Christmas Bird Count 2004

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Christmas Bird Count 2004

The Moncton Christmas Bird Count 2004 took place on December 18, 2004. Club members and friends were out counting the birds in a 24-kilometre diameter circle in the greater Moncton area. The day was sunny with morning temperatures ranging from -14 to -5 in the afternoon and the wind in a westerly direction at 10 kph. The ground was frozen with a small hard crust of ice on it. Rivers, ponds and small brooks and streams were frozen over with little flowing water. A total of 53 species and 14867 individual birds were counted this day and also included in the tally were four feeder watchers who took part counted the birds at their feeders.	Tally Canada Goose American Black Duck 32 Mallard 1856 American Wigeon 1 Bald Eagle 31 Northern Goshawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Rough-legged Hawk 1 Northern Harrier 5 Ring-necked Pheasant 43 Ruffed Grouse 16 Ring-billed Gull 3 Herring Gull 2338 Iceland Gull 53 Glaucous Gull 2 Greater Black Backed Gull 3764 Rock Pigeon 1204 Mourning Dove 345 Short-eared Owl 1 Downy Woodpecker 40 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 4 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Northern Shrike 2 Gray Jay 8 Blue Jay 136 American Crow 891 Common Raven 83 Black-capped Chickadee 843 Boreal Chickadee 4 Red-breasted Nuthatch 101 White-breasted Nuthatch 5 Brown Creeper 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 15 American Robin 5 European Starling 2120 American Tree Sparrow 55 Song Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 1 Dark-eyed Junco 37 Northern Cardinal 2 Snow Bunting 1 Common Grackle 1 Purple Finch 33 House Finch 49 Red Crossbill3 White-winged Crossbill 47 Pine Siskin 33 American Goldfinch 388 Evening Grosbeak 53 House Sparrow 35