdssetup Posting guidelines can be found at http://www.ofo.ca/site/page/view/information.ontbirdsguide
