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2016 Desbarats Christmas Bird Count Results

34 participants counted over 1500 birds!

Download the results here.
Ring-necked Duck - 2*
Ring-necked Pheasant - 2
Ruffed Grouse - 3
Sharp-tailed Grouse - 2
Wild Turkey - 63
Bald Eagle - 7
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Rough-legged Hawk - 1
Rock Pigeon - 24
Mourning Dove - 70
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 6
Hairy Woodpecker - 17
Pileated Woodpecker - 4
Northern Shrike - cw
Blue Jay - 91
American Crow - 118
Common Raven - 175
Black-capped Chickadee - 311
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 16
White-breasted Nuthatch - 8
Brown Creeper - 1
European Starling - 150
Bohemian Waxwing - 4
Snow Bunting - 34
American Tree Sparrow - 12
Dark-eyed Junco - 1
Pine Grosbeak - 159
Northern Cardinal - 3
Purple Finch - 8
Common Redpoll - 33
Pine Siskin - 10
American Goldfinch - 188
Evening Grosbeak - 4
House Sparrow - 1

*rare for the time of the year
Field Observers - 25
Feeder Watchers - 9
Total Participants - 34
Hours Spent Observing - 55hrs 50min
Distance Covered - 356km

Total Species on Count Day - 34
Additional Count Week Species - 1
Total Species - 35
Total Birds - 1532
The Desbarats Christmas Bird Count​ made it onto the front page of the Island Clippings! Read about the experiences that Beth and Andrew Kwon, owners of the Clippings, had during their participation in the bird count. 
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Bohemian Waxwing, photographed by Barry Lyons, during the 2016 Desbarats Christmas Bird Count in Hilton Beach
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Field observers look for birds in the old gravel pit on the Kensington Conservancy's Archibald Homestead
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