On Monday (Dec. 28th) several members of the IDNC joined club naturalist Don Bucknell in the annual Christmas Bird Count at the Lawson Nature Reserve. Here are the numbers:

Number of birds (individuals): 276
Number of Species: 16

85 Ring-billed Gulls
3 Mourning Doves
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
16 Downy Woodpeckers
2 Hairy Woodpeckers
2 Pileated Woodpeckers
4 Blue Jays
5 American Crows
29 Black-capped Chickadees
12 White-breasted Nuthatches
2 Brown Creepers
20 American Tree Sparrows
1 White-throated Sparrow
35 Dark-eyed Juncos
3 Northern Cardinals
56 American Goldfinches