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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On this seasonably cold day, the CBC teams counted a total of 71 species and 14,759 individual birds. Read on to see some of the highlights.
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Summary On December 31, 2017, 43 observers sponsored by Columbus Audubon spent the day counting birds in North West Columbus, including portions of Franklin, Delaware, and Union Counties. Count day was very cold, with a low of -3 and high 15. We had 43 observers in the field, along with 4 feeder counters. We found
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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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The day started inauspiciously with a pre-dawn sheet of ice on the roads. It was treacherous enough that some groups didn’t venture out, or began counting later in the morning, after the salt trucks had done their work. Temperatures hovered around the mid-20’s most of the day with a fairly steady northwest breeze. Jim Peoples’
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Summary On December 18, 66 observers sponsored by CAS spent the day counting birds in different areas of Columbus. An icy morning shortened the day for many teams, but not before many of them found good birds. The teams were able to skate to totals of 86 species and 21,262 individual birds. Count Date: December
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