Nova Scotia Christmas Bird Count



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Count Name

Count Circle Description

(Please complete if different from last year)

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(Briefly describe centre. Describe points on circle's perimeter using permanent geographic landmarks, e.g. bridges, towns, major crossroads etc.)

Date Dec/Jan________ _______A.M. to______P.M.

(Start and ending time)

Temperature_______to________degrees C. Wind________,_________kmph.

(direction and velocity)

Snow_______centimetres.

(depth)

Cross out those words which are not applicable. Leave others.

Still water: Partly open frozen

Moving Water: Partly open frozen

A.M. Partly clear cloudy foggy light heavy rain snow.

P.M. Partly clear cloudy foggy light heavy rain snow.

(Use numbers in following spaces. Remember that hours at feeders and hours and kilometres owling are counted separately from partly-hours and party kilometres.)

Observers:________in field in______parties (non-owling), and_______at feeders.

Time and distance:______hours at feeders;______hours and______kilometres owling.

Total party-hours_________and party-kilometres________;

______hours and______kilometres on foot.

______hours and______kilometres by car.

______hours and______kilometres by boat.

Compiler:_____________________________________________________

(name)

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(address)

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(city/town) (province) (postal code)

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phone number

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bus or fax email

Canada Goose ______ Great Blue Heron ______

Wood Duck ______ Turkey Vulture ______

Eurasian Wigeon ______ Bald Eagle ______

American Wigeon ______ Northern Harrier ______

American Black Duck ______ Sharp-shinned Hawk ______

Mallard ______ Northern Goshawk ______

Northern Shoveler ______ Broad-winged Hawk* ______

Northern Pintail ______ Red-tailed Hawk ______

Green-winged Teal ______ Rough-legged Hawk ______

Ring-necked Duck ______ American Kestrel ______

Tufted Duck* ______ Merlin ______

Greater Scaup ______ Peregrine Falcon ______

Lesser Scaup ______ hawk species ______

scaup species ______ American Coot ______

King Eider* ______ Black-bellied Plover ______

Common Eider ______ Killdeer ______

Harlequin Duck ______ Red Knot ______

Surf Scoter ______ Sanderling ______

White-winged Scoter ______ Purple Sandpiper ______

Black Scoter ______ Dunlin ______

scoter species ______ Wilson’s Snipe ______

Long-tailed Duck ______ American Woodcock ______

Bufflehead ______ shorebird species ______

Common Goldeneye ______ Black-headed Gull ______

Barrow's Goldeneye ______ Bonaparte’s Gull ______

Hooded Merganser ______ Ring-billed Gull ______

Common Merganser ______ Herring Gull ______

Red-breasted Merganser ______ Iceland Gull ______

Ruddy Duck ______ Lesser Black-backed Gull ______

duck species ______ Glaucous Gull ______

Gray Partridge ______ Great Black-backed Gull ______

Ring-necked Pheasant ______ Black-legged Kittiwake ______

Ruffed Grouse ______ gull species ______

Spruce Grouse ______ Dovekie ______ Red-throated Loon ______ Common Murre ______ Common Loon ______ Thick-billed Murre ______ loon species ______ Razorbill ______ Pied-billed Grebe ______ Black Guillemot ______

Horned Grebe ______ Atlantic Puffin ______

Red-necked Grebe ______ Rock Pigeon ______

grebe species ______ Mourning Dove ______

Northern Fulmar ______ Great Horned Owl ______

Northern Gannet ______ Snowy Owl ______ Double-crested Cormorant ______ Barred Owl ______ Great Cormorant ______ Short-eared Owl ______

cormorant species ______ Northern Saw-whet Owl ______

Belted Kingfisher ______ Common Yellowthroat ______

Red-headed Woodpecker ______ Yellow-breasted Chat ______

Red-bellied Woodpecker ______ Eastern Towhee ______

Downy Woodpecker ______ American Tree Sparrow ______

Hairy Woodpecker ______ Chipping Sparrow ______

Black-backed Woodpecker ______ Savannah Sparrow ______

Northern Flicker ______ Savannah (Ipswich)Sparrow ______

Pileated Woodpecker ______ Nelson’s Sparrow ______

Northern Shrike ______ Fox Sparrow ______

Gray Jay ______ Song Sparrow ______

Blue Jay ______ Swamp Sparrow ______

American Crow ______ White-throated Sparrow ______

Common Raven ______ White-crowned Sparrow ______

Horned Lark ______ Dark-eyed Junco ______

Black-capped Chickadee ______ sparrow species ______

Boreal Chickadee ______ Lapland Longspur ______

Red-breasted Nuthatch ______ Snow Bunting ______

White-breasted Nuthatch ______ Northern Cardinal ______

Brown Creeper ______ Dickcissel ______

Winter Wren ______ Red-winged Blackbird ______

Marsh Wren ______ Eastern Meadowlark* ______

Golden-crowned Kinglet ______ Common Grackle ______

Ruby-crowned Kinglet ______ Brown-headed Cowbird ______

Hermit Thrush ______ Baltimore Oriole ______

American Robin ______ Pine Grosbeak ______

Northern Mockingbird ______ Purple Finch ______

European Starling ______ House Finch ______

American Pipit ______ Red Crossbill ______

Bohemian Waxwing ______ White-winged Crossbill ______

Cedar Waxwing ______ Common Redpoll ______

Orange-crowned Warbler ______ Pine Siskin ______

Yellow-rumped Warbler ______ American Goldfinch ______

Pine Warbler ______ Evening Grosbeak ______

Palm Warbler ______ House Sparrow ______

Additional Species

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Total Individuals ___________ Total Species ___________

Nova Scotia Christmas Bird Count Rare Bird Report Form

(complete for any birds seen that either are marked with an (*) or do not appear on the CBC Bird List)

SPECIES - include number of individuals, age, sex

PLACE - location and habitat

DATE & TIME - also duration of observation

WEATHER & LIGHT CONDITIONS -

OBSERVERS - who identified the bird, who else saw it, photos taken?

OPTICAL EQUIPMENT - what type of optics were used, how far away was bird

COMMENTS & DESCRIPTION - include vocalizations, behaviour, similar species, conclusions

COUNT WEEK SPECIES NOT SEEN ON COUNT DAY

(please list species in taxonomic order)

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Please use space below for any comments.

OBSERVERS

alphabetically by last name, list all participants including Feeder Watchers on “count day”)

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