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Vaseux Lake Christmas Bird Count

23 December 1995

25 observers in 9 parties. Calm, overcast, 32-34F. Snow 0-8".

*New species to count
**All-time high count

Pied-billed Grebe 4
Horned Grebe 27
Red-necked Grebe 1
Western Grebe 6
Great Blue Heron 5
Tundra Swan 6
Trumpeter Swan 1
Canada Goose 903
Mallard 743
Gadwall 17
American Wigeon 26
Canvasback 6
Redhead 1
Ring-necked Duck 43
Greater Scaup 40
Lesser Scaup 12
Common Goldeneye 38
Barrow's Goldeneye 48
"goldeneye, sp." 1
Bufflehead 93
Hooded Merganser 40
Common Merganser 166
Bald Eagle 4
Northern Harrier 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 1
Northern Goshawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Rough-legged Hawk 3**
Golden Eagle 2
American Kestrel 8**
Merlin 1
Chukar 6
Ring-necked Pheasant 19
Blue Grouse 1
Ruffed Grouse 2
California Quail 755
Virginia Rail 5
American Coot 220
Ring-billed Gull 8
California Gull 4
Herring Gull 8
*Glaucous-winged Gull 1
Rock Dove 306
Northern Pygmy-Owl 5
*Short-eared Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Lewis' Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 18
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Three-toed Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 67
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Gray Jay 2
Steller's Jay 28
Clark's Nutcracker 74
Black-billed Magpie 105
American Crow 27
Common Raven 100
Black-capped Chickadee 162
Mountain Chickadee 133
Red-breasted Nuthatch 97
White-breasted Nuthatch 36
Pygmy Nuthatch 175
Brown Creeper 3
Rock Wren 1
Canyon Wren 6
Marsh Wren 5
American Dipper 19
Golden-crowned Kinglet 15
Townsend's Solitaire 2
Bohemian Waxwing 220
Northern Shrike 7
European Starling 527
Song Sparrow 30
White-crowned Sparrow 17
Dark-eyed Junco 259
Red-winged Blackbird 97
Cassin's Finch 1
House Finch 593
Red Crossbill 254
Common Redpoll 90
Pine Siskin 26
American Goldfinch 85
House Sparrow 59

TOTALS 6945 individuals, 84 species.


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Richard J. Cannings
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Phone/Fax: (604) 496-4019

S.11, C.96, RR#1,
Naramata, BC V0H 1N0
Canada

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