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Lakewood Christmas Bird Count Report 2008

Submitted by Nancy Howell, Compiler for the Lakewood Circle, Western

Cuyahoga Audubon Society
Date: Sunday, December 28, 2008
Results: 69 Species; x Participants
Location: Rocky River Nature Center, Rocky River Reservation, Cleveland Metroparks, 24000 Valley Pkwy,
North Olmsted, OH 44070
Archive:
http://www.wcasohio.org/christmas_bird_count2008.htm

Summary
Despite the windy conditions, this was one of the best Christmas Counts with regard to the number of
species seen. Sixty-nine species were sighted the day of the CBC and four species during count week (cw).
Morning temperatures hovered around 60 degrees, but a fast moving cold front brought drizzle and rain
then decreasing temperatures throughout the day. By the end of the day the temperature was down to 28
degrees. What was the ultimate worst was the wind, initially coming from the south, but then swinging
around from the west northwest at 30 mph gusting up to 40 + mph. That is windy!!! Seeing as well as
hearing birds in the wind was difficult. Where the birds could hide from the wind there was better luck.
Lake Erie was pretty much wide open hence not concentrating gulls or waterfowl.
There were ups and downs with species. Some of most noteworthy species are in
bold font and count
week are in
italics
.

Bird List
#

Species

Lakewood CBC Count

1.

Canada Goose

999

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Tundra Swan

cw (12/27/08)

2.

Wood Duck

3.

American Black Duck

24

4.

Mallard

1003

5.

American Wigeon

6.

Northern Pintail

124

7.

Northern Shoveler

8.

Green-winged Teal

9.

Ring-necked Duck

10.

Greater Scaup

18

11.

Lesser Scaup

144

12.

Surf Scoter

13.

Black Scoter

14.

White-winged Scoter

15.

Bufflehead

158

16.

Common Goldeneye

253

17.

Long-tailed Duck

18.

Common Merganser

11

19.

Red-breasted Merganser

56

20.

Hooded Merganser

Wild Turkey

cw (12/27/08)

21.

Great Blue Heron

22.

Bald Eagle

23.

Sharp-shinned Hawk

24.

Cooper's Hawk

14

25.

Red-shouldered Hawk

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26.

Red-tailed Hawk

20

27.

Merlin

28.

Peregrine Falcon

29.

American Coot

30.

Bonaparte's Gull

5590

31.

Ring-billed Gull

12,646

32.

Herring Gull

545

33.

Great Black-backed Gull

41

34.

Glaucous Gull

35.

Rock Pigeon

146

36.

Mourning Dove

135

37.

Eastern Screech Owl

38.

Belted Kingfisher

39.

Red-bellied Woodpecker

29

40.

Downy Woodpecker

69

41.

Hairy Woodpecker

15

42.

Northern Flicker

43.

Pileated Woodpecker

44.

Blue Jay

73

45.

American Crow

46

46.

Black-capped Chickadee

171

47.

Tufted Titmouse

49

48.

Red-breasted Nuthatch

49.

White-breasted Nuthatch

49

50.

Brown Creeper

51.

Carolina Wren

10

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52.

Winter Wren

Marsh Wren

cw (12/30/08)

Hermit Thrush

cw (12/29/08)

53.

American Robin

338

54.

Northern Mockingbird

55.

European Starling

1143

56.

Yellow-rumped Warbler

57.

American Tree Sparrow

97

58.

Song Sparrow

25

59.

Swamp Sparrow

60.

White throated Sparrow

14

61.

Chipping Sparrow

62.

Dark-eyed Junco

179

63.

Northern Cardinal

132

64.

Red-winged Blackbird

65.

Common Grackle

66.

House Finch

156

67.

Pine Siskin

83

68.

American Goldfinch

168

69.

House Sparrow

336

Total Species

69

Areas counted

Participants

Lakefront from Edgewater to Lakewood

Paula Lozano, Bob Finkelstein, Jim McCarty, Larry

Rosche, Ethan Kistler

Lakefront from Lakewood to Avon

Craig Caldwell, Chris Pierce, Gene & Jerry Roth

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Clague Park, Lakewood Park Cemetery, Elmwood

Park

Lee & Sue Cavano

Big Met/Little Met Golf Courses-Rocky River

Reservation, Metroparks Stables

Dave LeGallee, Bill Deininger, Terry & Joanne

Gorges

Rocky River Reservation around Nature Center,

Lewis Rd Riding Ring

Dave Dvorak, Inge Schmidt, Mary Bartos, Linda

Sekura, Jan Holkenburg, Ray Kutnar, Martha
Burrows

Lagoon Picnic Area to Bagley Rd. along Valley

Parkway

Kathleen Bradley, Jay Abercrombie

Baldwin, Wallace and Coe Lakes area in Berea

Liz Clingman, William & Jessica Fissell

Bradley Woods & western portions of count circle

Eric Bruder & Justin Limberty

Lake Isaac/Beyers Pond and environs.

Nancy Howell, Mary Anne Romito, Penny

O'Connor

Big Creek Parkway - Brookpark Rd to Stumpf Rd.

Nancy Howell, Robert & Andrea Segedi

Big Creek Parkway - Stumpf Rd. south to Fowles

Cleveland Zoo/West Park Cemetery/Big Creek
Reservation.

Mary Anne Romito, Claire Johnson

Tri-C Western Campus, James Day Park, Nathan

Hale Park

Kit & Dennis Birch

Lake Abrams/Southwest Hospital wetlands

Terri Martincic, Paul Sherwood, Dave Manuelle

Renaissance Retirement Community Property,

Sunset Memorial Cemetery, Links Golf Course

Penny O'Connor, Page Stephens, Jessie St.

Christopher, Betty Green, Nancy Brewer

Hopkins Airport area

Dave Dvorak, Linda Sekura, Terri Martincic, Inge

Schmidt

Peregrine Spotters

Sharon Hanse & Jan Ranahan

Feeders at Rocky River Nature Center

Charles & Maria Finchum

Feeders in Bay Village

Dave Lewis & Laurie Boylan

Feeders in Parma

Mrs. Jung

Feeders in Parma Hts

Diane Busch

Feeders in Lakewood

Jessie St. Christopher

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Feeders in Middleburg Hts

Don Howell

Photos

Photo:CoopersHawkDaveLewis

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Photo:BeautifulmorningskyPennyO'Connor

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