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Subject: Gypsum CBC 1 Jan 2005

Gypsum Christmas Bird Count
1 January 2005

Thanks to the 19 observers in 9 parties, we had the best coverage of the Gypsum CBC since its re-instatement 10 years ago. The 84 species recorded is above average with Merlin recorded for the first time in the past decade. Other unusual species are shown in bold. Also in bold are high or near record high counts, while in red are those tallies that are well below the norm. Notably missing from the count are Hermit Thrush, Eastern Towhee, and Rough- legged Hawk.

Canada Goose - 2463 Tundra Swan - 124 Trumpeter Swan - 2 Mute Swan - 36 Wood Duck -1 Gadwall - 46 American Wigeon - 69 American Black Duck - 54 Mallard - 616 Northern Shoveler - 42 Canvasback - 29 Redhead - 13 Ring-necked Duck - 4 Greater Scaup - 3 Lesser Scaup - 22 Bufflehead - 8 Common Goldeneye - 414 Common Merganser - 1993 Red-breasted Merganser - 76 Ruddy Duck - 4 Ring-necked Pheasant - 1 Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Double-crested Cormorant - 9 Great Blue Heron - 79 Black-crowned Night-Heron - 55 Bald Eagle - 33 Northern Harrier - 5 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 4 Cooper's Hawk - 8 Red-tailed Hawk - 34 American Kestrel - 10 Merlin - 2 American Coot - 4 Bonaparte's Gull - 1 Ring-billed Gull - 4596 Herring Gull - 3019 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 Great Black-backed Gull - 236 Rock Pigeon - 233 Mourning Dove - 246 Eastern Screech-Owl - 6 Great Horned Owl - 3 Belted Kingfisher - 1 Red-headed Woodpecker - 9 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 49 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 Downy Woodpecker - 126 Hairy Woodpecker - 4 Northern Flicker - 47 Blue Jay - 176 American Crow - 20 Horned Lark - 14 Black-capped Chickadee - 89 Tufted Titmouse -23 Total Species = 84 Total individuals = 47256
		Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2 White-breasted Nuthatch - 41 Brown Creeper - 22 Carolina Wren - 41 Winter Wren - 9 Golden-crowned Kinglet - 9 Eastern Bluebird - 5 American Robin - 360 European Starling - 6695 Cedar Waxwing - 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6 Eastern Towhee - 1 American Tree Sparrow - 202 Field Sparrow - 3 Song Sparrow - 28 Swamp Sparrow - 2 White-throated Sparrow - 261 White-crowned Sparrow - 7 Dark-eyed Junco - 232 Snow Bunting - 55 Northern Cardinal - 305 Red-winged Blackbird - 12650 Rusty Blackbird - 1 Common Grackle - 7083 Brown-headed Cowbird - 2064 Purple Finch - 8 House Finch - 178 American Goldfinch - 152 Pine Siskin - 7 House Sparrow - 1662

Participants included Nancy Anderson Paula Bartlett Tom Bartlett Sandy Burris Susan Carty Jim Coffman Victor Fazio Kim Fredritz Mike Galloway Lee Garling Kenn Kaufman Craig Rieker Marilyn Rohr Mike Rohr Laura Stiefel Sheryl Young Brian Zweibel & ONWR volunteers

An Excel spreadsheet with a breakdown of results by party is available for download Observer Effort: Party Hrs: 55 (39 by car, 16 on foot) Party Miles: 343 (329 by car, 15 on foot)

Vic Fazio
Shaker Hts, OH

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