Submitted by Jenny Gaden
The 2017 C’ville CBC took place Sunday, December 17. The weather was cooperative – a fair day with temperatures from 32 – 48 degrees F, and no wind to speak of. Forty-two people took part in 16 field parties and two feeder counts. Seventy-five species were reported with 3 rare bird reports: Ruddy Duck (Peter Mehring), Tundra Swan (Jim Nix), and remarkably three Clay-colored Sparrows found by Jim Childress. This was the first time in the history of our count, which goes back to 1924, that this species has been reported.
Species list:
Clay-colored Sparrow
Photo by Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren
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Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Black Duck
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
American Woodcock
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Eastern Screech Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Clay-colored Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Purple Finch
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
