The 60th Biddeford/Kennebunkport CBC took place on Saturday, December 28th with 45 birders. It was a beautiful day, mostly sunny, the temperature went from the mid-30s in the morning to mid-40s in the afternoon. The wind was 0-10 mph varying from N to W. We had 84 species which is about the 10-yr average and 10,639 individual birds, second lowest in 10 years (last year was the lowest). That total doesn't include feeder data, so it will rise slightly.
We had a new species added this year to the count, an Eastern Phoebe. It's interesting that the bird was found by mostly the same team, but not the same person, that found an Eastern Phoebe in the York County CBC earlier this month. For the second year in a row we had low count's for American Tree Sparrow. We had high counts for Canada Goose, Northern Pintail, Harlequin Duck, Ring-billed Gull and Gray Catbird. Other less frequently seen birds were Gadwall, American Wigeon, Northern Pintail, Red-shouldered Hawk, Dovekie, Field Sparrow, Swamp Sparrow and Peregrine Falcon.
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