Nova Scotia Christmas Bird Count

Nova Scotia Christmas Bird Count

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Count Name

Count Circle Description

(Please complete if different from last year)

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(Briefly describe centre. Describe points on circle's perimeter using permanent geographic landmarks, e.g. bridges, towns, major crossroads etc.)

Date Dec/Jan______A.M. to______P.M.

(Start and ending time)

Temperature______to______degrees C. Wind______,______kmph.

(direction and velocity)

Snow______centimetres.

(depth)

Cross out those words which are not applicable. Leave others.

Still water: Partlyopenfrozen

Moving Water:Partlyopenfrozen

A.M.Partly clear cloudy foggylight heavy rainsnow.

P.M.Partly clear cloudy foggy light heavy rain snow.

(Use numbers in following spaces. Remember that hours at feeders and hours and kilometres owling are counted separately from partly-hours and party kilometres.)

Observers:______in field in______parties (non-owling), and______at feeders.

Time and distance:______hours at feeders;______hours and______kilometres owling.

Total party-hours______and party-kilometres______;

______hours and______kilometres on foot.

______hours and______kilometres by car.

______hours and______kilometres by boat.

Compiler:______

(name)

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(address)

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(city/town)(province) (postal code)

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phone number

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bus or fax email

Canada Goose ______Great Blue Heron______

Wood Duck ______Turkey Vulture______

Eurasian Wigeon______Bald Eagle______

American Wigeon______Northern Harrier______

American Black Duck______Sharp-shinned Hawk______

Mallard______Northern Goshawk______

Northern Shoveler______Broad-winged Hawk*______

Northern Pintail______Red-tailed Hawk______

Green-winged Teal______Rough-legged Hawk______

Ring-necked Duck______American Kestrel______

Tufted Duck*______Merlin______

Greater Scaup______Peregrine Falcon______

Lesser Scaup______hawk species______

scaup species______American Coot______

King Eider*______Black-bellied Plover______

Common Eider______Killdeer______

Harlequin Duck______Red Knot______

Surf Scoter______Sanderling______

White-winged Scoter______Purple Sandpiper______

Black Scoter______Dunlin______

scoter species______Wilson’s Snipe______

Long-tailed Duck______American Woodcock______

Bufflehead______shorebird species______

Common Goldeneye______Black-headed Gull______

Barrow's Goldeneye______Bonaparte’s Gull______

Hooded Merganser______Ring-billed Gull______

Common Merganser______Herring Gull______

Red-breasted Merganser______Iceland Gull______

Ruddy Duck______Lesser Black-backed Gull______

duck species______Glaucous Gull______

Gray Partridge______Great Black-backed Gull______

Ring-necked Pheasant______Black-legged Kittiwake______

Ruffed Grouse______gull species______

Spruce Grouse______Dovekie______Red-throated Loon ______Common Murre ______Common Loon ______Thick-billed Murre ______loon species ______Razorbill ______Pied-billed Grebe ______Black Guillemot ______

Horned Grebe______Atlantic Puffin______

Red-necked Grebe______Rock Pigeon ______

grebe species______Mourning Dove______

Northern Fulmar______Great Horned Owl______

Northern Gannet______Snowy Owl ______Double-crested Cormorant ______Barred Owl ______Great Cormorant ______Short-eared Owl ______

cormorant species______Northern Saw-whet Owl______

Belted Kingfisher______Common Yellowthroat______

Red-headed Woodpecker______Yellow-breasted Chat______

Red-bellied Woodpecker______Eastern Towhee______

Downy Woodpecker______American Tree Sparrow ______

Hairy Woodpecker______Chipping Sparrow______

Black-backed Woodpecker______Savannah Sparrow______

Northern Flicker______Savannah (Ipswich)Sparrow______

Pileated Woodpecker______Nelson’s Sparrow ______

Northern Shrike______Fox Sparrow______

Gray Jay______Song Sparrow______

Blue Jay______Swamp Sparrow______

American Crow______White-throated Sparrow______

Common Raven______White-crowned Sparrow______

Horned Lark______Dark-eyed Junco______

Black-capped Chickadee______sparrow species______

Boreal Chickadee______Lapland Longspur______

Red-breasted Nuthatch______Snow Bunting______

White-breasted Nuthatch______Northern Cardinal______

Brown Creeper______Dickcissel______

Winter Wren______Red-winged Blackbird______

Marsh Wren______Eastern Meadowlark*______

Golden-crowned Kinglet______Common Grackle______

Ruby-crowned Kinglet______Brown-headed Cowbird______

Hermit Thrush______Baltimore Oriole______

American Robin______Pine Grosbeak______

Northern Mockingbird______Purple Finch______

European Starling______House Finch______

American Pipit______Red Crossbill______

Bohemian Waxwing______White-winged Crossbill______

Cedar Waxwing______Common Redpoll______

Orange-crowned Warbler______Pine Siskin______

Yellow-rumped Warbler______American Goldfinch______

Pine Warbler______Evening Grosbeak______

Palm Warbler______House Sparrow______

Additional Species

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Total Individuals______Total Species______

Nova Scotia Christmas Bird Count Rare Bird Report Form

(complete for any birds seen that either are marked with an (*) or do not appear on the CBC Bird List)

SPECIES - include number of individuals, age, sex

PLACE - location and habitat

DATE & TIME - also duration of observation

WEATHER & LIGHT CONDITIONS -

OBSERVERS - who identified the bird, who else saw it, photos taken?

OPTICAL EQUIPMENT - what type of optics were used, how far away was bird

COMMENTS & DESCRIPTION - include vocalizations, behaviour, similar species, conclusions

COUNT WEEK SPECIES NOT SEEN ON COUNT DAY
(please list species in taxonomic order)

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Please use space below for any comments.

OBSERVERS

alphabetically by last name, list all participants including Feeder Watchers on “count day”)

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