| TOLEDO
CHRISTMAS COUNT |
| DECEMBER
16, 2001 |
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Species |
Total
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| Comments
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| 1
| Pied-billed
grebe |
6
|
|
|
| 2
| Double-crested
cormorant |
6
|
|
|
| 3
| Great
blue heron |
95
|
|
|
| 4
| Black-crowned
night-heron |
11
|
|
|
| 5
| Tundra
swan |
78
|
|
|
| 6
| Mute
swan |
9
| H
|
Beats previous high of
5. |
|
7
| Snow
goose |
18
|
|
|
| 8
|
Canada goose
|
932
|
|
|
| 9
|
Wood duck
|
18
|
|
|
| 10
|
Green-winged teal
|
63
|
|
Within 1
of all-time high.
|
| 11
|
American black duck
|
188
|
|
|
| 12
|
Mallard
|
2,101
|
|
|
| 13
|
Northern pintail
|
5
|
|
|
| 14
|
Northern shoveler
|
286
|
H
|
Ties previous
all-time high. |
| 15
|
Gadwall
|
110
|
|
|
| 16
|
American wigeon
|
4
|
|
|
| 17
|
Canvasback
|
79
|
|
|
| 18
|
Ring-necked duck
|
424
|
H
|
Smashes
previous high count of 3 (that's right, 3!)
|
|
19
| Greater
scaup |
7
|
|
|
| 20
|
Lesser scaup
|
1,122
|
|
|
| 21
|
Scaup
(sp?) |
136
|
|
|
| 22
|
Common goldeneye
|
407
|
|
|
| 23
|
Bufflehead
|
41
|
|
|
| 24
|
Hooded merganser
|
22
|
|
|
| 25
|
Common merganser
|
35
|
|
|
| 26
|
Red-breasted merganser
|
13
|
|
|
| 27
|
Ruddy duck
|
139
|
|
|
| 28
|
Bald eagle
|
12
|
H
|
Ties previous
all-time high. |
| 29
|
Northern harrier
|
2
|
|
|
| 30
|
Sharp-shinned hawk
|
5
|
H
|
Ties previous
all-time high. |
| 31
|
Cooper's hawk
|
9
|
|
|
| 32
|
Red-tailed hawk
|
32
|
|
|
| 33
|
Rough-legged hawk
|
1
|
|
|
| 34
|
American kestrel
|
20
|
|
|
| 35
|
Peregrine falcon
|
1
|
|
|
| 36
|
Ring-necked pheasant
|
8
|
|
|
| 37
|
American coot
|
272
|
H
|
Easily beats
previous all-time high of 125.
|
| 38
|
Killdeer
|
1
|
|
|
| 39
|
Bonaparte's gull
|
1,397
|
|
|
| 40
|
Ring-billed gull
|
3,831
|
|
|
| 41
|
Herring gull
|
1,276
|
|
|
| 42
|
Thayer's gull
|
1
|
H
|
Only second-ever
Toledo CBC record (previous was 1985)
|
| 43
|
Lesser black-backed
gull |
2
|
|
|
| 44
|
Glaucous gull
|
1
|
|
Fourth Toledo
CBC record. |
| 45
|
Great black-backed
gull |
37
|
|
|
| 46
|
Rock dove
|
908
|
|
|
| 47
|
Mourning dove
|
608
|
|
|
| 48
|
Eastern screech-owl
|
62
|
H
|
Easily surpasses
last year's high count of 25.
|
| 49
|
Great-horned owl
|
11
|
|
|
| 50
|
Snowy owl
|
2
|
|
|
| 51
|
Belted kingfisher
|
2
|
|
|
| 52
|
Red-bellied woodpecker
|
27
|
H
|
Tops last
year's high count of 22. Keeps getting more common.
|
|
53
| Downy
woodpecker |
82
|
|
|
| 54
|
Hairy woodpecker
|
6
|
|
|
| 55
|
Northern flicker
|
9
|
|
|
| 56
|
Horned lark
|
4
|
|
|
| 57
|
Blue jay
|
119
|
|
|
| 58
|
American crow
|
138
|
|
|
| 59
|
Black-capped chickadee
|
160
|
|
|
| 60
|
Tufted titmouse
|
106
|
|
|
| 61
|
Red-breasted nuthatch
|
24
|
|
Third highest
count ever (record is 36).
|
| 62
|
White-breasted nuthatch
|
69
|
|
|
| 63
|
Brown creeper
|
6
|
|
|
| 64
|
Carolina wren
|
26
|
H
|
Beats previous
record of 22. |
| 65
|
Eastern bluebird
|
5
|
H
|
A modest
number, but it ties the 2000 count record.
|
|
66
| American
robin |
124
|
|
|
| 67
|
Northern mockingbird
|
3
|
H
|
Ties previous
all-time high. |
| 68
|
Cedar waxwing
|
142
|
|
|
| 69
|
Northern shrike
|
1
|
|
|
| 70
|
European starling
|
1,090
|
|
|
| 71
|
Northern cardinal
|
214
|
|
|
| 72
|
American tree sparrow
|
496
|
|
|
| 73
|
Fox sparrow
|
1
|
|
|
| 74
|
Song sparrow
|
32
|
|
|
| 75
|
Swamp sparrow
|
14
|
|
|
| 76
|
White-throated sparrow
|
28
|
|
|
| 77
|
Dark-eyed junco
|
219
|
|
|
| 78
|
Snow bunting
|
109
|
|
|
| 79
|
Red-winged blackbird
|
5,213
|
|
Third highest
count ever. |
| 80
|
Yellow-headed
blackbird |
2
|
|
Second-ever
Toledo CBC record.
|
| 81
|
Rusty blackbird
|
390
|
|
Second -highest
total behind 1999's 920.
|
| 82
|
Common grackle
|
13,304
|
H
|
Easily surpasses
1999's total of 1873.
|
| 83
|
Brown-headed cowbird
|
2,514
|
H
|
Another
all-time high, beating 1982's 1456.
|
| 84
|
blackbird
(sp?) |
1,100
|
|
|
| 85
|
Purple finch
|
1
|
|
|
| 86
|
House finch
|
187
|
|
|
| 87
|
Common redpoll
|
4
|
|
|
| 88
|
Pine siskin
|
68
|
|
|
| 89
|
American goldfinch
|
297
|
|
Highest
count since 1981.
|
| 90
|
House sparrow
|
843
|
|
|
|
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Total individuals
|
42,033
|
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| Total
species |
90
|
|
|
|
| less
(sp?) |
(2)
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Total species - adjusted
|
88
|
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| Observers
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| Temperature
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| Weather
|
cloudy am, drizzle
pm |
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| Wind
|
E 5-10
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| Snow
depth |
none
|
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| Marshes/ponds
open? |
yes
|
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| Lake
Erie/Maumee Bay open?
| yes
|
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| Miles
walked |
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| Miles
driven |
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| Hours
walked |
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| Hours
driven |
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Areas covered: 1-Ottawa
River watershed; 2-Swan Creek and Maumee River watersheds; 3-North Toledo/
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Point Place; 4-Woodlawn
Cemetery, Ottawa Park, Acme & Bayshore Power Plants; 5-Pearson
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Park, Maumee Bay
State Park, Little Cedar Point NWR
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H = all-time high
count |
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Count-week species:
None additional |
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Comments: Incredibly
mild fall-winter obviously had a positive impact on puddle duck and other numbers
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| Compiler:
Matt Anderson |
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