5th Rock Cut CBC, Count 113, 12/26/12

Compiler: Ed Callaway
Year: 113, 12/26/12
Weather: Low 23.0 f, High 29.0 f. Clouds: Cloudy. Rain: none. Snow: light AM none PM.
Effort: Participants: 10. Hours: 20. Species: 46. Total individuals: 5474
More can be read on this count from Ed Callaway's blog: https://birdfreak.com/rock-cut-christmas-bird-count-recap-113/

New high for count
* New for the count
cw=count week, bird species that were not found by anyone on the count, but were found in the 3 days before or after count day.
LC=Low Count, fewer birds found than in previous years.

Canada Goose: 3535
Gadwall: cw**
American Black Duck: 1 LC
Mallard: 125
Lesser Scaup: 3**
Common Goldeneye: 5
Wild Turkey: 35
Great Blue Heron: 1
Northern Harrier: 1
Cooper's Hawk: 2
Red-tailed Hawk: 7 LC
American Coot: 3*
Sandhill Crane: 100**
Ring-billed Gull: 17
Herring Gull: 2 LC
Rock Pigeon: 13
Mourning Dove: 47
Barred Owl: 2
Belted Kingfisher: cw
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 14
Downy Woodpecker: 25 LC
Hairy Woodpecker: 3 LC
Northern Flicker: 2
Pileated Woodpecker: 1
American Kestrel: 3 LC
Northern Shrike: 1 LC
Blue Jay: 17 LC
American Crow: 76
Horned Lark: 87*
Black-capped Chickadee: 61 LC
Tufted Titmouse: 5
White-breasted Nuthatch: 15 LC
Brown Creeper: 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet: 2**
Eastern Bluebird: 4
Hermit Thrush: 1
European Starling: 554
Cedar Waxwing: 25
Lapland Longspur: 1 LC
American Tree Sparrow: 79 LC
Dark-eyed Junco: 174
Song Sparrow: 1
Northern Cardinal: 60 LC
Brown-headed Cowbird: cw**
House Finch: 59
Red Crossbill: 2**
Pine Siskin: 6
American Goldfinch: 39
House Sparrow: 256

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