Macomb Audubon Society's participation in the 110th Annual Christmas Bird Count was on December 19, 2009 with 43 people in the field and another 7 at feeders. The weather ranged from 23 to 28 degrees with only about one inch of snow on the ground. We had a total of 61 species and 17,214 individual birds. A highlight was the first Spotted Towhee for our Western Macomb County count. We also had Trumpeter Swan for the second year in a row and Golden Eagle for the second time. A new high count of 93 was set for Red-bellied Woodpecker and Winter Wren tied the record at 4. The complete results can be found on our Macomb Audubon website or the National Audubon website: http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/. Go to Current Year's Results and enter MIWM

We would like to thank all of the citizen science participants for the time and effort you volunteer each year to make this count a success. We'd especially like to thank those who voluntarily contributed their $5 fee to National Audubon for the CBC, thus saving Macomb Audubon from covering that expense. Thank you to all of the people who set up the room and hot beverages, contributed soups, chili and various snacks. We would also like Doug Spiller and the Stony Creek Nature Center to know how much we appreciate them hosting the tally. This year's count will be on Saturday, Dec. 18th. Please mark your calendar now and plan to help out

Thanks again,
Barb Baldinger, Compiler
Tom Heatley, Co-compiler