The 2022 (officially 2023) Charlottesville Christmas Bird Count took place on Sunday, December 18. It was partly cloudy all day with temperatures between 34 and 41 F. The wind was from the northwest and shifted between 3.6 – 8.7 mph. Sixty participants in 20 parties recorded 77 species, two less than last year. Two rare bird reports were submitted: Rufous Hummingbird by Gus Colom and Loggerhead Shrike by Brad Odom. The species of hummingbird was confirmed by Bruce Peterjohn, retired Chief of the Bird Banding Laboratory, USGS.
Following are the 77 species reported. To see the official report for this count google the Christmas Bird Count and click on CBC Results. Follow the prompts for Charlottesville using the code VACA. These results will not be available till the fall.
- Canada Goose
- Wood Duck
- American Black Duck
- Mallard
- Ring-neck Duck
- Bufflehead
- Hooded Merganser
- Wild Turkey
- Pied-billed Grebe
- Great Blue Heron
- Black Vulture
- Turkey Vulture
- Sharp-shinned Hawk
- Cooper’s Hawk
- Bald Eagle
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Killdeer
- Ring-billed Gull
- 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
- Downy Woodpecker
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Pileated Woodpecker
- American Kestrel
- Eastern Phoebe
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Blue Jay
- American Crow
- Fish Crow
- Common Raven
- Carolina Chickadee
- Tufted Titmouse
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Brown Creeper
- Winter Wren
- Carolina Wren
- Golden-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Eastern Bluebird
- Hermit Thrush
- American Robin
- Gray Catbird
- Brown Thrasher
- Northern Mockingbird
- European Starling
- Cedar Waxwing
- Pine Warbler
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Chipping Sparrow
- Field Sparrow
- Fox Sparrow
- Dark-eyed Junco
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Savannah Sparrow
- Song Sparrow
- Swamp Sparrow
- Eastern Towhee
- Northern Cardinal
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Common Grackle
- House Finch
- Purple Finch
- Pine Siskin
- American Goldfinch
- House Sparrow
