CBC Reports – Columbus

Eastern Phoebe at Killbuck Marsh - Photo Lisa Phelps

2018 Columbus CBC Weathers Strange Winter Conditions

Count Summary On December 16, 75 observers sponsored by CAS spent the day counting birds in different areas of Columbus.  Relatively mild weather reduced the numbers of waterfowl, but a cold November and a torrential rainstorm the prior day suppressed numbers of lingering landbirds.  Seventeen teams were still able to push up totals of 77

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Gadwall Lifting Off - Photo Kev Chapman

2018 Columbus CBC Beset by Strange Weather Cycles

Count Summary On December 16, 74 observers sponsored by Columbus Audubon spent the day counting birds in different areas of Columbus.  Relatively mild weather reduced the numbers of waterfowl, but a cold November and a torrential rainstorm the prior day suppressed numbers of lingering landbirds.  Seventeen teams were still able to push up totals of

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Pine Warbler - Photo USFWS

2017 Columbus CBC Uses Mild Weather to Bulk Up Bird Totals

Count Summary On December 17, 74 observers sponsored by CAS spent the day counting birds in different areas of Columbus.  Relatively mild weather reduced the numbers of waterfowl and winter vagrant birds, but still boosted numbers of resident birds. Sixteen teams were able to push up totals of 79 species and  36,130 individual birds, with

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