[bcbirdclub] Buchanan County 2009 CBC Results

From: "Roger Mayhorn" <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "BCBC Listserve" <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 00:12:34 -0500
Hi All,
The second year of our Buchanan County Christmas Bird Count was scheduled to 
take place on Saturday, December 19. Unfortunately, the big snowstorm moved in 
on the 18th, so I rescheduled the CBC for Saturday, Jan 2nd. At the first of 
that week the weather was beginning to look bad for Saturday, so I called those 
who had planned to help with the CBC to see if they wanted to try to do it on 
Thursday, Dec 31st, the only clear day without more snow in the forecast. Those 
birders who were able to, did. On Thursday Don Carrier, Tom Hunter, David 
Raines and I went out to bird as much of our 15 mile count circle as we could. 
My wife, Lynda, stayed home and did the count at our feeders, which were also 
within the circle. On Wednesday night it began to snow. Fortunately, after 
midnight the snow changed to rain on our mountain and some of the fallen snow 
began to melt.

By the end of the day on Thursday, in spite of the conditions we had managed to 
log 35 species (639 birds), which was a significant drop from our count of 56 
species (2903 birds) last year. The drop in numbers was due in part to snow on 
some roads, rainy weather conditions and fewer birders in the field than last 
year. Our most sincere thanks to those who were able to particpate and our 
thanks also to Eddie Farmer, Marie Miller, Travis and Kim Ratliff, Bob Riggs, 
Mike Sanders, and Jerry and Jane Thornhill, all of whom had planned to help, 
but due to the rescheduling on such short notice were not able to. A very great 
thanks also to Tom Hunter for taking on the job of compiler, for compiling the 
list and posting it to the Audubon CBC web site.

Thanks also to Lynda for the great Santa Fe Soup that she had waiting for some 
of us when we returned from birding that evening.

Following is the complete species list for the 2009 CBC. No new species were 
added this year.

Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt

(35 species - 639 birds)

Great Blue Heron 2

Mallard 6

Sharp-shinned Hawk1

Red-tailed Hawk 2

American Kestrel 1

Wild Turkey 8

Mourning Dove 99

Belted Kingfisher 3

Red-bellied Woodpecker 8

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1

Downy Woodpecker 14

Hairy Woodpecker 2

Northern Flicker 4

Pileated Woodpecker 8

Eastern Phoebe 1

Blue Jay 1

American Crow 150

Carolina Chickadee 15

Tufted Titmouse 19

White-breasted Nuthatch 12

Brown Creeper 1

Carolina Wren 13

Golden-crowned Kinglet 2

Eastern Bluebird 4

Hermit Thrush 2

European Starling 52

Yellow-rumped Warbler 2

Eastern Towhee 2

Song Sparrow 28

White-throated Sparrow 8

Dark-eyed Junco 51

Northern Cardinal 51

House Finch 8

American Goldfinch 48

House Sparrow 8
[bcbirdclub] Buchanan County 2009 CBC Results

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