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Christmas Bird Count 2002

December 14, 2002
 

Christmas Bird Count
Weather/Effort Data for
Athol, Massachusetts, United States (MAAT), Count 103

 

Count Name:

Athol

Count Center:

42° 35' N  by  72° 13' W

Date and Time

Count Date:

Dec 14 2002

Start and
End Times:

3:00 am to 4:00 pm

Observers (non-nocturnal)

In Field:

32

Number of Parties:

Minimum 13 , Maximum 13

At Feeders:

3

Party Hours and Distance (excludes viewing at feeders and noctural birding)

Total Party:

99.5 hours, 628.5 miles

By Foot:

20.25 hours, 18.5 miles

By Car:

79.25 hours, 610 miles

Other Time and Distance

At Feeders:

15 hours

Nocturnal Birding:

3 hours, 10 miles

Weather

Temperature:

Minimum 37 °F, Maximum 43 °F

Wind Direction:

SW

Wind Velocity:

Minimum 7 mph, Maximum 17 mph

Snow Depth:

Minimum 2 inch, Maximum 4 inch

Still Water:

Frozen

Moving Water:

Partly Frozen

a.m. and p.m. Conditions

a.m. Cloud Cover:

Cloudy

p.m. Cloud Cover:

Partly Clear

a.m. Rain:

None, Light, Heavy

p.m. Rain:

None, Light, Heavy

a.m. Snow:

None

p.m. Snow:

None

Christmas Bird Count
Compiler and Participant Lists

Compilers:

Name

Address

Phone

Email

Primary
Compiler?

 Small, David 

 89 Lake Ellis Road
 Athol 01331
Massachusetts, United States 

 978-249-2094 

 dhsmall@gis.net 

yes

Participants:

Name

 Balcom-Wolf, Mark 

 Baldwin, Earle 

 Blake, Dana 

 Brown, David 

 Buelow, Chris 

 Caldwell, David 

 Cass, David 

 Center, Jonathon 

 Cloutier, Ron 

 Cloutier, Sue 

 Cochran, Amanda 

Name

 Coyle, Chris 

 Coyle, Robert 

 Field, Lula 

 Fregeau, Bill 

 Harper, Lynn 

 Hight, Shelley 

 House, Bonnie 

 Johnstone, Jeff 

 Kanash, Bruce 

 Kendell, Ann 

 Magee, Rick 

Name

 Mallet, Bob 

 Mallet, James 

 Monette, Dale 

 Pirro, Tom 

 Polana, Mike 

 Scherer, Bruce 

 Taylor, Mark 

 Watkevich, Gregory 

 Williams, Ralene 

 

Barbara Coyle, Kent Hager and Susan Heinricher reported feeder results

 

Christmas Bird Count
Species Counts

 

 Species

Number

Flags

 American Black Duck 

29

 

 Mallard 

100

 

 Hooded Merganser 

5

 

 Common Merganser 

1506

 HC 

 Bald Eagle 

2

 

  Adults = 2, Immatures = 0, Unknowns = 0

 Sharp-shinned Hawk 

4

 

 Cooper's Hawk 

1

 

 Northern Goshawk 

2

 

 Red-tailed Hawk 

4

 

 Merlin 

1

 

 Ring-necked Pheasant 

1

 

 Ruffed Grouse 

5

 

 Wild Turkey 

210

 

 Herring Gull 

37

 

 Great Black-backed Gull 

5

 

 Rock Dove 

895

 

 Mourning Dove 

566

 

 Great Horned Owl 

1

 

 Northern Saw-whet Owl 

1

 

 Belted Kingfisher 

3

 

 Downy Woodpecker 

105

 

 Hairy Woodpecker 

31

 

 Pileated Woodpecker 

1

 

 Blue Jay 

560

 

 

 Species

Number

Flags

 American Crow 

260

 

 Common Raven 

10

 

 Horned Lark 

27

 

 Black-capped Chickadee 

1314

 

 Tufted Titmouse 

205

 

 Red-breasted Nuthatch 

19

 

 White-breasted Nuthatch 

169

 

 Brown Creeper 

12

 

 Carolina Wren 

4

 

 Golden-crowned Kinglet 

237

 HC 

 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 

1

 

 Eastern Bluebird 

35

 HC 

 American Robin 

11

 

 Northern Mockingbird 

10

 

 European Starling 

1708

 

 Cedar Waxwing 

268

 

 American Tree Sparrow 

336

 

 Song Sparrow 

22

 

 White-throated Sparrow 

20

 

 Dark-eyed
 (Slate-colored) Junco 

619

 

 Snow Bunting 

75

 

 Northern Cardinal 

64

 

 Brown-headed Cowbird 

6

 

 House Finch 

125

 

 American Goldfinch 

394

 

 House Sparrow 

848

 

10874 total birds reported count day.
51 species reported count day (unofficial number).
cw = Reported count week; US = Flagged as an unusual species; HC = Flagged as an unusually high count.

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