Following is the raw data from the 2007 and 2008 Sussex Christmas Bird Counts. It has been sorted by frequency of birds seen each year so you can see any differences.
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2007
- 327 Black-capped Chickadee
- 242 Mourning Dove
- 224 European Starling
- 218 American Crow
- 183 Pine Grosbeak
- 181 Evening Grosbeak
- 180 American Goldfinch
- 133 Snow Bunting
- 115 Common Redpoll
- 100 Blue Jay
- 85 American Black Duck
- 71 Dark-eyed Junco
- 63 Mallard
- 56 Bohemian Waxwing
- 54 Rock Pigeon
- 50 Horned Lark
- 45 Common Raven
- 31 Canada Goose
- 27 Rusty Blackbird
- 23 House Sparrow
- 23 American Tree Sparrow
- 16 Hairy Woodpecker
- 13 Pine Siskin
- 11 Red-breasted Nuthatch
- 10 Downy Woodpecker
- 7 Northern Cardinal
- 5 White-breasted Nuthatch
- 5 Gray Jay
- 3 Bald Eagle
- 2 Ring-necked Pheasant
- 2 Northern Flicker
- 2 Common Grackle
- 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
- 1 Pine Warbler
- 1 Brown Creeper
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2008
- 1052 American Crow
- 816 European Starling
- 221 Morning Dove
- 189 Black-capped Chickadee
- 176 Mallard
- 147 Blue Jay
- 135 American Goldfinch
- 114 Bohemian Waxwing
- 100 Rock Dove
- 38 Dark-eyed Junco
- 34 Common Redpoll
- 31 Ring-billed Gull
- 20 American Black Duck
- 19 American Robin
- 12 Evening Grosbeak
- 11 Hairy Woodpecker
- 11 Downy Woodpecker
- 10 Golden-crowned Kinglet
- 7 Northern Cardinal
- 6 Pine Grosbeak
- 6 Common Raven
- 5 Swamp Sparrow
- 4 Bald Eagle
- 3 Sharp-shinned Hawk
- 3 Ruffed Grouse
- 3 Red-tailed Hawk
- 3 House Sparrow
- 3 Canada Goose
- 2 White-breasted Nuthatch
- 2 Red-belly Woodpecker
- 2 Ring-necked Pheasant
- 2 Pileated Woodpecker
- 2 Northern Flicker
- 2 Common Merganser
- 1 Herring Gull
- 1 White-throated Sparrow
- 1 Song Sparrow
- 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
- 1 Gray Jay
- 1 Cooper's Hawk
- 1 Common Grackle
- 1 American Tree Sparrow
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We did our bird count on December 14/2008 in an area with a circle of 24-km diameter surrounding Sussex.
The sky was mostly sunny and the ground was covered with snow and the water was frozen.
We started at 9.00 am and finished at 4.00pm.
The temperature was between -10 and -14C and the wind was north 10 km/h.
There were 11 field observers working in 7 field parties. The total party-hours were 36 hour, 4.5 hour on foot and 31.5 hour by car. The total party-km were 305 km, 15 km on foot and 290 km by car.
The compilers were: John Arisz, Wilma Arisz, Garth Bishop, Jim Brown,
David Hughes, Dianne McFarlane, Eldon Thorne and Stephen Peurimaki.
The compilers:
- John Arisz
- Wilma Arisz
- David Hughes
- Deanne McFarlane
- Garth Bishop
- Jim Brown
- Eldon Thorne
- Stephen Peurimaki.
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