The following birds were reported by members of FOSS during
the Christmas Week Bird Count.
December 26-31,
2017
 |
| REDHEAD DUCK |
Water Birds
Canada Goose
Mallard
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Redhead
Greater Scaup
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| GOLDFINCH |
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Long-tailed Duck
Red-breasted Merganser
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| DARK-EYED JUNCO |
Ring-billed Gull
Gadwall
*Tufted Duck – first record for the park
*Purple Sandpiper – occasionally seen in winter in
Ontario (the only record for the province this winter)
Land birds
Mourning Dove
Black-capped Chickadee
Northern Cardinal
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| LONG-EARED OWL |
Dark-eyed Junco
House Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
American Robin
Downy Woodpecker
European Starling
American Crow
American Goldfinch
Raptors
Long-eared Owl
A total of 28 species
If you were at Colonel Sam Smith Park Christmas Week and we
missed a bird you saw, please contact me.
Brian Keaveney
President FOSS
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