Weather conditions on the day......North east winds, at times gusting to 20k. Temperatures ranged from a low of -7, rising to -5 by mid afternoon. The skies were overcast for the most part, with the sun trying to break out late in the day. The ground was snow covered, smaller ponds were frozen, and creeks were partly frozen over.

                          Hooded Merganser - 70 equals previous record
                        Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 equals previous record.

      There were low counts for - Green winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Surf Scoter, Black Scoter, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, American Coot, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Mourning Dove, American Crow, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird, Common Redpoll, American Goldfinch and House Sparrow.

  Species missed - Red-throated and Common Loon, Red-necked Grebe, King Eider, Iceland Gull, Glaucus Gull, and Yellow-rumped Warbler.

   Highlights - Pomarine Jaeger, Orange-crowned Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, and Bohemian Waxwing.

    Count Week birds - Turkey Vulture, Northern Goshawk, Northern Saw-whet Owl, and Pine Grosbeak.



                    Many thanks to all who took part in the count, and to those that reported birds for count week.
          Best regards.........T. 

----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Thomas Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 9:21 PM Subject: [hamiltonbirds] Results of the 2010 Hamilton Christmas Bird Count Hello, On Boxing Day December 26th. 2010, a total of 57,194 individual birds and 98 species were recorded by 80 observers, in the field, and at birdfeeders. Weather conditions on the day......North east winds, at times gusting to 20k. Temperatures ranged from a low of -7, rising to -5 by mid afternoon. The skies were overcast for the most part, with the sun trying to break out late in the day. The ground was snow covered, smaller ponds were frozen, and creeks were partly frozen over. The weather always plays a part in the bird count, and this year proved no exception. Strong winds at the lake, with 5ft. waves, made it very difficult to count and identify diving ducks, therefore the count in this area was well below average. We had new records for Trumpeter Swan - 193 Old record 184 Cooper's Hawk - 23 " 20 Wild Turkey - 66 " 59 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 81 " 60 Bohemian Waxwing - 42 " 2 Cedar Waxwing -1,136 " 1,030 Hooded Merganser - 70 equals previous record Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 equals previous record. There were low counts for - Green winged Teal, Lesser Scaup, Surf Scoter, Black Scoter, Bufflehead, Common Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, American Coot, Ring-billed Gull, Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Mourning Dove, American Crow, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Brown-headed Cowbird, Common Redpoll, American Goldfinch and House Sparrow. Species missed - Red-throated and Common Loon, Red-necked Grebe, King Eider, Iceland Gull, Glaucus Gull, and Yellow-rumped Warbler. Highlights - Pomarine Jaeger, Orange-crowned Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, and Bohemian Waxwing. Count Week birds - Turkey Vulture, Northern Goshawk, Northern Saw-whet Owl, and Pine Grosbeak. Many thanks to all who took part in the count, and to those that reported birds for count week. Best regards.........T. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Hamilton Birders email group. To post to this group, send email to hamiltonbirds@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to hamiltonbirds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hamiltonbirds?hl=en?hl=en