[mou] Grand Rapids CBC results and today's sightings

[shawn conrad]

I just received the complete Grand Rapids CBC count from Ken Zimmer today.  
The count was held on December 17th.  We had a record high in species (40) 
and 2 new birds for the count (Three-toed Woodpecker and a Black Duck x 
Mallard hybrid).

15 Canada Geese
100 Mallards
1 Ring-necked Duck
14 Common Goldeneyes
10 Ruffed Grouse
20 Bald Eagles
1 Rough-legged Hawk
176 Rock Pigeons
10 Mourning Doves
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
11 Downy Woodpeckers
14 Hairy Woodpeckers
5 Pileated Woodpeckers
2 Northern Shrikes
6 Gray Jays
34 Blue Jays
87 American Crows
33 Common Ravens
326 Black-capped Chickadees
28 Red-breasted Nuthatches
47 White-breasted Nuthatches
1 Brown Creeper
179 European Starlings
3 Dark-eyed Juncos
18 Snow Buntings
4 Northern Cardinals
1 Common Grackle
53 Pine Grosbeaks
2 Purple Finches
50 Common Redpolls
82 Pine Siskins
83 American Goldfinches
43 Evening Grosbeaks
10 House Sparrows
2 Trumpeter Swans
1 Hooded Merganser
1 Common Loon
1 Three-toed Woodpecker
3 American Coots
1 American Black Duck x Mallard

Today, Earl Orf and I refound the male Three-toed Woodpecker at the 
intersection of Pincherry Road and CR 227 in Cohasset.  We also refound the 
Common Loon in Cohasset, a Common Grackle in Deer River, and 3 Gray Jays on 
CR 128.

Shawn Conrad
Bovey

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