PENOKEAN HILLS FIELD NATURALISTS

Elliot Lake, Ontario

Sixth Annual Christmas Bird Count - THIRD OFFICIAL Audubon CBC

FRIDAY, December 14, 2001

Compiler: Terry Carr
Species Area I Area II Area III Area IV Feeders Total
Mourning Dove         2 2
Herring Gull   5 500 76 50 631
Glaucous Gull     2 1   3
Ring-billed Gull       3   3
Iceland Gull       2   2
White-breasted Nuthatch   1   7 15 23
Red-breasted Nuthatch   2       2
Rock Dove     12 25 34 71
Downy Woodpecker   8   4 13 25
Hairy Woodpecker   3   2 17 22
Pileated Woodpecker   4   4 1 9
Gray Jay 8 5   4   17
Blue Jay 3 12 1 35 16 67
American Crow       2 4 6
Common Raven 15 37 250 38 20 360
Black-capped Chickadee. 20 65 7 71 100 263
Boreal Chickadee   1       1
Pine Siskins   3     6 9
European Starling     165 36 26 227
Common Redpoll   3 8   298 309
Hoary Redpoll         1 1
American Goldfinch         14 14
Pine Grosbeak   5   33 81 119
Evening Grosbeak 7 1       8
Red-tailed Hawk   2 1     3
Bald Eagle     2   1 3
Hooded Merganser       5   5
Common Goldeneye     2     2
Bufflehead 2         2
Dark-eyed Junco         2 2
Total Species: 30 55 157 950 348 701 2211




PENOKEAN HILLS FIELD NATURALISTS

Outside Participants in the Friday, December 14 2001 Christmas Bird Count

18 Observers in 4 parties
Area I (5) Area II (6) Area III (4) Area IV (6)
Ray Cormier Sabine Atteln Terry Carr Joyce MacKenczie
Audrey Parker-Lowe Jocelyne Breive Rene Guite Clarence Paris
Paul Eckle Oskar Mahlmann Artem Molchonof James MacKenzie
Naomi Maggs Uschi van Duin Elizabeth Matheson Marthe Doesburg
  Steve van Duin   Diana MacGowan


FEEDER WATCHERS: Richard Tisseman, Lisa Echle, Mara Zeitsma, Katherine Croxson, Vera and Dave Young, Joan and Dan Humeniuk, Mitchell Grondin, Doreen Hill, Audrey Carr, Al Vivyurka, Scott Helman, Richard Brieve, Richard Meisner, Sheila Stiven, Rene Turgeon, Jim and Debra Day, Connie Johnston, Dorothy Kutt, Bob Doesburg, Frank and Marion Mills, Jackie Hall, Vie and Gene Grogan, Helen and Geoff Morris, Lorraine Smith, Joan Grieves, Shirley Green, Mrs. Seidl, Marlene Raasu (Total:34 feeder watchers)

Total Participants for the 2001 Audubon Christmas Bird Count was

52 individuals



Weather and Habitat Data

Air Temp: From -5C low to 0 high Winds: light

Sky: Sunny with Cloudy periods Precipitation: NIL

Estimated Aver.Snow: NO SNOW! Water: Flowing streams- OPEN Still water:30% OPEN, 70% FROZEN

Habitat Coverage: Residential 30% Woodland 60% Marsh & Bog 10%

Wild Food Crop: good

Yearly Totals:

1996: 16 species, 700 individuals

1997: 28 species, 1072 individuals

1998: 26 species, 1399 individuals

1999: 25 species, 1470 individuals

2000 : 25 species, 2003 individuals

Year 2001: 30 species and 2211 Individual birds

Note - The last three Counts, 1999, 2000 and 2001 were official Audubon Christmas Bird Counts. Results recorded with the National Audubon Society and Bird Studies Canada.

My sincere thanks to all 52 participants who contributed their time and effort to the Year 2001 results.

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