Friday, November 9, 2012

Summary of the 2012 North Shore Round-up

Once again Nick Escott and the Thunder Bay Field Naturalists coordinated the autumn bird round-up. Six parties spent at least part of Saturday (Nov 3) or Sunday (Nov 4) counting birds between Thunder Bay and Manitouwadge. Martha and I covered the Lake Superior coast between Rossport and Marathon.

A total of 77 species were tallied. Waterfowl viewing conditions were particularly good. While no real rarities were turned up, an ongoing Eastern Towhee was a good sighting in Nipigon. Many thanks to all who participated.


Here's the tally, posted per Nick's request.

Snow Goose 5 Downy Woodpecker 18
Canada Goose 347 Hairy Woodpecker 13
Wood Duck 3 Am.3-toed Woodpecker 1
Gadwall 2 Blk-backed Woodpecker 1
American Wigeon 7 Pileated Woodpecker 2
American Black Duck 35 Northern Shrike 4
Mallard 480 Gray Jay 14
Blue-winged Teal 1 Blue Jay 45
Green-winged Teal 1 American Crow 206
Redhead 6 Common Raven 250
Ring-necked Duck 20 Horned Lark 3
Greater Scaup 23 Black-capped Chickadee 425
Lesser Scaup 95 Boreal Chickadee 11
White-winged Scoter 2 Red-breasted Nuthatch 30
Black Scoter 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Long-tailed Duck 17 American Robin 25
Bufflehead 114 European Starling 128
Common Goldeneye 159 Eastern Towhee 1
Hooded Merganser 162 American Tree Sparrow 13
Common Merganser 44 Vesper Sparrow 1
Red-breasted Merganser 18 Savannah Sparrow 1
Ruffed Grouse 32 Swamp Sparrow 1
Common Loon 4 White-throated Sparrow 1
Red-necked Grebe 2 White-crowned Sparrow 1
Horned Grebe 1 Dark-eyed Junco 19
Pied-billed Grebe 1 Bohemian Waxwing 10
Bald Eagle 54 Lapland Longspur 2
Northern Goshawk 1 Snow Bunting 279
Rough-legged Hawk 2 Red-winged Blackbird 1
Merlin 2 Rusty Blackbird 2
American Coot 13 Pine Grosbeak 103
Wilson's Snipe 4 House Finch 12
Bonaparte's Gull 35 White-winged Crossbill 10
Ring-billed Gull 240 Common Redpoll 364
Herring Gull 562 Pine Siskin 2
Thayer's Gull 1 American Goldfinch 6
Iceland Gull 1 Evening Grosbeak 30
Rock Pigeon 413 House Sparrow 30
Mourning Dove 8

1 comment:

  1. Wouldn't Blue-winged Teal be considered significant for the late date?

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