Sunday, January 8, 2012

Cocoa Christmas Bird Count Final Results

From co-compiler Dave Freeland: Initial reports are virtually complete for Saturday's Cocoa Christmas Bird Count, totaling 159 countable species plus 6 exotics/subspecies and 2 count-week species. One additional report is still to be received, but these totals are likely to stand. Best species reported were Common Goldeneye, Black-necked Stilt, Western Kingbird, Carolina Chickadee, Barn Swallow, Cape May Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler and Pine Siskin plus a count-week-only Short-tailed Hawk.

Also, a note of thanks -- which I know echoes the sentiments of my co-compilers, Dee Fairbanks Simpson and Mitchell Harris -- for your diligent work on behalf of the 61st Cocoa CBC.  One checklist is yet to come in but, when it does, I believe it will confirm the excellent work done by all of our teams on Saturday.  Thank the Lord for a rain-free day, though that's not always most conducive for top-level birding; it takes good team leaders and the good eyes & ears of many observers to make that happen.  A complete list of species & numbers will be sent to all who participated as soon as it is compiled.

From co-compiler Dee Fairbanks Simpson: I posted pictures from the count to my blog, for those interested: http://deemotivation.blogspot.com/2011/12/event-update-cocoa-christmas-count.html

Final Results:

  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck: 158
  • Mute Swan (exotic): 8
  • Swan Goose (exotic): 1
  • Greylag Goose (exotic): 4
  • Canada Goose: 2
  • Muscovy Duck: 46
  • Wood Duck: 2
  • American Wigeon: 2
  • Mallard: 88
  • Mallard X Muscovy Duck (hybrid): 1
  • Mallard X Mottled Duck (hybrid): 26
  • Mottled Duck: 200
  • Teal sp: 11
  • Blue-winged Teal: 170
  • Northern Shoveler: 16
  • 0 Northern Pintail: 5
  • Redhead: 62
  • Ring-necked Duck: 19
  • Greater Scaup: 6
  • Lesser Scaup: 155
  • Common Goldeneye: 1
  • Bufflehead: 15
  • Hooded Merganser: 95
  • Red-breasted Merganser: 26
  • Common Peafowl (exotic): 45
  • Common Loon: 24
  • Pied-billed Grebe: 135
  • Horned Grebe: 50
  • Northern Gannet: 61
  • American White Pelican: 200
  • Brown Pelican: 800
  • Double-crested Cormorant: 7300
  • Anhinga: 300
  • American Bittern: 1
  • Least Bittern: 3
  • Great Blue Heron: 217
  • Great Egret: 418
  • Snowy Egret: 650
  • Little Blue Heron: 137
  • Tricolored Heron: 675
  • Reddish Egret: 8
  • Cattle Egret: 450
  • Dowitcher sp: 2
  • Wilson'92s Snipe: 7
  • Laughing Gull: 11
  • Bonaparte'92s Gull: 1
  • Ring-billed Gull: 8500
  • Herring Gull: 400
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull: 125
  • Great Black-backed Gull: 42
  • Caspian Tern: 26
  • Forster'92s Tern: 19
  • Royal Tern: 425
  • Sandwich Tern: 50
  • Black Skimmer: 100
  • Rock Pigeon: 800
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove: 225
  • White-winged Dove: 30
  • Mourning Dove: 1000
  • Common Ground-Dove: 38
  • Parrot  sp. (exotic): 1
  • Eastern Screech-Owl: 18
  • Great Horned Owl: 8
  • Barred Owl: 1
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 12
  • Archilochus hummingbird sp: 5
  • Belted Kingfisher: 91
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker: 120
  • 0 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: 
  • Downy Woodpecker: 35
  • Northern Flicker: 1
  • Pileated Woodpecker: 24
  • Empidonax flycatcher sp: 2
  • Eastern Phoebe: 68
  • Western Kingbird: 2
  • Loggerhead Shrike: 57
  • White-eyed Vireo: 11
  • Blue-headed Vireo: 14
  • Blue Jay: 109
  • Florida Scrub-Jay: 18
  • Fish Crow: 3300
  • Tree Swallow: 11
  • Barn Swallow: 1
  • Carolina Chickadee: 1
  • Green Heron: 17
  • Black-crowned Night-Heron: 48
  • White Ibis: 4200
  • Glossy Ibis: 475
  • Roseate Spoonbill: 99
  • Wood Stork: 357
  • Black Vulture: 600
  • Turkey Vulture: 500
  • Osprey: 225
  • Bald Eagle (13 adult  21 imm): 34
  • Northern Harrier: 5
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk: 6
  • Cooper'92s Hawk: 12
  • Red-shouldered Hawk: 82
  •  Short-tailed Hawk: cw
  • Red-tailed Hawk: 13
  • Crested Caracara: 5
  • American Kestrel: 61
  • Merlin: 1
  • Peregrine Falcon: 2
  • Clapper Rail: 2
  • King Rail: 7
  • Virginia Rail: 1
  • Sora: 30
  • Common Gallinule: 135
  • American Coot: 269
  • Limpkin: 3
  • Sandhill Crane: 46
  • Black-bellied Plover: 100
  • Semipalmated Plover: 20
  • Killdeer: 136
  • Black-necked Stilt: 3
  • Spotted Sandpiper: 11
  • Greater Yellowlegs: 43
  • Willet: 35
  • Lesser Yellowlegs: 23
  • Ruddy Turnstone: 135
  • Sanderling: 125
  • Western Sandpiper: 1
  • Least Sandpiper: 80
  • Dunlin: 300
  • Short-billed Dowitcher: 8
  • Tufted Titmouse: 8
  • Carolina Wren: 66
  • Peregrine Falcon: 2
  • Sedge Wren: 6
  • Marsh Wren: 3
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 24
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 45
  • Eastern Bluebird: 3
  • Hermit Thrush: 1
  • American Robin: 1500
  • Gray Catbird: 192
  • Northern Mockingbird: 177
  • Brown Thrasher: 3
  • European Starling: 500
  • Cedar Waxwing: 51
  • Orange-crowned Warbler: 11
  • Northern Parula: 1
  • Cape May Warbler: 1
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler: 4400
  • Yellow-throated Warbler: 9
  • Pine Warbler: 23
  • Prairie Warbler: 7
  • Palm Warbler: 800
  • Bay-breasted Warbler: 1
  • Black-and-white Warbler: 7
  •  Worm-eating Warbler: cw
  • Ovenbird: 3
  • Northern Waterthrush: 3
  • Common Yellowthroat: 77
  • Tanager sp: 1
  • Eastern Towhee: 17
  • Chipping Sparrow: 18
  • Savannah Sparrow: 55
  • Grasshopper Sparrow: 2
  • Swamp Sparrow: 57
  • Northern Cardinal: 160
  • Painted Bunting: 77
  • Red-winged Blackbird: 1000
  • Eastern Meadowlark: 3
  • Common Grackle: 700
  • Boat-tailed Grackle: 1600
  • Brown-headed Cowbird: 425
  • House Finch: 2
  • Pine Siskin: 2
  • American Goldfinch: 20
  • House Sparrow: 130

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