Survey
of Humbug Unit for the Rockwood Christmas Bird Count, 27 Dec 2008
9:45 AM – 3:30 PM; 5.5 hours
and 3.5 miles on foot. Surveyed by Julie Craves & Darrin O’Brien.
Temp: 43 – 61 F; wind S 10 to 15 MPH; cloudy, heavy fog in AM; still water frozen, Detroit River open in region.
47 species:
Canada Goose 32
Mute Swan
163
Tundra Swan 9
Gadwall 1
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 46
Green-winged Teal 2
Lesser Scaup 46
Hooded Merganser 4
Common Merganser 41
Great Blue Heron 20
Bald Eagle 2 (1 adult, 1 immature)
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 7
Ring-billed Gull 23
Herring Gull 11
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 28
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 6
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 1
Horned Lark 2
Black-capped Chickadee 27
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Brown Creeper 3
Carolina Wren 5
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 202
European Starling 485
Cedar Waxwing 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 1
American Tree Sparrow 77
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 53
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Northern Cardinal 40
Rusty Blackbird 6
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 47
Data is provisional, and not for use or citation without permission.
