Dear Birders,

Here are the results of the Christmas Bird Count for Prince
Rupert, B.C., held in relatively good weather on January 2, 2000. The
count is compiled by my brother, Robin Weber. As Robin is not
subscribed to TWEETERS or other birding newsgroups, I am distributing
the CBC results on his behalf.

Red-throated Loon 10
Pacific Loon 1
Common Loon 7
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Red-necked Grebe 4
Western Grebe 9
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Brandt's Cormorant 1
Pelagic Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 12
Trumpeter Swan 1
Canada Goose 14
Mallard 418
Northern Pintail 1
American Wigeon 10
Greater Scaup 2
Oldsquaw 1
Surf Scoter 264
White-winged Scoter 1
Common Goldeneye 17
Barrow's Goldeneye 12
Bufflehead 12
Hooded Merganser 5
Common Merganser 21
Bald Eagle 265
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Ruffed Grouse 3
Killdeer 12
Black Turnstone 50
Common Snipe 5
Mew Gull 64
Herring Gull 40
Thayer's Gull 6
Glaucous-winged Gull 2254
Common Murre 1
RHINOCEROS AUKLET 2 (new to count)
Rock Dove 419
Great Horned Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 4
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Steller's Jay 15
Northwestern Crow 1111
Common Raven 425 (high count)
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Mountain Chickadee 2
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 17
Brown Creeper 2
Winter Wren 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 34
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
American Robin 2
Varied Thrush 33
European Starling 945 (high count)
Fox Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 14
Golden-crowned Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco 90
Brewer's Blackbird 13
House Sparrow 33

TOTAL SPECIES: 60
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS: 6723

OBSERVERS: Wendy Brooks, Sheila Dobie, Gunther Golinia, Nancy
Golinia, Margie Hardy, Eldon Lilgert, Des Nobles, Karen Scarpnes,
Dayde Schwab, Robin Weber (compiler), Teresa Weismiller.

The RHINOCEROS AUKLET was a new species in the 20-year history of
the Prince Rupert CBC, and the counts of COMMON RAVEN and EUROPEAN
STARLING are all-time highs.

For anyone who might have some questions about the CBC results, or
who might like information about birding in the Prince Rupert area,
Robin can be contacted at rweber at citytel.net at the Museum of
Northern B.C., and I am sure he would be happy to answer inquiries.


Wayne Weber
Kamloops and Delta, B.C.
wayne_weber at bc.sympatico.ca