Time: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm EST (owling 6:00 to 7:30 AM). Weather:
Temp under 20F in AM, low 30s PM with wind chills, wind S17 - 35 MPH,
skies cloudy in AM, clear mid-morning on. River and standing water
frozen. Observers: Julie Craves, Andy Dettling, Jim Fowler,
Dan Gertiser, Fred McDonald, Dorothy McLeer, Greg Norwood, Mike O'Leary,
Jerry Sadowski, Rick Simek, Dave Washington. Eleven in field in three
parties; 1.5 hours (1.5 party-hours) and 0.5 miles on foot owling.
Total party-hours 17, party-miles 7 on foot, 38 by car.
| Great Blue Heron 7
Canada Goose 958 American Black Duck cw Mallard 210 Canvasback 100 Redhead 1 Greater Scaup 4 Common Goldeneye 3 Common Merganser 2 Hooded Merganser 1 Bald Eagle 1 Cooper's Hawk 3 Red-tailed Hawk 11 American Kestrel 4 Ring-billed Gull 130 Herring Gull 30 Rock Dove 43 Mourning Dove 77 Eastern Screech-owl 3 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 Downy Woodpecker 24 Hairy Woodpecker 5 Northern Flicker cw |
Blue Jay 30
American Crow 68 Black-capped Chickadee 71 Tufted Titmouse 7 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 9 Brown Creeper1 Carolina Wren 3 American Robin 734 Hermit Thrush 1 Cedar Waxwing cw European Starling 78 Northern Cardinal 29 American Tree Sparrow 90 Song Sparrow 8 White-throated Sparrow 5 Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco 98 Red-winged Blackbird 15 Brown-headed Cowbird 4 House Finch 75 American Goldfinch 138 Common Redpoll 11 Pine Siskin 1 House Sparrow 103 |
Notes: This count includes all of Dearborn.
