Thank you to all the “citizen scientists” who participated in the Christmas Bird Count, and fed chickadees. Here are our results:
Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, NS Dec 13; 9:30AM to 11:00AM. Temp. 1 to 4C. Winds calm. No snow cover. Still water partly open, moving water open. Morning was clear with some lingering fog. 26 field observers in 3 parties. Total party hours 4.5 (4.5 on foot). Total party kilometres 4.5.
| Am. Black Duck 13 | Common Eider 39 | Black Scoter 20 | Red-breasted Merganser 7 |
| Common Loon 3 | Great Cormorant 1 | Ring-billed Gull 4 | Herring Gull 44 |
| G. Black-backed Gull 2 | Black Guillemot 21 | Rock Pigeon 8 | Downy Woodpecker 1 |
| Blue Jay 38 | American Crow 67 | Common Raven 2 | Bl-capped Chickadee 97 |
| R-breasted Nuthatch 1 | W-breasted Nuthatch 2 | Brown Creeper 1 | G-crowned Kinglet 6 |
| European Starling 26 | Or-crowned Warbler 1 | Song Sparrow 16 | W-throated Sparrow 1 |
| Dark-eyed Junco 7 | Purple Finch 2 | American Goldfinch 9 |
Total Species 27, about 439 individuals.