1986-1987 CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT ROUNDUP 
Species 
Ottawa- 
Hull 
Pakenham- 
Arnprior 
Carleton 
Place 
Dunrobin- 
Breckenridg* 
Great Blue Heron 
- 
|** 
- 
- 
Canada Goose 
- 
- 
14* 
- 
Wood Duck 
- 
- 
1*** 
- 
American Black Duck 
217 
1 
- 
148* 
Mallard 
184 
- 
- 
20 
Black/Mallard hybrid 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Ring-necked Duck 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Lesser Scaup 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Common Goldeneye 
452 
- 
12 
- 
Barrow's Goldeneye 
2*** 
- 
- 
- 
Hooded Merganser 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Common Merganser 
54 
2 
1 1 
2* 
Red-breasted Merganser 
I 
“ 
- 
- 
Bald Eagle 
- 
1 *** 
- 
- 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 
3 
- 
3* 
2 
Cooper's Hawk 
2 
- 
1 *** 
- 
Northern Goshawk 
4 
3 
- 
3 
accipiter species 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Red-tailed Hawk 
8 
18* 
3 
2*** 
Rough-legged Hawk 
16 
12 
1 
- 
Golden Eagle 
- 
1** 
- 
- 
American Kestrel 
14 
8 
2 
8 
Merlin 
1 
~ 
~ 
Gray Partridge 
63 
26 
- 
2 
Ring-necked Pheasant 
3// 
1 
2 
- 
Ruffed Grouse 
30 
46 
1 1 
59* 
Common Black-headed-Gull 
]** 
- 
- 
- 
Ring-billed Gull 
7 
- 
- 
- 
Herring Gull 
272 
- 
- 
3* 
Iceland Gull 
15* 
- 
- 
- 
Glaucous Gull 
30 
- 
- 
- 
Great Black-backed Gull 
100* 
“ 
“ 
1** 
Rock Dove 
3,355 
917* 
788 
568 
Ring Turtle Dove 
2 # 
- 
- 
- 
Mourning Dove 
94 
103* 
57 
13 
Eastern Screech-Owl 
1 
- 
1 
- 
Great Horned Owl 
22 
7 
7 
37* 
Snowy Owl 
1 
5*** 
- 
- 
Northern Hawk-Owl 
- 
1*** 
- 
Barred Owl 
5 
1*** 
- 
3* 
Short-eared Owl 
- 
2* 
- 
- 
Northern Saw-whet Owl 
2* 
1 *** 
“ 
1 *** 
Belted Kingfisher 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Downy Woodpecker 
1 18 
75 
91 
75 
Hairy Woodpecker 
79 
64 
102* 
126 
Three-toed Woodpecker 
- 
1 
- 
3 
Black-backed Woodpecker 
- 
4 
- 
2 
Northern Flicker 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Pileated Woodpecker 
18* 
19* 
7 
27* 
Horned Lark 
- 
8 
- 
60 
Blue Jay 
323 
200 
375 
318 
American Crow 
448 
120 
134 
122* 
Common Raven 
5 
8 
- 
34 
Black-capped Chickadee 
2,365 
879 
610 
1,408 
Boreal Chickadee 
1 
- 
- 
6* 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 
27 
25 
2 
11 
White-breasted Nuthatch 
154 
69 
80 
1 14 
* record high 
** new species for the count 
( therefore 
also record 
high for that 
species) 
*** ties record high 
# exotic species. 
102 
