CHRISTMAS BIRD
COUNT - NEW BRUNSWICK - 2009
Name of area: RED BANK / SUNNY CORNER (centered at intersection of Route
425 and Boom Road)
[All coverage was within a 24 km (15 mi.) diameter circle]
Date: December 20, 2009 (8:15 to 16:40 hours)
Sky & precipitation: mainly overcast (100% cover) at start and ca. 50%
cloud cover at end with no precipitation all day.
Ground & water conditions: 10 – 20 cm snow cover with some open
brooks, but ponds and river mainly frozen except for a few open, fast-water
sections of Northwest Miramichi River.
Temp.: -6°C to -4°C
Wind direction and speed: NW, and light (ca. 5 km/h)
Total participants: 15 (8 field observers in 3 field parties, plus 7 persons
at 5 feeders)
Total party-hours: 15.0 (0.5 on foot, 14.5 by car)
Total party-km: 301 (1 on foot, 300 by car)
Compiler: Dave McLeod (assisted by Jim Saunders)
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Species / Year |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
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Date |
Jan 4 |
Dec 16 |
Dec 15 |
Dec 14 |
Dec 20 |
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Canada Goose |
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American Black Duck |
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Mallard |
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Greater Scaup |
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Common Eider |
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Harlequin Duck |
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Surf Scoter |
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White-winged Scoter |
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Black Scoter |
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Oldsquaw |
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Bufflehead |
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Common Goldeneye |
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Barrow's Goldeneye |
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Hooded Merganser |
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Common Merganser |
1 |
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Red-breasted Merganser |
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Ring-necked Pheasant |
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Ruffed Grouse |
11 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
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Spruce Grouse |
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Red-throated Loon |
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Common Loon |
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Horned Grebe |
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Red-necked Grebe |
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Great Cormorant |
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Great Blue Heron |
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Bald Eagle |
CP |
6 |
1 |
CP |
1 |
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Northern Harrier |
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Black-legged Kittiwake |
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Dovekie |
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Common Murre |
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Thick-billed Murre |
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Razorbill |
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Black Guillemot |
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Rock Pigeon (Dove) |
101 |
98 |
8 |
80 |
100 |
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Mourning Dove |
53 |
76 |
26 |
7 |
21 |
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Great Horned Owl |
CP |
CP |
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Snowy Owl |
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Barred Owl |
CP |
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Short-eared Owl |
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N. Saw-whet Owl |
CP |
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Downy Woodpecker |
7 |
8 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
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Hairy Woodpecker |
8 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
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Am. Three-toed Woodpecker |
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Black-backed (3-toed) Woodpecker |
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Northern Flicker |
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Pileated Woodpecker |
1 |
1 |
CP |
CP |
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Northern Shrike |
1 |
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Gray Jay |
5 |
19 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
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Blue Jay |
39 |
38 |
20 |
35 |
92 |
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American Crow |
49 |
38 |
20 |
25 |
18 |
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Common Raven |
8 |
23 |
11 |
13 |
16 |
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Horned Lark |
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Black-capped Chickadee |
174 |
85 |
143 |
71 |
60 |
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Boreal Chickadee |
1 |
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Swamp Sparrow |
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White-throated Sparrow |
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Dark-eyed (Sl-col.) Junco |
11 |
10 |
2 |
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Lapland Longspur |
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Snow Bunting |
14 |
86 |
3 |
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Northern Cardinal |
1 |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
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Meadowlark |
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Rusty Blackbird |
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Common Grackle |
1 |
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Brown-headed Cowbird |
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Pine Grosbeak |
23 |
80 |
19 |
3 |
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Purple Finch |
3 |
6 |
CP |
74 |
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House Finch |
2 |
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Red Crossbill |
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White-winged Crossbill |
CP |
63 |
1 |
22 |
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Common Redpoll |
223 |
CP |
37 |
90 |
10 |
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Pine Siskin |
5 |
CP |
CP |
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American Goldfinch |
13 |
58 |
6 |
2 |
98 |
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Evening Grosbeak |
49 |
2 |
68 |
81 |
15 |
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House Sparrow |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
CP |
1 |
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Northern Goshawk |
1 |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
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Rough-legged Hawk |
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Merlin |
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Gyrfalcon |
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Purple Sandpiper |
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Bonaparte's Gull |
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Ring-billed Gull |
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Herring Gull |
3 |
CP |
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Iceland Gull |
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Glaucous Gull |
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Great Black-backed Gull |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch |
5 |
11 |
12 |
2 |
6 |
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
CP |
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Brown Creeper |
2 |
CP |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet |
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American Robin |
CP |
1 |
2 |
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Northern Mockingbird |
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European Starling |
123 |
142 |
14 |
47 |
111 |
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Bohemian Waxwing |
CP |
5 |
53 |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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Eastern (Rufous-sided) Towhee |
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Am. Tree Sparrow |
3 |
2 |
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Fox Sparrow |
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Song Sparrow |
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Species (Count Day) |
22 |
25 |
22 |
22 |
19 |
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Individuals (Count Day) |
919 |
717 |
554 |
543 |
655 |
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Additional Species (CP - Count Period) |
5 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
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Cumulative Species (all years) |
28 |
35 |
36 |
38 |
40 |