Summary of Cleveland Christmas Bird Counts 1940 - 2011
Years Overall Yr Seen
Species Name Seen Average Average Max Max Yr Min Count Week
Greater White-fronted Goose 2 0 3 5 1966
Snow Goose 5 0 1 1 1959 CW 1989
Brant 1 0 1 1 1994 CW 1970
Cackling Goose 1 0 2 2 2008
Canada Goose 50 913 1315 2558 1997
Mute Swan 3 0 1 2 2008
Tundra Swan 13 4 20 124 1999 CW 2
Wood Duck 32 2 3 21 1971 CW 1985
Gadwall 31 3 8 34 1986 CW 4
American Wigeon 27 1 4 9 1971 CW 2
American Black Duck 71 167 169 478 1975
Mallard 72 448 448 1425 1976 1
Blue-winged Teal 4 0 4 8 1979
Northern Shoveler 13 1 4 12 1985 CW 1974
Northern Pintail 21 1 2 4 1970 CW 3
Green-winged Teal 12 0 1 3 1971 CW 2
Canvasback 38 13 25 200 1952 CW 4
Redhead 44 24 39 368 1980 CW 2
Ring-necked Duck 11 0 2 8 2006 CW 1977
Greater Scaup 41 41 72 1036 1963 CW 1972
Lesser Scaup 67 121 130 3050 1953 CW 2000
King Eider 1 0 1 1 1966
Harlequin Duck 2 0 2 2 2005
Surf Scoter 18 1 4 14 1996 CW 2
White-winged Scoter 19 1 3 18 2006 CW 1970
Black Scoter 15 1 3 11 2006
Long-tailed Duck 18 0 2 4 1977 CW 2
Bufflehead 63 18 20 100 1991
Common Goldeneye 71 90 92 404 1989
Hooded Merganser 49 2 3 15 2001 CW 1967
Common Merganser 57 44 55 373 1985 CW 3
Red-breasted Merganser 68 1645 1742 14000 2006
Ruddy Duck 49 18 26 185 1979 CW 1980
Ring-necked Pheasant 40 3 6 20 1962 CW 1971
Ruffed Grouse 24 1 2 16 1941
Wild Turkey 10 1 9 20 2009
Northern Bobwhite 22 8 27 75 1949 CW 2
Common Loon 12 1 6 46 1983 CW 4
Pied-billed Grebe 31 1 2 8 1991 CW 4
Horned Grebe 39 4 8 84 1974 CW 1969
Eared Grebe 2 0 2 2 1987
Northern Gannet 3 0 1 2 1947
Double-crested Cormorant 24 2 5 40 2008 CW 1988
Great Blue Heron 52 7 9 46 1992
Green Heron 1 0 1 1 1979
Black-crowned Night-Heron 5 0 2 5 1983
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 0 1 1 1973
Osprey 1 0 1 1 2008
Bald Eagle 12 0 2 4 2005 CW 1994
Northern Harrier 25 1 2 10 1948 CW 2002
Sharp-shinned Hawk 43 1 2 4 1983 CW 1981
Cooper's Hawk 61 4 5 18 2005 CW 1967
Northern Goshawk 1 0 1 1 2007
Red-shouldered Hawk 59 2 3 11 2006 CW 2
Broad-winged Hawk 4 0 1 1 1953
Red-tailed Hawk 70 11 12 34 2004
Rough-legged Hawk 20 1 2 7 1948 CW 2
American Kestrel 66 4 4 11 1973 CW 2005
Merlin 12 0 2 5 1999
Peregrine Falcon 5 0 1 2 1997 CW 2007
American Coot 44 5 8 130 1975 CW 3
Killdeer 17 1 5 35 1975 CW 2
Western Sandpiper 0 0 0 CW 1984
Purple Sandpiper 4 0 1 2 1948 CW 1966
Dunlin 3 0 1 2 1984 CW 3
Wilson's Snipe 39 2 4 12 1975
American Woodcock 3 0 1 1 1963
Red-necked Phalarope 1 0 1 1 1953 CW 1974
Red Phalarope 1 0 2 2 1980 CW 1988
Franklin's Gull 4 0 1 2 1969
Little Gull 6 0 2 3 1977 CW 2
Black-headed Gull 2 0 1 1 1994
Bonaparte's Gull 70 3562 3663 25650 1974
Ring-billed Gull 72 8527 8527 64250 1969 1
Herring Gull 72 2855 2855 17410 1974 13
Thayer's Gull 15 0 2 5 1985 CW 1990
Iceland Gull 9 0 1 2 2008 CW 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 21 1 2 7 2007
Glaucous Gull 18 0 2 4 1980 CW 3
Great Black-backed Gull 46 37 58 650 2005 CW 1971
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 0 1 1 2005
Ivory Gull 0 0 0 CW 1975
Pomarine Jaeger 3 0 2 3 1988
Rock Pigeon 39 265 488 1612 2006
Mourning Dove 69 120 125 301 1999
Barn Owl 1 0 1 1 1992
Eastern Screech-Owl 28 1 2 5 2001 CW 3
Great Horned Owl 38 1 2 3 1979 CW 2
Snowy Owl 3 0 1 2 1984 CW 4
Barred Owl 58 1 2 4 1943 CW 1967
Long-eared Owl 2 0 1 1 2000 CW 1972
Short-eared Owl 2 0 1 1 1977 CW 2
Northern Saw-whet Owl 7 0 1 2 2001
Belted Kingfisher 67 6 7 20 2001
Red-headed Woodpecker 32 1 3 13 1980 CW 1994
Red-bellied Woodpecker 70 30 31 102 2006
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 33 1 2 3 1953
Downy Woodpecker 72 89 89 134 1964 29
Hairy Woodpecker 72 23 23 58 1964 9
Northern Flicker 67 5 6 22 1984
Pileated Woodpecker 71 6 6 17 2008
Eastern Phoebe 4 0 1 1 1952
Northern Shrike 12 0 1 2 1954 CW 1991
Blue Jay 72 214 214 464 1986 23
American Crow 72 431 431 2426 1979 1
Horned Lark 23 2 8 36 1991
Black-capped Chickadee 72 320 320 723 1983 39
Boreal Chickadee 1 0 1 1 1972
Tufted Titmouse 72 131 131 280 1969 18
Red-breasted Nuthatch 62 8 9 33 1941
White-breasted Nuthatch 72 90 90 162 1959 24
Brown Creeper 68 5 5 29 1984
Carolina Wren 54 7 10 41 2004 CW 1980
House Wren 1 0 1 1 1975
Winter Wren 34 1 2 4 1974
Golden-crowned Kinglet 64 10 11 72 1984
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 17 0 2 7 1972 CW 1992
Eastern Bluebird 60 18 21 85 2001
Swainson's Thrush 2 0 1 1 1971
Hermit Thrush 15 0 1 2 1989
Wood Thrush 1 0 1 1 1978
American Robin 70 195 200 1773 2004
Gray Catbird 9 0 1 2 2002
Northern Mockingbird 30 2 4 12 2001
Brown Thrasher 12 0 1 3 1969 CW 1973
European Starling 72 2335 2335 61458 1986 79
American Pipit 2 0 2 2 1982
Cedar Waxwing 62 83 97 397 1993
Nashville Warbler 1 0 1 1 2001
Yellow-rumped Warbler 30 3 7 33 1998
Ovenbird 1 0 1 1 1996
Common Yellowthroat 1 0 2 2 1980 CW 2001
Eastern Towhee 49 3 5 37 1960 CW 3
American Tree Sparrow 72 166 166 570 1947 9
Chipping Sparrow 6 0 3 12 1959
Field Sparrow 28 1 4 16 1964 CW 1982
Vesper Sparrow 0 0 0 CW 1984
Savannah Sparrow 1 0 1 1 1959
Fox Sparrow 9 0 1 4 2001 CW 1965
Song Sparrow 72 43 43 108 1975 6
Lincoln's Sparrow 1 0 1 1 1981
Swamp Sparrow 41 2 3 10 1999
White-throated Sparrow 63 32 37 215 1980
White-crowned Sparrow 16 1 4 18 1984 CW 1976
Dark-eyed Junco 72 289 289 612 1947 53
Lapland Longspur 9 0 3 12 1988
Snow Bunting 44 14 23 223 2010
Northern Cardinal 72 211 211 394 1975 34
Dickcissel 0 0 0 CW 2
Red-winged Blackbird 39 41 76 1501 1983 CW 2
Eastern Meadowlark 10 0 3 11 1956
Yellow-headed Blackbird 0 0 0 CW 1993
Rusty Blackbird 13 3 16 98 1991 CW 1966
Common Grackle 36 85 170 1414 1983
Brown-headed Cowbird 39 93 172 2107 1986 CW 1972
Baltimore Oriole 2 0 1 1 1957 CW 2
Pine Grosbeak 4 1 19 31 1961
Purple Finch 34 5 10 123 1982
House Finch 36 92 185 443 1992
Red Crossbill 4 0 6 9 1969
White-winged Crossbill 3 1 23 60 1966
Common Redpoll 26 17 48 174 1969 CW 3
Hoary Redpoll 1 0 1 1 1995
Pine Siskin 42 10 18 68 2004 CW 2
American Goldfinch 72 136 136 332 1998 1
Evening Grosbeak 24 5 15 46 1977 CW 1967
House Sparrow 72 634 634 1350 1951 129
Total Species Max & Max Year Min & Min Year Avg of Species CW Only
167 85 1977 40 1942 68 5
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