CBC Woodhouse count results

Compiled by David Okines

Greetings Counters,
These are the results of the 28th Woodhouse CBC held on December 14th 2014. The Woodhouse CBC is centred 7 km east of Simcoe, at the crossroads of Highway 3 and Cockshut Road at Renton in Norfolk County and roughly covers from Port Dover to Waterford and just west of Simcoe to east of Jarvis.

Weather:
The weather this year was certainly different from last year. Last year had a significant snow cover, this year none.There was some drizzle overnight and the day was overcast with occasional light drizzle but this had stopped by mid morning. Most of the standing water
was free of ice. Temperatures varied from a low of +2 when owling to a high of +5 during the day.

Many thanks to Madaline Wilson for hosting the round-up on short notice.

TOTAL SPECIES: 90 + 1 Count Week
(average for the last 28 years = 81,
average for the last 10 years = 85)

TOTAL INDIVIDUALS: 22,028
(average for the last 28 years = 28,889,
average for the last 10 years = 23,783)

NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 34

NEW SPECIES TO THE COUNT
Ross’s Goose 3
Barred Owl 1

RECORD HIGH
Turkey Vulture 6
American Green-winged Teal 8
Merlin 4
Pileated Woodpecker 6
Carolina Wren 15
Common Yellowthroat 1

RECORD LOW: (previous low)
House Finch 108 Average 239

COUNT WEEK SPECIES
American Coot 1 (7th Record)

SPECIES ABOVE AVERAGE (last 10 year average)
Great Blue Heron 10 (5)
Mallard 5237 (1861)
American Black Duck 312 (171)
Gadwall 23 (15)
Hooded Merganser 23 (15)
Ruddy Duck 30 (7)
Coopers Hawk 14 (9)
Mourning Dove 799 (666)
Eastern Screech Owl 49 (34)
Downy Woodpecker 115 (92)
Blue Jay 509 (345)
Black-capped Chickadee 514 (442)
White-breasted Nuthatch 97 (68)
Golden-crowned Kinglet 43 (28)
Northern Mockingbird 6 (4)
Swamp Sparrow 26 (18)
White-throated Sparrow 31 (25)
Northern Cardinal 263 (212)
Common Grackle 14 (3)
Brown-headed Cowbird 1001 (431)
Pine Siskin 157 (68)

SPECIES WELL BELOW AVERAGE
(last 10 year average)
Tundra Swan 7 (67)
Redhead 129 (550)
Greater Scaup 60 (141)
Lesser Scaup 15 (180)
Common Goldeneye 97 (154)
Common Merganser 117 (687)
Red-breasted Merganser 218 (715)
Northern Harrier 7 (13)
Wild Turkey 38 (131)
Bonaparte’s Gull 89 (109)
Ring-billed Gull 561 (1210)
Rock Pigeon 488 (644)
Great Horned Owl 3 (6)
Yellow-shafted Flicker 5 (9)
American Crow 478 (768)
Horned Lark 18 (211)
American Robin 1 (16)
European Starling 936 (1809)
Cedar Waxwing 10 (66)
American Tree Sparrow 610 (915)
Song Sparrow 47 (59)
White-crowned Sparrow 6 (13)
Red-winged Blackbird 4 (27)
House Finch 108 (239)
Common Redpoll 3 (30)
American Goldfinch 200 (309)
House Sparrow 729 (934)

NOTABLE ABSENTEES
Canvasback
Ruffed Grouse 5th year in a row
Snow Bunting

ALSO WORTHY OF MENTION
Common Loon 1 (7th record)
Cackling Goose 3 (6th record)
Snow Goose 1 (9th record)
Wood Duck 2 (8th record)
Northern Shoveler 2 (7th record)
Long-tailed Duck 1 (3rd record)
Short-eared Owl 1 third time on count day since 2000
Chipping Sparrow 1 (9th record)
Eastern Meadowlark 1 (4th record)

FULL SPECIES LIST AND TALLY
Common Loon 1
Great Blue Heron 10
Turkey Vulture 6
Mute Swan 4
Tundra Swan 7
Canada Goose 6000
Cackling Goose 3
Snow Goose 1
Ross’s Goose 3
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 5237
American Black Duck 312
Gadwall 23
Northern Pintail 3
Northern Shoveler 2
American Green-winged Teal 8
Redhead 129
Greater Scaup 60
Lesser Scaup 15
(Scaup Spp) 1
Common Goldeneye 97
Long-tailed Duck 1
Bufflehead 220
Hooded Merganser 23
Common Merganser 117
Red-breasted Merganser 218
Ruddy Duck 30
Bald Eagle 6
Northern Harrier 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7
Cooper’s Hawk 14
Red-tailed Hawk 101
Rough-legged Hawk 12
American Kestrel 17
Merlin 4
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Wild Turkey 38
American Coot CW
Bonaparte’s Gull 89
Ring-billed Gull 561
Herring Gull 163
Great Black-backed Gull 14
Rock Pigeon 488
Mourning Dove 799
Eastern Screech-Owl 49
Great-horned Owl 3
Barred Owl 1
Short-eared Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 27
Downy Woodpecker 115
Hairy Woodpecker 13
Yellow-shafted Flicker 5
Pileated Woodpecker 6
Northern Shrike 5
Blue Jay 509
American Crow 478
Horned Lark 18
Black-capped Chickadee 514
Red-breasted Nuthatch 15
White-breasted Nuthatch 97
Brown Creeper 8
Carolina Wren 15
Golden-crowned Kinglet 43
Eastern Bluebird 55
American Robin 1
Northern Mockingbird 6
European Starling 936
Cedar Waxwing 10
Myrtle Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Eastern Towhee 1
American Tree Sparrow 610
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 47
Swamp Sparrow 26
White-throated Sparrow 31
White-crowned Sparrow 6
Slate-colored Junco 1029
Northern Cardinal 263
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Rusty Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 14
Brown-headed Cowbird 1001
Purple Finch 3
House Finch 108
Common Redpoll 3
Pine Siskin 157
American Goldfinch 200
House Sparrow 729

TOTAL: 90 Species + 1 Count week