wald (04/15/83)
Since people have shown an interest in what is being seen I thought I'd
pass this along. The Summit Nature Club (Summit is ~15 West of Newark NJ)
keeps a feeder survey for the first week of each month during the winter
months. The following are the results for this year (82-83).
DEC JAN FEB MAR Totals
Number of people: 37 37 39 37 -
Canada Goose: 90 225 53 125 493
Mallard: 20 44 19 59 142
Bufflehead 0 0 0 2 2
Turkey Vulture: 1 0 5 11 17
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 0 0 1 0 1
Red-Tailed Hawk: 4 3 0 7 14
Red-Shouldered Hawk: 0 2 1 0 3
American Kestrel: 2 0 3 1 6
Ring-necked Pheasant: 2 0 0 0 2
Killdeer: 0 0 0 3 3
American Woodcock: 1 0 0 0 1
Herring Gull: 42 81 52 108 283
Rock Dove: 85 130 96 115 426
Mourning Dove: 206 247 215 210 878
Eastern Screech Owl: 0 0 1 0 1
Great Horned Owl: 0 0 0 1 1
Long Eared Owl: 0 0 0 1 1
Belted Kingfisher: 1 1 0 0 2
Northern Flicker: 3 1 4 3 11
Pileated woodpecker: 2 0 0 1 3
Red-Bellied woodpecker: 6 4 4 5 19
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker: 0 0 1 1 2
Hairy Woodpecker: 13 18 22 23 76
Downy Woodpecker: 73 81 98 66 318
Blue Jay: 132 129 163 155 579
American Crow: 282 284 415 105 1086
Black-Capped Chickadee: 117 160 114 111 502
Tufted Titmouse: 104 122 108 84 418
White-Breasted Nuthatch: 45 41 56 49 191
Red-Breasted Nuthatch: 1 0 1 0 2
Brown Creeper: 5 7 7 2 21
Carolina Wren: 4 2 2 1 9
Northern Mockingbird: 19 26 29 28 102
American Robin: 0 14 5 47 66
Golden-Crowned Kinglet: 2 3 1 0 6
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet: 1 0 0 0 1
Cedar Waxwing: 40 72 59 96 267
European Starling: 501 410 763 591 2265
Yellow-Rumped Warbler: 1 0 0 2 3
House Sparrow: 299 330 411 281 1321
Red-Winged Blackbird: 0 17 5 141 163
Common Grackle: 32 3 39 428 502
Brown-Headed Cowbird: 0 2 3 14 19
Northern Cardinal: 76 91 146 137 450
Evening Grosbeak: 0 22 1 0 23
Purple Finch: 5 21 16 35 77
House Finch: 321 337 307 318 1283
Pine Siskin: 9 1 0 0 10
American Goldfinch: 76 119 104 109 408
Rufus-Sided Towee: 0 2 1 3 6
Northern Junco: 148 301 423 221 1093
American Tree Sparrow: 7 15 30 15 67
Field Sparrow: 4 3 11 9 27
White-Throated Sparrow: 81 149 203 185 618
Fox Sparrow: 0 1 3 7 11
Song Sparrow: 6 11 27 29 73
Number species 42 41 44 45 56
Number individuals 2869 3532 4028 3945 14374
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Bob waldstein
(mhuxt | mhuxd)!wald
MH6a-313 x6171