Hi Folks and Happy New Year! The Glade Spring Christmas Bird Count was carried out on December 30, 2006. Participants included Ron Harrington, Bob Quillen, and Bill Charles in Area A; Randy Smith, Mike Hagy, and J.B. Hilmon (Feeders only) in Area B; Ed Morgan, Rob Morgan, and Ramsey White in Area C; Wallace Coffey, Chris O'Bryan, Charlie Parker, and Andrew W. Jones in Area D; Jo Ann Detta and Marty Huber in Area E; and Betty Edmondson, Suzanne Reid, and Diane Harris, Area F. A total of 66 species and 8,101 individual birds were counted. Last year we had 69 species and 7,863 individual birds. The temperature ranged from a low of 27 degrees to a high of 55 degrees. The sky was clear in the early morning, but a high cloud cover rolled in as the day progressed. There was no precipitation. Snow Goose: 2 Canada Goose: 389 Wood Duck: 1 Gadwall: 12 Am. Black Duck: 2 Mallard: 134 Bufflehead: 2 Hooded Merganser: 10 G. Blue Heron: 17 Black Vulture: 40 Turkey Vulture: 39 N. Harrier: 1 Sharp-shinned H.: 1 Cooper's Hawk: 4 Red-tailed Hawk: 26 Am. Kestrel: 18 Killdeer: 17 Wilson's Snipe: 5 Rock Pigeon: 665 Mourning Dove: 602 Barn Owl: 1 E. Screech Owl: 2 Belted Kingfisher: 13 Red-headed WP: 1 Red-bellied WP: 27 Yellow-bellied SS: 7 Downey WP: 31 Hairy WP: 4 N. Flicker: 19 Pileated WP: 4 E. Phoebe: 9 Loggerhead Shrike: 2 Blue Jay: 142 Am. Crow: 399 Common Raven: 3 Horned Lark: 75 Carolina Chickadee: 91 BC Chickadee: 1 Tufted Titmouse: 51 White-breasted NH: 29 Brown Creeper: 3 Carolina Wren: 93 GC Kinglet: 9 RC Kinglet: 1 Eastern Bluebird: 98 Hermit Thrush: 1 Am. Robin: 31 N. Mockingbird: 74 Brown Thrasher: 1 E. Starling: 3978 Am. Pipit: 3 Cedar Waxwing: 53 Yellow-rumped W.: 11 E. Towhee: 16 Field Sparrow: 30 Savannah Sp: 4 Song Sparrow: 219 White-throated Sp: 70 White-crowned Sp: 64 Dark-eyed Junco: 81 N. Cardinal: 64 E. Meadowlark: 14 Cowbird: 1 House Finch: 44 Am. Goldfinch: 176 House Sparrow: 132 Ron Harrington Compiler Bristol, VA