Happy New Year!
I know that we have been asked not to add attachments, especially pictures, to Maine Bird posts because they can be several 100 KBs or even run to 1 or more MBs and thus over load some phone data plans or cause problems for those using dial ups. This file is under 100 KB - not that much larger than some of the larger information posts that come thru so I am taking a chance, sending it along hoping it does not cause problems for folks. Pasting spread sheet data in the body of an email never comes out readable!! MJ
Another Great Day in the MEBK CBC Circle
After a snow storm blew in causing us to postpone the count for till December 31st – 36 hardy birders braved the deep snow, cold, and wind to track down 88 species and 13772 individual birds - a new high species count for count day for the Biddeford/Kennebunkport CBC. Congratulations for a count well done!
We had historically high numbers for the following eleven species. The number in ( ) represents the previous high. We doubled or more the previous highs for Pine Grossbeak 48 (20); Pine Warbler 2 (1); and Eastern Bluebird 63 (31). Other highs counts were Northern Cardinal 199 (176), Red-Bellied Woodpecker 21 (17), Belted Kingfisher 6 (5), Ring-billed Gulls 375 (361), Red-tailed Hawks 25(22), Wild Turkey 182 (157), Bufflehead 213 (209), and Mallard 1560 (1320). Only a single individual bird of seventeen species was seen.
The Saco River’s Barrow’s Goldeneye continued to tease us by arriving two days late for count day, again, so it can only be included as a count week bird along with a couple of American Wigeons, fifteen Ruddy Turnstones, 15 Dunlin, and a Rough-legged Hawk.
See attached spread sheet for count totals and history info of the MEBK CBC. If you are not able to access the attachment, the information will be posted on yorkcountyaudubon.org , our web site later this week. We still have one more day of count week so we might add a species or two.
Have a great birding new year.
Marie Jordan
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