Audobon Christmas Bird Count
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The annual Audobon Christmas Bird Count was conducted Dec. 28 in Clarksville and Dec. 21 at Ryerson.
Species Ryerson Clarksville
Canada goose 123 325
American black duck 0 14
Mallard 24 120
Hooded merganser 0 2
Ring-neck pheasant 3 1
Wild turkey 138 22
Great blue heron 1 2
Turkey vulture 1 0
Sharp-skinned hawk 0 2
Coopers hawk 3 2
Red-tailed hawk 22 19
American kestrel 2 9
Killdeer 0 7
Rock pigeon 0 218
Mourning dove 156 236
Belted kingfisher 5 2
Red-bellied woodpecker 31 19
Yellow-bellied sapsucker 0 2
Downy 30 11
Hairy woodpecker 8 4
Northern flicker 7 5
Pileated woodpecker 9 9
Blue jay 89 71
American crow 83 133
Common raven 3 2
Chickadee species 99 76
Tufted titmouse 60 36
Red-breasted nuthatch 0 1
White-breasted nuthatch 41 28
Brown creeper 2 3
Carolina wren 15 21
Golden-crowned kinglet 9 8
Eastern bluebird 45 36
American robin 38 5
Northern mockingbird 1 12
European starling 195 379
Yellow-rumped warbler 4 1
Eastern towhee 6 0
American tree sparrow 0 7
Field sparrow 2 0
Song sparrow 37 8
Swamp sparrow 2 0
White-throated sparrow 10 4
White-crowned sparrow 0 1
Dark-eyed junco 48 85
Northern cardinal 104 47
Red-winged blackbird 9 0
Brown-headed cowbird 2 0
Purple finch 0 3
House finch 20 31
American goldfinch 36 24
House sparrow 141 343
•Participants included Ron and Lyn Argent, Dom and Kim Barbetta, Ralph K. Bell, Jane Bonner, Jan Churney, Diane Clark, Terry Dayton, Al Deynzer, Dolores Doman, Walt Donnellan, Worthy Fox, Myra Gibson, Natalie Greenlee, Paula Greenlee, Mary Grey, Larry Helgerman, Marjorie Howard, Jo Hoy, Pat Hutcheson, Aidan Kern, Kathy Kern, John Markle, Marjorie Moffatt, Bill and Donna Riggle, Jean Scott, Ellen Weekly, Bill Wentzel, Diane Whipkey, Llew Williams and Jerry Wolfe.
•Barred owl and Eastern screech owl were heard during count week, which is three days before and three days after the actual count, but not seen on count day.
•Ryerson count was a rainy miserable day on the road. Birds just were not seen, making it the worst count in 15 years.