[wisb] Re: FW: Where are the Cardinals?

Noel et al, 

That's because they're all over here. The Retreat CBC tallied 167 Cardinals. I 
found 31 of those myself. 

We also tallied 68 species total. Not too shabby. 



--Chris W, Richland County
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On Jan 19, 2012, at 12:17, Cutright.Noel <Noel.Cutright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Having completed 8 CBCs this year, I was struck by the lack of cardinals on 
> many of the counts.  I've gone through my cardinal data for several counts 
> for which I've done mostly the same piece of real estate and have calculated 
> the 4-5 year average + high/low counts for the 2006-10 period and then my 
> count for 2011 (this year).
> 
> Count Name        2006-2010 average/high/low        2011
> 
> Hustisford        26.6/35/14                19
> Fremont        49.3/79/25                  5
> Cedar Grove        18.2/40/11                  8
> Hartford        28/33/21                 11
> Newburg        36.5/41/32                 17
> Kettle Moraine        39.5/69/27                   8
> Rosendale        17.5/20/15                   8
> 
> Except for Hustisford, this year's count was the lowest in recent years, with 
> 4 counts only in single digits.
> 
> The next opportunity to document cardinal numbers is coming up in a month - 
> Feb. 17-20.  The Great Backyard Bird Count provides an excellent opportunity 
> to document bird numbers over a short time period.  I would like to challenge 
> everyone on this listserve to submit at least one checklist for the GBBC.  
> Please visit the GBBC web site at http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/ to learn 
> more about the GBBC and how to participate and to view past year's results 
> and photos.
> 
> Noel Cutright, Ozaukee County
> 
> Here are cardinal data for the past few years for WI for the GBBC.
> Year    # cardinals    # checklists submitted with cardinals listed
> 2008    6458            1340
> 2009    4211            1136
> 2010    4999            1279
> 2011    4405            1012
> 2012       ?               ?    
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