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Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Fall Census
September 23, 2006
By
Dwight
Chasar
The
weather cooperated enough. While the temperature started
out at about 65 and was about 75 at noon, the predicted
rainstorms only resulted in some light drizzle in the late
morning, depending where you were birding, with a
continuously heavily overcast sky. We had 45 people out in
16 teams and you did a fantastic job. The census was held
about a week later than usual.
By lunch
we had 105 species, even though a repeated count said 104,
short of the 107 fall record last year. This total was
surprising as many of the groups were disappointed with the
numbers they saw. Some of us went out in the later
afternoon to find more species. Ann, Dwight and Mark Nolls
went down to Station Road south on the tracks to dig out a
Red-headed Woodpecker. Our first find was two male American
Kestrels at the marsh, followed shortly by an Olive-sided
Flycatcher, which put on a great display of insect
catching. This bird was frequenting the same trees in which
we had two of these species about 3 weeks earlier. Before
we left this area, Fred Dinkelbach had joined us for the
Red-headed search but instead a Barred Owl called twice.
Three new species and the old record of 107 was broken.
Ann and I
came home but Mark Nolls left later and had 4 Wild Turkeys
cross Riverview Road near Station Road when he left. Fred
Losi and Duane Kurapka went mushrooming near Station Road
and came across a Winter Wren. Then Doug Vogus reported his
findings by email and he had a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.
Last but not least, Devlin and Wertz reported their list by
email and they added Canada Warbler and Dark-eyed Junco.
All these sightings provided us with 8 more species for the
day, giving us a total of 113, which included 22 species of
warblers.
All of
you and your skills helped accomplish the new record.
Thanks so much. I will be contacting some of you for the
Christmas count in December and then again next spring.
Species
List
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329 |
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Canada Goose |
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3 |
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Mute Swan |
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137 |
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Wood Duck |
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125 |
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Mallard |
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4 |
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Wild Turkey |
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3 |
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Double-crested Cormorant |
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22 |
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Great Blue Heron |
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5 |
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Green Heron |
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60 |
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Turkey Vulture |
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2 |
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Northern Harrier |
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5 |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
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17 |
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Cooper's Hawk |
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13 |
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Red-shouldered Hawk |
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16 |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
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2 |
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American Kestrel |
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1 |
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American Coot |
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29 |
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Killdeer |
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2 |
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Solitary Sandpiper |
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4 |
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Spotted Sandpiper |
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121 |
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Rock Pigeon |
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77 |
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Mourning Dove |
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1 |
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Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
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3 |
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Eastern Screech-Owl |
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1 |
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Barred Owl |
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611 |
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Chimney Swift |
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8 |
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Belted Kingfisher |
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99 |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker |
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5 |
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
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109 |
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Downy Woodpecker |
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26 |
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Hairy Woodpecker |
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93 |
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Northern Flicker |
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17 |
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Pileated Woodpecker |
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1 |
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Olive-sided Flycatcher |
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16 |
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Eastern Wood-Pewee |
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1 |
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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
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3 |
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Acadian Flycatcher |
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2 |
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Willow Flycatcher |
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2 |
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Least Flycatcher |
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55 |
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Eastern Phoebe |
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1 |
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Great-crested Flycatcher |
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1 |
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Eastern Kingbird |
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1 |
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Blue-headed Vireo |
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3 |
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Yellow-throated Vireo |
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4 |
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Warbling Vireo |
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1 |
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Philadelphia Vireo |
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4 |
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Red-eyed Vireo |
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328 |
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Bluejay |
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188 |
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American Crow |
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11 |
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Tree Swallow |
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1 |
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
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2 |
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Barn Swallow |
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247 |
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Black-capped Chickadee |
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124 |
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Tufted Titmouse |
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7 |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch |
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100 |
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
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4 |
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Brown Creeper |
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77 |
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Carolina Wren |
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3 |
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House Wren |
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1 |
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Winter Wren |
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1 |
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Marsh Wren |
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5 |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet |
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30 |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
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50 |
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Eastern Bluebird |
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6 |
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Swainson's Thrush |
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3 |
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Wood Thrush |
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345 |
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American Robin |
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85 |
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Gray Catbird |
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1 |
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Northern Mockingbird |
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1817 |
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European Starling |
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585 |
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Cedar Waxwing |
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1 |
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Blue-winged Warbler |
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9 |
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Tennessee Warbler |
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11 |
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Nashville Warbler |
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2 |
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Northern Parula
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1 |
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Yellow Warbler |
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1 |
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Chestnut-sided Warbler |
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30 |
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Magnolia Warbler |
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10 |
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Cape May Warbler |
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1 |
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Black-throated Blue Warbler |
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21 |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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12 |
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Black-throated Green Warbler |
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3 |
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Blackburnian Warbler |
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12 |
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Palm Warbler |
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4 |
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Bay-breasted Warbler |
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4 |
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Blackpoll Warbler |
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4 |
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Black-and-white Warbler |
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3 |
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American Redstart |
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1 |
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Ovenbird |
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18 |
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Common Yellowthroat |
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7 |
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Hooded Warbler |
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2 |
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Wilson's Warbler |
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1 |
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Canada Warbler |
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9 |
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Scarlet Tanager |
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14 |
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Eastern Towhee |
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14 |
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Chipping Sparrow |
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7 |
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Field Sparrow |
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4 |
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Savannah Sparrow |
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58 |
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Song Sparrow |
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2 |
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Lincoln's Sparrow |
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1 |
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Swamp Sparrow |
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13 |
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White-throated Sparrow |
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1 |
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Dark-eyed Junco |
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202 |
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Northern Cardinal |
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3 |
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
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2 |
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Indigo Bunting |
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1618 |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
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3 |
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Eastern Meadowlark |
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40 |
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Rusty Blackbird |
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1373 |
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Common Grackle |
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5 |
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Brown-headed Cowbird |
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28 |
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House Finch |
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172 |
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American Goldfinch |
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24 |
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House Sparrow |
The fall
censuses started in 1983 counting only species, and then in
1998 we started counting individuals as well. Most of the
species and individual counts this year are pretty much in
line with historical data. Notable exceptions are: first
Mute Swans (nested in CVNP this year), first Northern
Harrier since 1988, first Canada Warbler since 1993; very
high counts for starlings and Red-winged Blackbirds (large
flocks of each were encountered by Gabe Leidy), and Rusty
Blackbirds (maybe a week later for the count helped here).
Lowest count for House Sparrows (numbers are generally
dropping in the US).
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