All the counts for the Lexington CBC, that was held on 12/20/14 are finally in. Overall we had a fairly typical year. We ended up with 75 species and 12,986 individuals. Notable gets and high counts were: 1 Redhead - only the second time in the last 6 counts. 2 Greater Scaup - first time in the last 6 counts 80 Ruddy Ducks - highest count over the last 6 counts 152 Wild Turkeys - highest count over the last 6 counts 1 Bald Eagle - now for two years in a row. 3 Merlin 91 Downy Woodpecers - highest count over the last 6 counts 214 Blue Jays - highest count over the last 6 counts 518 American Crows - highest count over the last 6 counts 2 Gray Catbirds 1 Black-and-white Warbler Notable misses and low counts Wood Duck - missed for first time over the last 6 counts. Ring-billed Gull - missed for the second time over the last 6 counts European Starling - another low count David Lang Scott Count Bird List for CBC 2009 - 2014 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 Species 75 75 73 80 88 73 Individuals 12986 10080 16274 13972 22874 16437 Species Totals Totals Totals Totals Totals Totals Snow Goose 0 0 0 0 0 0 Snow Goose (white form) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Snow Goose (blue form) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ross' Goose 0 0 1 0 0 0 Canada Goose 489 534 974 685 3709 579 (large forms) Canada Goose 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mute Swan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tundra Swan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wood Duck 0 0 2 2 5 0 Gadwall 84 54 58 106 29 31 Gadwall-Mallard X 0 0 0 0 1 0 American Wigeon 0 0 0 0 0 10 American Black Duck 0 7 8 1 6 1 Mallard 500 269 337 295 530 232 Blue-winged Teal 0 0 1 0 0 0 Northern Shoveler 87 54 82 85 48 23 Northern Pintail 0 0 0 1 0 0 Green-winged Teal 4 0 0 24 9 6 American Green-winged Teal 0 0 0 0 0 0 Canvasback 0 0 0 0 0 0 Redhead 1 0 2 0 0 0 Ring-necked Duck 5 0 10 6 8 7 Greater Scaup 2 0 0 0 0 0 Lesser Scaup 0 1 0 0 0 0 scaup sp. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bufflehead 10 3 10 14 12 22 Common Goldeneye 0 0 0 6 3 5 Hooded Merganser 410 238 68 59 131 517 Common Merganser 0 0 0 0 4 0 Red-breasted Merganser 0 2 0 0 2 0 Ruddy Duck 80 30 30 10 26 60 Ruffed Grouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wild Turkey 152 103 44 23 14 23 Northern Bobwhite 0 0 2 0 0 0 Common Loon 0 0 0 0 0 1 Pied-billed Grebe 7 3 25 21 10 30 Horned Grebe 2 16 0 4 8 0 Double-crested Cormorant 0 0 0 0 1 1 Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 43 24 58 28 62 31 Great Egret 0 0 0 0 0 0 Black-crowned Night-Heron 0 0 0 1 0 0 Black Vulture 252 90 126 249 64 8 Turkey Vulture 76 12 186 213 70 33 Black Vulture/Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 0 0 0 Osprey 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bald Eagle 1 1 0 1 0 0 Northern Harrier 1 4 1 2 8 0 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 2 6 5 4 1 Cooper's Hawk 8 6 6 14 10 5 Accipiter sp. 0 0 2 1 0 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 2 3 0 1 1 Broad-winged Hawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 Red-tailed Hawk 72 21 45 84 107 21 Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buteo sp. 0 0 4 0 0 0 American Kestrel 64 23 38 64 49 13 Merlin 3 0 1 2 0 0 American Coot 12 37 60 52 32 20 Sandhill Crane 0 0 0 50 0 0 Killdeer 15 18 30 16 18 7 Spotted Sandpiper 0 0 0 0 0 0 Least Sandpiper 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pectoral Sandpiper 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dunlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 dowitcher sp. 0 0 0 0 0 0 peep sp. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilson's Snipe 1 1 2 1 9 0 American Woodcock 0 0 0 1 0 0 Bonaparte's Gull 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ring-billed Gull 0 7 1 0 5 1 Herring Gull 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rock Pigeon 339 219 573 422 162 271 Ringed Turtle-Dove 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mourning Dove 539 577 531 377 593 702 Barn Owl 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eastern Screech-Owl 4 1 4 3 4 1 Great Horned Owl 1 0 1 1 2 3 Snowy Owl 0 0 0 0 0 0 Barred Owl 0 0 0 0 0 0 Short-eared Owl 0 0 0 0 1 0 Rufous Hummingbird 0 0 0 0 0 0 Belted Kingfisher 14 5 19 18 7 11 Red-headed Woodpecker 0 0 0 0 2 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 65 26 86 40 38 40 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 12 4 16 9 11 8 Downy Woodpecker 91 26 66 61 48 57 Hairy Woodpecker 7 2 11 7 8 5 Northern Flicker 19 21 45 22 29 13 Northern (Yel-shafted) Flicker 20 4 13 0 0 0 Pileated Woodpecker 19 9 30 5 14 4 Eastern Phoebe 1 2 0 1 0 1 Loggerhead Shrike 0 0 0 1 0 0 Yellow-throated Vireo 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blue Jay 214 91 169 117 168 118 American Crow 518 192 338 336 275 359 crow sp. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Horned Lark 0 2 14 0 5 0 Barn Swallow 0 0 0 0 0 0 Carolina Chickadee 285 114 278 240 255 99 Tufted Titmouse 103 43 170 144 159 83 Red-breasted Nuthatch 0 1 1 0 0 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 23 12 26 43 18 18 Brown Creeper 16 2 12 11 5 0 Carolina Wren 119 56 104 57 74 42 House Wren 0 0 0 0 0 0 Winter Wren 3 0 0 1 2 0 Golden-crowned Kinglet 15 70 19 35 25 8 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 0 0 1 2 1 kinglet sp. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eastern Bluebird 62 91 194 78 44 57 Hermit Thrush 8 2 2 5 12 1 Wood Thrush 0 0 0 0 0 0 American Robin 1032 1243 2463 739 2687 727 Gray Catbird 2 0 0 0 0 0 Northern Mockingbird 71 53 97 83 89 38 Brown Thrasher 0 0 0 2 1 1 European Starling 5045 4679 7028 7514 10151 10531 American Pipit 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cedar Waxwing 7 24 75 20 9 107 Black-and-white Warbler 1 0 0 0 0 0 Yellow-rumped Warbler 12 11 126 26 5 38 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler 6 10 2 0 0 0 Pine Warbler 0 0 0 0 2 0 Palm Warbler 0 1 0 3 0 0 Eastern Towhee 34 4 27 15 23 9 American Tree Sparrow 3 0 0 1 7 0 Chipping Sparrow 2 1 0 0 13 1 Field Sparrow 35 26 17 11 22 0 Vesper Sparrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 Savannah Sparrow 0 1 0 0 15 1 Fox Sparrow 0 1 2 0 9 0 Song Sparrow 125 121 109 106 372 43 Lincoln's Sparrow 0 0 0 0 0 0 Swamp Sparrow 28 6 1 15 2 0 White-throated Sparrow 435 225 317 332 347 156 White-crowned Sparrow 56 26 26 37 111 48 Sparrow Species 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dark-eyed Junco 53 61 37 84 350 137 Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco 42 16 39 10 0 0 Lapland Longspur 0 0 0 0 1 0 Northern Cardinal 380 171 297 314 522 361 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 0 0 0 0 0 0 Indigo Bunting 0 0 0 0 0 0 Red-winged Blackbird 0 30 0 12 33 0 Eastern Meadowlark 13 13 21 11 24 34 Rusty Blackbird 0 6 0 0 4 0 Brewer's Blackbird 0 0 0 0 0 0 Common Grackle 1 2 78 3 141 0 Brown-headed Cowbird 0 0 0 0 180 13 Baltimore Oriole 0 0 0 0 0 0 Purple Finch 0 0 0 3 39 0 House Finch 258 51 260 89 183 262 Red Crossbill 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pine Siskin 8 0 10 0 2 1 American Goldfinch 276 87 157 178 385 248 Evening Grosbeak 0 0 0 0 0 0 House Sparrow 176 76 140 203 186 73