Christmas Counts

105th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT 12-18-2004
AUDUBON_MIAMI_VALLEY:
Christmas Bird Count, 1993-2004

Christmas Bird Count Frequency of Species by Years

SPECIES	12 Yr. Ave.	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993
Common Loon	1.17	0	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	5	0	0	0
Pied-billed Grebe	2.50	0	2	1	3	0	7	6	4	1	1	5	0
Horned Grebe	0.83	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	2
Great Blue Heron	8.58	13	5	18	16	6	12	13	2	5	10	0	3
Black Vulture	2.25	18	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey Vulture	9.73	16	6	6	0	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	45
Canada Geese	269.00	255	234	238	336	348	148	47	151	391	450	445	185
Mute Swan	0.08	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tundra Swan	1.58	18	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wood Duck	0.64	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	0	0
Gadwall	4.08	0	34	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
American Widgeon	2.25	0	1	0	0	12	2	11	0	0	1	0	0
Black Duck	51.25	4	0	17	0	9	2	2	6	25	183	148	219
Mallard	804.33	732	471	791	69	687	407	264	502	976	2176	1097	1480
BLUE-WINGED TEAL	0.92	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
NORTHERN SHOVELER	0.92	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ring-necked Duck	0.42	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greater Scaup	0.33	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lesser Scaup	2.50	0	1	9	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Common Goldeneye	7.08	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	35	0	29
Bufflehead	4.08	5	5	11	1	0	0	4	0	15	8	0	0
Hooded Merganser	17.42	0	0	5	0	0	2	3	7	0	61	112	19
Common Merganser	4.33	0	0	1	0	13	2	0	0	5	30	1	0
Red-breasted Merganser	0.33	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
Ruddy Duck	1.75	0	0	5	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	8	0
Northern Harrier	3.83	3	5	4	6	7	2	5	4	5	0	5	0
Sharp-shinned Hawk	2.67	4	7	4	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	1
Cooper’s Hawk	1.50	3	1	1	2	1	4	1	0	2	2	0	1
Broad Winged Hawk	0.17	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Red-tailed Hawk	15.17	26	15	11	25	7	15	9	16	8	19	20	11
Rough-legged Hawak	0.08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Bald Eagle	0.17	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kestrel	14.42	11	11	14	17	11	13	12	29	12	11	20	12
Merlin	0.08	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pheasant	0.17	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey	0.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Bobwhite	5.00	6	0	0	2	0	2	28	0	1	9	0	12
Coot	4.92	7	0	0	0	0	9	10	0	4	1	28	0
Sandhill Crane	1.42	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Killdeer	3.83	5	6	0	6	1	20	1	0	7	0	0	0
Bonaparte’s Gull	0.50	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ring-billed Gull	232.75	167	53	200	375	478	190	352	67	34	350	363	164
Herring Gull	5.75	0	0	0	45	3	2	1	0	1	17	0	0
Rock Dove	47.58	7	40	53	2	80	7	86	103	46	52	75	20
Mourning Dove	234.42	344	288	298	176	192	157	87	229	94	519	261	211
Eastern Screech Owl	0.50	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
Great Horned Owl	1.58	1	4	3	1	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	0
Barred Owl	2.25	1	3	2	4	0	1	3	7	1	2	2	1
Long-eared Owl	0.08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Belted Kingfisher	7.83	10	6	6	17	3	6	13	4	4	5	7	13
REDHEADED WOODPECKER	0.08	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Red-bellied Woodpecker	48.75	85	56	53	63	13	75	52	46	40	34	38	30
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	1.83	3	0	2	4	2	1	3	0	3	1	1	2
Downy Woodpecker	46.83	76	36	40	37	22	66	72	49	33	40	59	32
Hairy Woodpecker	8.08	10	4	11	7	4	9	11	9	10	9	6	7
Northern Flicker	25.25	40	36	8	22	11	25	38	29	11	19	14	50
Pileated Woodpecker	10.00	24	14	9	10	2	11	12	11	5	8	6	8
Blue Jay	59.17	38	90	65	70	32	92	70	35	37	82	63	36
Crow	170.42	138	68	73	200	89	221	295	334	170	212	148	97
Horned Lark	13.33	15	74	1	40	6	6	0	0	16	2	0	0
Barn Swallow	0.08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Carolina Chickadee	177.42	212	179	137	163	101	218	261	290	143	164	165	96
Tufted Titmouse	68.08	74	72	63	73	29	69	75	84	81	91	63	43
Red-breasted Nuthatch	3.17	0	2	1	3	0	13	0	0	0	10	1	8
White-breasted Nuthatch	42.83	54	46	37	53	17	53	43	76	43	56	20	16
Brown Creeper	6.42	2	4	14	7	0	2	6	2	6	9	9	16
Carolina Wren	24.17	39	19	47	28	8	10	28	20	10	45	11	25
Winter Wren	0.33	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Golden-crowned Kinglet	8.58	15	0	7	18	4	0	12	0	13	24	1	9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	0.67	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Eastern Bluebird	56.58	32	22	67	84	60	93	59	69	15	78	65	35
Hermit Thrush	1.42	4	4	0	1	1	1	5	1	0	0	0	0
American Robin	542.58	862	388	768	701	493	1655	379	80	224	237	423	301
Gray Catbird	0.17	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Northern Mockingbird	10.58	13	14	20	10	12	5	16	11	7	9	7	3
Brown Thrasher	0.17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
European Starling	1734.50	1877	1410	1060	4243	1910	3470	1076	870	685	2005	864	1344
American Pipit	2.08	0	4	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cedar Waxwing	42.50	2	7	149	14	129	37	20	15	33	48	47	9
Yellow-rumped warbler	5.83	1	15	0	20	2	12	14	3	0	1	0	2
Rufous-sided Towhee	4.33	9	4	2	5	2	5	10	1	2	2	2	8
American Tree Sparrow	35.58	11	11	7	24	49	91	85	25	16	43	40	25
Chipping Sparrow	1.50	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	0
Field Sparrow	3.25	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	9	11	0	1	12
Fox Sparrow	1.25	2	2	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	3	0
Song Sparrow	38.00	32	23	19	18	9	70	6	34	36	98	77	28
Swamp Sparrow	0.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	1
White-throated Sparrow	75.50	206	101	34	94	40	94	96	36	24	101	24	56
White-crowned Sparrow	5.17	3	7	4	3	5	12	6	3	5	8	2	4
Dark-eyed Junco	179.75	193	275	126	131	96	256	303	179	198	161	136	115
Lapland Longspur	0.00	0	0	0	0	cw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Snow Bunting	0.00	0	0	0	0	cw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Cardinal	185.25	203	148	128	199	97	260	236	195	174	270	142	171
Red-winged Black Bird	0.42	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eastern Meadowlark	3.75	11	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	3	3
Brewer’s Blackbird	16.75	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	200	0	0
Common Grackle	5.50	0	0	1	40	0	0	0	0	0	12	13	0
Brown-headed Cowbird	7.08	1	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	71	2
Purple Finch	1.92	9	8	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0
House Finch	72.25	80	39	73	21	52	121	97	26	58	94	120	86
Pine Siskin	0.75	0	1	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
American Goldfinch	122.83	296	77	71	99	82	306	82	126	165	47	33	90
House Sparrow	237.08	333	235	361	87	609	161	143	210	212	259	136	99
Average Numbers	seen5896.25	6,787	4,746	5,187	7,742	5,913	8,558	4,606	4,017	4,154	8,463	5,438	5,298
Total Species	ave. #of species 60.83	67	70	59	67	56	65	63	49	57	63	60	54

COUNT SUMMARY

Center of count: 39 30’N 84 45’W, as described in 1972, center Rt. 73 bridge over 4-Mile Creek E. of Oxford OHIO

• Date: Dec. 18, 2004, sunrise=7:54 am (EST); sunset= 5:17 pm
• Official Count Times: 0700 a.m. to 1700 p.m.
• Temperature: 21.2F/-6C to 37F. Humidity = 60%; dewpoint = 10F/-12C; Pressure = 28.20 steady;
• Wind: calm 2.0 mph SSW. Precipitation = .00 in.
• Water: 90% Open (not frozen),
• AM CLEAR; PM Sunny; Visability = 9.7.
• Observers: 32 in 12 parties (non-owling) + 2 hour owling
• Total Party Hours: 156
• Party Miles: 238 @40 hours and 60 miles on foot, 20 hours and 190 miles by car
• Total Species: 66
• Total Individuals: 6334
• Report filed by Lawrence W. Sherman, 12/19/2004
• Paid Participants ($6 each) [26=$168.00](3 first timers=$18.00 paid by AudubonMiamiValley) = $186.00 total participation fee.
   

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Christmas Bird Count 2004 participants included 33 people, of which 3 were first timers. AudubonMiamiValley paid their participation fees ($6.00 each) while all ‘old timers’ contributed $6.00 each. A special note of thanks to each of the 12 “trip leaders”:Paul Anderson, Debra Bowles, Al Cady, Sharon Edwards, Hardy and Barbara Eshbaugh, Bill Heck, Dave Osborne, Neil Poppendeck, Bill Pratt, Jim Reid, and Leslye Sherman. Partipants includeed:

Paul Anderson, Oxford, OH
Debra Bowles, Oxford, OH
Al Cady, Oxford, OH
Sharon Edwards, Oxford, OH
Hardy and Barb Eshbaugh, Oxford, OH
Bill Heck, Oxford, OH
+Judi Hetrick, Oxford, OH
Jim and Alex Hickey, Oxford, OH
Chuck Holliday, Hamilton, OH
Jeanette Jaskula, Oxford, OH
Jack Keegan, Oxford, OH
+Tom Klak, Oxford, OH
Jay Mager, Oxford, OH
Bruce Magurn, Oxford, OH
Ben Matox, Oxford, OH
Jim and Sarah Michael, Oxford, OH
Annie Nielson, Oxford, OH
Dave Osborne, Oxford, OH
Neil and Laura Poppendeck, Hamilton, OH
Bill Pratt, Oxford, OH
+Dan Prochaska, Oxford, OH
Jim Reid, Oxford, OH
Gail Reynolds, Oxford, OH
Larry and Leslye Sherman, Oxford, OH
Casey Tucker, Columbus, OH
Jean Vance, Oxford, OH
Bill Wilson, Oxford, OH
Liz Woedl, Oxford, OH

REVISED PRESS RELEASE: 12/27/2004

105th Christmas Bird Count of the AudubonMiamiValley Chapter of the National Audubon Society
Thirty-three birdwatchers were on hand for the 105th Annual 2004 Oxford Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, December 18th. Nice weather (21 to 37 degrees and clear and sunny) brought out both the birdwatchers and the birds. Whereas last year we had 26 people, this year we had 33 birdwatchers who took to the field, certainly not as many as our all time high of 51 people seven years ago. They came up with a total of 67 species (68 if we count the one lost domestic Muscovy Duck), yet short of the record 74 species seen in 1974. The number of birds tallied was 6787 individuals, considerably above our 12 year average of 5908. Of special note among the sightings were 1877 European Starlings [our most frequent species as usual!], followed by 862 American Robbins, 732 Mallard Ducks, 333 House Sparrows, 301 Mourning doves, 296 Gold finches, and 255 Canada Geese. Two new species to our count were the Blue-winged Teal and the Northern Shoveler ducks. While these two species of ducks are not unusual around here, we have never before picked them up on our annual Christmas Bird Count. Our Duck populations are yet steadily in decline since Acton Lake has been opened to duck hunting, especially during the time of our Christmas Bird Count. Other species observed in our count included 13 Great Blue Herons, 18 Black Vultures, 16 Turkey Vultures, 255 Canada Geese, 18 Tundra Swans, black ducks, 732 Mallards, 11 Blue-winged Teal, 5 Buffleheads, 3 Northern Harriers, 4 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 3 Cooper’s Hawk, 26 Red-tailed Hawks, 11 Kestrels, 6 Northern Bobwhites, 7 American Coots, 5 Killdeer, 1 Bonaparte’s Gull, 167 Ring-billed Gulls, 7 Rock Doves, 301 Mourning Doves, 1 Great Horned Owles, 1 Barred Owl, 10 Kingfishers, 1 Redheaded Woodpecker, 85 Red-bellied woodpeckers, 2 Yellow-bellied Woodpeckers, 76 Downy Woodpeckers, 10 Hairy Woodpeckers, 40 Northern Flickers, 24 Pileated Woodpeckers, 38 Blue Jays, 138 Crows, 15 Horned Larks, 212 Carolina Chicakdees, 74 Tufted Titmice, 54 White-breasted Nuthatches, 2 Brown Creepers, 39 Carolina Wrens, 1 Winter Wren, 15 Golden-crowned Kinglets, 32 Bluebirds, 4 Hermit Thrushes, 862 American Robins, 13 Mockingbirds, 1 brown thrasher, 1877 European Starlings, 2 Ceder Waxwings, 1 Yellow rumped warbler, 9 Rufus-sided Towhees, 11 American Tree Sparrows, 1 Field Sparrow, 2 Fox Sparrows, 32 Song Sparrows, 206 White-throated Sparrows, 3 White-crowned Sparrows, 181 Dark-eyed Juncos, 203 Cardinals (our State Bird), 11 Meadowlarks [AMV’s NEW LOGO BIRD], 1 Brown-headed Cowbird, 9 Purple Finches, 80 House Finches, 296 American Goldfinches, and 333 House Sparrows.

Thirty-three veteran and first-time birders participated in the annual 105th National Audubon Christmas Count, including: Paul Anderson, Debra Bowles, Al Cady, Sharon Edwards, Hardy and Barb Eshbaugh, Bill Heck, Judi Hetrick, Jim and Alex Hickey, Chuck Holliday, Jeanette Jaskula, Jack Keegan, Tom Klak, Jay Mager, Bruce Magurn, Ben Matox, Jim and Sarah Michael, Annie Nielson, Dave Osborne, Neil and Laura Poppendeck, Bill Pratt, Dan Prochaska, Jim Reid, Gail Reynolds, Larry and Leslye Sherman, Casey Tucker, Jean Vance, Bill Wilson and Liz Woedl. Liz Woedl helped with observations at the Birdfeeders throughout the day, as well.  A special note of thanks to each of the 12 “trip leaders” Debra Bowles, AlCady, Sharon Edwards, Barb and Hardy Eshbaugh, Annie Nielson, Dave Osborn, Bill Pratt, Jim Reid, Larry and Leslye Sherman, and Liz Woedl.

When the totals were recorded at noon at Miami University’s Ecological Research Center on Somerville Road where the count started, Liz Woedl and many others, once again supplied the welcome lunch for all participants. Many thanks to Liz and everyone else who brought on the food! Larry Sherman organized and compiled the results and has also made them available on the WWW at the following URL: http://www.audubonmiamivalley.org. Our data were submitted via the Internet to National Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count Center. People interested in seeing the total results for North America are advised to go to their web site at the following URL: http://www.audubon.org/Bird/cbc/index.html