The 2020 Charlottesville CBC took place on Sunday, December 20, operating under strict Covid19 guidellines. It was a pleasant day, cloudy in the morning with sunshine in the afternoon, minimal winds, and temperatures between low to mid thirties and 48 degrees F. Fifty-two participants went into the field (last year there were 61) in 22 parties. They recorded 78 species. (Last year 72 species were recorded.) Of these, four required rare bird submissions: Loggerhead Shrike (reported by Joe Coppock), Evening Grosbeak (Gerard Therrien), Dickcissel (Kieran O’Connor), Rufous Hummingbird (Drew Chaney). We also had historical highs for several species. I have indicated the numbers of individuals reported this year with those four species below.
You can see the full report at the following link through Results. https://www.audubon.org/conservation/science/christmas-bird-count
Here is the list:
- Canada Goose
- American Black Duck
- Mallard
- Ring-neck Duck
- Hooded Merganser
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Great Blue Heron
- Black Vulture
- Turkey Vulture
- Northern Harrier
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Bald Eagle
- Red-shouldered Hawk (39)
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Wilson’s Snipe
- American Woodcock
- Rock Pigeon
- Mourning Dove
- Eastern Screech Owl
- Great Horned Owl
- Barred Owl
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Belted Kingfisher
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (104)
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- American Kestrel
- Eastern Phoebe
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Blue Jay
- American Crow
- Fish Crow
- Common Raven
- Horned Lark
- Carolina Chickadee
- Tufted Titmouse
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- White-breasted Nuthatch (220)
- Brown Creeper
- Winter Wren
- Carolina Wren (408)
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Eastern Bluebird
- Hermit Thrush
- American Robin
- Northern Mockingbird
- European Starling
- American Pipit (190)
- Cedar Waxwing
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Chipping Sparrow (155)
- Field Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Savannah Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Swamp Sparrow
- Eastern Towhee
- Northern Cardinal
- Dickcissel
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Common Grackle
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- House Finch
- Purple Finch
- Pine Siskin
- American Goldfinch
- Evening Grosbeak
- House Sparrow
Submitted by Jenny Gaden
