Subject: Vaseux Lake Xmas Count
Date: Jan 3 19:49:01 1999
From: R.J. Cannings & M. Holm - mholm at vip.net


Dear Tweeters:
>
>The Vaseux Lake Christmas Bird Count was held Friday under absolutely
ideal conditions: relatively warm, calm, little snow. We had a decent
turnout of observers as well, and the 90 species recorded equals last
year's total and is our second best effort (we had 93 in 1987). Some
interesting birds seen! The full moon was almost too bright for owling,
though you can see by the six species of owls (and the numbers of
saw-whets) that condition were ideal for owling, too.
>
>Happy New Year!
>
>Dick Cannings
>
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Vaseux Lake CBC: 1 Jan 1999

Pied-billed Grebe 32
Horned Grebe 50
Red-necked Grebe 3
Western Grebe 2
Great Blue Heron 5
Tundra Swan 16
Canada Goose 403
Green-winged Teal 15
Mallard 943
Gadwall 17
**Blue-winged Teal 6
American Wigeon 2
Canvasback 6
Ring-necked Duck 52
Common Goldeneye 27
Barrow's Goldeneye 143
Bufflehead 57
Hooded Merganser 61
Common Merganser 32
Bald Eagle: adult 6
Bald Eagle: immature 2
Northern Harrier 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 3
"Accipiter, sp." 2
Red-tailed Hawk 8
Rough-legged Hawk 1
Golden Eagle: adult 6
Golden Eagle: immature 2
American Kestrel 3
Merlin 3
Chukar 2
Ring-necked Pheasant 10
Ruffed Grouse 5
California Quail 1151
Virginia Rail 13
**Sora 1
American Coot 256
Common Snipe 1
Ring-billed Gull 26
Herring Gull 1
**Glaucous-winged Gull 1
"gull, sp." 3
Rock Dove 200
Mourning Dove 4
Western Screech-Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 5
Northern Pygmy-Owl 4
Barred Owl 1
Long-eared Owl 1
Northern Saw-whet Owl *22*
Belted Kingfisher 8
Downy Woodpecker 15
Hairy Woodpecker 8
Black-backed Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 74
Pileated Woodpecker 7
Gray Jay 3
Steller's Jay 65
Clark's Nutcracker 21
Black-billed Magpie 207
American Crow 50
Common Raven 137
Black-capped Chickadee 256
Mountain Chickadee 136
Red-breasted Nuthatch 37
White-breasted Nuthatch 35
Pygmy Nuthatch 106
Brown Creeper 3
Rock Wren 2
Canyon Wren 11
Winter Wren 1
Marsh Wren 4
American Dipper 14
Golden-crowned Kinglet 35
Townsend's Solitaire 6
**Western Bluebird 3
American Robin 1
Bohemian Waxwing 170
Northern Shrike 7
**Loggerhead Shrike 1
European Starling 1023
Spotted Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 50
White-crowned Sparrow 13
Dark-eyed (S.-c.) Junco 5
Dark-eyed (Ore) Junco 294
Red-winged Blackbird 11
Pine Grosbeak 16
Cassin's Finch 2
House Finch 488
Red Crossbill 82
Pine Siskin Count Week
American Goldfinch 54
Evening Grosbeak 3
House Sparrow 324

Total individuals 7415
Total Species 90
Observers 31
Parties (min) 12
Parties (max) 14
Hours on foot 44.5
Hours by car 39
Miles on foot 54.5
Miles by car 256
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