Kennebecasis Naturalist Society
2011 Sussex
Christmas Bird Count

Following is the raw data from the 2008, 2009 and 2011 Sussex Christmas Bird Counts. (I seem to be missing the 2010 data - sorry). It has been sorted by frequency of birds seen each year so you can see any differences.

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

2011 326 Mallard 255 American Crow 192 RockDove 162 Black-capped Chickadee 118 Mourning Dove 114 Anerican Goldfinch 89 European Starling 73 Blue Jay 49 Canada Goose 38 American Black Duck 17 Downy Woodpecker 17 Red-breasted Nuthatch 16 Herring Gull 15 Hairy Woodpecker 15 House Sparrow 13 Ruffed Grouse 10 Purple Finch 9 Common Raven 8 Golden-crowned Kinglet 5 Bald Eagle 5 Dark-eyed Junco 4 Common Redpoll 2 Gray Jay 2 Northern Cardinal 2 Red=bellied Woodpecker * 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Song Sparrow 1 American Tree Sparrow 1 American Robin * 1 Eastern Pewee 1 Pine Warbler 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 White-throated Sparrow * * seen in area but not on count day Mammals 19 Grey squirrel 11 White-tailed deer 4 Red squirrel 1 American Porcupine 1 Northern Flying Squirrel

We did our bird count on December 17, 2011 in an area with a circle of 24 km diameter surrounding Sussex.

The sky was clear and the ground was lightly frozen. The moving water was open and there was no wind. The temperature was between -8 and -2 degree Celsius.

There were 13 field observers working in 7 field parties. One person was observing their bird feeders at home. We started at 8.00am and finished at 4.30pm. The total party-hours were 40.5, 14.25 hours on foot and 26.25 hours by car. The total party-km were 329, 22 km on foot and 307 km by car.

The compilers were; John Arisz, Wilma Arisz, Garth Bishop, Jim Brown, Darren Byers, Dianne McFarlane, Eldon Thorne, Therese Peurimaki and Stephen Peurimaki.

Total for birds are 1562 individuals of 30 species on count day plus 3 species during count period

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