-----Original Message-----
From: Cathy Antoniazzi <canton at pgonline.com>
To: bcintbird at egroups.com <bcintbird at egroups.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 4:31 PM
Subject: [bcintbird] Prince George Christmas Bird Count


>Hi everyone
>
>The Prince George Christmas Bird Count was held December 19th. A
>snowstorm
>or snow mixed with ice pellets until 1100 fogged car windows and made
>walking miserable, but didn't seem to affect the number of birds
around.
>The sky cleared as the day progressed with small breaks in the cloud
>cover
>by sundown and moonlight for the small group of owlers that went out
>for a
>few hours in search of owls. The brisk 15-25 km/hr southwest winds
were
>probably responsible for keeping the owls undercover. Many cracking
>sounds
>thought to be moose were heard, but no owls.
>
>PRINCE GEORGE CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
>December 19, 1999
>Preliminary Results:
>(record highs and first-evers in asterisks)
>
>Great Blue Heron 1
>Green-winged Teal 1
>Mallard 309
>Common Goldeneye 8
>*White-winged Scoter* 1
>Common Merganser 17
>duck sp. 1
>Bald Eagle (all adults) 13
>Northern Goshawk 1
>*Cooper's Hawk* 1
>Rough-legged Hawk 1
>Merlin 5
>Ruffed Grouse 13
>Killdeer 5
>Dunlin 1
>Rock Dove 291
>Northern Hawk-Owl 1
>Great Gray Owl 1
>Short-eared Owl 9
>Belted Kingfisher 2
>Downy Woodpecker 34
>Hairy Woodpecker 38
>Northern Flicker *30*
> (includes: Red-shafted 8
> Yellow-shafted 2
> Hybird 1)
>Pileated Woodpecker 9
>woodpecker sp. 4
>Gray Jay 6
>Blue Jay 1
>Black-billed Magpie 35
>American Crow *771*
>Common Raven 394
>Black-capped Chickadee 947
>Mountain Chickadee 2
>Red-breasted Nuthatch 71
>White-breasted Nuthatch 2
>Brown Creeper 1
>American Dipper 1
>American Robin 6
>Northern Mockingbird 1
>Bohemian Waxwing 4087
>Northern Shrike 6
>European Starling 950
>Song Sparrow 11
>sparrow sp. 1
>Dark-eyed Junco *237*
> (includes: Oregon 57
> Slate-coloured 28)
>Red-winged Blackbird 78
>Brewer's Blackbird 121
>blackbird sp. 3
>Pine Grosbeak 2
>Purple Finch 1
>House Finch *25*
>Red Crossbill 10
>White-winged Crossbill *154*
>Common Redpoll 3344
>Pine Siskin 22
>Evening Grosbeak 54
>House Sparrow 550
>
>
>TOTAL SPECIES: 51
>TOTAL INDIVIDUALS 12,691
>Observers: 37
>Parties (max.) 18
>Parties (min.) 13
>Party hours (foot) 23.25
>Party hours (car) 80.7
>Party miles (foot) 24.6
>Party miles (car) 714.5
>Feeder watchers: 6
>
>This is the highest species and individual bird count ever (probably
a
>result of the mild weather to date and the record number of parties
in
>the
>field counting). Few record highs accounted for the total,
>but there were lots of near highs.
>Grosbeak numbers are WAY down. Details for the White-winged Scoter
and
>the
>Cooper's Hawk are good. House Finch numbers continue to increase.
They
>were found in three different locations. With the good cone crop
this
>year,
>crossbill numbers remain high.
>
>Cathy Antoniazzi
>