Sunday, 15 December 2013

[Maine-birds] Greater Portland CBC Results

The Greater Portland CBC took place on Saturday, December 14 with 46 die-hard birders braving Arctic temps. They totaled 92 species on count day, with an additional 6 so far logged for the count week. Seabird numbers were relatively low--in part because of "sea smoke" that limited some longer-range visibility. Only three species set new highs for this count: Eastern Bluebird, Carolina Wren, and--of course--Snowy Owl with 8 birds. New species to the count were a Lincoln's Sparrow and a count week Sandhill Crane. A complete list follows (and yes, I know I should update the list to reflect the new AOU order, but I'm an old dog!)

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Bill Hancock

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2013 Greater Portland, Maine CBC Results

1597

Canada Goose

2

American Widgeon

830

American Black Duck

1717

Mallard

 

3

Northern Pintail

1cw

Green-winged Teal

2

Ring-necked Duck

9

Greater Scaup

7

Lesser Scaup

822

Common Eider

20

Harlequin Duck

29

Surf Scoter

 

79

White-winged Scoter

417

Black Scoter

287

Long-tailed Duck

589

Bufflehead

 

257

Common Goldeneye

6

Barrow's Goldeneye

7

Hooded Merganser

65

Common Merganser

293

Red-breasted Merganser

1

Ruddy Duck

55

Wild Turkey

6

Red-throated Loon

118

Common Loon

31

Horned Grebe

30

Red-necked Grebe

3

Double-crested Cormorant

48

Great Cormorant

1cw

Great Blue Heron

6

Turkey Vulture

18

Bald Eagle 

 

3

Northern Harrier

3

Sharp-shinned Hawk

4

Cooper's Hawk

17

Red-tailed Hawk

3

Peregrine Falcon

1

American Coot

1cw

Sandhill Crane

1

Killdeer

 

4

Sanderling

 

65

Purple Sandpiper

21

Dunlin

 

1

Bonaparte's Gull

383

Ring-billed Gull

1829

Herring Gull

2

Iceland Gull 

7

Glaucous Gull

169

Great Black-backed Gull

12

Black Guillemot

866

Rock Pigeon

270

Mourning Dove

2

Great Horned Owl

8

Snowy Owl 

6

Belted Kingfisher

7

Red-bellied Woodpecker

3

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

63

Downy Woodpecker

26

Hairy Woodpecker

11

Northern Flicker

1

Pileated Woodpecker

219

Blue Jay

 

728

American Crow 

9

Common Raven   

58

Horned Lark

644

Black-capped Chickadee

118

Tufted Titmouse

7

Red-breasted Nuthatch

85

White-breasted Nuthatch

7

Brown Creeper

8

Carolina Wren

10

Golden-crowned Kinglet

1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

40

Eastern Bluebird   

5

Hermit Thrush

34

American Robin

2

Gray Catbird

41

Northern Mockingbird

776

European Starling

17

Cedar Waxwing

5

Yellow-rumped Warbler

1

Common Yellowthroat

144

American Tree Sparrow

1

Clay-colored Sparrow

4

Savannah Sparrow

71

Song Sparrow

1

Lincoln's Sparrow

2

Swamp Sparrow

88

White-throated Sparrow

1

White-crowned Sparrow

157

Dark-eyed Junco

1cw

Snow Bunting

183

Northern Cardinal

2cw

Eastern Meadowlark

1cw

Brown-headed Cowbird

165

House Finch

374

American Goldfinch

570

House Sparrow

 

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