Western Macomb County [MIWM]
Michigan Region
42.7 degrees North x -82.9667 degrees West
Christmas Bird Count
Count Year: 110
 
Species
Number Number / Party Hr. Flags Editorial Flags
 
  Canada Goose
(Branta canadensis)
1773  
22.1625  
 
 
  Mute Swan
(Cygnus olor)
16  
0.2  
 
 
  Trumpeter Swan
(Cygnus buccinator)
10  
0.125  
 
 
  Gadwall
(Anas strepera)
1  
0.0125  
 
 
  American Black Duck
(Anas rubripes)
21  
0.2625  
 
 
  Mallard
(Anas platyrhynchos)
629  
7.8625  
 
 
  Bufflehead
(Bucephala albeola)
1  
0.0125  
 
 
  Common Goldeneye
(Bucephala clangula)
1  
0.0125  
 
 
  Hooded Merganser
(Lophodytes cucullatus)
0  
0  
CW  
 
  Common Merganser
(Mergus merganser)
12  
0.15  
 
 
  Ring-necked Pheasant
(Phasianus colchicus)
5  
0.0625  
 
 
  Wild Turkey
(Meleagris gallopavo)
90  
1.125  
 
 
  Great Blue Heron (Blue form)
(Ardea herodias)
4  
0.05  
 
 
  Bald Eagle
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
1  
0.0125  
 
 
  Sharp-shinned Hawk
(Accipiter striatus)
4  
0.05  
 
 
  Cooper's Hawk
(Accipiter cooperii)
15  
0.1875  
 
 
  Accipiter sp.
(Accipiter)
1  
0.0125  
 
 
  Red-shouldered Hawk
(Buteo lineatus)
1  
0.0125  
 
 
  Red-tailed Hawk
(Buteo jamaicensis)
94  
1.175  
 
 
  Rough-legged Hawk
(Buteo lagopus)
2  
0.025  
 
 
  Golden Eagle
(Aquila chrysaetos)
1  
0.0125  
US  
 
  American Kestrel
(Falco sparverius)
8  
0.1  
 
 
  Ring-billed Gull
(Larus delawarensis)
226  
2.825  
 
 
  Herring Gull
(Larus argentatus)
1  
0.0125  
 
 
  gull sp.
(Larus)
13  
0.1625  
 
 
  Rock Pigeon
(Columba livia)
570  
7.125  
 
 
  Mourning Dove
(Zenaida macroura)
1366  
17.075  
 
 
  Eastern Screech-Owl
(Megascops asio)
12  
0.15  
 
 
  Great Horned Owl
(Bubo virginianus)
2  
0.025  
 
 
  Belted Kingfisher
(Ceryle alcyon)
4  
0.05  
 
 
  Red-bellied Woodpecker
(Melanerpes carolinus)
93  
1.1625  
HC  
 
  Downy Woodpecker
(Picoides pubescens)
120  
1.5  
 
 
  Hairy Woodpecker
(Picoides villosus)
23  
0.2875  
 
 
  Northern Flicker
(Colaptes auratus)
17  
0.2125  
 
 
  woodpecker sp.
(Picinae)
1  
0.0125  
 
 
  Blue Jay
(Cyanocitta cristata)
278  
3.475  
 
 
  American Crow
(Corvus brachyrhynchos)
287  
3.5875  
 
 
  Horned Lark
(Eremophila alpestris)
50  
0.625  
 
 
  Black-capped Chickadee
(Poecile atricapillus)
340  
4.25  
 
 
  Tufted Titmouse
(Baeolophus bicolor)
68  
0.85  
 
 
  Red-breasted Nuthatch
(Sitta canadensis)
5  
0.0625  
 
 
  White-breasted Nuthatch
(Sitta carolinensis)
78  
0.975  
 
 
  Brown Creeper
(Certhia americana)
6  
0.075  
 
 
  Carolina Wren
(Thryothorus ludovicianus)
1  
0.0125  
 
 
  Winter Wren
(Troglodytes troglodytes)
4  
0.05  
HC  
 
  Golden-crowned Kinglet
(Regulus satrapa)
12  
0.15  
 
 
  Eastern Bluebird
(Sialia sialis)
91  
1.1375  
 
 
  Hermit Thrush
(Catharus guttatus)
1  
0.0125  
 
 
  American Robin
(Turdus migratorius)
541  
6.7625  
 
 
  European Starling
(Sturnus vulgaris)
5279  
65.9875  
 
 
  Cedar Waxwing
(Bombycilla cedrorum)
289  
3.6125  
 
 
  Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
(Dendroica coronata)
0  
0  
CW  
 
  Spotted Towhee
(Pipilo maculatus)
1  
0.0125  
US  
UR  
  American Tree Sparrow
(Spizella arborea)
164  
2.05  
 
 
  Song Sparrow
(Melospiza melodia)
6  
0.075  
 
 
  Swamp Sparrow
(Melospiza georgiana)
3  
0.0375  
 
 
  White-throated Sparrow
(Zonotrichia albicollis)
4  
0.05  
 
 
  Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco
(Junco hyemalis)
502  
6.275  
 
 
  Snow Bunting
(Plectrophenax nivalis)
145  
1.8125  
 
 
  Northern Cardinal
(Cardinalis cardinalis)
269  
3.3625  
 
 
  Brown-headed Cowbird
(Molothrus ater)
55  
0.6875  
 
 
  House Finch
(Carpodacus mexicanus)
287  
3.5875  
 
 
  Pine Siskin
(Carduelis pinus)
5  
0.0625  
 
 
  American Goldfinch
(Carduelis tristis)
645  
8.0625  
 
 
  House Sparrow
(Passer domesticus)
2660  
33.25  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weather & Effort
 
  Count Date:
Dec 19, 2009 
  Number of Participants:
43 
  Number of Party Hours:
80.0 
  Species Reported:
60 
  Low Temperature:
23 
  High Temperature:
28 
  AM Weather:
Cloudy 
Rain: None 
Snow: None 
  PM Weather:
Cloudy 
Rain: None 
Snow: None 
 
 

Participants:

Sponsor: Macomb Audubon Society
Compiler: Barbara Baldinger
Secondary Compiler(s): Tom Heatley
Participants:
Beverlee Babcock 
Barbara Baldinger 
Joy Barron 
John Bartley 
Bob Bauer 
Isabella Borgula 
Tom Borgula 
Zack Borgula 
Dave Cutway 
Dan Farmer 
Alice Forton 
Jim Fowler 
Ruth Glass 
Margaret Goethe 
Michael Goethe 
Michael Harold 
Tom Heatley 
Frank Lautner 
Wade Leonard 
David McDonald 
Elaine McDonald 
Brian McGee 
Marie McGee 
Diane Miller 
Sue Monck 
Andrea Mroz 
Mike Mroz 
Dick Oelsner 
Marge Oelsner 
Joanna Pease 
Al Pukala 
Sharon Salamon 
Angela Slayton 
Heather Slayton 
Ken Slayton 
Charles Smart 
Vicky Standridge 
Carolyn Stevens 
Jim Stevens 
Henry Trombley 
Terri Udvare 
Craig Willette 
Debbie Willette