105th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT 12-18-2004

AUDUBON_MIAMI_VALLEY:

Christmas Bird Count, 1993-2004


Christmas Bird Count Frequency of Species by Years


SPECIES AVERAGE
12 YEARS		 2004 2003 2002
 2001 2000
 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Common Loon 1.17 0 1 0 1 0 7 0 0 5 0 0 0
Pied-billed Grebe 2.50 0 2 1 3 0 7 6 4 1 1 5 0
Horned Grebe 0.83 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 2
Great Blue Heron 8.58 13 5 18 16 6 12 13 2 5 10 0 3
Black Vulture 2.25 18 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 9.73 16 6 6 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
Canada Geese 269.00 255 234 238 336 348 148 47 151 391 450 445 185
Mute Swan 0.08 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tundra Swan 1.58 18 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood Duck 0.64 1
 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0
Gadwall 4.08 0 34 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
American Widgeon 2.25 0 1 0 0 12 2 11 0 0 1 0 0
Black Duck 51.25 4 0 17 0 9 2 2 6 25 183 148 219
Mallard 804.33 732 471 791 69 687 407 264 502 976 2176 1097 1480
BLUE-WINGED TEAL 0.92 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NORTHERN SHOVELER 0.92 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ring-necked Duck 0.42 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greater Scaup 0.33 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lesser Scaup 2.50 0 1 9 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Common Goldeneye 7.08 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 18 35 0 29
Bufflehead 4.08 5 5 11 1 0 0 4 0 15 8 0 0
Hooded Merganser 17.42 0 0 5 0 0 2 3 7 0 61 112 19
Common Merganser 4.33 0 0 1 0 13 2 0 0 5 30 1 0
Red-breasted Merganser 0.33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
Ruddy Duck 1.75 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 8 0
Northern Harrier 3.83 3 5 4 6 7 2 5 4 5 0 5 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2.67 4 7 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 2 1
Cooper's Hawk 1.50 3 1 1 2 1 4 1 0 2 2 0 1
Broad Winged Hawk 0.17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 15.17 26 15 11 25 7 15 9 16 8 19 20 11
Rough-legged Hawak 0.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bald Eagle 0.17 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kestrel 14.42 11 11 14 17 11 13 12 29 12 11 20 12
Merlin 0.08 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pheasant 0.17 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turkey 0.75 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Bobwhite 5.00 6 0 0 2 0 2 28 0 1 9 0 12
Coot 4.92 7 0 0 0 0 9 10 0 4 1 28 0
Sandhill Crane 1.42 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Killdeer 3.83 5 6 0 6 1 20 1 0 7 0 0 0
Bonaparte's Gull 0.50 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ring-billed Gull 232.75 167 53 200 375 478 190 352 67 34 350 363 164
Herring Gull 5.75 0 0 0 45 3 2 1 0 1 17 0 0
Rock Dove 47.58 7 40 53 2 80 7 86 103 46 52 75 20
Mourning Dove 234.42 344 288 298 176 192 157 87 229 94 519 261 211
Eastern Screech Owl 0.50 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
Great Horned Owl 1.58 1 4 3 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 3 0
Barred Owl 2.25 1 3 2 4 0 1 3 7 1 2 2 1
Long-eared Owl 0.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Belted Kingfisher 7.83 10 6 6 17 3 6 13 4 4 5 7 13
REDHEADED WOODPECKER 0.08 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Red-bellied Woodpecker 48.75 85 56 53 63 13 75 52 46 40 34 38 30
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1.83		 3 0 2 4 2 1 3 0 3 1 1 2
Downy Woodpecker 46.83 76 36 40 37 22 66 72 49 33 40 59 32
Hairy Woodpecker 8.08 10 4 11 7 4 9 11 9 10 9 6 7
Northern Flicker 25.25 40 36 8 22 11 25 38 29 11 19 14 50
Pileated Woodpecker 10.00 24 14 9 10 2 11 12 11 5 8 6 8
Blue Jay 59.17 38 90 65 70 32 92 70 35 37 82 63 36
Crow 170.42 138 68 73 200 89 221 295 334 170 212 148 97
Horned Lark 13.33 15 74 1 40 6 6 0 0 16 2 0 0
Barn Swallow 0.08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Carolina Chickadee 177.42 212 179 137 163 101 218 261 290 143 164 165 96
Tufted Titmouse 68.08 74 72 63 73 29 69 75 84 81 91 63 43
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3.17 0 2 1 3 0 13 0 0 0 10 1 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 42.83 54 46 37 53 17 53 43 76 43 56 20 16
Brown Creeper 6.42 2 4 14 7 0 2 6 2 6 9 9 16
Carolina Wren 24.17 39 19 47 28 8 10 28 20 10 45 11 25
Winter Wren 0.33 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Golden-crowned Kinglet 8.58 15 0 7 18 4 0 12 0 13 24 1 9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 0.67 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Eastern Bluebird 56.58 32 22 67 84 60 93 59 69 15 78 65 35
Hermit Thrush 1.42 4 4 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 0
American Robin 542.58 862 388 768 701 493 1655 379 80 224 237 423 301
Gray Catbird 0.17 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Northern Mockingbird 10.58 13 14 20 10 12 5 16 11 7 9 7 3
Brown Thrasher 0.17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
European Starling 1734.50 1877 1410 1060 4243 1910 3470 1076 870 685 2005 864 1344
American Pipit 2.08 0 4 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cedar Waxwing 42.50 2 7 149 14 129 37 20 15 33 48 47 9
Yellow-rumped warbler 5.83 1 15 0 20 2 12 14 3 0 1 0 2
Rufous-sided Towhee 4.33 9 4 2 5 2 5 10 1 2 2 2 8
American Tree Sparrow 35.58 11 11 7 24 49 91 85 25 16 43 40 25
Chipping Sparrow 1.50 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0
Field Sparrow 3.25 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 9 11 0 1 12
Fox Sparrow 1.25 2 2 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 3 0
Song Sparrow 38.00 32 23 19 18 9 70 6 34 36 98 77 28
Swamp Sparrow 0.75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1
White-throated Sparrow 75.50 206 101 34 94 40 94 96 36 24 101 24 56
White-crowned Sparrow 5.17 3 7 4 3 5 12 6 3 5 8 2 4
Dark-eyed Junco 179.75 193 275 126 131 96 256 303 179 198 161 136 115
Lapland Longspur 0.00 0 0 0 0 cw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Snow Bunting 0.00 0 0 0 0 cw 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Northern Cardinal 185.25 203 148 128 199 97 260 236 195 174 270 142 171
Red-winged Black Bird 0.42 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eastern Meadowlark 3.75 11 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 3 3
Brewer's Blackbird 16.75 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 0 0
Common Grackle 5.50 0 0 1 40 0 0 0 0 0 12 13 0
Brown-headed Cowbird 7.08 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 2
Purple Finch 1.92 9 8 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0
House Finch 72.25 80 39 73 21 52 121 97 26 58 94 120 86
Pine Siskin 0.75 0 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
American Goldfinch 122.83 296 77 71 99 82 306 82 126 165 47 33 90
House Sparrow 237.08 333 235 361 87 609 161 143 210 212 259 136 99
Average Numbers average numbers seen
5896.25
 6,787 4,746 5,187
 7,742 5,913 8,558 4,606 4,017 4,154 8,463 5,438 5,298
Total Species Average number of species
60.83		 67 70 59 67 56 65 63 49 57 63 60 54

COUNT SUMMARY

Center of count: 39 30'N 84 45'W, as described in 1972, center Rt. 73 bridge over 4-Mile Creek E. of Oxford OHIO


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Christmas Bird Count 2004 participants included 33 people, of which 3 were first timers. AudubonMiamiValley paid their participation fees ($6.00 each) while all 'old timers' contributed $6.00 each. A special note of thanks to each of the 12 "trip leaders":Paul Anderson, Debra Bowles, Al Cady, Sharon Edwards, Hardy and Barbara Eshbaugh, Bill Heck, Dave Osborne, Neil Poppendeck, Bill Pratt, Jim Reid, and Leslye Sherman. Partipants includeed:

Paul Anderson, Oxford, OH
Debra Bowles, Oxford, OH
Al Cady, Oxford, OH
Sharon Edwards, Oxford, OH
Hardy and Barb Eshbaugh, Oxford, OH
Bill Heck, Oxford, OH
+Judi Hetrick, Oxford, OH
Jim and Alex Hickey, Oxford, OH
Chuck Holliday, Hamilton, OH
Jeanette Jaskula, Oxford, OH
Jack Keegan, Oxford, OH
+Tom Klak, Oxford, OH
Jay Mager, Oxford, OH
Bruce Magurn, Oxford, OH
Ben Matox, Oxford, OH
Jim and Sarah Michael, Oxford, OH
Annie Nielson, Oxford, OH
Dave Osborne, Oxford, OH
Neil and Laura Poppendeck, Hamilton, OH
Bill Pratt, Oxford, OH
+Dan Prochaska, Oxford, OH
Jim Reid, Oxford, OH
Gail Reynolds, Oxford, OH
Larry and Leslye Sherman, Oxford, OH
Casey Tucker, Columbus, OH
Jean Vance, Oxford, OH
Bill Wilson, Oxford, OH
Liz Woedl, Oxford, OH

REVISED PRESS RELEASE: 12/27/2004


105th Christmas Bird Count of the AudubonMiamiValley Chapter of the National Audubon Society

Thirty-three birdwatchers were on hand for the 105th Annual 2004 Oxford Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, December 18th. Nice weather (21 to 37 degrees and clear and sunny) brought out both the birdwatchers and the birds. Whereas last year we had 26 people, this year we had 33 birdwatchers who took to the field, certainly not as many as our all time high of 51 people seven years ago. They came up with a total of 67 species (68 if we count the one lost domestic Muscovy Duck), yet short of the record 74 species seen in 1974. The number of birds tallied was 6787 individuals, considerably above our 12 year average of 5908. Of special note among the sightings were 1877 European Starlings [our most frequent species as usual!], followed by 862 American Robbins, 732 Mallard Ducks, 333 House Sparrows, 301 Mourning doves, 296 Gold finches, and 255 Canada Geese. Two new species to our count were the Blue-winged Teal and the Northern Shoveler ducks. While these two species of ducks are not unusual around here, we have never before picked them up on our annual Christmas Bird Count. Our Duck populations are yet steadily in decline since Acton Lake has been opened to duck hunting, especially during the time of our Christmas Bird Count. Other species observed in our count included 13 Great Blue Herons, 18 Black Vultures, 16 Turkey Vultures, 255 Canada Geese, 18 Tundra Swans, black ducks, 732 Mallards, 11 Blue-winged Teal, 5 Buffleheads, 3 Northern Harriers, 4 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 3 Cooper's Hawk, 26 Red-tailed Hawks, 11 Kestrels, 6 Northern Bobwhites, 7 American Coots, 5 Killdeer, 1 Bonaparte's Gull, 167 Ring-billed Gulls, 7 Rock Doves, 301 Mourning Doves, 1 Great Horned Owles, 1 Barred Owl, 10 Kingfishers, 1 Redheaded Woodpecker, 85 Red-bellied woodpeckers, 2 Yellow-bellied Woodpeckers, 76 Downy Woodpeckers, 10 Hairy Woodpeckers, 40 Northern Flickers, 24 Pileated Woodpeckers, 38 Blue Jays, 138 Crows, 15 Horned Larks, 212 Carolina Chicakdees, 74 Tufted Titmice, 54 White-breasted Nuthatches, 2 Brown Creepers, 39 Carolina Wrens, 1 Winter Wren, 15 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 32 Bluebirds, 4 Hermit Thrushes, 862 American Robins, 13 Mockingbirds, 1 brown thrasher, 1877 European Starlings, 2 Ceder Waxwings, 1 Yellow rumped warbler, 9 Rufus-sided Towhees, 11 American Tree Sparrows, 1 Field Sparrow, 2 Fox Sparrows, 32 Song Sparrows, 206 White-throated Sparrows, 3 White-crowned Sparrows, 181 Dark-eyed Juncos, 203 Cardinals (our State Bird), 11 Meadowlarks [AMV's NEW LOGO BIRD], 1 Brown-headed Cowbird, 9 Purple Finches, 80 House Finches, 296 American Goldfinches, and 333 House Sparrows.

Thirty-three veteran and first-time birders participated in the annual 105th National Audubon Christmas Count, including: Paul Anderson, Debra Bowles, Al Cady, Sharon Edwards, Hardy and Barb Eshbaugh, Bill Heck, Judi Hetrick, Jim and Alex Hickey, Chuck Holliday, Jeanette Jaskula, Jack Keegan, Tom Klak, Jay Mager, Bruce Magurn, Ben Matox, Jim and Sarah Michael, Annie Nielson, Dave Osborne, Neil and Laura Poppendeck, Bill Pratt, Dan Prochaska, Jim Reid, Gail Reynolds, Larry and Leslye Sherman, Casey Tucker, Jean Vance, Bill Wilson and Liz Woedl. Liz Woedl helped with observations at the Birdfeeders throughout the day, as well.  A special note of thanks to each of the 12 "trip leaders" Debra Bowles, AlCady, Sharon Edwards, Barb and Hardy Eshbaugh, Annie Nielson, Dave Osborn, Bill Pratt, Jim Reid, Larry and Leslye Sherman, and Liz Woedl.

When the totals were recorded at noon at Miami University's Ecological Research Center on Somerville Road where the count started, Liz Woedl and many others, once again supplied the welcome lunch for all participants. Many thanks to Liz and everyone else who brought on the food! Larry Sherman organized and compiled the results and has also made them available on the WWW at the following URL: http://www.orgs.muohio.edu/audubonmiamivalley. Our data were submitted via the Internet to National Audubon's Christmas Bird Count Center. People interested in seeing the total results for North America are advised to go to their web site at the following URL: http://www.audubon.org/Bird/cbc/index.html