Here is an unofficial Rochester Christmas Bird Count report from Clifford Hansen in Rochester The Rochester Christmas bird count was held Saturday December 15. 30 people participated in roving teams, and 10 people mailed in feeder reports. The roving teams found 56 species of birds, including a Townsend's Solitaire near Oronoco, a Wilson's Snipe southwest of Rochester, and a chipping sparrow at Quarry Hill Nature Center. The feeder reports included two additional species, a Carolina Wren and two northern flickers. Two more species were reported during the count week, short-eared owl and belted kingfisher, making 60 species total. Final results, including feeder reports, are as follows:
Cackling goose -- 1 Canada goose -- we used the DNR estimate of 17000 American black duck -- 2 Mallard -- 753 Common goldeneye -- 15 Common merganser -- 6 Gray partridge -- 15 Ring-necked pheasant -- 79 Wild turkey -- 271 Bald eagle (adult) -- 21 Bald eagle (immature) -- 5 Bald eagle (unknown) -- 2 Sharp-shinned hawk -- 4 Cooper's hawk -- 7 Red-shouldered hawk -- 1 Red-tailed hawk -- 84 Rough-legged hawk -- 14 American kestrel -- 2 Merlin -- 1 Peregrine falcon -- 1 Wilson's snipe -- 1 Rock pigeon -- 655 Mourning dove -- 246 Eastern screech owl -- 4 Great horned owl -- 16 Barred owl -- 9 Short-eared owl -- cw Northern saw-whet owl -- 1 Belted kingfisher -- cw Red-bellied woodpecker -- 62 Downy woodpecker -- 137 Hairy woodpecker -- 46 Northern flicker -- 2 Pileated woodpecker -- 6 Northern shrike -- 13 Blue jay -- 262 American crow -- 1414 Horned lark -- 19 Black-capped chickadee -- 487 Tufted titmouse -- 2 Red-breasted nuthatch -- 27 White-breasted nuthatch -- 143 Brown creeper -- 8 Carolina wren -- 1 Townsend's solitaire -- 1 American robin -- 76 European starling -- 769 Cedar waxwing -- 868 American tree sparrow -- 340 Chipping sparrow -- 1 Song sparrow -- 1 White-throated sparrow -- 2 Dark-eyed junco -- 1251 Lapland longspur -- 1 Snow bunting -- 137 Northern cardinal -- 358 Common grackle -- 1 Purple finch -- 51 House finch -- 253 Pine siskin -- 31 American goldfinch -- 199 House sparrow -- 1264 Regards, Clifford Carl Greiner M.O.U CBC Coordinator 1616 Hill St. S.W. Chatfield, MN. 55923 507-271-8286 cgreiner at mchsi.com <blocked::mailto:cgreiner at mchsi.com> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080107/03c73eb4/attachment-0001.html
