A total of 3,096 birds in 46 species were recorded in the Williams Lake Field Naturalist’s annual Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, December14.
In the breakdown provided below CH means Count is High and CW means the bird was seen during count week but not on count day.
Canada Goose 3
Trumpeter Swan 5
Mallard 43
Green-winged Teal 7
Bufflehead 2
Common Goldeneye 5
Ruffed Grouse CW
Great Blue Heron CW
Bald Eagle 16
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Golden Eagle 4 CH
Merlin 1
Killdeer 1
Wilson’s Snipe 1
Rock Pigeon 350
Eurasian Collared
Dove 5
Northern Pygmy Owl 3
Barred Owl CW
Downy Woodpecker 27
Hairy Woodpecker 24
Northern Flicker
68 CH
Pileated Woodpecker 18
Northern Shrike 5
Gray Jay 31 CH
Steller’s Jay 7
Black-billed Magpie 18
American Crow 500
Common Raven 392
Black-capped
Chickadee 308
Mountain
Chickadee 231
Red-breasted
Nuthatch 78
Brown Creeper 2
American Dipper 20
Townsend’s Solitaire 9
American Robin 4
European Starling 49
Bohemian Waxwing 114
Song Sparrow 17
White-throated
Sparrow 3 CH
Dark-eyed Junco 49
Red-winged
Blackbird CW
Rusty Blackbird 3 CH
Brewer’s Blackbird 12
Pine Grosbeak 20
House Finch 179
Common Redpoll 1
Pine Siskin 42
American Goldfinch 35.