Bird lore - Project Puffin

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Bird- Lore's Sixteenth Christmas Census 27
Saw-whet Owl, i; Screech Owl, i; Hairy Woodpecker, 3; Downy Woodpecker, 9; Flicker,
4; Blue Jay, 6; American Crow, 75; Fish Crow, i; Starling, 150; Meadowlark, 25; Rusty
Blackbird, 3 (flock); Crackle (?), i; Purple Finch, 16; Goldfinch, 13; White-throated
Sparrow, 10; Tree Sparrow, 170; Field Sparrow, 8; Junco, 70; Song Sparrow, 30; Swamp
Sparrow, 3; Cardinal, 5; Winter Wren, 4; Brown Creeper, 6; White-breasted Nuthatch,
4; Tufted Titmouse, 10; Black-capi)ed Chickadee, 10; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 6;
Bluebird, i. Total (positively idcnlified), 31 species, 665 individuals.—W. DeW.
Miller.
Beaver, Pa. (Beaver's Hollow, Dutch Ridge Road and Gypsy Glen. Distance, 13
miles).— Dec. 27; 10.15 •^•^'- •-" 1-25 i'.m. 'i"\vo inches of snow; wind west, light, then south-
west by south, moderately strong, then south, light; temp. 29° at start, 31° at finish.
Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 6; Tree Sparrow, 46; Slate-colored Junco,
134; Song Sparrow, so;'Brown Creeper, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 3; Black-capped
Chickadee, 12. Total, 9 species, 253 individuals.—W. R. Boulton, Jr.
Doylestown, Pa.—Dec. 25; 10 .\.m. to 2.30 p.m. Fair; ground snow-covered; wind
southwest; temp. 40°. Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Sparrow Hawk, i; Hairy Woodpecker,
i; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Blue Jay, 5; Crow, 7; Starling, 10; Meadowlark, 3; Purple
Finch, 3; Tree Sparrow, 8; Junco, 42; Song Sparrow, 4; Cardinal, 2; White-breasted
Nuthatch, 3; Tufted Titmouse, 5; Black-capped Chickadee, 16; Robin, i; Bluebird, 2.
Doylestown Nature Club, per Miss Elizabeth
Total, 18 species, 117 individuals.
Cox.
Fort Washington and Whitemarsh, Pa.— Dec. 26; 1.30 to 4 p.m. Clear; ground
snow-covered; wind northwest, strong; temp. 38°. Red-shouldered Hawk, i; Sparrow
Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker, i; Flicker, i; Crow, 13; Starling, 6; Purple Finch, 10;
Tree Sparrow, 4; Junco, 25; Song Sparrow, 2; Cardinal, i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2.
Two unidentified hawks. Total, 12 species, 67 individuals. George Lear.
Lititz, Pa. (Valley of the Hammer Creek, northern Lancaster Co.).—Dec. 26;
8.30 A.M. to 5 P.M. Clear; ground covered with drifting snow; northwest gale; temp. 27°.
Bob-white, 6; Ruffed Grouse, 2; Mourning Dove, i; Turkey Vulture, 35; Marsh Hawk,
I (my first winter record for Lancaster Co.); Red-tailed Hawk, i; Red-shouldered Hawk,
i; Sparrow Hawk, i; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Plicker, i; Blue
Jay, 2; Crow, 1,200; Starling, 9; Meadowlark, 5; Purple Grackle, i; Tree Sparrow, 38;
Junco, 52; Song Sparrow, 16; Cardinal, 1; Northern(?) Shrike, i; Winter Wren, 1; White-
breasted Nuthatch, 2; Black-capped Chickadee, 2; Bluebird, 6. Total, 25 species, 1,388
individuals. Herbert H. Beck and Abraham Beck Miller.
Malvern, Pa. (across Chester Valley, along north hill, back across valley).—Dec. 27;
9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Clear; about 2 in. of snow; wind west and southwest, light; temp. 25°.
Cooper's Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2; Flicker, i; American Crow, 563; StarHng,6;
Purple Grackle, i; Tree Sparrow, 52; Junco, 158;.Song Sparrow, 11; Cardinal, 2; Winter
Wren, i; Chickadee, 6; Bluebird, 2. Total, 13 species, 806 individuals. Lawrence S.
(iROSS.
McKeesport, Pa.—Dec. 26; 8.45 a.m. to 5.15 p.m. Partly cloudy; light fall of
snow; wind northwest to southwest, moderate; temp. 25° to 32°. Distance, 20 miles.
Ruffed Grouse, 2; Hairy Woodpecker, i; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Flicker, 2; Goldfinch,
13; Tree Sparrow, 20; Junco, 29; Song Sparrow, 9; Fo.\ Sparrow, 1 (my first so late in
December; carefully identified at 20 ft.); Cardinal, 10; Carolina Wren, i; Brown Creeper,
i; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Tufted Titmouse, 5; Chickadee, 27; Bluebird (in flock),
8. Total, i6 species, 134 individuals.—Tiios. L. McConnell.
Philadelphia, Pa. (Wynnefiield to vicinity of Woodside Park and Chamounix).
Dec. 27; I to 4 p..\i. Partly cloudy; i in. of snow; wind southwest, light; temp. 42°.
Herring Gull, i; Goldeneye(?) Duck, i; Sparrow Hawk, i; Downy Woodpecker, 2;
Crow, 12; Starling, 4; White-throated Sparrow, 17; Tree Sparrow, 10; Junco, 18; Song
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