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2007-2008 Christmas Bird Counts

Putnam Christmas Bird Count
Forty-six participants took part in the Putnam Christmas Bird Count, which was held on December 29, 2007. Morning fog was replaced by clear skies in the afternoon with temperatures ranging from 37°-51°F.

Click for a map of the Putnam Bird Count Area

Canada Goose 445   American Coot 127   Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Mute Swan 30 Ring-billed Gull 973 Eastern Bluebird 147
Wood Duck CW Herring Gull 79 Hermit Thrush 13
Gadwall 1 Great Black-backed Gull 21 American Robin 489
American Black Duck 54 Rock Pigeon 126 Gray Catbird 3
Mallard 268 Mourning Dove 239 Northern Mockingbird 34
Ring-necked Duck 288 Eastern Screech-Owl 5 European Starling 590
Greater Scaup 1 Great Horned Owl 2 Cedar Waxwing 179
Long-tailed Duck 1 Barred Owl 2 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler 8
Bufflehead 71 Long-eared Owl 1 American Tree Sparrow 148
Common Goldeneye 9 Belted Kingfisher 3 Field Sparrow 1
Hooded Merganser 228 Red-bellied Woodpecker 66 Fox Sparrow 1
Common Merganser 843 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 8 Song Sparrow 110
Ruddy Duck 132 Downy Woodpecker 119 Swamp Sparrow 5
Wild Turkey 36 Hairy Woodpecker 34 White-throated Sparrow 486
Common Loon 1 Yellow-shafted Flicker 40 Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco 716
Pied-billed Grebe 3 Pileated Woodpecker 20 Northern Cardinal 217
Great Cormorant 2 Blue Jay 460 Red-winged Blackbird 20
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 3 American Crow 581 Rusty Blackbird 4
Black Vulture 45 Fish Crow 1 Common Grackle 3
Turkey Vulture 41 Common Raven 21 Brown-headed Cowbird 21
Bald Eagle 8 Black-capped Chickadee 967 Purple Finch 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 9 Tufted Titmouse 466 House Finch 122
Cooper's Hawk 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch 4 Red Crossbill 22
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 White-breasted Nuthatch 213 Common Redpoll 26
Red-tailed Hawk 76 Brown Creeper 12 Pine Siskin 8
Golden Eagle 1 Carolina Wren 45 American Goldfinch 123
Merlin 1 Winter Wren 9 House Sparrow 258
    Golden-crowned Kinglet 43    

 

 

 

84 Species plus 1 Count Week Species, 11,053 individuals.

 

 

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