Western Macomb County [MIWM]
42.7 degrees North x -82.9667 degrees West
Christmas Bird Count
Count Year: 106
 
Species
Number Number / Party Hr. Flags Editorial Flags
 
  Canada Goose
(Branta canadensis)
353  
3.6771  
 
 
  Mute Swan
(Cygnus olor)
9  
0.0938  
 
 
  American Black Duck
(Anas rubripes)
19  
0.1979  
 
 
  Mallard
(Anas platyrhynchos)
462  
4.8125  
 
 
  Canvasback
(Aythya valisineria)
0  
0  
CW  
 
  Redhead
(Aythya americana)
3  
0.0312  
 
 
  Common Merganser
(Mergus merganser)
1  
0.0104  
 
 
  Ring-necked Pheasant
(Phasianus colchicus)
1  
0.0104  
 
 
  Ruffed Grouse
(Bonasa umbellus)
1  
0.0104  
 
 
  Wild Turkey
(Meleagris gallopavo)
37  
0.3854  
 
 
  Great Blue Heron (Blue form)
(Ardea herodias)
5  
0.0521  
 
 
  Northern Harrier
(Circus cyaneus)
3  
0.0312  
 
 
  Sharp-shinned Hawk
(Accipiter striatus)
4  
0.0417  
 
 
  Cooper's Hawk
(Accipiter cooperii)
25  
0.2604  
 
 
  Accipiter sp.
(Accipiter)
1  
0.0104  
 
 
  Red-shouldered Hawk
(Buteo lineatus)
1  
0.0104  
 
 
  Red-tailed Hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis)
62  
0.6458  
 
 
  Golden Eagle
(Aquila chrysaetos)
1  
0.0104  
 
 
  hawk sp.
(Accipitridae)
1  
0.0104  
 
 
  American Kestrel
(Falco sparverius)
8  
0.0833  
 
 
  Ring-billed Gull
(Larus delawarensis)
14  
0.1458  
 
 
  gull sp.
(Larus)
15  
0.1562  
 
 
  Rock Pigeon
(Columba livia)
755  
7.8646  
 
 
  Mourning Dove
(Zenaida macroura)
1889  
19.6771  
 
 
  Eastern Screech-Owl
(Otus asio)
12  
0.125  
 
 
  Great Horned Owl
(Bubo virginianus)
1  
0.0104  
 
 
  Belted Kingfisher
(Ceryle alcyon)
3  
0.0312  
 
 
  Red-bellied Woodpecker
(Melanerpes carolinus)
67  
0.6979  
 
 
  Downy Woodpecker
(Picoides pubescens)
117  
1.2188  
 
 
  Hairy Woodpecker
(Picoides villosus)
11  
0.1146  
 
 
  Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker
(Colaptes auratus)
14  
0.1458  
 
 
  Northern Shrike
(Lanius excubitor)
1  
0.0104  
 
 
  Blue Jay
(Cyanocitta cristata)
371  
3.8646  
 
 
  American Crow
(Corvus brachyrhynchos)
197  
2.0521  
 
 
  Horned Lark
(Eremophila alpestris)
266  
2.7708  
 
 
  Black-capped Chickadee
(Poecile atricapillus)
350  
3.6458  
 
 
  Tufted Titmouse
(Baeolophus bicolor)
58  
0.6042  
 
 
  Red-breasted Nuthatch
(Sitta canadensis)
21  
0.2188  
 
 
  White-breasted Nuthatch
(Sitta carolinensis)
72  
0.75  
 
 
  Brown Creeper
(Certhia americana)
9  
0.0938  
 
 
  Winter Wren
(Troglodytes troglodytes)
4  
0.0417  
 
 
  Golden-crowned Kinglet
(Regulus satrapa)
2  
0.0208  
 
 
  Eastern Bluebird
(Sialia sialis)
110  
1.1458  
 
 
  Hermit Thrush
(Catharus guttatus)
3  
0.0312  
 
 
  American Robin
(Turdus migratorius)
192  
2  
 
 
  European Starling
(Sturnus vulgaris)
3172  
33.0417  
 
 
  Cedar Waxwing
(Bombycilla cedrorum)
135  
1.4062  
 
 
  American Tree Sparrow
(Spizella arborea)
857  
8.9271  
 
 
  Field Sparrow
(Spizella pusilla)
1  
0.0104  
 
 
  Fox Sparrow
(Passerella iliaca)
1  
0.0104  
 
 
  Song Sparrow
(Melospiza melodia)
55  
0.5729  
 
 
  Swamp Sparrow
(Melospiza georgiana)
2  
0.0208  
 
 
  White-throated Sparrow
(Zonotrichia albicollis)
18  
0.1875  
 
 
  White-crowned Sparrow
(Zonotrichia leucophrys)
12  
0.125  
 
 
  Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco
(Junco hyemalis)
952  
9.9167  
 
 
  Snow Bunting
(Plectrophenax nivalis)
491  
5.1146  
 
 
  Northern Cardinal
(Cardinalis cardinalis)
194  
2.0208  
 
 
  Red-winged Blackbird
(Agelaius phoeniceus)
2  
0.0208  
 
 
  Rusty Blackbird
(Euphagus carolinus)
7  
0.0729  
 
 
  Common Grackle
(Quiscalus quiscula)
3  
0.0312  
 
 
  Brown-headed Cowbird
(Molothrus ater)
81  
0.8438  
 
 
  House Finch
(Carpodacus mexicanus)
481  
5.0104  
 
 
  American Goldfinch
(Carduelis tristis)
540  
5.625  
 
 
  House Sparrow
(Passer domesticus)
2173  
22.6354  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weather & Effort
 
  Count Date:
Dec 17, 2005 
  Number of Participants:
35 
  Number of Party Hours:
96.0 
  Species Reported:
60 
  Low Temperature:
14 
  High Temperature:
25 
  AM Weather:
Partly cloudy 
Rain: None 
Snow: None 
  PM Weather:
Partly cloudy 
Rain: None 
Snow: None 
 
 

Participants:

Sponsor: Macomb Audubon Society
Compiler: Barbara Baldinger
Secondary Compiler(s): Thomas Heatley,
Participants:
Barbara Baldinger 
John Bartley 
John Biegenowski 
Tom Borgula 
Christine Brackett 
Jeff Brackett 
Chris Chamberlin 
Frank Dennis 
Marilyn Dennis 
Dan Farmer 
Margaret Goethe 
Mike Goethe 
Tom Heatley 
Dave Lancaster 
Frank Lautner 
Todd Lautner 
Wade Leonard 
Dale Manor 
Brian McGee 
Sky Mikinak 
Diane Miller 
Andrea Mroz 
Mike Mroz 
Dick Oelsner 
Marge Oelsner 
Joanna Pease 
Alan Ryff 
Andrew Simon 
Heather Slayton 
Ken Slayton 
Charles Smart 
Carolyn Stevens 
Jim Stevens 
Terri Udvare 
Debbie Willette