PENOKEAN HILLS FIELD NATURALISTS


103 Audubon Christmas Bird Count

Saturday, December 14, 2002


PHFN 7th Annual - 4th Official CBC


14 Outdoor Participants


Sabine Atteln (Group Leader)

Joyce MacKenzie (Group Leader)

Ray Cormier (Group Leader)

Terry Carr (Group Leader/Compiler)

Ann Brant

Paul Eckle

Kerstin Hedgecock

Diana MacGowan

James MacKenzie

Naomi Maggs

Elizabeth Matheson

Clarence Paris

Steve van Duin

Ursula van Duin



33 Feeder Watchers


Richard Tisseman, Lisa Echle, Katherine Croxson, Vera and David Young, Joan and Dan Humeniuk, Doreen Hill, Audrey Carr, Al Vivyurka, Scott Helman, Jocelyn Breive, Connie Johnston, Dorothy Kutt, Nancy Jo Wannan, Frank and Marion Mills, Jackie Hall, Tatjana Johnston, Leola Kavineau, Slavco Koscevie, Allan and Diana Day, Allan and Eva Wilson,

Gerit Hamer, Marion and Peter Kennedy, Ev Brooks, Audrey Parker-Lowe, Janette Loscombe, Vie and Gene Grogan, Lorraine Smith, Joan and Charlie Grieves, Shirley Green, Jake and Inge Seidle, Marlene Raasu, Tom and Betty Cushing, Barb Augustin


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Weather and Environmental Conditions


Sky Condition: Cloudy, Temperature: -2C to +2C, Wind: light from NW,

          Snow Cover: 0 to 5 cm, Still and Moving Water: Partly Frozen,

Precipitation: Nill, Natural Food Availability: Excellent


Audubon Christmas Bird Count

Species List & Numbers

Saturday, December 14, 2002

29 species, 1,516 total individual birds reported on Count Day


Bald Eagle (adult)

1

Brown Creeper

1

Ruffed Grouse

1

European Starling

362

Herring Gull

320

Eastern Towhee US

1

Glaucous Gull

1

American Tree Sparrow

24

Rock Dove

51

Chipping Sparrow

4

Mourning Dove

10

Fox Sparrow US

1

Downy Woodpecker

12

Dark-eyed Junco

1

Hairy Woodpecker

15

Snow Bunting

22

Pileated Woodpecker

2

Brown-headed Cowbird US HC

50

Gray Jay

3

Purple Finch

7

Blue Jay

70

American Goldfinch

155

American Crow

16

Evening Grosbeak

21

Common Raven

235

House Sparrow

8

Black-capped Chickadee

100

Red-breasted Nuthatch

1

White-breasted Nuthatch

21

 

 


Penokean Hills Field Naturalists

Yearly Totals for our past Seven Christmas Bird Counts:


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

2001: 30 species, 2211 individuals

2002: 29 species, 1516 individuals


My sincere thanks to the 47 participants in this years CBC....... T. Carr, Compiler