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January 27, 2022
A huge “Thank You” to all who were able to participate in this year’s Christmas Bird Count. I appreciate everyone’s patience and flexibility around the last minute date change (Saturday to Sunday). That decision was not made lightly. Even at that, the day had its challenges getting around in the snow. But still, we found some good birds out there, and it was sunny.
So, on to the results….
An Average Number of Species
Total number of species was 67, an average number for Squamish.
Some Highlights
- 6 Snow goose
- 2 Trumpeter swan
- 1 Ruffed grouse
- 2 Red throated loon
- 7 American coot
- 10 American robin
- 1 Western meadowlark
- 1 Brown-headed cowbird
- 23 Common redpoll
Changing numbers
- 57 Anna’s hummingbird – Up from 32 last year.
- 313 Bald eagle – Yikes!! Where were they??
- 27 Common goldeneye – Counts for both Goldeneye species continue low compared to ten years ago.
- 15 Barrow’s goldeneye – Up slightly from 9 last year.
Missing
Owls, any owls
So, that’s the highlights of this year’s count. The full count can be found on the Audubon website: type BCSQ in the ‘count code’ field. Till next year.
Marcia
Banner photo: Common Goldeneye male on the Squamish River, by Ed Dubois