Kennebecasis Naturalist Society
2009 Sussex
Christmas Bird Count

Following is the raw data from the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Sussex Christmas Bird Counts. It has been sorted by frequency of birds seen each year so you can see any differences.

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

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

2009 473 Rock Pigeon (Dove) 393 European Starling 337 Mallard 184 American Goldfinch 176 Black-capped Chickadee 135 American Crow 119 Mourning Dove 100 Blue Jay 45 American Black Duck 30 Snow Bunting 28 Canada Goose 13 House Sparrow 8 Dark-eyed Junco 8 Hairy Woodpecker 7 Downy Woodpecker 7 Red-breasted Nuthatch 5 Common Raven 4 Gold-crowned Kinglet 4 White-breasted Nuthatch 4 Gray Jay 3 Bald Eagle 3 Common Merganser 3 Northern Cardinal 2 White-throated Sparrow 1 Robin 1 Herring Gull 1 Song Sparrow 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk Mammals 6 Grey squirrel 15 White-tailed deer 6 Red squirrel 1 Red fox

We did our bird count on December 19, 2009 in an area with a circle of 24 km diameter surrounding Sussex.

The sky was clear and the ground was covered with snow. The water was frozen except the moving water. The temperature was between -7 and -13C and the wind was North 10km/h.

There were 12 field observers working in 7 field parties. Two people were observing their bird feeders at home. We started at 9.00am and finished at 4.00pm. The total party-hours were 33, 11 hours on foot and 22 hours by car. The total party-km were 267, 22 km on foot and 245 km by car.

The compilers were; John Arisz, Wilma Arisz, Garth Bishop, Jim Brown, David Hughes, Dianne McFarlane and Eldon Thorne.

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Created Jan. 20, 2010