Results from 31st Woodhouse CBC

These are the results of the 31st Woodhouse CBC held on Sunday, December 17, 2017. The Woodhouse CBC is centred seven kilometres east of Simcoe, at the crossroads of Highway 3 and Cockshutt 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 better than the freezing rain of last year. Overnight and during the day it was dry and mostly cloudy. Temperatures overnight went from -5C at midnight down to -7C at dawn; daytime high was -4. The wind was mostly calm or light easterly.

Total Species: 90 with no additional Count Week species (average for the last 30 years = 79; average for the last 10 years = 85)

Total Individuals: 18,972 (average for the last 30 years = 26,0559, average for the last 10 years = 25,709)

Number of participants: 34

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NEW SPECIES TO THE COUNT: None

COUNT WEEK SPECIES: None

RECORD HIGH: (previous high)

Great Blue Heron 11 (11) = high count
Peregrine Falcon 2 (1) record high
Snowy Owl 5 (3) record high
Red-bellied Woodpecker 61 (49) record high
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 (2) = high count
Common Raven 2 (2) = high count
Eastern Towhee 3 (3) = high count
Slate-coloured Junco 3337 (2170) record high
Red-winged Blackbird 351 (225) record high
Common Grackle 64 (25) record high

RECORD LOW: (previous low)

None

SPECIES ABOVE AVERAGE: (last 10-year average)

Double-crested Cormorant 4 (0)
Greater Scaup 213 (174)
Bald Eagle 16 (9)
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10 (7)
Coopers Hawk 15 (9)
Wild Turkey 330 (158)
Great Black-backed Gull 18 (12)
Mourning Dove 1168 (626)
Eastern Screech Owl 44 (38)
Downy Woodpecker 116 (102)
Hairy Woodpecker 20 (16)
Blue Jay 543 (359)
Horned Lark 338 (256)
Eastern Tufted Titmouse 3 (1)
Eastern Bluebird 86 (55)
European Starling 2749 (1745)
Chipping Sparrow 9 (0)
White-crowned Sparrow 57 (11)
Snow Bunting 990 (585)
Rusty Blackbird 36 (12)
House Sparrow 1292 (990)

SPECIES WELL BELOW AVERAGE: (last 10-year average)

Canada Goose 2245 (7383)
Cackling Goose 1 (7)
Mallard 381 (2269)
American Black Duck 53 (187)
Gadwall 6 (19)
Redhead 7 (570)
Bufflehead 95 (296)
Common Merganser 309 (608)
Red-breasted Merganser 249 (726)
Ruddy Duck 1 (7)
Northern Harrier 10 (15)
American Kestrel 13 (19)
Bonaparte’s Gull 17 (113)
Ring-billed Gull 170 (1348)
Herring Gull 88 (156)
Rock Pigeon 392 (6538)
American Crow 519 (723)
Black-capped Chickadee 307 (453)
White-breasted Nuthatch 48 (75)
Brown Creeper 2 (8)
Golden-crowned Kinglet 13 (31)
American Robin 17 (23)
American Pipit 2 (11)
Cedar Waxwing 20 (62)
American Tree Sparrow 646 (878)
Song Sparrow 35 (55)
House Finch 161 (216)
American Goldfinch 159 (327)

NOTABLE ABSENTEES

Tundra Swan 2nd year in a row
Canvasback 5th year in a row
Lesser Scaup 2nd year in a row
Ruffed Grouse 8th year in a row

ALSO WORTHY OF MENTION

Turkey Vulture 1 (8th record)
Wood Duck 1 (10th record)
Ring-necked Duck 1 (9th record)
Savannah Sparrow 1 (1st since 2007 and 4th record)
Eastern Meadowlark 1 (4th record)

FULL SPECIES LIST AND TALLY

Horned Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 11
Turkey Vulture 1
Mute Swan 7
Canada Goose 2245
Cackling Goose 1
Wood Duck 1
Mallard 381
American Black Duck 53
Gadwall 6
Redhead 7
Ring-necked Duck 1
Greater Scaup 213
(Scaup Sp) 90
Common Goldeneye 157
Bufflehead 95
Hooded Merganser 17
Common Merganser 309
Red-breasted Merganser 249
Ruddy Duck 1
Bald Eagle 16
Northern Harrier 10
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10
Cooper’s Hawk 15
Red-tailed Hawk 104
Rough-legged Hawk 11
Peregrine Falcon 2
American Kestrel 13
Merlin 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 1
Wild Turkey 330
Bonaparte’s Gull 17
Ring-billed Gull 170
Herring Gull 88
Great Black-backed Gull 18
Rock Pigeon 392
Mourning Dove 1168
Eastern Screech-Owl 44
Great Horned Owl 2
Snowy Owl 5
Belted Kingfisher 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker 61
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 116
Hairy Woodpecker 20
Yellow-shafted Flicker 11
Pileated Woodpecker 4
Northern Shrike 2
Blue Jay 543
American Crow 519
Common Raven 2
Horned Lark 338
Black-capped Chickadee 307
Eastern Tufted Titmouse 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
White-breasted Nuthatch 48
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 11
Winter Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 13
Eastern Bluebird 86
American Robin 17
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 2749
American Pipit 2
Cedar Waxwing 20
Myrtle Warbler 3
Eastern Towhee 3
American Tree Sparrow 646
Chipping Sparrow 9
Field Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 35
Swamp Sparrow 16
White-throated Sparrow 24
White-crowned Sparrow 57
Slate-colored Junco 3337
Lapland Longspur 7
Snow Bunting 990
Northern Cardinal 249
Red-winged Blackbird 351
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Rusty Blackbird 36
Common Grackle 64
Brown-headed Cowbird 334
Purple Finch 2
House Finch 161
Pine Siskin 33
American Goldfinch 159
House Sparrow 1292

Total: 90 species