Christmas bird count
Audubon Society’s annual Christmas bird count
Species Ryerson Clarksville
Canada goose 188 278
American black duck •cw 0
Mallard 123 62
Ring-necked duck 1 0
Hooded merganser 0 6
Ring-necked pheasant 1 0
Wild turkey 29 2
Pied-billed grebe 0 1
Great blue heron 2 1
Northern harrier 0 1
Coopers hawk 4 0
Red-tailed hawk 58 9
American kestrel 8 10
Rock pigeon 13 375
Mourning dove 165 119
Barred owl 1 0
Belted kingfisher 5 2
Red-bellied woodpecker 53 13
Yellow-bellied sapsucker 2 2
Downy 42 9
Hairy woodpecker 8 1
Northern flicker 21 5
Pileated woodpecker 16 6
Blue jay 150 77
American crow 192 114
Common raven 4 1
Chickadee species 113 38
Tufted titmouse 89 13
White-breasted nuthatch 85 13
Brown creeper 1 0
Carolina wren 7 16
Golden-crowned kinglet 4 0
Eastern bluebird 70 46
American robin 14 26
Northern mockingbird 1 8
European starling 261 597
Black-and-white warbler 1 0
Yellow-rumped warbler 1 2
Eastern towhee 8 0
American tree sparrow 3 0
Field sparrow 3 0
Song sparrow 60 5
White-throated sparrow 36 2
White-crowned sparrow 1 0
Dark-eyed junco 101 32
Northern cardinal 74 72
Brown-headed cowbird 0 2
House finch 49 16
American goldfinch 73 16
House sparrow 103 171
Individual totals 2,243 2,169
Species total 46 39
Notes: •cw stands for birds sighted on count week, three days before and after the official count day.
The count was conducted Dec. 20 in Ryerson and Dec. 27 in Clarksville. Participants were Ron and Lyn Argent, Jane Bonner, Roberta Boyd, Judy Cholak, Al and Jan Churney, Diane Clark, Bobbi Cressey, Terry Dayton, Al Deynzer, Worthy Fox, Myra Gibson, John and Natalie Greenlee, Mary Grey, Larry Helgerman, Marjorie Howard, Pat Hutcheson, Kathy Kern, Tim Mankey, Marjorie Moffatt, Bill and Donna Riggle, Jean Scott, Attilia Shumaker, Sally Sisler and Diane Whipkey.