2010 Ramsey Canyon Christmas Bird Count (CBC)
The 2009 Ramsey Canyon Christmas Bird Count (RCCBC) was held on
Saturday, December 19, 2009.
154 species were recorded by 75 participants including 24 feeder
watchers. Results are posted (see summary below).
The 2010 Ramsey Canyon Christmas Bird Count (RCCBC) will be held on
Saturday, December 18, 2010, so please mark your calendars.
NEW FORMS! The Checklist (
PDF,
DOC
) of bird species and the Party Hours/Miles Form (
PDF,
DOC
) can be printed for use during the bird count.
In order to find out what birds are typically seen during the count,
please also consult the Species List for
the Ramsey Canyon Christmas Bird Count.
Visit the National Audubon Society
CBC web site
for comprehensive information about the Christmas Bird Count, including
history, objectives, and results. You can also
find Christmas Bird Counts in Arizona,
find a CBC Count Circle in Arizona
or get involved
in other counts outside Arizona.
The Count Circle
Shown below is a clickable Google Map of the count circle covering portions of Sierra Vista (upper left), Huachuca Mountains (lower left), San Pedro River (right), and Palominas (lower right).
2009 Ramsey Canyon Christmas Bird Count Results
The 2009 RCCBC was held on December 19.
We had another wonderful day outdoors counting birds seen within our
count circle. There were a total of 75 participants, 51 in the field
and 24 watching their feeders and their yards. We were organized into
14 teams this year and included five groups that went out early
listening for owls. We counted 11,054 total birds from among the 154
species we saw. This is an above average species count for us since
we usually average about 150 species. The bird distribution was
different from what we experience in many counts, with a lower total
number of birds (particularly grassland seed eaters, like sparrows)
and many birds feeding lower in the canyons than we normally notice,
due, in part, to the poor rainfall over the last 12 months which
resulted in lower production of seed and berry crops locally. It was
a beautiful day with a low around freezing and a high of 66 degrees F,
light winds and mostly clear skies. We had record high count numbers
for 10 species, including: Bufflehead, Wild Turkey, Sora,
Violet-crowned Hummingbird, Anna's Hummingbird, Northern Flicker,
Bushtit, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Western Bluebird, and Black-throated
Gray Warbler. Our rarest bird was a Pinyon Jay.
A complete record of the 2009 RCCBC can be viewed by visiting the
National Audubon Society's Christmas Bird Count website at
http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/.
I also want to thank all of the participants and the
HAS for their support and participation. The 2010 RCCBC will be held
on Saturday, December 18, 2010, so mark your calendars.
Ted Mouras
Compiler
RCCBC
For details of any Audubon Christmas Bird Count,
please visit the CBC website at
http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/.
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Last updated: 8 January 2010 by REW.

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