Our Mission: The Mattabeseck Audubon Society, a chapter of the National Audubon Society, is committed to environmental leadership and education for the benefit of the community and the earth's biodiversity.

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2021 Christmas Count species list

Canada Goose 417
Mute Swan 156
American Black Duck 17
Mallard 388
Ring-necked Duck 282
Bufflehead 33
Common Goldeneye 3
Hooded Merganser 105
Common Merganser 328
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Ruddy Duck 4
Wild Turkey 55
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 5
Black Vulture 34
Turkey Vulture 12
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
Cooper’s Hawk 7
Bald Eagle 27
Red-shouldered Hawk 8
Red-tailed Hawk 32
American Coot 1
Ring-billed Gull 44
Herring Gull 29
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 74
Mourning Dove 118
Eastern Screech-Owl 2
Great Horned Owl 2
Barred Owl 2
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1
Belted Kingfisher 9
Red-bellied Woodpecker 75
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 18
Downy Woodpecker 109
Hairy Woodpecker 25
Northern Flicker 32
Pileated Woodpecker 10
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Blue Jay 333
American Crow 158
Common Raven 19
Black-capped Chickadee 191
Tufted Titmouse 234
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 94
Brown Creeper 4
Winter Wren 6
Carolina Wren 54
Golden-crowned Kinglet 16
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Eastern Bluebird 234
Hermit Thrush 9
American Robin 431
Gray Catbird 8
Northern Mockingbird 10
European Starling 1231
Cedar Waxwing 163
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
American Tree Sparrow 9
Field Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate- colored) 935
White-throated Sparrow 399
Song Sparrow 94
Swamp Sparrow 8
Eastern Towhee 4
Northern Cardinal 115
Red-winged Blackbird 47
Common Grackle 250
House Finch 125
Common Redpoll 4
Pine Siskin 2
American Goldfinch 243
House Sparrow 67

Total Individuals 7993
Total Species Reported 76