or 262.594.5853. Racine Christmas Bird Count - Saturday, December 19, 2009
The Christmas Bird Count (CBC), in its 110th year nationwide, has become a valuable method to monitor the winter range and numbers of bird populations throughout the decades. More information at www.audubon.org/bird/cbc
Preliminary Results (as of December 29th):
| Species | Total |
| Canada Goose | 986 |
| Mute Swan | 2 |
| Gadwall | 1 |
| American Black Duck | 23 |
| Mallard | 488 |
| Redhead | 2 |
| Greater Scaup | 622 |
| White-winged Scoter | 4 |
| Bufflehead | 17 |
| Common Goldeneye | 215 |
| *Barrow’s Goldeneye | 1 |
| Hooded Merganser | 14 |
| Common Merganser | 53 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 349 |
| Ruddy Duck | 2 |
| Wild Turkey | 8 |
| Great Blue Heron | 1 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 3 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 10 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 1 |
| American Kestrel | 5 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 4 |
| American Coot | 2 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 22 |
| Herring Gull | 1191 |
| *Thayer’s Gull | 1 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 1 |
| Rock Pigeon | 107 |
| Mourning Dove | 209 |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 1 |
| Great Horned Owl | 3 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 8 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 14 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 5 |
| Northern Flicker | 1 |
| Blue Jay | 65 |
| American Crow | 83 |
| Horned Lark | 69 |
| Black-Capped Chickadee | 122 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 3 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 22 |
| Brown Creeper | 1 |
| American Robin | 55 |
| Brown Thrasher | 1 |
| European Starling | 751 |
| *American Pipit | 12 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 171 |
| American Tree Sparrow | 309 |
| Song Sparrow | 6 |
| Swamp Sparrow | 1 |
| **Savanna Sparrow | 1 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 1 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 148 |
| Lapland Longspur | 157 |
| Snow Bunting | 113 |
| Northern Cardinal | 71 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 1 |
| Purple Finch | 1 |
| House Finch | 36 |
| American Goldfinch | 81 |
| House Sparrow | 222 |
| Total Count Day Individuals | 6881 |
| Total Count Day Species | 62 |
Additional species seen during the count week (December
17th - 22nd), but not on December 19th include:
Bald Eagle
White-crowned Sparrow
Northern Shrike
Lesser Scaup
Join the Hoy Audubon Society on
foot and by car for part of or or whole day as we count all birds we find in
various habitats of
eastern Racine County. Every effort will be made to pair new field
observers with more experienced birders where possible. Field observers
are requested to pay $5 to Audubon. There is no fee for observers under 19 years of age or
for home feeder watchers. Paid participants receive the CBC summary issue
of "American Birds: Summary of the CBC" from National Audubon Society which
arrives later in 2010. To sign up and receive a designated count area,
please contact Eric Howe prior to December 17th at
or 262.594.5853.
You can also pre-register online at National Audubon Society's website: http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc. Once registered and logged in, you will have the option to signup for a CBC. The CBC circle code that you will need to enter for the Racine CBC is "WIRC". Should hazardous weather exist on the 19th, the backup date will be Sunday, December 20th. To view a map of the Racine CBC area, visit: www.hoyaudubon.org/cbc/racine
