Thanks are extended to the nine club members who participated in this year’s annual Christmas Bird Count, held on December 28. Sightings of 12 species from the two and a half hour walk are noted below along with count numbers from December 2017 to 2020, for comparison. There was little activity in the Reserve. It was 4 degrees above, sunny with minimal wind. December saw little snow accumulation.
| Species | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| American Goldfinch | 15 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 17 |
| Northern Cardinal | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 9 |
| Dark-Eyed Junco | 13 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 36 |
| American Tree Sparrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brown Creeper | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 4 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 9 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Black-capped Chickadee | 44 | 25 | 19 | 43 | 23 |
| American Crow | 80 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| Blue Jay | 8 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| Mourning Dove | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| Canada Geese | 0 | 24 (in-flight) | 1 | 45 | 22 |
| Herring Gull | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ducks (unidentified) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rough Legged Hawk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrier Hawk | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Coopers Hawk | 0 | 1 (in flight) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Starlings | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Great Horned Owl | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rock Pidgeons | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Raven (heard, not seen) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Flicker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sparrow (Sp) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| House Sparrows | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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