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 Bird Report

 2009 Christmas Bird Count Results

T-R—Thomaston-Rockland (12/19/2009); BL—Bunker Hill (12/22/2009)
P-D—Pemaquid-Damariscotta (12/26/2008)

Bird

T-R

BL

P-D

Snow goose

1

0

0

Canada goose

350

90

145

American black duck

208

164

106

Mallard

814

102

297

Redhead duck*

0

1

0

Ring-necked duck*

0

1

1

Greater scaup

1

12

0

Ruddy duck*

3

0

0

King eider

0

0

1

Common eider

268

0

1421

White-winged scoter

3

0

9

Surf scoter

25

0

62

Black scoter

0

0

268

Long-tailed duck

118

0

268

Bufflehead

541

9

367

Common goldeneye

104

65

149

Hooded merganser

15

27

3

Common merganser

12

6

0

Red-breasted merganser

121

2

69

Ruffed grouse

1

1

11

Wild turkey

97

187

26

Red-throated loon

1

0

5

Common loon

61

0

127

Pacific loon*

1

0

0

Horned grebe

76

0

5

Red-necked grebe

15

0

33

Northern gannet

0

0

87

Great cormorant

3

0

18

Great blue heron

4

1

0

Turkey vulture*

0

0

1

Bald eagle

75

14

4

Sharp-shinned hawk

1

2

1

Cooper's hawk

3

1

1

Northern goshawk

1

0

0

Red-tailed hawk

20

9

6

Rough-legged hawk

2

0

0

Ruddy turnstone*

0

0

12

Purple sandpiper

30

0

223

Bonaparte's gull

4

0

27

Ring-billed gull

81

11

100

Herring gull

924

51

1021

Great black-backed gull

10

0

79

Black-legged kittiwake

1

0

0

Dovekie*

0

0

3

Razorbill

0

0

1

Black guillemot

18

0

22

Rock pigeon

386

22

86

Mourning dove

249

238

136

Great horned owl

2

0

0

Barred owl

0

0

2

Belted kingfisher

0

0

3

Red-bellied woodpecker

0

3

2

Downy woodpecker

33

40

22

Hairy woodpecker

20

37

16

Northern flicker

4

0

0

Pileated woodpecker

3

2

7

Northern shrike

1

0

1

Blue jay

148

255

145

American crow

435

286

318

Common raven

35

24

6

Black-capped chickadee

390

474

302

Tufted titmouse

13

64

31

Red-breasted nuthatch

18

19

27

White-breasted nuthatch

30

47

32

Brown creeper

5

8

6

Golden crowned kinglet

13

1

14

Ruby crowned kinglet

1

0

0

Eastern bluebird

0

2

0

American robin

31

1

40

Northern mockingbird

4

0

0

European starling

576

90

99

Cedar waxwing

64

22

100

American tree sparrow

64

53

17

Chipping sparrow

0

0

9

Vesper sparrow*

0

1

0

Fox sparrow*

0

0

1

Song sparrow

16

0

9

Swamp sparrow

2

0

0

White-throated sparrow

29

2

14

White-crowned sparrow*

0

0

1

Dark-eyed junco

37

13

63

Snow bunting

14

55

0

Northern cardinal

43

18

39

Common grackle

0

0

2

Purple finch

1

0

0

House finch

52

1

49

American goldfinch

105

114

222

House sparrow

8

113

60

Total Birds

6845

2761

6860

Species

70

48

69

*Unusual

» 2008 Christmas Count Results

» 2007 Christmas Count Results

 

Please send all bird reports to Doris Balant, 76 Glidden St., Newcastle, Me 04553 or call 563-1216 or e-mail DBALANT@roadrunner.com

Revised 19 January 2009

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