Started in 1900, the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is North America’s longest-running Citizen Science project. People in more than 2000 locations throughout the Western Hemisphere participate in the CBC each year.
The information collected by thousands of CBC volunteer participants forms one of the world’s largest sets of wildlife survey data. The results are used by conservation biologists, environmental planners, and naturalists to assess the population trends and distribution of birds.
The CBC in each Count Circle is planned on a day between December 14 and January 5. Effort for each circle is organized by a Compiler, who is a fellow volunteer (or team of volunteers) at the local level, often supported by a birding club or naturalist organization.
Join us in counting birds this holiday season to add to our understanding of population trends and distribution of birds across the country. Birds Canada oversees the Christmas Bird Count program nationally, in partnership with National Audubon Society. The program is driven largely by volunteer effort and supporter donations.
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Step 1. Let us know by signing up
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Step 2. Find a Count Circle and Compiler near you
Use this map to see if you live in or near a CBC Count Circle. Click on that circle to see the date and your local Compiler’s email.
Step 3. Count birds in a portion of your circle, or from home!
Send an email to your Compiler who can help you decide how best to participate, whether that’s counting birds in a designated area in the field or from the comfort of your home! The following resources should serve as a helpful guide for getting started.
Field Counters travel and cover a portion of the Count Circle on their own or in a small party, counting all birds they find.
Photo: Jason Leathem
Feeder Counters record all the birds visiting their feeders or yard from a stationary position.
Black-capped Chickadee Photo: Kerrie Wilcox
Read summaries from last season’s CBC
2022/23 Canadian Summary
By Yousif Attia, Canada CBC Coordinator, Birds Canada
The 123rd Christmas Bird Count (CBC) was another successful year in Canada, and it is all thanks to thousands of birders and nature lovers choosing to spend a day outside, or from home, counting our feathered friends. Without the contributions of these volunteer scientists, the compilers, the organizers, and the regional editors, the CBC wouldn’t be possible. Thank you for your commitment to birds, conservation, and the environment.
A total of 476 CBC circles in Canada submitted results for the 123rd season, an increase of three compared to last year. Three new circles and one previously dormant circle were registered in 2022-23: BowKan and Lake Louise, AB; Port Blandford, NL; Goderich, ON; and Argenteuil, QC. A total of 10,463 field counters and 3816 feeder counters participated in 476 counts across all provinces and territories. The most Counts took place in Ontario (123), followed by British Columbia (92), and Alberta (56). Ontario also had the highest number of total participants (4626), followed by British Columbia (3464), and Alberta (1670).
A total of 3,205,861 individual birds of 279 species were reported in Canada during the 2022-23 season (Table 1). British Columbia had the highest species diversity (218), followed by Ontario (183), Nova Scotia (168), New Brunswick (142), and Québec (129). The top five counts for these regions were Victoria, BC (137), Blenheim, ON (113), Halifax-Dartmouth, NS (115), Saint John, NB (69), and Québec, QC (77).
The weather during the very start of winter in late November and early December, can dictate how a CBC season plays out, in terms of both species abundance and diversity. This is especially true in the colder parts of the country, where it could affect the presence or absence of open water. The lead up to the 123rd was shaping up to be typical if not on the warmer side but that would change as the winter progressed. A relatively early coldsnap in December caught up to the Atlantic region, although as the season went on, some counts reported milder than average temperatures. Moving west, both Québec and Ontario enjoyed a mild start to winter that was abruptly, and in some parts devastatingly, interrupted by a strong storm around Christmas Day. The prairie provinces reported typical or slightly colder than usual conditions, with some counts suffering participation as a result. A blast of sudden winter came to many counts along coastal BC as well, where counters experienced colder and snowier than usual conditions. The Lower Mainland of BC is not known for heavy snowfall, so many counters wisely opted to count birds from home.
Species Highlights by Region
The top 10 most abundant species in terms of individuals reported on Canadian counts during the 123rd CBC season, listed from highest to lowest, were: American Crow, Canada Goose, Mallard, Dark-eyed Junco, American Wigeon, Bohemian Waxwing, House Sparrow, Dunlin, Snow Goose, and Rock Pigeon. No new species were added to the all-time Canadian list during the 123rd CBC, which remains at 439 species. A summary of counts in Canada is presented in Table 1.
A Pink-footed Goose in St. John’s, NL appeared for a sixth consecutive year to kick off regional highlights. A Bar-tailed Godwit, discovered a day before the Halifax-Darmouth Count, was a welcomed addition. Shorebirds in general made a good showing in the Atlantic with reports of Long-billed Dowitchers, Red Knots, Lesser Yellowlegs among others. Reports of Turkey Vultures and Red-bellied Woodpeckers continue to rise in the region, an example perhaps of a northward expansions. Amongst the many rare passerines reported, Green-tailed Towhee and Hermit Warbler, both species regularly found much further west, are standouts.
Québec reported bumper year for irruptive species, noting high counts for Bohemian Waxwing, Pine Grosbeak, Evening Grosbeak, and even Snow Bunting. Not all finches were in abundance however, and Common Redpolls were reported to be down. One Thick-billed Murre at Percé, Northern Fulmars in both Otterburn Park and Chicoutimi-Jonquière, and a wayward Townsend’s Solitaire were among the several highlights in Québec. Despite the tricky weather, a number of noteworthy records from Ontario included one Western Sandpiper and one Spotted Sandpiper at Blenheim, a Great Cormorant during Count Week, an Indigo Bunting at Nipigon-Red Rock, a Northern Waterthrush at Cedar Creek, and one Yellow-throated Warbler in Delta among others.
At least two Brown Thrashers braved the Manitoba winter with one at Cypress River and one in Winnipeg. An immature Trumpeter Swan that overwintered at Oak Hammock Marsh was a first for Manitoba and one Red-headed Woodpecker at Carman was an unexpected find. Saskatchewan also added a new species to the provincial CBC list with a California Gull at Regina during Count Week. Gray Partridges continue to increase in Saskatchewan, with a new high count reported from Morse. An out-of-range White-winged Dove was a treat for birders in Calgary, and while not out-of-range, an Osprey in Medicine Hat was noteworthy. In general, both owls and finches were reported in low numbers in the prairie provinces.
Some mentionable shorebirds from the British Columbia coast included one American Avocet at Ladner, one Ruddy Turnstone at Deep Bay, and two Short-billed Dowitchers at Victoria. A Ross’s Gull was reported from Skidegate Inlet, a Black Phoebe was at Chilliwack, and two Clay-colored Sparrows were in Victoria. Pender Islands again reported at least one Rufous Hummingbird, continuing a seemingly new trend for the Gulf Islands.
Despite species diversity for all of Canada in total during the 123nd increasing, the majority of regions reported fewer or no change in species diversity compared to the previous season, with the exception of New Brunswick and Yukon Territory. British Columbia had the highest species diversity, reporting 218 species, followed by Ontario (183), Nova Scotia (168), New Brunswick (142), and Québec (129).
Table 1. 123rd Christmas Bird Count in Canada Summary
| Count Circles | Species1 | Total individual birds | Field Counters | Feeder Counters | Highest Count Day Species Total during 123rd |
AB | 56 | 111 | 137,789 | 991 | 679 | Calgary (65) |
BC | 92 | 218 | 907,731 | 2839 | 625 | Victoria (137) |
MB | 20 | 75 | 46,553 | 315 | 192 | Winnipeg (44) |
NB | 48 | 142 | 125,881 | 568 | 387 | Saint John (72) |
NL | 10 | 102 | 26,265 | 125 | 47 | St. John’s (69) |
NS | 32 | 168 | 243,316 | 660 | 264 | Halifax-Dartmouth (115) |
NT | 4 | 23 | 3502 | 45 | 13 | Hay River (17) |
NU | 2 | 2 | 465 | 3 | 0 | Arctic Bay (2) |
ON | 123 | 183 | 1,311,213 | 3418 | 1171 | Blenheim (113) |
PE | 3 | 73 | 25,898 | 37 | 17 | Hillsborough (56) |
QC | 38 | 129 | 278,317 | 908 | 197 | Québec (77) |
SK | 39 | 85 | 75,892 | 431 | 157 | Gardiner Dam, Saskatoon (39) |
YT | 9 | 41 | 9498 | 86 | 67 | Whitehorse (28) |
Total | 476 | 279 | 3,205,861 | 10,463 | 3816 |
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- Includes species detected during Count Week
- Count Day totals do not include Count Week additions
2022/23 Canadian High Counts Article
By Yousif Attia, Canada CBC Coordinator, Birds Canada
During the 123rd Christmas Bird Count (CBC) in Canada, counts reported 279 species, a decrease of twelve species compared to last season, which was exceptionally diverse. Four additional species: White-eyed Vireo, Swainson’s Thrush, Lesser Goldfinch, and Cape May Warbler were only recorded during Count Week (three days prior to, and three days after a designated Count Day).
Each of Canada’s ten provinces and three territories recorded at least one species high count during the 123rd CBC season. Circles in British Columbia recorded the most species high counts (133), followed by Ontario (71) and Nova Scotia (38). Victoria, BC, was the circle to record the most species high counts (40), followed by Ladner, BC (16), and Halifax-Dartmouth, NS (11). Three of the high counts during the 123rd CBC season represent new all-time Canadian highs (numbers boldfaced). Fifty-one high counts are high counts not only for Canada, but all North America during the 123rd (record underlined). Unestablished exotics and hybrids are excluded from this list.
Snow Goose 19,521 (QC, St.-Timothee); Ross’s Goose 1 (ON, Port Hope-Cobourg; QC, Otterburn Park, St-Jean-sur-le-Richelieu); Greater White-fronted Goose 4 (BC, Victoria); Pink-footed Goose 1 (NL, St. Johns); Brant 645 (BC, White Rock-Surrey-Langley); Cackling Goose 6033 (BC, Chilliwack); Canada Goose 20,481 (ON, Otterburn Park); Mute Swan 631 (ON, Gananoque); Trumpeter Swan 678 (BC, Duncan); Tundra Swan 4859 (ON, Blenheim); Wood Duck 309 (BC, White Rock-Surrey-Langley); Blue-winged Teal 1 (ON, Owen Sound); Northern Shoveler 327 (BC, Abbotsford-Mission); Gadwall 762 (ON, Blenheim); Eurasian Wigeon 62 (BC, White Rock-Surrey-Langley); American Wigeon 35,308 (BC, Ladner); Mallard 12,847 (ON, St. Clair N.W.A.); American Black Duck 2490 (QC, Tadoussac); Northern Pintail 13,308 (BC, Ladner); Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) 4 (NL, St. John’s); Green-winged Teal (American) 6629 (BC, Ladner); Canvasback 1680 (ON, Blenheim); Redhead 12,012 (ON, Blenheim); Ring-necked Duck 1001 (BC, Duncan); Tufted Duck 64 (NL, St. John’s); Greater Scaup 7516 (ON, Point Pelee); Lesser Scaup 754 (ON, Point Pelee); King Eider 2 (QC, Quebec); Common Eider 2057 (QC, Perce); Harlequin Duck 466 (BC, Deep Bay); Surf Scoter 4174 (BC, Lower Howe Sound); White-winged Scoter 2195 (BC, White Rock-Surrey-Langley); Black Scoter 2056 (PE, East Point); Long-tailed Duck 5317 (ON, Hamilton); Bufflehead 1883 (BC, Sidney-South Saltspring); Common Goldeneye 5561 (ON, Point Pelee); Barrow’s Goldeneye 1281 (BC, Vancouver); Hooded Merganser 391 (BC, Victoria); Common Merganser 3600 (ON, Point Pelee); Red-breasted Merganser 7840 (ON, Cedar Creek); Ruddy Duck 3606 (ON, Blenheim).
California Quail 994 (BC, Penticton); Chukar 167 (BC, Oliver-Osoyoos); Gray Partridge 1585 (SK, Morse); Ring-necked Pheasant 312 (SK, Estevan); Ruffed Grouse 40 (AB, Red Deer River); Spruce Grouse 13 (NT, Fort Smith); Willow Ptarmigan 109 (NT, Yellowknife); Rock Ptarmigan 11 (NU, Arctic Bay); White-tailed Ptarmigan 1 (BC, Smithers, Whistler); Dusky Grouse 1 (BC, Oliver-Osoyoos); Sooty Grouse 1 (BC, Greater Masset); Sharp-tailed Grouse 185 (MB, Gimli); Wild Turkey 741 (ON, Vankleek Hill); Pied-billed Grebe 56 (BC, Victoria); Horned Grebe 767 (BC, Victoria); Red-necked Grebe 171 (ON, Barrie); Eared Grebe 3 (BC, Victoria); Western Grebe 362 (BC, Sidney-South Saltspring); Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4558 (ON, Toronto); Band-tailed Pigeon 8 (BC, Sooke); Eurasian Collared-Dove 335 (BC, Oliver-Osoyoos); White-winged Dove 1 (AB, Calgary); Mourning Dove 1416 (ON, Peterborough); Anna’s Hummingbird 1084 (BC, Victoria); Rufous Hummingbird 1 (BC, Pender Islands); Virginia Rail 13 (BC, Ladner); Sora 1 (ON, Woodstock); American Coot 2501 (ON, Blenheim); Sandhill Crane 3717 (ON, Long Point).
American Avocet 1 (BC, Ladner); Black Oystercatcher 220 (BC, Deep Bay); Black-bellied Plover 204 (BC, Ladner); Killdeer 158 (BC, Victoria); Whimbrel 3 (BC, White Rock-Surrey-Langley); Black-tailed Godwit 1 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth); Marbled Godwit 4 (BC, White Rock-Surrey-Langley); Ruddy Turnstone 1 (BC, Deep Bay; NS, Yarmouth); Black Turnstone 611 (BC, Deep Bay); Red Knot 14 (NS, Cape Sable Island); Surfbird 363 (BC, Pender Islands); Sanderling 241 (BC, Ladner); Dunlin 35,698 (BC, Ladner); Rock Sandpiper 15 (BC, Skidegate Inlet); Purple Sandpiper 134 (NL, Cape Race); Least Sandpiper 6 (BC, Vancouver); White-rumped Sandpiper 2 (NS, Sable Island); Western Sandpiper 15 (BC, Ladner); Short-billed Dowitcher 2 (BC, Victoria); Long-billed Dowitcher 79 (BC, Pitt Meadows); American Woodcock 1 (ON, Long Point); Wilson’s Snipe 35 (BC, Ladner, Victoria); Spotted Sandpiper 4 (BC, Victoria); Greater Yellowlegs 19 (BC, White Rock-Surrey-Langley); Lesser Yellowlegs 3 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth).
Pomarine Jaeger 3 (NS, Brier Island); Dovekie 259 (NL, Cape Race); Common Murre 1270 (BC, Skidegate Inlet); Thick-billed Murre 185 (NS, Cheticamp); Razorbill 381 (NS, Cheticamp); Black Guillemot 128 (NL, Ferryland); Pigeon Guillemot 184 (BC, Victoria); Marbled Murrelet 194 (BC, Broughton Strait); Ancient Murrelet 1700 (BC, Pender Harbour); Cassin’s Auklet 2 (BC, Bamfield); Rhinoceros Auklet 147 (BC, Victoria); Atlantic Puffin 1 (NS, Yarmouth); Black-legged Kittiwake 315 (NS, Louisbourg); Bonaparte’s Gull 1990 (ON, Point Pelee); Black-headed Gull 8 (NS, Antigonish); Ross’s Gull 1 (BC, Skidegate Inlet); Little Gull 2 (ON, Goderich); Common Gull 1 (NS, Springville); Short-billed Gull 3663 (BC, Duncan); Ring-billed Gull 7702 (ON, Cedar Creek); Western Gull 16 (BC, Galiano-North Saltspring); California Gull 26 (BC, Vancouver); Herring Gull 4890 (NB, Saint John); Iceland Gull 797 (NL, Corner Brook); Iceland Gull (Thayer’s) 300 (BC, Parksville-Qualicum Beach); Lesser Black-backed Gull 8 (NB, Moncton); Glaucous-winged Gull 6643 (BC, Ladner); Glaucous Gull 24 (QC, Forillon N.P.); Great Black-backed Gull 1348 (NS, Sable Island); Red-throated Loon 35 (BC, Sooke); Pacific Loon 349 (BC, Victoria); Common Loon 159 (BC, Deep Bay); Yellow-billed Loon 2 (BC, Skidegate Inlet); Northern Fulmar 1 (NS, Yarmouth; QC, Chicoutimi-Jonquiere, Otterburn Park); Northern Gannet 24 (NS, Cheticamp); Brandt’s Cormorant 2591 (BC, Victoria); Double-crested Cormorant 989 (BC, Lower Howe Sound); Great Cormorant 41 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth); Pelagic Cormorant 654 (BC, Sooke); American White Pelican 1 (SK, Gardiner Dam); American Bittern 1 (BC, Pitt Meadows); Great Blue Heron 137 (BC, Ladner); Great Egret 1 (NB, Sackville); Green Heron 1 (ON, Kettle Point); Snowy Egret 1 (NS, Cape Sable Island); Black-crowned Night-Heron 9 (ON, Toronto).
Black Vulture 1 (NS, Pictou Harbour); Turkey Vulture 112 (ON, Dunnville); Osprey 1 (AB, Medicine Hat); Golden Eagle 5 (BC, Oliver-Osoyoos); Northern Harrier 101 (BC, Ladner); Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth); Cooper’s Hawk 49 (BC, Victoria); American Goshawk 3 (AB, Edmonton, Opal); Bald Eagle 602 (BC, Harrison River); Red-shouldered Hawk 4 (ON, St. Thomas); Broad-winged Hawk 1 (NB, Edmundston; NS, White Point); Red-tailed Hawk 100 (ON, Toronto); Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan’s) 2 (BC, Kelowna, Vernon); Rough-legged Hawk 55 (ON, Linwood); Barn Owl 6 (BC, White Rock-Surrey-Langley); Western Screech-Owl 1 (BC, Kelowna, Oliver-Osoyoos); Eastern Screech-Owl 31 (ON, Wallaceburg); Great Horned Owl 38 (BC, Victoria); Snowy Owl 8 (ON, Kingston); Northern Hawk Owl 6 (AB, Opal); Northern Pygmy-Owl 4 (BC, Nakusp); Barred Owl 15 (BC, Victoria); Great Gray Owl 6 (AB, Cochrane Wildlife Reserve); Long-eared Owl 2 (NS, Bedford-Sackville; ON, Point Pelee, St. Thomas, Toronto; QC, Longueuil); Short-eared Owl 11 (BC, Smithers); Boreal Owl 1 (AB, Edmonton); Northern Saw-whet Owl 9 (NS, Lunenburg).
Belted Kingfisher 42 (BC, Victoria); Red-headed Woodpecker 3 (ON, Blenheim); Red-bellied Woodpecker 112 (ON, London); Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 (ON, Napanee); Red-breasted Sapsucker 20 (BC, Duncan); American Three-toed Woodpecker 15 (AB, Sheep River); Black-backed Woodpecker 5 (SK, Prince Albert N.P.); Downy Woodpecker 355 (AB, Edmonton); Hairy Woodpecker 195 (MB, Winnipeg); Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 530 (BC, Victoria); Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 49 (NL, St. John’s); Pileated Woodpecker 67 (BC, Parksville-Qualicum Beach); American Kestrel 30 (ON, Peach Tree); Merlin 16 (BC, Duncan); Gyrfalcon 1 (AB, Beaverlodge; MB, Portage la Prairie; NB, Restigouche; SK, Qu’Appelle); Peregrine Falcon 10 (ON, Toronto); Prairie Falcon 3 (AB, Milk River).
Black Phoebe 1 (BC, Chilliwack); Eastern Phoebe 3 (NB, Wolfville); Northern Shrike 12 (QC, Quebec); Hutton’s Vireo 6 (BC, Duncan, Parksville-Qualicum Beach); Canada Jay 66 (AB, Cochrane Wildlife Reserve); Steller’s Jay 151 (BC, Chilliwack); Blue Jay 629 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth); California Scrub-Jay 7 (BC, Ladner); Black-billed Magpie 2096 (AB, Calgary); Clark’s Nutcracker 176 (BC, Stuix-Tweedsmuir); American Crow 90,000 (ON, St. Clair N.W.A.); Common Raven 1841 (NT, Yellowknife); Horned Lark 942 (ON, West Elgin); Black-capped Chickadee 2398 (ON, Ottawa-Gatineau); Mountain Chickadee 273 (AB, Banff-Canmore); Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2495 (BC, Victoria); Boreal Chickadee 163 (AB, Snake’s Head); Tufted Titmouse 41 (QC, Granby); Bushtit 1349 (BC, Victoria); Red-breasted Nuthatch 580 (BC, Victoria); White-breasted Nuthatch 421 (MB, Winnipeg); Pygmy Nuthatch 279 (BC, Kelowna); Brown Creeper 132 (BC, Victoria).
Canyon Wren 24 (BC, Oliver-Osoyoos); House Wren 1 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth; ON, Woodhouse Township); Pacific Wren 328 (BC, Victoria); Winter Wren 23 (ON, Toronto); Marsh Wren 26 (BC, Victoria); Carolina Wren 109 (ON, Hamilton); Bewick’s Wren 300 (BC, Victoria); American Dipper 52 (BC, Squamish); Golden-crowned Kinglet 1005 (BC, Victoria); Ruby-crowned Kinglet 307 (BC, Victoria); Eastern Bluebird 58 (ON, St. Catharines); Western Bluebird 184 (BC, Oliver-Osoyoos); Mountain Bluebird 3 (BC, Oliver-Osoyoos); Townsend’s Solitaire 44 (BC, Lake Country); Hermit Thrush 28 (BC, Victoria); American Robin 8003 (BC, Victoria); Varied Thrush 486 (BC, Nanaimo); Gray Catbird 6 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth); Brown Thrasher 1 (MB, Cypress River-Spruce Woods, Winnipeg; NB, Saint John; ON, Kingston); Northern Mockingbird 19 (ON, Toronto); European Starling 7284 (BC, Chilliwack); Bohemian Waxwing 10,583 (BC, Kelowna); Cedar Waxwing 454 (ON, Port Hope-Cobourg); House Sparrow 6176 (MB, Winnipeg); American Pipit 59 (BC, Ladner); Evening Grosbeak 900 (MB, Pinawa-Lac du Bonnet); Pine Grosbeak 392 (MB, Pinawa-Lac du Bonnet); Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 14 (BC, Oliver-Osoyoos); House Finch 1441 (AB, Calgary); Purple Finch 82 (NS, West Hants); Cassin’s Finch 81 (BC, Nakusp); Common Redpoll 349 (MB, Pinawa-Lac du Bonnet); Hoary Redpoll 29 (NT, Yellowknife); Red Crossbill 222 (BC, Williams Lake); White-winged Crossbill 284 (YT, Kluane Lake); Pine Siskin 1085 (BC, Smithers); American Goldfinch 950 (NS, Wolfville).
Lapland Longspur 54 (ON, Kingston); Snow Bunting 10,152 (ON, Saugeen Shores); Chipping Sparrow 8 (NS, Wolfville); Clay-colored Sparrow 2 (BC, Victoria); Field Sparrow 16 (ON, West Elgin); American Tree Sparrow 667 (ON, Long Point); Fox Sparrow 551 (BC, Victoria); Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 2157 (ON, St. Thomas); Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 6207 (BC, Victoria); White-throated Sparrow 128 (ON, Kleinburg); Harris’s Sparrow 1 (AB, Medicine Hat, Snake’s Head; BC, Ladner, Princeton, Vernon, Williams Lake; ON, Kettle Point; SK, Swift Current, Watrous-Manitou Beach); White-crowned Sparrow 822 (BC, Victoria); Golden-crowned Sparrow 2418 (BC, Victoria); Savannah Sparrow 36 (BC, Victoria); Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich) 44 (NS, Sable Island); Song Sparrow 1136 (BC, Vancouver); Lincoln’s Sparrow 68 (BC, Victoria); Swamp Sparrow 51 (ON, Blenheim); Green-tailed Towhee 1 (NB, Sackville); Spotted Towhee 1215 (BC, Victoria); Eastern Towhee 2 (ON, Skunk’s Misery).
Yellow-breasted Chat 6 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth, Yarmouth); Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 (ON, Long Point); Western Meadowlark 68 (BC, Victoria); Orchard Oriole 1 (NS, Glace Bay); Baltimore Oriole 4 (NL, St. John’s); Red-winged Blackbird 1249 (BC, Vernon); Brown-headed Cowbird 1591 (ON, St. Clair N.W.A.); Rusty Blackbird 40 (ON, Long Point); Brewer’s Blackbird 1303 (BC, Parksville-Qualicum Beach); Common Grackle 264 (ON, Wallaceburg); Northern Waterthrush 1 (ON, Cedar Creek); Orange-crowned Warbler 5 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth, Yarmouth); Common Yellowthroat 1 (NS, Yarmouth; ON, Blenheim, Kleinburg, Point Pelee); Palm Warbler 1 (BC, Victoria; NB, Lepreau; NS, Halifax-Dartmouth; ON, Kleinburg); Pine Warbler 8 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth); Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 78 (NS, Yarmouth); Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon’s) 23 (BC, Chilliwack); Yellow-throated Warbler 1 (NB, Mactaquac; NL, St. John’s; NS, Truro; ON, Delta); Hermit Warbler 1 (NL, St. John’s); Townsend’s Warbler 3 (BC, Duncan); Western Tanager 1 (BC, Lower Howe Sound; NS, Antigonish); Northern Cardinal 723 (ON, Ottawa-Gatineau); Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 (ON, Kawartha); Indigo Bunting 1 (ON, Nipigon-Red Rock); Dickcissel 2 (NS, Glace Bay).
All-time Canadian High Counts (2020 Update)
By Yousif Attia, Canada CBC Coordinator, Birds Canada
This is a summary of the highest counts reported for individual species and forms in Canada since the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) began in 1900. A total of 438 species have been reported on Count Days during that period, which is an increase of 18 species since Richard Cannings summarized Canadian CBCs ten years ago. British Columbia CBCs recorded the most species high counts (187), followed by Ontario (115), Nova Scotia (61), Alberta, (18), and Newfoundland and Labrador (17).
There are seven species and one form only found during Count Week (cw): Tundra Bean-Goose, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Laysan Albatross, Manx Shearwater, Magnificent Frigatebird, Red-tailed (Krider’s) Hawk, and Cassin’s Vireo. The list of hypothetical species reported during CBCs that are under review by Bird Records Committee include: European Golden-Plover, Little Stint, Common Snipe, Jack Snipe, Oak/Juniper Titmouse.
The format for listing is as follows: species name followed by number of individuals, (within parenthesis, province or territory followed by CBC name(s) and count year where high count was first reported. Unestablished exotics and hybrids are excluded from this list.
Emperor Goose 2 (BC, Skidegate Inlet 89), Snow Goose 127,022 (QC, Baie-Missisquoi 117), Ross’s Goose 4 (ON, Blenheim 114), Greater White-fronted Goose 338 (BC, Chilliwack 80), Tundra Bean-Goose cw (NS, Yarmouth 114), Pink-footed Goose 14 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 100), Brant 4800 (BC, Ladner 115), Barnacle Goose 1 (QC, Longueuil 110), Cackling Goose 5305 (BC, Chilliwack 119), Canada Goose 47,551 (AB, Lethbridge 120), Mute Swan 1201 (ON, Holiday Beach 115), Trumpeter Swan 3443 (BC, Kelowna 96), Tundra Swan 10,870 (ON, St. Clair N.W.A. 116), Wood Duck 964 (BC, Chilliwack 114), Blue-winged Teal 30 (BC, Fisherville 104), Cinnamon Teal 8 (BC, Ladner 83), Northern Shoveler 988 (BC, Duncan 78), Gadwall 6879 (ON, Blenheim 113), Eurasian Wigeon 113 (BC, Ladner 107), American Wigeon 58,860 (BC, Ladner 92), Mallard 46,851 (ON, St. Clair N.W.A. 119), American Black Duck 13,651 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 103), Northern Pintail 55,070 (BC, Ladner 92), Green-winged Teal (Eurasian) 12 (NL, St. John, 111), Green-winged Teal (American) 23,472 (BC, Ladner 92), Canvasback 25,800 (ON, St. Clair N.W.A. 107), Redhead 26,081 (ON, Long Point 115), Ring-necked Duck 850 (BC, Duncan 111), Tufted Duck 78 (NL, St. Johns 114), Greater Scaup 60,200 (ON, Point Pelee 113), Lesser Scaup 15,000 (ON, Point Pelee 91), King Eider 22 (ON, Hamilton 64), Common Eider 7528 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 97), Harlequin Duck 886 (BC, Deep Bay 83), Surf Scoter 12,216 (BC, Lower Howe Sound 112), White-winged Scoter 10,115 (ON, Prince Edward Point 95), Black Scoter 1450 (PE, East Point 112), Long-tailed Duck 148,326 (ON, Prince Edward Point 102), Bufflehead 3487 (BC, Sidney-South Saltspring 116), Common Goldeneye 11,612 (BC, Tlell 105), Barrow’s Goldeneye 3747 (BC, Lower Howe Sound 106), Smew 1 (BC, White Rock 90), Hooded Merganser 701 (BC, Victoria 107), Common Merganser 39,640 (ON, Point Pelee 90), Red-breasted Merganser 35, 803 (ON, Oshawa 112), Ruddy Duck 11,280 (BC, White Rock 79).
Mountain Quail 9 (BC, Victoria 64),California Quail 4566 (BC, Penticton 105), Chukar 281 (BC, Oliver-Osoyoos 113), Gray Partridge 728 (SK, Regina 104), Ring-necked Pheasant 4000 (QC, St-Anne-du-Lac 113), Ruffed Grouse 149 (ON, Algonquin P.P. 107), Greater Sage-Grouse 106 (SK, Govenlock 80), Spruce Grouse 37 (MB, Riding Mountain N.P. 77), Willow Ptarmigan 476 (NT, Yellowknife 98), Rock Ptarmigan 46 (MB, Churchill 98), White-tailed Ptarmigan 48 (AB, Bow Summit 90), Dusky Grouse 17 (BC, Penticton 107, Sooty Grouse 4 (BC, Squamish 96), Sharp-tailed Grouse 390 (MB, Lyleton 107), Wild Turkey 849 (ON, Pakenham-Arnprior 111), Pied-billed Grebe 101 (BC, Ladner 79), Horned Grebe 1100 (BC, Victoria 67), Red-necked Grebe 708 (BC, Tlell 105), Eared Grebe 461 (BC, Pender Islands 81), Western Grebe 15,174 (BC, Deep Bay 84), Clark’s Grebe 2 (BC, Sooke 90), Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 18,020 (BC, Vancouver 102), Band-tailed Pigeon 449 (BC, Pender Islands 79), Eurasian Collared-Dove 608 (BC, Vernon 118), White-winged Dove 2 (NS, Cape Sable Island 110), Mourning Dove 2443 (ON, Cedar Creek 106), Anna’s Hummingbird 1256 (BC, Victoria 120), Costa’s Hummingbird 1 (BC, Vancouver 111), Rufous Hummingbird 4 (BC, Pender Islands 114), Xantus’s Hummingbird 1 (BC, Sunshine Coast 98), Clapper Rail 1 (NS, Broad Cove 74), King Rail 1 (ON, Long Point 77), Virginia Rail 39 (BC, Vancouver 85), Sora 3 (BC, Vaseux Lake 100), Purple Gallinule 1 (NS, Port L’Hebert 94), Common Gallinule 1 (ON, Hamilton 48), American Coot 8202 (ON, Blenheim 102), Sandhill Crane 3577 (ON, Long Point 120).
Black-necked Stilt 1 (ON, Wallaceburg 102), American Avocet 4 (BC, White Rock 98), Black Oystercatcher 391 (BC, Skidegate Inlet 113), Northern Lapwing 1 (NL, St. John’s 84), Black-bellied Plover 6855 (BC, Ladner 105), American Golden-Plover 2 (BC, Skidegate Inlet 98), Pacific Golden-Plover 3 (BC, Skidegate Inlet 101), Semipalmated Plover 6 (BC, Deep Bay 103), Killdeer 427 (BC, Ladner 102), Whimbrel 6 (BC, Victoria 63), Whimbrel (Eurasian) 1 (NS, Broad Cove 75), Long-billed Curlew 1 (BC, Ladner 80), Black-tailed Godwit 1 (PE, Prince Edward Island N.P. 99), Marbled Godwit 6 (BC, White Rock 108), Ruddy Turnstone 22 (NS, Louisbourg 68), Black Turnstone 3560 (BC, Comox 83), Red Knot 48 (NS, Cape Sable Island 100), Surfbird 644 (BC, Pender Islands 103), Ruff 1 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 103), Sanderling 1678 (BC, Rose Spit 100), Dunlin 84,773 (BC, Ladner 103), Rock Sandpiper 193 (BC, Greater Masset 88), Purple Sandpiper 430 (NB, Grand Manan Island 89), Baird’s Sandpiper 1 (ON, Blenheim 72), Least Sandpiper 42 (BC, Ladner 102), White-rumped Sandpiper 9 (NL, Cape Race 115), Pectoral Sandpiper 3 (BC, Nanaimo 79), Semipalmated Sandpiper 15 (NS, Cape Sable Island 103), Western Sandpiper 301 (BC, Ladner 108), Short-billed Dowitcher 68 (BC, Vancouver 70), Long-billed Dowitcher 683 (BC, Ladner 76), American Woodcock 5 (ON, Prince Edward Point 105, Wilson’s Snipe 151 (BC, Vancouver 82), Spotted Sandpiper 7 (BC, Nanaimo 113), Solitary Sandpiper cw (BC, Cortes Island 109), Wandering Tattler 1 (BC, Vancouver 64). Lesser Yellowlegs 7 (BC, Vancouver 70), Willet 3 (BC, Ladner 102), Spotted Redshank cw (NS, Halifax [west] 60), Greater Yellowlegs 91 (BC, White Rock 106), Red-necked Phalarope 1 (NS, Louisbourg and Cape Breton 73), Red Phalarope 560 (BC, Sooke 103).
Great Skua 1 (NS, Brier Island 93), Pomarine Jaeger 4 (NS, Brier Island 120), Parasitic Jaeger 1 (BC, White Rock 78), Dovekie 73,668 (NL, L’Anse-aux-Meadows 85), Common Murre 10,940 (BC, Campbell River 95), Thick-billed Murre 51,050 (NL, L’Anse-aux-Meadows 85), Razorbill 15,000 (NB, Grand Manan Island 99), Black Guillemot 1009 (QC, Forillon N.P. 104), Pigeon Guillemot 583 (BC, Sidney-South Saltspring 120), Marbled Murrelet 2125 (BC, Ladner 76), Kittlitz’s Murrelet 1 (BC, Victoria 86), Ancient Murrelet 21,420 (BC, Sunshine Coast 112), Cassin’s Auklet 1398 (BC, Rose Spit 96), Rhinoceros Auklet 113 (BC, Victoria 100), Atlantic Puffin 200 (NS, Brier Island 91), Tufted Puffin 2 (BC, Victoria 66), Black-legged Kittiwake 48,000 (NS, Brier Island 79), Ivory Gull 17 (NL, L’Anse-aux-Meadows 86), Sabine’s Gull 1 (BC, Victoria 64), Bonaparte’s Gull 26,187 (ON, Niagara Falls 92), Black-headed Gull 365 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 106), Little Gull 117 (ON, Long Point 92), Laughing Gull 2 (NS, Halifax [east] 69), Franklin’s Gull 1 (AB, Lethbridge 117), Black-tailed Gull 1 (NL, St. Johns 111), Heermann’s Gull 4 (BC, Pender Islands 83), Mew Gull 16,375 (BC, Victoria 75), Ring-billed Gull 33,522 (ON, West Elgin 112), Western Gull 121 (BC, Tofino 102), California Gull 1007 (BC, Parksville-Qualicum Beach 103), Herring Gull 30,610 (NS, Wolfville 99), Yellow-legged Gull 2 (NL, St. John’s 111), Iceland Gull 6004 (QC, Tadoussac 93), Iceland (Thayer’s) Gull 3110 (BC, Victoria 104), Iceland (kumlieni) Gull 3611 (NL, St. John’s 110), Lesser Black-backed Gull 74 (ON, Barrie 106), Slaty-backed Gull 1 (BC, Ladner 94), Glaucous-winged Gull 55,803 (BC, Ladner 106), Glaucous Gull 1269 (NL, St. Anthony 82), Great Black-backed Gull 14,275 (NL, Corner Brook 98), Caspian Tern 1 (ON, Hamilton 81), Black Tern 1 (ON, Wiarton 92), Common Tern 5 (BC, Surrey Municipality 62), Forster’s Tern 2 (ON, Blenheim 102).
Red-throated Loon 1151 (BC, Tlell 105), Arctic Loon 1 (BC, Duncan 108), Pacific Loon 4437 (BC, Campbell River 105), Common Loon 618 (BC, Comox 105), Yellow-billed Loon 43 (BC, Hecate Strait 110), Laysan Albatross cw (BC, Juan de Fuca 112), Black-footed Albatross 2 (BC, Greater Masset 114), Northern Fulmar 1619 (NL, Cape St. Mary’s 100), Black-capped Petrel 1 (ON, Wye Marsh 102), Cory’s Shearwater 1 (NB, Cape Tormentine 99), Buller’s Shearwater 1 (BC, Hecate Strait 106), Short-tailed Shearwater 81 (BC, Langara Island 100), Sooty Shearwater 1238 (BC, Rose Spit 99), Great Shearwater 15 (NS, Brier Island 116), Pink-footed Shearwater 1 (NS, Glace Bay 118), Manx Shearwater cw (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 109), Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel 2 (BC, Rose Spit 119), Leach’s Storm-Petrel 6 (NL, Terra Nova N.P. 75), Magnificent Frigatebird cw (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 108), Northern Gannet 596 (NS, Cape Sable Island 100), Brandt’s Cormorant 4280 (BC, Sooke 86), Double-crested Cormorant 2361 (BC, Vancouver 120), Great Cormorant 433 (NS, Halifax [west] 85), Red-faced Cormorant 1 (BC, Rose Spit 114), Pelagic Cormorant 3233 (BC, Nanaimo 89), American White Pelican 10 (SK, Gardiner Dam 111), Brown Pelican 19 (BC, Victoria 113), American Bittern 26 (BC, Ladner 106), Great Blue Heron 317 (BC, Ladner 115), Great Egret 2 (NS, Cape Sable Island 109), Snowy Egret 1 (NS, Halifax [east] 80), Little Blue Heron 1 (NS, Yarmouth 100), Cattle Egret 3 (BC, Ladner 80), Green Heron 7 (BC, Pitt Meadows 111), Black-crowned Night-Heron 20 (ON, Toronto 107).
Black Vulture 16 (ON, Niagara Falls 120), Turkey Vulture 190 (ON, Dunnville 119), Osprey 3 (BC, Deep Bay 79), Golden Eagle 14 (SK, Fort Walsh Cypress Hills 88), Northern Harrier 162 (ON, Fisherville 91), Sharp-shinned Hawk 41 (SK, Saskatoon 62), Cooper’s Hawk 74 (BC, Nanaimo 117), Northern Goshawk 16 (SK, E.B. Campbell Dam 81), Bald Eagle 2805 (BC, Squamish 94), Red-shouldered Hawk 18 (QC, Longueuil 116), Broad-winged Hawk 2 (ON, Peel-Halton Counties 66), Swainson’s Hawk 1 (BC, Pitt Meadows 78), Red-tailed Hawk 345 (ON, Fisherville 94), Red-tailed (Harlan’s) Hawk 28 (BC, Vernon 117), Red-tailed (Krider’s) Hawk cw (ON, Point Pelee 102), Rough-legged Hawk 195 (ON, Kingston 75), Ferruginous Hawk 6 (AB, Edmonton 7), Barn Owl 49 (BC, Vancouver 78), Western Screech-Owl 23 (BC, Victoria 92), Eastern Screech-Owl 141 (ON, Fisherville 100), Great Horned Owl 80 (ON, Cambridge 87), Snowy Owl 107 (BC, Ladner 74), Northern Hawk Owl 40 (AB, Opal 105), Northern Pygmy-Owl 17 (BC, Vernon 78), Burrowing Owl 2 (BC, Kamloops 115), Barred Owl 26 (ON, Petroglyphs 120), Great Gray Owl 24 (MB, Pinawa-Lac du Bonnet 101), Long-eared Owl 65 (ON, Hamilton 61), Short-eared Owl 106 (ON, Fisherville 96), Boreal Owl 8 (AB, Cochrane Wildlife Reserve 103), Northern Saw-whet Owl 52 (BC, Vaseux Lake 106).
Belted Kingfisher 71 (BC, Victoria 90), Lewis’s Woodpecker 25 (BC, Penticton 75), Red-headed Woodpecker 114 (ON, Blenheim 84), Acorn Woodpecker 1 (BC, Abbotsford-Mission 111), Red-bellied Woodpecker 166 (ON, London 118), Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 (ON, London 81, Niagara Falls 72), Red-naped Sapsucker 2 (BC, Creston 91), Red-breasted Sapsucker 124 (BC, Sunshine Coast 117), American Three-toed Woodpecker 29 (ON, Ottawa-Gatineau 77), Black-backed Woodpecker 35 (ON, Algonquin P.P. 107), Downy Woodpecker 568 (AB, Edmonton 116), Hairy Woodpecker 379 (ON, Ottawa-Gatineau 115), White-headed Woodpecker 1 (BC, Vaseux Lake 76), Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 689 (BC, Victoria 118), Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 102 (NL, St. Johns 108), Pileated Woodpecker 85 (ON, Ottawa-Gatineau 115), American Kestrel 154 (ON, Fisherville 92), Merlin 43 (AB, Calgary 116), Gyrfalcon 6 (NL, St. Anthony 83), Peregrine Falcon 29 (BC, Ladner 110), Prairie Falcon 8 (AB, Nanton 110).
Ash-throated Flycatcher 1 (BC, Ladner 101), Western Kingbird 1 (BC, Victoria 64), Eastern Kingbird (NS, Yarmouth 74), Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 (ON, Cedar Creek, Gray Flycatcher 1 (ON, Fisherville 104), Dusky Flycatcher 1 (NS, Wolfville 97), Pacific-slope/Cordilleran Flycatcher 1 NB, Grand Manan Island 116), Black Phoebe 1 (BC, Chilliwack 114), Eastern Phoebe 5 (ON, Toronto 119), Say’s Phoebe 2 (BC, Penticton 77), Vermilion Flycatcher 1 (ON, Wallaceburg 116), Loggerhead Shrike 2 (ON, St. Thomas 61), Northern Shrike 51 (ON, Oshawa 96), White-eyed Vireo 1 (ON, Pickering 85), Hutton’s Vireo 18 (BC, Pender Islands 106), Cassin’s Vireo cw (BC, Nanaimo 100), Blue-headed Vireo 2 (ON, Peel-Halton Counties 116), Plumbeous Vireo 1 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 100), Canada Jay 185 (AB, Cochrane Wildlife Reserve 96), Steller’s Jay 659 (BC, Victoria 93), Blue Jay 1598 (AB, Edmonton 89), California Scrub-Jay 2 (BC, White Rock 117), Clark’s Nutcracker 277 (AB, Banff-Canmore 79), Black-billed Magpie 3374 (AB, Edmonton 102), Eurasian. Jackdaw 1 (NS, Halifax [west] 85), American Crow 159,860 (ON, St. Clair N.W.A. 100), Northwestern Crow 35,365 (BC, Vancouver 110), Fish Crow 1 (ON, Hamilton 119), Common Raven 3007 (YT, Whitehorse 117).
Eurasian Skylark 960 (BC, Victoria 66), Horned Lark 6012 (ON, Blenheim 86), Tree Swallow 7 (NS, Halifax [east] 70), Violet-green Swallow 4 (BC, Comox 20), Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 (ON, London 80), Cliff Swallow 2 (BC, Vancouver 92), Barn Swallow 5 (ON, Sutton 104), Black-capped Chickadee 6239 (AB, Edmonton 94), Mountain Chickadee 519 (BC, Penticton 87), Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3143 (BC, Victoria 120), Boreal Chickadee 371 (NL, Terra Nova N.P. 85), Tufted Titmouse 70 (ON, Wallaceburg 104), Bushtit 2522 (BC, Victoria 100), Red-breasted Nuthatch 1384 (ON, Algonquin P.P. 79), White-breasted Nuthatch 771 (MB, Winnipeg 118), Pygmy Nuthatch 515 (BC, Penticton 90), Brown Creeper 277 (ON, Point Pelee 78), Rock Wren 6 (BC, Vaseux Lake 101), Canyon Wren 25 (BC, Oliver-Osoyoos 96), Carolina Wren 122 (ON, Hamilton 120), Bewick’s Wren 365 (BC, Victoria 112), House Wren 4 (BC, Nanaimo 80, ON, Thousand Islands 95), Pacific Wren 587 (BC, Victoria 114), Winter Wren 35 (ON, Toronto 115), Sedge Wren 1 (NS, Broad Cove 77), Marsh Wren 136 (BC, Ladner 104), American Dipper 149 (BC, Lillooet 103), Golden-crowned Kinglet 4000 (BC, Victoria 70), Ruby-crowned Kinglet 402 (BC, Victoria, 105), Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 (ON, Point Pelee 83).
Red-flanked Bluetail 1 (BC, Comox 117), Northern Wheatear 1 (NL, St. Anthony 75), Eastern Bluebird 149 (ON, Cedar Creek 99), Western Bluebird 268 (BC, Penticton 120), Mountain Bluebird 12 (BC, Penticton 81), Townsend’s Solitaire 167 (BC, Vernon 116), Veery 1 (ON, Toronto 93), Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 (ON, Kingston 78), Swainson’s Thrush 1 (BC, Victoria 62), Hermit Thrush 76 (BC, Victoria 117), Wood Thrush 1 (MB, Winnipeg 85), Dusky Thrush 1 (BC, White Rock 93), Fieldfare 1 (NL, St. John’s 92), Redwing 1 (NL, Ferryland 99), Mistle Thrush 1 (NB, Mirimachi 118), American Robin 14,327 (BC, Victoria 96), Varied Thrush 1212 (BC, Vancouver 84), Gray Catbird 31 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 118), Northern Mockingbird 159 (ON, Niagara Falls 90), Sage Thrasher 1 (ON, Blenheim 109), Brown Thrasher 5 (ON, Hamilton 71), Curve-billed Thrasher 1 (SK, Dalmeny-Langham 107), European Starling 254,068 (BC, Vancouver 65), Crested Myna 1632 (BC, Vancouver 61), Bohemian Waxwing 35,298 (AB, Edmonton 106), Cedar Waxwing 6190 (ON, Sandbanks 117). Siberian Accentor 1 (BC, White Rock 116), House Sparrow 23,761 (MB, Winnipeg 90), Eurasian Tree Sparrow 2 (MB, Winnipeg 115), Citrine Wagtail 1 (BC, Comox, 113), Red-throated Pipit 1 (BC, Ladner 91), American Pipit 1327 (ON, Point Pelee 117), Common Chaffinch 1 (NS, Halifax [west] 89), Brambling 3 (BC, Port Clements 106), Evening Grosbeak 2621 (ON, Ottawa-Gatineau 73), Pine Grosbeak 1847 (NL, St. Anthony’s 75), Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 600 (BC, Penticton 87), Purple Finch 1845 (NS, Broad Cove 92), Cassin’s Finch 312 (BC, Vaseux Lake 89), House Finch 3020 (ON, St. Thomas 89), Red Crossbill 3527 (ON, Algonquin P.P. 95), White-winged Crossbill 8728 (ON, Algonquin P.P. 85), Common Redpoll 14,159 (NB, Cape Tormentine 92), Hoary Redpoll 367 (NT, Nahanni Butte 115), Pine Siskin 11,128 (BC, Sooke 113), Lesser Goldfinch 1 (BC, Merritt 117), American Goldfinch 2696 (NS, Wolfville 92).
Lapland Longspur 550 (ON, Kingston 97), Smith’s Longspur 2 (AB, Nanton 103), Thick-billed Longspur 1 (SK, Govenlock 83), Snow Bunting 33,935 (SK, Raymore 83), McKay’s Bunting 2 (BC, Vancouver 105), Little Bunting 1 (BC, Greater Masset 109), Rustic Bunting 1 (SK, Creighton 110), Green-tailed Towhee 1 (BC, Comox 85), Spotted Towhee 1501 (BC, Victoria 117), Eastern Towhee 21 (ON, St. Thomas 56), American Tree Sparrow 4500 (ON, Long Point 68), Chipping Sparrow 83 (ON, Cedar Creek 106), Clay-colored Sparrow 2 (BC, Ladner 83), Field Sparrow 140 (ON, St. Thomas 69), Vesper Sparrow 12 (ON, St. Thomas 60), Lark Sparrow 1 (NS, Halifax [east] and ON, Moscow 86), Lark Bunting 1 (NS, Halifax [east] 60), Savannah Sparrow 143 (BC, Ladner 115), Savannah (Ipswich) Sparrow 10 (NS, Halifax [east] 80), Grasshopper Sparrow 1 (NS, Halifax [east] 66), Baird’s Sparrow 1 (BC, Nanaimo 95), LeConte’s Sparrow 2 (BC, Greater Masset 119), Nelson’s Sparrow 20 (NS, Halifax [east] 88), Seaside Sparrow 2 (NS, Halifax [east] 80), Fox Sparrow 951 (BC, Victoria 114), Song Sparrow 7819 (BC, Ladner 102), Lincoln’s Sparrow 137 (BC, Victoria 112), Swamp Sparrow 559 (ON, Long Point 85), White-throated Sparrow 1044 (NS, Broad Cove 77), Harris’s Sparrow 11 (BC, Vernon 86), White-crowned Sparrow 774 (BC, Ladner 76), Golden-crowned Sparrow 1937 (BC, Victoria 114), Dark-eyed (Gray-headed) Junco 1 (MB, Winnipeg 85), Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco 8823 (BC, Victoria 100), Dark-eyed (Pink-sided) Junco 2 (ON, London 108), Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco 3337 (ON, Woodhouse Township 118), Dark-eyed (White-winged) Junco 1 (ON, Hamilton 65), Yellow-breasted Chat 18 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 113) Bobolink 1 (NS, Halifax [east] 74), Red-winged Blackbird 10,278 (ON, Long Point 110), Eastern Meadowlark 249 (ON, St. Thomas 73), Western Meadowlark 189 (BC, Ladner 110), Yellow-headed Blackbird 5 (MB, Delta Marsh 116), Rusty Blackbird 575 (ON, Blenheim 85), Brewer’s Blackbird 190,827 (BC, Ladner 117), Common Grackle 4400 (ON, Wallaceburg 102), Great-tailed Grackle 1 (ON, Long Point 89), Brown-headed Cowbird 30,000 (ON, Guelph 76), Hooded Oriole 1 (BC, Terrace 98), Bullock’s Oriole 1 (NS, Halifax [west] 70), Baltimore Oriole 28 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 109).
Blue-winged Warbler 1 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 102), Orange-crowned Warbler 10 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 97), Nashville Warbler 3 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 100), Northern Parula 1 (ON, Ottawa-Gatineau 94), Yellow Warbler 2 (BC, Vancouver 77), Magnolia Warbler 1 (NS, Halifax [west] 74), Cape May Warbler 1 (AB, Calgary 88), Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 (ON, Toronto 109), Yellow-rumped (Audubon’s) Warbler 87 (BC, Vancouver 79), Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler 243 (NS, Cape Sable Island 98), Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 (ON, Kettle Point 83), Townsend’s Warbler 17 (BC, Juan de Fuca 111), Hermit Warbler 1 (NS, Broad Cove 95), Yellow-throated Warbler 2 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 102), Pine Warbler 14 (NS, Halifax [east] 84), Palm Warbler 15 (NS, Halifax [east] 88), Bay-breasted Warbler 1 (NS, Cape Sable Island 99), Blackpoll Warbler 1 (NS, Cape Sable Island 98), Black-and-white Warbler 4 (NL, St. John’s 94), Ovenbird 1 (ON, Hamilton 66), Northern Waterthrush 2 (ON, Long Point 74), MacGillivray’s Warbler 1 (BC, Terrace 103, Vancouver 101, and Victoria 68), Common Yellowthroat 15 (ON, Long Point 76), Hooded Warbler 1 (NS, Halifax [west] 77), Wilson’s Warbler 2 (NL, Corner Brook 102), Summer Tanager 3 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth 118), Scarlet Tanager 1 (BC, William’s Lake 113), Western Tanager 1 (BC, Victoria 63), Northern Cardinal 882 (ON, London 112), Pyrrhuloxia 1 (ON, West Elgin 105), Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 (NB, St. Stephen 106), Black-headed Grosbeak 1 (BC, Chilliwack 73), Blue Grosbeak 1 (QC, Quebec 90), Lazuli Bunting 1 (NS, Cape Sable Island 112), Indigo Bunting 3 (NS, Brier Island 118), Painted Bunting 1 (ON, Toronto 79), Dickcissel 4 (NS, St. Peters 70).
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