We had a mostly cloudy day in the 30s on Thursday, but persistence paid off,
as we hit a new record for this count with 70 species in our thirty-second
year. Twelve birders turned up the following list; highlights included snow
geese (unusual in this land-locked county) and nice flight of cranes.
Kestrel numbers remain high. The only clear miss was our resident
screech-owl, who's been in the same spot for the last three or four years.
As always, it was a fine day to be out birding with friends.
Steve Kistler
Hart Co.
Snow Goose
4
Canada Goose
12
Wood Duck
2
Mallard
109
Wild Turkey
14
Pied-billed Grebe
1
Great Blue Heron
6
Black Vulture
46
Turkey Vulture
155
Bald Eagle
4
Northern Harrier
7
Cooper's Hawk
5
Sharp-shinned Hawk
1
Red-shouldered Hawk
3
Red-tailed Hawk
14
American Kestrel
45
Sandhill Crane
1700
Killdeer
22
Wilson's Snipe
2
Rock Pigeon
39
Eurasian Collared-Dove
6
Mourning Dove
315
Great Horned Owl
1
Barred Owl
4
Belted Kingfisher
2
Red-headed Woodpecker
4
Red-bellied Woodpecker
25
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
7
Downy Woodpecker
7
Hairy Woodpecker
2
Northern Flicker
43
Pileated Woodpecker
5
Eastern Phoebe
7
Loggerhead Shrike
2
Blue Jay
215
American Crow
400
Carolina Chickadee
70
Tufted Titmouse
27
White-breasted Nuthatch
50
Brown Creeper
1
Carolina Wren
26
Winter Wren
8
Golden-crowned Kinglet
3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1
Eastern Bluebird
38
Hermit Thrush
3
American Robin
350
Northern Mockingbird
28
Brown Thrasher
3
European Starling
700
Cedar Waxwing
25
Yellow-rumped Warbler
42
Palm Warbler
1
Eastern Towhee
5
Field Sparrow
6
Fox Sparrow
2
Song Sparrow
130
Swamp Sparrow
20
White-throated Sparrow
19
White-crowned Sparrow
15
Dark-eyed Junco
33
Northern Cardinal
73
Red-winged Blackbird
120
Eastern Meadowlark
13
Rusty Blackbird
40
Common Grackle
31
Purple Finch
2
House Finch
11
American Goldfinch
44
House Sparrow
21
