Belmont Area birds
Six Years of Birding Observation by David Lange and Menotomy Bird Club
Christmas Bird Count at Alewife 2006
December 17, 2006
Thanks very much for your help on the Greater Boston CBC. We found 54 species in Belmont with 1986 individuals not counting the robin roost with 1070 robins this year (405 last year and 2415 three years ago) and 930 starlings.
Belmont contributed the only Canvasbacks and the Lincoln's Sparrow to the Greater Boston count; both were at Fresh Pond. Other species of note for Belmont were the Ruby-crowned Kinglet and Savannah Sparrow at the incinerator and 3 Fox Sparrows at the Belmont Springs Country Club dump.
Thanks again for your help and hope to see you next year.
Happy Holidays,
David Lange
Alewife numbers:
Canada Goose 10
Mallard 11
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Mourning Dove 12
Downy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Carolina Wren 2
American Robin 1070 at roost
European Starling 930 at roost
Am Tree Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 12
White-throated Sparrow 6
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Northern Cardinal 3
American Goldfinch 7
Greater Boston Christmas Bird Count, Belmont |
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2001 |
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2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
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Species: |
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Common Loon |
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1 |
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2 |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
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Red-necked Grebe |
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1 |
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Great Blue Heron |
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1 |
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1 |
1 |
3 |
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Canada Goose |
110 |
52 |
9 |
135 |
119 |
453 |
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Mute Swan |
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1 |
2 |
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Averican Wigeon |
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9 |
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1 |
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American Black Duck |
9 |
14 |
7 |
25 |
20 |
12 |
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Mallard |
77 |
205 |
100 |
254 |
261 |
145 |
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Northern Shoveler |
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1 |
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Green-winged Teal |
3 |
2 |
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1 |
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Canvasback |
76 |
48 |
2 |
11 |
30 |
35 |
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Ring-necked Duck |
6 |
7 |
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11 |
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Greater Scaup |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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Lesser Scaup |
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7 |
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2 |
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Bufflehead |
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1 |
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Hooded Merganser |
28 |
15 |
6 |
5 |
10 |
16 |
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Common Merganser |
14 |
15 |
65 |
5 |
3 |
8 |
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Ruddy Duck |
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3 |
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26 |
3 |
1 |
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Sharp-shinned Hawk |
3 |
2 |
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1 |
1 |
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Cooper's Hawk |
1 |
2 |
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2 |
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2 |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
4 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
5 |
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American Kestrel |
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1 |
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1 |
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Peregrine Falcon |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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American Coot |
10 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
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5 |
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Ring-billed Gull |
30 |
92 |
72 |
38 |
91 |
66 |
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Herring Gull |
13 |
37 |
22 |
8 |
25 |
43 |
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Great Black-backed Gull |
2 |
16 |
1 |
1 |
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2 |
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Rock Dove |
12 |
102 |
60 |
25 |
17 |
113 |
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Mourning Dove |
24 |
33 |
16 |
41 |
44 |
121 |
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Eastern Screech-Owl |
1 |
4 |
11 |
9 |
2 |
13 |
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Great Horned Owl |
1 |
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1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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Barred Owl |
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1 |
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1 |
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Belted Kingfisher |
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1 |
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2 |
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1 |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
1 |
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Downy Woodpecker |
13 |
13 |
11 |
19 |
16 |
34 |
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Hairy Woodpecker |
1 |
3 |
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1 |
4 |
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Northern Flicker |
1 |
5 |
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3 |
2 |
3 |
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Blue Jay |
45 |
42 |
32 |
2 |
32 |
51 |
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American Crow |
22 |
402 |
55 |
29 |
273 |
15 |
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Fish Crow |
1 |
2 |
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Black-capped Chickadee |
70 |
69 |
64 |
121 |
71 |
87 |
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Tufted Timouse |
42 |
22 |
12 |
44 |
33 |
20 |
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Red-breasted Nuthatch |
1 |
1 |
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
31 |
18 |
11 |
18 |
16 |
15 |
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Brown Creeper |
2 |
1 |
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1 |
2 |
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Carolina Wren |
10 |
8 |
6 |
9 |
4 |
8 |
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Winter Wren |
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2 |
4 |
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House or Winter Wren |
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1 |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet |
7 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
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1 |
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1 |
2 |
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Eastern Bluebird |
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3 |
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Hermit Thrush |
3 |
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1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
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American Robin |
580 |
68 |
184 |
36 |
131 |
94 |
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Gray Catbird |
1 |
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1 |
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Northern Mockingbird |
16 |
18 |
6 |
17 |
10 |
8 |
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European Starling |
1400 |
720 |
33 |
153 |
253 |
73 |
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Cedar Waxwing |
20 |
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2 |
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3 |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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1 |
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Eastern Towhee |
2 |
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American Tree Sparrow |
12 |
8 |
4 |
15 |
8 |
23 |
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Savannah Sparrow |
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1 |
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Fox Sparrow |
1 |
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3 |
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3 |
3 |
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Song Sparrow |
14 |
30 |
17 |
51 |
27 |
62 |
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Lincoln's Sparrow |
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1 |
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Swamp Sparrow |
1 |
1 |
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1 |
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White-throated Sparrow |
25 |
40 |
14 |
24 |
46 |
105 |
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Dark-eyed Junco |
60 |
33 |
19 |
75 |
19 |
83 |
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Northern Cardinal |
26 |
15 |
7 |
25 |
25 |
27 |
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Red-winged Blackbird |
1 |
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5 |
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2 |
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Common Grackle |
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1 |
1 |
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1 |
1 |
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House Finch |
15 |
35 |
23 |
23 |
19 |
20 |
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American Goldfinch |
24 |
40 |
82 |
66 |
104 |
24 |
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House Sparrow |
22 |
22 |
37 |
47 |
49 |
153 |
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Total individuals |
2900 |
2311 |
1021 |
1396 |
1812 |
1986 |
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Total species |
54 |
57 |
46 |
49 |
55 |
54 |
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Robin roost |
1915 |
327 |
2415 |
1060 |
405 |
1070 |
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Starling roost |
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2600 |
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930 |
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Ted Atkinson |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Ken Barney |
x |
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Fred Bouchard |
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x |
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Tim Christensen-Kirby |
x |
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Jon Damian |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Ann Gurka |
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x |
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Gary Gurka |
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x |
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Mary Lou Kaufman |
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x |
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Dave Lange |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
x |
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Ellen Mass |
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x |
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Bob Petersen |
x |
x |
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Steven Simpson |
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x |
x |
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Carol Thrope |
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x |
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