The Louisville Christmas Bird Count took place on Sunday, December 17. The weather was unseasonbly warm with a high of 70 degrees. Thanks to all 33 people who took part in this year's count. Our total was 83 species. Canada Goose - 1025 Mute Swan - 4 Wood Duck - 20 Gadwall - 26 A. Wigeon - 4 Mallard - 748 N. Shoveler - 2 N. Pintail - 41 Green-wg Teal - 4 Ring-necked Duck - 585 Lesser Scaup - 18 Bufflehead - 13 Hooded Merganser - 84 Red-br. Merganser - 9 Ruddy Duck - 1 Pied-b. Grebe - 3 Horned Grebe - 5 D.-cr. Cormorant - 29 Great Blue Heron - 28 Blk-cr. Heron - 7 Black Vulture - 123 Turkey Vulture - 43 Bald Eagle - 1 N. Harrier - 1 Sharp-sh. Hawk - 4 Cooper's hawk - 7 Red-s. Hawk - 9 Red-t. Hawk - 26 A. Kestrel - 9 Peregrine Falcon - 2 A. Coot - 68 Killdeer - 9 Wilson's Snipe - 4 Bonaparte's Gull - 2 Ring-b. Gull - 58 Rock Pigeon - 501 Mourning Dove - 467 E. Screech Owl - 1 Great Horned Owl - 2 Rufous Hummingbird - 1 B. Kingfisher - 11 Red-bel. Woodpecker - 45 Yel.-bellied Sapsucker - 7 Downy Woodpecker - 95 Hairy Woodpecker - 3 N. Flicker - 15 Pileated Woodpecker - 10 Loggerhead Shrike - CW Blue Jay - 137 A. Crow - 194 C.Chickadee - 272 Tufted Titmouse - 113 White-br. Nuthatch - 37 Brown Creeper - 20 Carolina Wren - 134 House Wren - 1 Winter Wren - 3 Golden-cr. Kinglet - 33 Ruby-cr. Kinglet - 3 E. Bluebird - 35 Hermit Thrush - 1 A. Robin - 914 N. Mockingbird - 90 E. Starling 2990 A. Pipit - CW Cedar Waxwing - 2 Yel.-rumped Warbler - 10 E. Towhee - 23 A. Tree Sparrow - 18 Chipping Sparrow - 2 Field Sparrow - 26 Savannah Sparrow - CW Fox Sparrow - 1 Song Sparrow - 197 Swamp Sparrow - 2 White-thr. Sparrow - 446 White-cr. Sparrow - 5 Dark-eyed Junco - 163 N. Cardinal - 431 Red-wg. Blackbird -23 E. Meadowlark - 25 Common Grackle - CW Purple Finch - 1 House Finch - 80 Pine Siskin - 6 A. Goldfinch - 259 House Sparrow - 236 Merry Christmas to everyone and good birding in 2007. Pat Bell Louisville ================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBERS============== The BIRDKY Mailing List requires you to sign your messages with first & last name, city, & state abbreviation. -------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, send e-mail to: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: birdky-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject line. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Kentucky Ornithological Society web site at http://www.biology.eku.edu/kos.htm * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BIRDKY List Manager: Gary Ritchison, Richmond, KY E-mail: gary.ritchison@xxxxxxx