Survey
of Humbug Unit for the Rockwood Christmas Bird Count, 22 Dec 2007
8:30 AM – 4 PM; 6 hours
and 7.25 miles on foot. Surveyed by Julie Craves & Darrin O’Brien.
Temp: 40 – 42 F; wind S to SE 5 to 10 MPH; cloudy, still water frozen, Detroit River open in region.
42 species:
Canada Goose 1
Mute Swan 6
Gadwall 38
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 106
Common Merganser 2
Great Blue Heron 57
Bald Eagle 2 (adults)
Red-tailed Hawk 6
Bonaparte's Gull 35
Ring-billed Gull 119
Herring Gull 15
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Mourning Dove 15
Great Horned Owl 1
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 31
Northern Flicker 9
Blue Jay 3
Black-capped Chickadee 43
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Brown Creeper 5
Carolina Wren 9
Golden-crowned Kinglet 13
Eastern Bluebird 1
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 42
European Starling 55
Common Yellowthroat 1
Eastern Towhee 2
American Tree Sparrow 52
Fox Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 73
Dark-eyed Junco 17
Northern Cardinal 35
Common Redpoll 10
Pine Siskin 31
American Goldfinch 24
House Sparrow 3
Data is provisional, and not for use or citation without permission.
