[Ontbirds] Results of the St. Clair NWA CBC

2017-01-02 Thread Allen Woodliffe
The 37th St. Clair National Wildlife Area Christmas Bird Count was held on Jan 1, 2017. It was sunny, with fairly light winds and temperatures ranging from a bit below freezing to a bit above freezing. There was no snow cover. Much of the count circle is wide open agricultural field, or Lake St

[Ontbirds] Results of the St. Clair NWA CBC

2016-01-04 Thread Allen Woodliffe
Birders: The 36th SCNWA CBC was held on January 1. It was cloudy, windy (mostly 35-60 KM/h), slightly below freezing, with light snow flurries off and on all day. Most water was still open, and there were white-caps on Lake St. Clair most of the day. Fifteen birders tallied 85 species for th

[Ontbirds] Results of the St. Clair NWA CBC

2014-01-05 Thread Allen Woodliffe
The 34th St. Clair National Wildlife Area Christmas Bird Count was held on January 1, 2014. Much of the count circle is open farmland, with some very high quality wetlands adjacent to Lake St. Clair and the lower reaches of the Thames River. This count relies on relatively mild conditions,

[Ontbirds] Results of the St. Clair NWA CBC

2011-01-10 Thread Allen Woodliffe
The 31st SCNWA CBC was held on January 1, 2011. The day began with a lot of rain, fog and some wind as a result of the unseasonably warm temperatures over the ice. The afternoon was somewhat better...at least the rain stopped by about 2 p.m. Temperatures ranged from a high of about 11C at d