Thank you, Paul, for all you've done for and improvements of the Christmas Bird Count compilation! I'm grateful you've found your successor and very thankful for all your fine efforts!
- S ________________________________ From: bounce-127974946-82496...@list.cornell.edu <bounce-127974946-82496...@list.cornell.edu> on behalf of Paul Anderson <fish...@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2024 11:38:48 AM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Final numbers from 2024 Christmas Bird Count All: After some late additions and some forensic investigation of sightings, I've finally settled on what I believe will be the final numbers from the count. It was an epic year. We had a total of 97 species on the day and a record-breaking 107 for the week (previous record was 104 in 2008.) 47540 individual birds were observed by 159 humans. New species for the count were Wilson's Warbler, Northern Parula and Trumpeter Swan. We had record high counts (or ties) for the following species: * Cackling Goose * Canada Goose * Trumpeter Swan * Red-throated Loon * Common Loon (tie) * Golden Eagle (tie) * Barred Owl (tie) * Short-eared Owl * Red-bellied Woodpecker * Hairy Woodpecker * Pileated Woodpecker * Merlin * Tufted Titmouse * Brown Creeper * Golden-crowned Kinglet * Ruby-crowned Kinglet * Gray Catbird (tie) * Chipping Sparrow * Dark-eyed Junco * White-throated Sparrow * Song Sparrow * Northern Cardinal * American Goldfinch * European Goldfinch (tie) Full details are in the spreadsheet which can be found here<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1orJOduCB4GKq7JlF0jJMIoHaC7O33EgZ46Yb8f0-ojo/edit?usp=sharing>. If anyone has any last-minute corrections, let me know before I submit the numbers to Audubon (in about a week). I've found a volunteer to take over this role next year, so this is my last report. It's been fun doing this! -Paul -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> ABA<https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --
