I finally finished the numbers (better late than never) and here they are:
Baltimore Harbor Christmas Bird Count
Saturday, December 16, 2006
12 observers in 6 parties
Mostly cloudy, 39 - 52 degrees Fahrenheit
Winds 0-13 MPH from the West-Southwest (reported as "west")
No ice or snow on the ground, all waters open, no precipitation
88 species were identified, 10,188 birds were counted total
Canada Goose 730
Mute Swan 10
Wood Duck 2
Gadwall 11
American Wigeon 32
Black Duck 9
Mallard 332
Canvasback 203
Ring-necked Duck 7
Greater Scaup 54
Lesser Scaup 1847
Scaup sp 350
Bufflehead 161
Common Goldeneye 1
Hooded Merganser 34
Common Merganser 1
Red-br. Merganser 5
Ruddy Duck 367
Ring-necked Pheasant 2
Common Loon 1
Pied-billed Grebe 6
Horned Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 148
Great Blue Heron 28
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 63
Bald Eagle (adult) 4
(immature) 1
Bald Eagle (total) 12
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4
Cooper's Hawk 5
Red-shouldered Hawk 4
Red-tailed Hawk 8
American Kestrel 3
Virginia Rail 2
American Coot 103
Killdeer 65
Bonaparte's Gull 167
Ring-billed 1428
Herring Gull 217
Great Black-back 162
Forster's Tern 1
Rock Pigeon 552
Mourning Dove 167
Barred Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker 16
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Downy Woodpecker 40
Hairy Woodpecker 9
Northern Flicker 19
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 35
American Crow 305
Fish Crow 29
Crow Sp. 10
Carolina Chickadee 69
Tufted Titmouse 31
White-br Nuthatch 10
Brn Creeper 3
Carolina Wren 71
House Wren 1
Winter Wren 15
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Ruby-crownedKinglet 21
Eastern Bluebird 3
Hermit Thrush 15
American Robin 163
Gray Catbird 2
Mockingbird 59
Brown Thrasher 1
Starling 472
Cedar Waxwing 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler 85
** including one Audubon's or hybrid, brighter yellows, with yellow throat,
seen off end of Snow Hill Road in Anne Arundel County (inside Beltway,
east of Ritchie Highway)
Palm Warbler (western) 1
Eastern Towhee 9
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 14
Fox Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 85
Swamp Sparrow 13
White-throated Sparrow 337
Dark-eyed Junco 177
Northern Cardinal 98
Red-winged Blackbird 176
Common Grackle 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
House Finch 91
American Goldfinch 58
Eur. House Sparrow 289
SPECIES 88
BIRDS 10188
Observers 12
Parties 6
START TIME 6:15 AM
STOP TIME 5:30 PM
Total Hours 43
Foot Hours 39
Car Hours 4
Boat Hours - none -
Owling Hours 1
Total Miles 76
Foot Miles 34
Car Miles 42
Min Temp 39
Max Temp 52
Min Wind 0
Max Wind 13
Direction WSW
Sky AM Mostly Cloudy
Sky PM Mostly Cloudy
Snow Cover
Still Water open (no ice)
Moving Water open (no ice)
Notes - probably the most interesting bird was the yellow-throated
"Yellow-rump" - type mixed in with some normal "Myrtle"-types in
Anne Arundel County east of Ritchie inside the Beltway.
A major disappointment and loss of some key birds occurred when
Gene Scarpulla showed up at the boat dock on Back River for his
trip to Hart-Miller, only to find no boat and no wake in the water
(boats leave wakes in the water that lasts surprisingly long; there
hadn't been a work boat to the Island that morning, evidently.)
We lost our Snow Buntings from the count, along with the Peregrine
Falcons usually seen from there on the channel marker and whatever else
Gene would have gotten that day.
PW
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