Thanks are extended to the nine club members who participated in this year’s annual Christmas Bird Count, held on December 28. Sightings of 16 species from the two and a half-hour walk are noted below along with count numbers from previous years, for comparison. There was minimal activity in the Reserve – weather was foggy accompanied by light showers. Wind was at 13 kph/E. Temperatures at at 6 degrees.
| Species | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 (N/A -Covid) | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Total # of Species | 16 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 13 | |
| American Goldfinch | 22 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 35 | 17 | |
| Northern Cardinal | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 9 | ||
| Dark-Eyed Junco | 12 | 35 | 18 | 7 | 36 | ||
| Song Sparrow | 1 | ||||||
| American Tree Sparrow | 1 | 1 | |||||
| White-crowned Sparrow | 1 | ||||||
| White-throated Sparrow | 1 | ||||||
| Brown Creeper | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 9 | ||
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Black-capped Chickadee | 16 | 13 | 25 | 19 | 43 | 23 | |
| American Crow | 6 | 70 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | |
| Blue Jay | 14 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 18 | |
| Mourning Dove | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Canada Geese | 41 | 24 (in-flight) | 1 | 45 | 22 | ||
| Herring Gull | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |||
| Hairy Woodpecker | 1 | ||||||
| Downy Woodpecker | 4 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 9 | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 1 | ||||||
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Ducks (unidentified) | 15 | ||||||
| Red-tailed Hawk | 1 | ||||||
| Rough Legged Hawk | 1 | ||||||
| Harrier Hawk | 1 | ||||||
| Coopers Hawk | 1 | 1 (in flight) | 1 | ||||
| Starlings | 15 | ||||||
| Great Horned Owl | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Bald Eagle | 1 | ||||||
| Rock Dove [ Pigeons ] | 7 | 20 | |||||
| Raven | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Horned Larks | 10 |
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