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BRIER ISLAND CHRISTMAS COUNT, 14 DECEMBER 2010
Weather overcast with showers, then broken cloud; 7-4C. Wind SSW 10-15 kph
0800-1700 AST
Participants: Cindy Garron, George Garron, Louise Garron, Anne Mills, Eric Mills (compiler),
Anne Mills.
54 species, 1833 individuals
Black Duck - 39; Mallard - 1; Common Eider - 107; Surf Scoter - 14; Black Scoter - 11;
Long-tailed Duck - 42; Bufflehead - 3; Common Goldeneye - 7; Red-breasted Merganser -
16; Ring-necked Pheasant - 1; Red-throated Loon - 3; Common Loon - 14; Horned Grebe -
1; Red-necked Grebe - 23; Northern Gannet - 22; Double-crested Cormorant - 1; Great
Cormorant - 100; Great Blue Heron - 1; Turkey Vulture - 2; Bald Eagle - 1; Northern Harrier
- 3; Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1; Red-tailed Hawk - 2; Peregrine Falcon - 1; Purple Sandpiper -
2; Herring Gull - 240; Iceland Gull - 5; Great Black-backed Gull - 92; Black-legged Kittiwake
- 307; Jaeger sp. - 1; Dovekie - 6; Razorbill - 204; Black Guillemot - 27; Atlantic Puffin - 1;
alcid spp. - 122; Rock Pigeon - 13; Mourning Dove - 31; Northern Saw-whet Owl - 1; Hairy
Woodpecker - 1; Northern Shrike - 1; Blue Jay - 13; American Crow - 94; Common Raven -
5; Black-capped Chickadee - 79; Boreal Chickadee - 1; Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2; White-
breasted Nuthatch - 1; Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1; European Starling - 79; Bohemian
Waxwing - 70; Dark-eyed Junco - 3; Northern Cardinal - 3; Red-winged Blackbird - 2;
Common Grackle - 4; American Goldfinch - 6.
Birds during count week but not on count day: White-winged Scoter, Ruffed Grouse, Rough-
legged Hawk, Ring-billed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Horned Owl, Rusty
Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird.
Comments: We were lucky to get a count done only 12 hours after the violent storm on
December 13 had ended. The numbers of birds seem to have been reduced by the storm.
No Song Sparrows! no White-throated Sparrows! despite plenty of both in the preceding
two weeks. Gull numbers were way down, despite the presence of many hundreds sheltering
from the storm the day before. With only three observers in the field (the other three did a
stellar job on feeders) we couldn't pay enough attention to the sea where there was a day
long flypast of Kittiwakes, Razorbills, and probably other species. Our numbers represent
only a small sampling of what must have passed the island while we were attempting to
sample all the island's habitats.
Eric L. Mills
286 Kingsburg Road
RR#1 Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0
Canada
e.mills@dal.ca
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">BRIER ISLAND CHRISTMAS COUNT, 14 DECEMBER 2010</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Weather overcast with showers, then broken cloud; 7-4C. Wind SSW 10-15 kph</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">0800-1700 AST</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Participants: Cindy Garron, George Garron, Louise Garron, Anne Mills, Eric Mills (compiler),
Anne Mills.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">54 species, 1833 individuals</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Black Duck - 39; Mallard - 1; Common Eider - 107; Surf Scoter - 14; Black Scoter - 11;
Long-tailed Duck - 42; Bufflehead - 3; Common Goldeneye - 7; Red-breasted Merganser -
16; Ring-necked Pheasant - 1; Red-throated Loon - 3; Common Loon - 14; Horned Grebe -
1; Red-necked Grebe - 23; Northern Gannet - 22; Double-crested Cormorant - 1; Great
Cormorant - 100; Great Blue Heron - 1; Turkey Vulture - 2; Bald Eagle - 1; Northern Harrier
- 3; Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1; Red-tailed Hawk - 2; Peregrine Falcon - 1; Purple Sandpiper -
2; Herring Gull - 240; Iceland Gull - 5; Great Black-backed Gull - 92; Black-legged Kittiwake
- 307; <b>Jaeger sp. </b>- 1; Dovekie - 6; Razorbill - 204; Black Guillemot - 27; Atlantic Puffin - 1;
alcid spp. - 122; Rock Pigeon - 13; Mourning Dove - 31; Northern Saw-whet Owl - 1; Hairy
Woodpecker - 1; Northern Shrike - 1; Blue Jay - 13; American Crow - 94; Common Raven -
5; Black-capped Chickadee - 79; Boreal Chickadee - 1; Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2; White-breasted Nuthatch - 1; Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1; European Starling - 79; Bohemian
Waxwing - 70; Dark-eyed Junco - 3; Northern Cardinal - 3; Red-winged Blackbird - 2;
Common Grackle - 4; American Goldfinch - 6. </span></font></div>
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</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Birds during count week but not on count day: White-winged Scoter, Ruffed Grouse, Rough-legged Hawk, Ring-billed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Horned Owl, Rusty
Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird. </span></font></div>
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</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Comments: We were lucky to get a count done only 12 hours after the violent storm on
December 13 had ended. The numbers of birds seem to have been reduced by the storm.
No Song Sparrows! no White-throated Sparrows! despite plenty of both in the  preceding
two weeks. Gull numbers were way down, despite the presence of many hundreds sheltering
from the storm the day before. With only three observers in the field (the other three did a
stellar job on feeders) we couldn't pay enough attention to the sea where there was a day
long flypast of Kittiwakes, Razorbills, and probably other species. Our numbers represent
only a small sampling of what must have passed the island while we were attempting to
sample all the island's habitats.  </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Eric L. Mills</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">286 Kingsburg Road</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">RR#1 Rose Bay, NS B0J 2X0</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">Canada</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style=" font-size:10pt">e.mills@dal.ca</span></font></div>
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