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Dunrobin-Breckenridge Christmas Bird Count Archive

On this page you'll find the available archived results for the Dunrobin-Breckenridge Christmas Bird Count, which has been running since 1982. More archival results will be posted here as they become available.

For all available results, you can also consult this link:

http://www.audobon.org/bird/cbc/hr

The code for the Dunrobin-Breckenridge CBC is ONDB.

2007

2007 REPORT
The 27th Annual Dunrobin (ON) - Breckenridge (QC) Christmas Bird Count took place on Saturday, December 22, 2007. A total of 44 field observers and 11 feeder watchers recorded 46 species and 6,672 individuals.

Weather Conditions:
-5c degrees up to +2c;

AM: cloudy
PM: mostly cloudy

Winds: south-east 10 to 17K

Ottawa River, lakes and ponds frozen – a few small creeks still open.

Sunrise: 7:39 am Sunset: 4:22 pm

Species:
There was one new species on the count, GRAY CATBIRD and 5 record highs or tied record highs. A number of interesting observations were made including, Bald Eagle, Eastern Screech-Owl, American Robin, Bohemian Waxwing and Song Sparrow.

New Species: Gray Catbird (1) Present at my parents’ feeder since early December and the 109 species to be recorded on the Dunrobin CBC!

Record Highs: (Previous highs are shown in parentheses) Wild Turkey 178 (105) American Crow 1024 (583)

Tied Record Highs: (Year of previous high is shown in parentheses) Red-shouldered Hawk 1 (1998) Merlin 2 (2006) Hoary Redpoll 4 (1986) Finch numbers were again low, with two species being absent, the Purple Finch and White-winged Crossbill, while the American Goldfinch and Common Redpoll were most common. It was nice to have some Evening Grosbeaks around in small numbers.

Winter Finches: Pine Grosbeak (38) Purple Finch (0) White-winged Crossbill (0) Common Redpoll (478) Pine Siskin (3) American Goldfinch (179) Evening Grosbeak (103)

A few Dunrobin-Breckenridge statistics:

Total Species:
Record High 68 (2001)
Record Low 32 (1999)

Total Individuals:
Record High 12,554 (1986)
Record Low 798 (1999)

The cumulative list stands at 109 species since 1981/82.

I would like to thank all the sector leaders and field observers for your continuing support on the Dunrobin (ON) - Breckenridge (QC) CBC. A special thank you to my wife Laurie for preparing the wonderful post-count supper.

I hope to see everyone next season on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009.

If you wish to see all of the CBCs since they began, go to http://www.audobon.org/bird/cbc/hr

Thanks,
Bruce Di Labio
Compiler

2007 RESULTS

Species	Quebec	Carp	Shirley's Bay	Fitzroy Twp.	Constance Bay	Total	Records
Canada Goose	2	0	0	0	0	2
American Black Duck	2	0	3	0	0	5
Ruffed Grouse	0	1	4	0	1	6
Wild Turkey	7	28	38	59	46	178	*
Bald Eagle	1	0	2	0	0	3
Cooper's Hawk	0	1	0	0	0	1
Northern Goshawk	1	0	0	0	0	1
Red-shouldered Hawk	0	1	0	0	0	1	* 2nd
Red-tailed Hawk	0	3	6	3	1	13
Rough-legged Hawk	5	3	3	1	0	12
American Kestrel	2	0	0	0	0	2
Merlin	1	1	0	0	1	2	* 5th
Rock Pigeon	140	265	133	134	4	672
Mourning Dove	120	41	81	47	57	346
Eastern Screech-Owl	1	0	0	0	0	1
Great Horned Owl	0	0	0	0	3	3
Barred Owl	0	1	1	0	0	2
Downy Woodpecker	12	8	13	9	13	55
Hairy Woodpecker	16	10	23	10	9	68
Pileated Woodpecker	4	2	7	0	5	18
Northern Shrike	0	1	3	0	1	5
Blue Jay	97	22	93	82	36	280
Amercian Crow	314	161	376	84	89	1024	*
Common Raven	44	21	52	12	7	136
Horned Lark	0	22	0	2	0	24
Black-capped Chickadee	234	66	252	140	162	754
Red-breasted Nuthatch	0	1	0	0	4	5
White-breasted Nuthatch	28	13	32	17	22	112
Brown Creeper	0	1	2	0	4	7
American Robin	0	2	1	0	0	3
Gray Catbird	0	0	1	0	0	1	New**
European Starling	216	25	84	64	96	485
Bohemian Waxwing	56	61	238	177	16	648
American Tree Sparrow	6	7	13	1	1	28
Song Sparrow	0	0	0	1	0	1
Dark-eyed Junco	93	2	0	7	8	110
Snow Bunting	283	78	134	130	47	672
Northern Cardinal	8	7	4	4	6	29
Pine Grosbeak	0	21	14	3	0	38
House Finch	0	1	0	0	0	1
Common Redpoll	116	61	141	44	116	478
Hoary Redpoll	2	0	0	0	2	4	*
Pine Siskin	0	3	0	0	0	3
American Goldfinch	71	13	52	22	21	179
Evening Grosbeak	10	16	46	8	23	103
House Sparrow	51	27	0	26	21	125
Total Species	30	36	30	25	29	46
Total Individuals	1943	1004	1871	1087	822	6672

Record High *
Ties Record High **

2006

2006 REPORT
Observers: Bruce Di Labio, Ben Di Labio and Laurie Brown

Weather Conditions: Minus 8 degrees up to minus 4; light snow starting 5:15 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. for a total accumulation of 2 cms with 2 cms already on the ground; winds west 10 km/h.

Sunrise:
7:42 a.m. Sunset: 4:30 p.m.

Owling
Left 3:10 a.m. from Carp.
March Road at 22^nd Line – Goulbourn Forest Road – March Valley Road – Riddell Road Kerwin (Northern Saw-whet calling at 4:15 a.m.)
East end of Thomas Dolan near Constance Creek (Barred Owl at 4:45 a.m.)
Thomas Dolan Parkway at Carp Ridge (5:00 a.m. Great Horned Owl calling).

Meet-up
6:30 a.m. to 7:26 a.m. – Tim Hortons March Road
Met group – set up “teams” and gave instructions. Some people late arriving (6:45 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.).

Shirley's Bay
7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Viewed bay from parking lot and walked dike to first island – poor visibility due to light snow. Significant freezing of river over past few days. A few large open areas left.

Canada Goose 35; Common Goldeneye 35; Hooded Merganser 1 female; Common Raven 2.

Feeders

Mourning Dove 2; American Tree Sparrow 9; Black-capped Chickadee 6; Northern Cardinal 1; Hairy Woodpecker 1; Downy Woodpecker 1; White-crowned Sparrow 1 (seen by a birder shortly before we arrived)

March Valley Road

Great Horned Owl; Mallard 13; American Black Duck 1; Muskrat 1

River
Drove Riddell Road – 6^th Line Road – Berry Side Road to Pinhey Point – viewed river.
6^th Line Road to Thomas A. Dolan – viewed river from end of Thomas A. Dolan (Ring-necked Duck 2).
6^th Line Road – feeder at number ?

Wild Turkey 6; Mourning Dove 7; White-tailed Deer 2

River Front Park

Pileated Woodpecker 1

11:30 a.m. – arrived home for lunch break – collected checklists from morning-only participants. Some people arrived after 12:30. Left the house 1:40 p.m.

1:55 p.m. to 2:12 p.m. Shirley’s Bay
Viewed bay and checked feeders.

3:00 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.
Walked trail off Riddell Road corner of March Valley. Walked in approx. 2.5 km to intersection of Kerwin Trail.

3:54 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. Shirley’s Bay
Unable to located gulls coming to roost. Great Black-backed Gulls 2.

Returned home for compilation.

Notes & Highlights:

Significant freezing of river over past 36 hours. A few large open areas left.
Northern Saw-whet Owl – heard hooting at Kerwin
Barred Owl – Thomas Dolan near Constance Creek
Great Horned Owl – 1 heard at TDP and Constance Creek while owling; 1 roosting on March Valley Road
Eastern Screech-owl – 1 found in raven behind house on December 31^st at about noon
White-crowned Sparrow – 1 Shirley’s Bay feeders
Northern Shrike – 1 Rifle Road
Ring-necked Duck - 2
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Canada Goose – 31
Common Goldeneye – 35
American Kestrel – 1 off March Road
Eastern Blue Bird – 1 found on December 31^st at about noon on Carp Road south of Carp Ridge

2006 RESULTS

Species	Quebec	Carp	Shirley's Bay	Fitzroy Twp.	Constance Bay	Total	Records
Canada Goose	22	5	31	0	1	59
Wood Duck	0	1	0	0	0	1	New*
American Black Duck	0	0	7	0	0	7
Mallard	0	7	19	0	0	26
Ring-necked Duck	0	0	2	0	2	2	***2nd
White-winged Scoter	0	0	0	0	6	6	New*
Common Goldeneye	5	0	35	0	18	58	*
Hooded Merganser	0	0	1	0	0	1
Common Merganser	14	0	0	0	1	15
Ruffed Grouse	0	5	9	3	7	24
Wild Turkey	0	17	26	23	12	78
Great Blue Heron	0	0	1	0	0	1	***6th
Bald Eagle	1	0	0	0	1	2
Northern Harrier	0	1	0	0	1	2
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	0	0	2	0	2
Cooper's Hawk	0	1	1	1	1	4
Northern Goshawk	0	0	1	0	0	1
Red-tailed Hawk	7	3	8	12	10	40	*
Rough-legged Hawk	3	4	1	6	13	27
American Kestrel	1	1	1	1	2	6
Merlin	0	0	0	0	2	2	* 4th
Great Black-backed Gull	0	0	2	0	0	2
Rock Pigeon	62	133	42	85	32	354
Mourning Dove	153	77	46	20	41	337
Great Horned Owl	0	2	2	2	0	6
Barred Owl	0	0	1	0	0	1
Northern Saw-whet Owl	0	0	1	0	0	1
Downy Woodpecker	14	14	18	15	15	76
Hairy Woodpecker	12	13	24	17	10	76
Am.Three-toed Woodpecker	0	0	0	0	1	1
Black-backed Woodpecker	0	0	1	1	0	2
Northern Flicker	0	1	0	0	0	1
Pileated Woodpecker	3	2	10	4	3	22
Northern Shrike	1	1	3	5	4	14
Blue Jay	44	58	65	82	28	277
Amercian Crow	120	50	108	58	62	398
Common Raven	22	6	16	3	6	53
Horned Lark	0	4	0	0	0	4
Black-capped Chickadee	213	134	361	199	152	1059
Red-breasted Nuthatch	0	2	10	6	7	25
White-breasted Nuthatch	13	22	35	16	20	106
Brown Creeper	0	1	3	1	3	8
Golden-crowned Kinglet	0	1	1	2	0	4
American Robin	0	0	7	0	0	7
European Starling	10	232	59	168	124	593
American Tree Sparrow	77	61	61	68	1	268
White-crowned Sparrow	0	0	1	0	0	1	New*
Dark-eyed Junco	44	31	5	11	21	112
Snow Bunting	42	35	35	330	43	485
Northern Cardinal	21	8	11	8	9	57
Purple Finch	0	0	0	8	0	8
House Finch	1	13	1	1	0	16
White-winged Crossbill	1	0	6	1	0	8
Common Redpoll	5	0	0	0	0	5
Pine Siskin	0	0	12	0	0	12
American Goldfinch	97	91	97	129	207	621
House Sparrow	180	24	0	36	16	256
Total Species	27	35	44	33	35	57
Total Individuals	1188	1061	1187	1324	882	5640

Record High *
Ties Record High **

2005

2005 REPORT
The 25^th Annual Dunrobin, On-Breckenridge, P.Q. Christmas Bird Count took place on Saturday, December 17th, 2005. A total of forty-one field observers and 10 feeder watchers recorded 52 species and 8,749 individuals.

Weather Conditions:
-5c degrees up to –1c;
AM: Sunny with cloudy periods
PM: mostly cloudy
Winds: W SW 10 to 15K
25 cm of snow had fallen on December 16^th between about 2:00am and noon. Previous to this about 1 cm of snow on the ground.
Ottawa River, lakes and ponds frozen – a few small creeks still open.

Sunrise: 7:38 am Sunset: 4:21 pm

There were no new species on this count but we did have 3 record highs and 1 tied record high. A number of interesting observations were made including, Bald Eagle, Northern Hawk Owl, Boreal Chickadee and Bohemian Waxwing. One of the biggest surprises was the Red-headed Woodpeckers at Constance Bay. This is the second consecutive winter that these normally migratory birds have decided to over winter.

Finch numbers were again low, with two species being very scarce including the Purple Finch and White-winged Crossbill, while the American Goldfinch and Common Redpoll were most common.

Record High or Tied Previous Record High:
Cooper’s Hawk 4 4 (2001)
Wild Turkey 105 72 (2004a)
Eastern Screech-Owl 3 2 (4 yrs.)
Red-headed Woodpecker 2 1 (2004)

A few Dunrobin-Breckenridge statistics:

Total Species:
Record High 68 (2001) Record Low 32 (1999)

Total Individuals:
Record High 12,554 (19860 Record Low 798 (1999)

The cumulative list stands at 105 species since 1981/82.

I would like to thank all the sector leaders and field observers for your continuing support on the Dunrobin, On. -Breckenridge, P.Q. CBC. I hope to see everyone next season on Saturday, December 30th, 2006.

If you wish to see all of the CBCs since they began, go to http:/www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/hr/

Thanks,
Bruce Di Labio
Compiler

2005 RESULTS

Species	Quebec	Carp	Shirley's Bay	Fitzroy Twp.	Constance Bay	Total	Records
Canada Goose	0	0	2	0	0	2
American Black Duck	0	0	12	0	0	12
Mallard	0	0	4	0	0	4
Bald Eagle	2	0	5	0	1	8
Sharp-shinned Hawk	0	1	0	0	0	1
Cooper's Hawk	1	2	1	0	0	4	***
Northern Goshawk	0	0	0	1	0	1
Red-tailed Hawk	3	4	5	3	2	17
Rough-legged Hawk	2	1	6	1	1	11
American Kestrel	0	0	1	1	0	2
Ruffed Grouse	0	1	2	2	2	7
Wild Turkey	15	0	48	15	27	105	*
Herring Gull	0	0	7	0	0	7
Great Black-backed Gull	0	0	1	0	0	1
Rock Pigeon	204	158	119	114	32	627
Mourning Dove	145	78	123	68	64	478
Eastern Screech-Owl	0	2	0	1	0	3	*
Great Horned Owl	0	3	2	1	0	6
Northern Hawk Owl	0	0	0	1	0	1
Red-headed Woodpecker	0	0	0	0	2	2	*
Downy Woodpecker	12	16	16	7	25	76
Hairy Woodpecker	10	6	27	11	24	78
Pileated Woodpecker	2	3	10	1	10	26
Northern Shrike	5	3	1	2	3	14
Blue Jay	109	58	107	93	89	456
American Crow	199	77	144	32	57	509
Common Raven	51	6	14	6	33	110
Horned Lark	0	13	0	42	0	55
Black-capped Chickadee	250	136	410	108	296	1200
Boreal Chickadee	0	0	1	1	0	2
Red-breasted Nuthatch	1	1	1	5	5	13
White-breasted Nuthatch	24	16	40	9	64	153
Brown Creeper	0	0	6	1	4	11
Golden-crowned Kinglet	0	0	1	0	0	1
American Robin	1	1	0	0	0	2
European Starling	258	84	78	30	83	533
Bohemain Waxwing	210	118	142	4	25	499
American Tree Sparrow	26	8	39	30	9	112
Song Sparrow	1	0	0	0	1	2
White-throated Sparrow	0	0	1	0	0	1
Dark-eyed Junco	28	4	4	2	0	38
Snow Bunting	1040	420	106	578	440	2584
Northern Cardinal	24	4	15	3	4	50
Pine Grosbeak	0	6	15	3	23	47
Purple Finch	0	0	0	0	1	1
House Finch	1	13	20	0	0	34
White-winged Crossbill	0	0	0	6	0	6
Common Redpoll	16	45	1	60	59	181
Pine Siskin	0	8	0	0	46	54
American Goldfinch	111	37	125	25	53	351
Evening Grosbeak	6	8	0	0	12	26
House Sparrow	104	29	34	53	5	225
Total Species	30	34	41	35	31	52
Total Individuals	2861	1370	1696	1320	1502	8749

Record High *
Ties Record High **

2004

2004 REPORT
The 24^rd Annual Dunrobin, On-Breckenridge, P.Q. Christmas Bird Count took place on Saturday, December 18, 2004. A total of thirty-six field observers and 12 feeder watchers recorded 51 species and 4,557 individuals.

Weather Conditions
As usual for this count, the weather conditions were bleak. Birders experienced overcast, with light snow in the morning, while the afternoon was dominated by clouds and more light snow. Temperatures ranged from an overnight low of -18C to a high of -7C.

There was one new species, the Red-headed Woodpecker, bringing the cumulative total to 105 species, plus 2 record highs and one tied record high. A number of interesting observations were made including , Bald Eagle, Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull ,Red-winged Blackbird, and Hoary Redpoll.

Finch numbers were again low, with four species being very scarce including the Pine Grosbeak, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin and Evening Grosbeak, while the Common Redpoll was again the most common finch.

Record High or Tied Previous Record High
Great Blue Heron 1 1 (5yrs.)
Wild Turkey 72 32 (2000)
Great Gray Owl 6 5 (1984)
Red-headed Woodpecker 1 New

A few Dunrobin-Breckenridge statistics:

Total Species:
Record High 68 (2001)
Record Low 32 (1999)

The accumulative list stands at 105 species since 1981/82.

I would like to thank all the sector leaders and field observers for your continuing support on the Dunrobin, On. -Breckenridge, P.Q. CBC. I hope to see everyone next season on Saturday, December 17, 2005.

Thanks,
Bruce Di Labio
Compiler

2004 RESULTS

Species	Quebec	Carp	Shirley's Bay	Fitzroy Twp.	Constance Bay	Total	Records
Great Blue Heron	0	0	1	0	0	1***	5th
American Black Duck	0	0	12	0	0	12
Mallard	0	0	1	0	0	1
Bald Eagle	0	0	1	0	0	1
Cooper's Hawk	0	1	0	0	0	1
Red-tailed Hawk	1	3	1	1	0	6
Rough-legged Hawk	1	2	5	2	0	10
American Kestrel	0	1	0	0	1	2
Ruffed Grouse	0	3	3	1	1	8
*Wild Turkey*	1	35	14	22	0	72*	R/H
Herring Gull	0	0	68	0	0	68
Iceland Gull	0	0	1	0	0	1	4th
Glaucous Gull	0	0	2	0	0	2
Great Black-backed Gull	0	0	23	0	0	23
Rock Pigeon	56	82	80	45	0	263
Mourning Dove	75	214	60	9	34	392
Great Horned Owl	1	1	1	2	0	5
Barred Owl	1	0	0	0	0	1
Great Gray Owl	2	0	2	1	1	6*	R/H
*Red-headed Woodpecker*	0	0	0	0	1	1**	New
Downy Woodpecker	13	11	6	3	9	42
Hairy Woodpecker	11	9	11	7	10	48
Pileated Woodpecker	4	1	1	0	1	7
Northern Shrike	0	1	0	1	0	2
Blue Jay	88	35	38	38	19	218
American Crow	66	44	95	41	29	275
Common Raven	29	5	10	7	1	52
Horned Lark	0	3	0	19	10	32
Black-capped Chickadee	126	114	273	88	60	661
Red-breasted Nuthatch	1	1	5	1	2	10
White-breasted Nuthatch	5	8	12	8	6	39
Brown Creeper	0	0	4	0	0	4
Golden-crowned Kinglet	0	0	0	0	1	1
American Robin	2	0	9	1	0	12
European Starling	72	23	2	144	18	259
American Tree Sparrow	35	14	20	16	0	85
Song Sparrow	0	1	0	0	0	1
White-throated Sparrow	0	0	0	0	1	1
Dark-eyed Junco	12	0	3	3	0	18
Snow Bunting	413	97	78	350	0	938
Northern Cardinal	22	6	14	2	0	44
Red-winged Blackbird	1	0	0	0	0	1
Pine Grosbeak	0	0	0	2	0	2
Purple Finch	0	0	1	0	0	1
House Finch	0	11	0	2	0	13
Common Redpoll	225	76	65	114	208	688
Hoary Redpoll	0	0	0	0	1	1
Pine Siskin	2	10	0	0	10	22
American Goldfinch	34	22	3	15	23	97
Evening Grosbeak	0	0	1	3	0	4
House Sparrow	72	9	16	6	0	103
Total Species	28	30	37	30	22	51
Total Individuals	1371	843	942	954	447	4,557

Record High *
New Species **
Ties Record High ***
Five or fewer records underlined