Hi all,
-- Though not all participant's have reported in yet and the numbers are still changing, I thought I'd pass on a few highlights of Maine's northern-most Christmas Bird Count which we ran on Sunday.
It was the fourth official running of the count and the warmest weather yet. The temperature was over 60 degrees warmer this year than last! Most streams had flooded and had shed their ice overnight--it looked more like April than December. Despite the warm temps, snow cover remained across the area.
Preliminary results show we tallied 38 species, our best diversity yet and a very good showing for a northern count. We set new high individual counts for 16 species including 2 Northern Shrikes, 6 Gray Jays and 26 Bald Eagles.
Four new species for the count were Wild Turkey, Iceland Gull, Cedar Waxwing and Red Crossbill.
The finch show was pretty good with lots of Evening and Pine Grosbeaks, Common Redpolls and American Goldfinches. There was also decent numbers of Bohemian Waxwings and Ruffed Grouse.
So far, both Purple Finch and Pine Siskin are looking like they will be Count-Week-only birds, but our most surprising miss was Snow Bunting.
Though none were found in the count circle, a Snowy Owl was enjoyed by many of our participants at the PT Barn in Presque Isle at the end of the day.
All in all, a good day in the field.
Cheers!
Bill
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