We had a relatively mild day for thirty-three of us to cover the 15 sections in the Augusta CBC on Saturday the 18th. We had a high number of species for recent years in our circle. Overall, bird numbers for the circle were typical but some weren't in typical locations, likely because of the below-average ice cover and lack of snow cover. We had 59 count-day species and 2 additional count-week ones, including our first ever (in the 50 years of our count) Clay-colored Sparrow and White-winged Scoter.
We had record counts of Barred Owl (3), Carolina Wren (6), Chipping Sparrow (2), Common Loon (tie) (12), Eastern Bluebird (49), Great Blue Heron (tie) (3), Northern Flicker (tie) (3), and Ring-billed Gull (713). We had our first Northern Goshawk since 2009, first Bufflehead since 2011, first Ring-necked Duck since 2014, and 7th Hermit Thrush in count history.
Winter finches were pretty much absent but we did have 1 Common Redpoll and 9 Purple Finches.
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