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 Bird Report

 2008 Christmas Bird Count Results

T-R—Thomaston-Rockland (12/20/2008); BL—Bunker Hill (12/22/2008)
P-D—Pemaquid-Damariscotta (12/27/2008)

Bird

T-R

BL

P-D

Canada goose

295

120

15

American black duck

457

4

128

Mallard

472

109

352

Northern pintail

0

0

1

Green-winged teal

0

0

1

Greater scaup

2

0

0

Lesser scaup

3

0

0

Common eider

117

0

1311

Surf scoter

24

0

126

White-winged scoter

1

0

6

Long-tailed duck

48

0

132

Bufflehead

298

0

202

Common goldeneye

57

0

108

Barrows goldeneye

0

0

2

Hooded merganser

8

33

0

Common merganser

24

22

0

Red-breasted merganser

95

0

80

Roughed grouse

3

1

0

Wild turkey

23

33

40

Red-throated loon

1

0

4

Common loon

30

0

70

Horned grebe

18

0

3

Red-necked grebe

2

0

34

Northern gannet

0

0

9

Great cormorant

0

0

4

Great blue heron

1

0

0

Bald eagle

86

6

13

Ruddy turnstone

0

0

3

Sharp-shinned hawk

0

1

0

Cooper's hawk

5

0

0

Red-tailed hawk

10

7

0

Rough-legged hawk

3

0

0

Purple sandpiper

0

0

2

American coot

7

0

0

Bonaparte's gull

20

0

2

Ring-billed gull

64

6

14

Herring gull

980

18

614

Great black-backed gull

31

0

53

Black-legged kittiwake

0

0

1

Alciae (spp.)

0

0

30

Razorbill

7

0

0

Black guillemot

43

0

30

Rock pigeon

304

29

86

Mourning dove

196

123

62

Barred owl

0

0

1

Belted kingfisher

0

0

1

Red-bellied woodpecker

7

2

5

Downy woodpecker

25

25

27

Hairy woodpecker

13

25

17

Northern flicker

0

1

1

Pileated woodpecker

1

0

3

Northern shrike

1

0

1

Blue jay

116

153

137

American crow

467

84

220

Common raven

24

31

1

Black-capped chickadee

317

282

532

Tufted titmouse

17

36

38

Red-breasted nuthatch

11

19

40

White-breasted nuthatch

16

33

24

Brown creeper

5

2

10

Carolina wren

1

0

0

Golden crowned kinglet

0

5

3

Eastern bluebird

6

6

0

American robin

72

109

85

European starling

405

36

97

Bohemian waxwing

0

0

8

Cedar waxwing

171

67

57

Yellow-breasted chat

1

0

0

American tree sparrow

69

50

14

Chipping sparrow

0

2

0

Fox sparrow

0

1

2

Song sparrow

17

6

18

Swamp sparrow

0

1

3

White-throated sparrow

40

6

13

White-crowned sparrow

0

0

1

Dark-eyed junco

157

175

95

Northern cardinal

33

20

21

Rusty blackbird

0

1

0

Common grackle

0

3

0

Pine grosbeak

0

1

0

Purple finch

11

16

27

House finch

12

6

97

White-winged crossbill

77

0

47

Common redpoll

0

0

1

Pine siskin

5

14

27

American goldfinch

252

121

244

Evening grosbeak

0

1

0

House sparrow

0

12

38

Species

63

48

68

Total Birds

6084

1864

5494

Species are listed according to the American Ornithologist's Union Check-List of North American Birds, 2007

» 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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