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Christmas bird count

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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.

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