Join us this winter for the annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) between December 14th and January 5th. This volunteer driven monitoring program has been running since 1900, adding to our understanding of how wild birds are doing across the country.
EVERYONE is welcome and encouraged to participate! Click the green buttons below!
Step 1. Let us know by signing up
It’s free to participate! Sign up for the monthly Birds Canada enews to keep informed.
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
Inclusion and Accesibility
Would you or someone you know like to take part in this program but have accessibility challenges that limit your participation? Ask your count Compiler if a partly-accessible CBC is being offered, or if they would be open to holding a partly-accessible CBC following guidelines set out by Birdability.
The Christmas Bird Count 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. Birds Canada oversees the CBC program nationally, in partnership with National Audubon Society. The program is driven largely by volunteer effort and supporter donations. The information collected by thousands of Citizen Scientists forms one of the world’s largest sets of wildlife survey data. 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. The results are used by conservation biologists, environmental planners, and naturalists to assess the population trends and distribution of birds.
Read more about the history and impact of this program here.
Read summaries from last season’s CBC
2023-24 Canadian Summary
The annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is so much more than just a holiday tradition. Every year thousands of people from all walks of life come together to count birds for conservation. Thank you to everyone, from the most dedicated volunteers with decades of counts under them, to those who took part in their first count this year. Our collective efforts provide data that document the health of our ecosystems and the impacts of human presence on bird populations. Look no further than the recently released State of Canada’s Birds Report to learn about how CBC data are helping answer the question: how are the birds doing?
A total of 475 CBC circles submitted results for the 124th in Canada, which is consistent with the average in recent years. Six new counts were registered for the 2023-24 season: Amos (Quebec), Coldwater (Ontario); Iqaluit (Nunavut); Minto (New Brunswick) Redberry Lake (Saskatchewan), and Tawatinaw Valley (Alberta). The most counts took place in Ontario (131), followed by British Columbia (90), and Alberta (54). A summary of counts in Canada is presented in Table 1.
Edmonton, Alberta, once again had the most participants (535; 292 Field + 243 Feeder) not only for all of Canada, but for the entire Christmas Bird Count! Nineteen counts in Canada (Victoria, Calgary, Ottawa-Gatineau, Galiano-North Saltspring, Vancouver, London, Pitt Meadows, Toronto, Halifax-Dartmouth, Kingston, Sidne-South Saltspring, Winnipeg, Quebec, Algonquin P.P., Hamilton, Duncan, Ladner, White Rock-Surrey-Langley) involved 100 or more participants.
The prevailing story during the 124th was the carryover effects of an extreme El Niño. While every year is different, this one seemed especially mild and dry with volunteers on the first counts of the season reported temperatures well above average. As it turns out, the warmer weather continued to keep birds around with many circles reporting new species or unusual species in higher than usual numbers.
A total of 293 species were reported on the 124th CBC, an increase of thirteen species compared to last season. Four species (Gray Heron, Limpkin, Philadelphia Vireo, and Pinyon Jay) were new for the all-time Canada list, bringing the total to 442 species. Five additional species: American White Pelican, Fish Crow, Green Heron, Least Flycatcher, and White-eyed Vireo were only recorded during Count Week (three days prior to, and three days after a designated Count Day).
The top five most abundant species in terms of individuals reported on Canadian counts during the 124th CBC season, listed from highest to lowest, were: American Crow, Canada Goose, European Starling, Dark-eyed Junco and Mallard. Four new species were added to the all-time Canadian list during the 124th CBC, which now stands at 443 species. Three of those four, were species that should be found much further south and this trend is increasing. A Limpkin near Point Pelee was not all that surprising given a northward trend in records in neighboring States. One remarkably hardy individual Philadelphia Vireo endured London’s winter to become yet another addition to the CBC hall of fame. A Pinyon Jay found on the Vancouver Count was yet another reminder of how this event leads to the discovery of rare birds, leading to the enjoyment for all, as this bird stuck around for several weeks drawing in birders from all over Canada.
As is expected during years hosting a mild start to winter, typically result in high numbers and diversity of waterfowl. While not a high count compared to places where Snow Geese usually winter, 8 Snow Geese in Lethbridge, AB were the first sizable flock to be recorded on a CBC in the province. Two Pink-footed Geese from The Sydneys, NS were the highest count for North America, while Lethbridge, AB took top spot as Canada Goose capital of the world. Kingston, ON reported more naturalized Mute Swans than anywhere in North America; this introduced species has found a stronghold in the Great Lakes region. White Rock-Surrey-Langley is still by far and away the best place to see Eurasian Wigeons during winter with a North American high of 56. Counts adjacent to the great lakes reported North American highs for Canvasback (Holiday Beach, ON), Redhead (Long Point, ON), Long-tailed Duck (Peach Tree, ON), and Red-breasted Merganser (Blenheim, ON).
The chicken department is often a place where Canadian Counts contribute a great deal and the 124th was no exception with North American high counts of Gray Partridge (Regina, SK), Spruce Grouse and Willow Ptarmigan (both from Yellowknife, NT). A mere 30 years ago, Anna’s Hummingbirds started showing up in small numbers in southwestern British Columbia. Today, more Anna’s Hummingbirds are recorded in Victoria, BC, than anywhere else during winter!
Shorebird diversity was excellent this season with noteworthy reports of Semipalmated Plover (Cortes Island, BC), Ruff (St. John’s, NL), and Lesser Yellowlegs (Cape Sable Island, NS). The wintering population of Dunlin in the Ladner circle is still the highest in North America numbering just shy of 40,000 individuals. Jaegers are always a special treat on a CBC, and two different Pomarines were noted in Nova Scotia (Cape Sable Island and Lunenburg) while a Parasitic was at Halifax-Dartmouth. The 124th was a good one for southerly Yellow-billed Loons, and singles were found on three counts in British Columbia (Kamloops, Ladner, Parksville-Qualicum Beach).
Black Vultures continue to expand northward with 12 at Niagara Falls, ON. One Osprey at each Hamilton and Long Point is noteworthy. Regina, SK reported the most Snowy Owls, while a high of three Northern Hawk Owls in Parc Aiguebelle, QC, eight Northern Pygmy-Owl in Oliver-Osoyoos, and five Great Gray Owls at Cochrane Wildlife Reserve were all North American high counts.
Counts in Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario typically report high counts for Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers, but the slightly lower numbers are likely attributed to reduced reliance on feeder due to mild weather. Twelve American Three-toed Woodpeckers at Sheep River was however a North American High. Corvids seem to be doing well, with the North American highs for Black-billed Magpie (Edmonton, AB), American Crow (Woodstock, ON), and Common Raven (Yellowknife, NT) all from Canada. Barn Swallows on Vancouver Island and the lower mainland were on the rise.
The mild weather during December meant it was a banner year for neotropical species in the Atlantic region. No less than 17 species of warbler (including Ovenbird, Black-and-white Warbler, Nashville Warbler, MacGillivray’s Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Northern Parula, Prairie Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, and Wilson’s Warbler), reported during the 124th, compared to only nine species the year previous! Winnipeg, MB had its first ever Pine Warbler while an impressive 10 individuals were at Halifax-Dartmouth, NS. Other finds that should have been somewhere much warmer included one Summer Tanager (Sidney-South Saltspring, BC) and two Western Tanagers (Bridgetown, NS and Toronto, ON).
Table 1. 124th Christmas Bird Count in Canada Summary
| Count Circles | Species | Total individual birds | Field Counters | Feeder Counters | Highest Count Day Species Total during 124th | |
| AB | 54 | 117 | 214,698 | 1282 | 609 | Calgary (72) |
| BC | 90 | 218 | 916,388 | 3204 | 612 | Ladner (146) |
| MB | 22 | 79 | 57,059 | 402 | 228 | Winnipeg (50) |
| NB | 47 | 138 | 120,420 | 630 | 316 | Cape Tormentine (72) |
| NL | 10 | 101 | 31,813 | 136 | 35 | St. Johns (68) |
| NS | 33 | 178 | 254,731 | 669 | 263 | Halifax-Dartmouth (118) |
| NT | 4 | 24 | 4871 | 92 | 11 | Hay River (17) |
| NU | 2 | 7 | 136 | 15 | 2 | Iqaluit (6) |
| ON | 131 | 178 | 1,590,643 | 3909 | 1147 | Long Point (113) |
| PE | 3 | 82 | 37,523 | 45 | 12 | Hillsborough (61) |
| QC | 41 | 146 | 257,247 | 1001 | 192 | Quebec (79) |
| SK | 27 | 85 | 58,975 | 373 | 87 | Saskatoon (45) |
| YT | 11 | 37 | 819 | 134 | 66 | Whitehorse (25) |
| Total | 475 | 293 | 3,545,323 | 11,892 | 3,580 |
2023-24 Canadian High Counts Article
During the 124 Christmas Bird Count (CBC) in Canada, counts reported 293 species, an increase of fourteen species compared to last season. Four species (Gray Heron, Limpkin, Philadelphia Vireo, and Pinyon Jay) were new for the all-time Canada list, bringing the total to 442 species. Five additional species: American White Pelican, Fish Crow, Green Heron, Least Flycatcher, and White-eyed Vireo 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 124th CBC season. Circles in British Columbia recorded the most species with high counts (130), followed by Ontario (81) and Nova Scotia (44). Victoria, BC, was the circle to record the most species high counts (43), followed by Ladner, BC (23), and Long Point, ON (11). Forty-six high counts are high counts not only for Canada, but all North America during the 124th (record underlined). Unestablished exotics and hybrids are excluded from this list.
Snow Goose 48,086 (QC, St-Jean-sur-le-Richelieu); Ross’s Goose 1 (AB, Lethbridge; ON, Cedar Creek, Kleinburg, Long Point, Meaford, Wallaceburg); Greater White-fronted Goose 28 (BC, Comox); Pink-footed Goose 2 (NS, The Sydneys); Brant 2107 (BC, Ladner); Cackling Goose 10,792 (BC, Chilliwack); Canada Goose 57,245 (AB, Lethbridge); Mute Swan 1261 (ON, Kingston); Trumpeter Swan 848 (BC, Chilliwack); Tundra Swan 3591 (ON, St. Clair N.W.A.); Wood Duck 183 (BC, Chilliwack); Blue-winged Teal 6 (ON, Pembroke); Northern Shoveler 955 (BC, Ladner); Gadwall 459 (ON, Blenheim); Eurasian Wigeon 56 (BC, White Rock-Surrey-Langley); American Wigeon 22,660 (BC, Ladner); Mallard 10,410 (BC, Comox); American Black Duck 3801 (QC, Tadoussac); Northern Pintail 2393 (BC, Ladner); Green-winged Teal (American) 4810 (BC, Ladner); Canvasback 40,501 (ON, Holiday Beach); Redhead 17,531 (ON, Long Point); Ring-necked Duck 705 (BC, Duncan); Tufted Duck 35 (NL, St. John’s); Greater Scaup 11,621 (ON, Point Pelee); Lesser Scaup 1510 (ON, Point Pelee); King Eider 5 (QC, Forillon N.P.); Common Eider 1493 (NS, Louisbourg); Harlequin Duck 332 (BC, Deep Bay); Surf Scoter 3929 (BC, Comox); White-winged Scoter 1520 (PE, East Point); Black Scoter 2056 (PE, East Point); Long-tailed Duck 27,499 (ON, Peach Tree); Bufflehead 2058 (BC, Sidney-South Saltspring); Common Goldeneye 3417 (ON, Point Pelee); Barrow’s Goldeneye 1997 (BC, Lower Howe Sound); Hooded Merganser 541 (BC, Victoria); Common Merganser 2966 (ON, Orillia); Red-breasted Merganser 5634 (ON, Blenheim); Ruddy Duck 1582 (ON, Blenheim).
California Quail 1859 (BC, Penticton); Chukar 26 (BC, Lillooet); Gray Partridge 375 (SK, Regina); Ring-necked Pheasant 85 (NS, Wolfville); Ruffed Grouse 55 (ON, Nipigon-Red Rock); Spruce Grouse 14 (NT, Yellowknife); Willow Ptarmigan 253 (NT, Yellowknife); Rock Ptarmigan 1 (NU, Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet); White-tailed Ptarmigan 1 (BC, Smithers, Sunshine Coast); Dusky Grouse 2 (BC, Oliver-Osoyoos); Sooty Grouse 2 (BC, Denny Island-Bella Bella); Sharp-tailed Grouse 227 (SK, Redberry Lake); Wild Turkey 625 (ON, Vankleek Hill); Pied-billed Grebe 59 (BC, Victoria); Horned Grebe 633 (BC, Victoria); Red-necked Grebe 236 (BC, Vernon); Eared Grebe 2 (BC, Ladner); Western Grebe 348 (BC, Sidney-South Saltspring); Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4144 (ON, Toronto); Band-tailed Pigeon 16 (BC, Vancouver); Eurasian Collared-Dove 346 (BC, Oliver-Osoyoos); Mourning Dove 1860 (ON, Oshawa); Anna’s Hummingbird 1448 (BC, Victoria); Rufous Hummingbird 4 (BC, Lower Howe Sound); Virginia Rail 19 (BC, Nanaimo); Sora 1 (BC, Ladner, Pitt Meadows); American Coot 2500 (BC, Kuskanook); Limpkin 1 (ON, Point Pelee); Sandhill Crane 4195 (ON, Long Point).
American Avocet 4 (BC, Ladner); Black Oystercatcher 220 (BC, Deep Bay); Black-bellied Plover 339 (BC, Ladner); Killdeer 326 (BC, Victoria); Semipalmated Plover 1 (BC, Cortes Island); Whimbrel 2 (BC, White Rock-Surrey-Langley); Marbled Godwit 2 (BC, White Rock-Surrey-Langley); Ruddy Turnstone 2 (NL, Cape Race); Black Turnstone 365 (BC, Deep Bay); Surfbird 83 (BC, Victoria); Ruff 1 (NL, St. John’s); Sanderling 504 (NS, Sable Island); Dunlin 38,742 (BC, Ladner); Rock Sandpiper 3 (BC, Victoria); Purple Sandpiper 175 (NL, Cape Race); Western Sandpiper 1 (BC, Vancouver); Short-billed Dowitcher 4 (BC, Victoria); Long-billed Dowitcher 70 (BC, White Rock-Surrey-Langley); American Woodcock 1 (ON, Blenheim, Cambridge, Holiday Beach); Wilson’s Snipe 151 (BC, Ladner); Spotted Sandpiper 6 (BC, Deep Bay); Greater Yellowlegs 103 (BC, Ladner); Lesser Yellowlegs 1 (NS, Cape Sable Island).
Pomarine Jaeger 1 (NS, Cape Sable Island, Lunenburg); Parasitic Jaeger 1 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth); Dovekie 214 (NL, Cape Race); Common Murre 2739 (BC, Parksville-Qualicum Beach); Thick-billed Murre 62 (NS, Cape Race); Razorbill 516 (NB, Machias Seal Island); Black Guillemot 127 (QC, Forillon N.P.); Pigeon Guillemot 337 (BC, Victoria); Marbled Murrelet 28 (BC, Victoria); Ancient Murrelet 4974 (BC, Victoria); Cassin’s Auklet 1 (BC, Sooke); Rhinoceros Auklet 85 (BC, Victoria); Atlantic Puffin 20 (NL, Cape Race); Little Gull 5 (ON, Long Point); Black-legged Kittiwake 483 (NB, Machias Seal Island); Bonaparte’s Gull 900 (BC, Pender Harbour); Black-headed Gull 32 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth); Laughing Gull 2 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth); Franklin’s Gull 1 (ON, Brantford); Short-billed Gull 1965 (BC, Duncan); Ring-billed Gull 5583 (ON, Cedar Creek); Western Gull 4 (BC, Victoria); California Gull 299 (BC, Penticton); American Herring Gull 5660 (NS, Wolfville); Iceland Gull 1892 (NL, St. John’s); Iceland Gull (kumlieni) 7 (ON, Ottawa-Gatineau);Iceland Gull (Thayer’s) 495 (BC, Nanaimo); Lesser Black-backed Gull 9 (ON, Woodstock); Glaucous-winged Gull 6214 (BC, Ladner); Glaucous Gull 119 (QC, Forillon N.P.); Great Black-backed Gull 1581 (NS, Sable Island); Red-throated Loon 51 (BC, Vancouver); Pacific Loon 5367 (BC, Parksville-Qualicum Beach); Common Loon 203 (BC, Comox); Yellow-billed Loon 1 (BC, Kamploops, Ladner, Parksville-Qualicum Beach); Northern Gannet 14 (NS, Cape Sable Island); Brandt’s Cormorant 3787 (BC, Victoria); Double-crested Cormorant 852 (BC, Vancouver); Great Cormorant 114 (NS, Cape Sable Island); Pelagic Cormorant 731 (BC, Victoria); American Bittern 1 (BC, Pitt Meadows); Gray Heron 1 (NS, Yarmouth); Great Blue Heron 196 (BC, Ladner); Great Egret 1 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth); Black-crowned Night Heron 11 (ON, Toronto).
Black Vulture 12 (ON, Niagara Falls); Turkey Vulture 128 (NS, Yarmouth); Osprey 1 (ON, Hamilton, Long Point); Golden Eagle 5 (ON, Skunk’s Misery); Northern Harrier 96 (BC, Ladner); Sharp-shinned Hawk 13 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth); Cooper’s Hawk 60 (BC, Victoria); American Goshawk 3 (NB, Cape Tormentine); Bald Eagle 654 (BC, Ladner); Red-shouldered Hawk 4 (QC, Laval-Ahuntsic); Broad-winged Hawk 2 (NS, Glace Bay; NS, Eskasoni-Big Pond); Red-tailed Hawk 109 (ON, London); Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan’s) 1 (AB, Cochrane Wildlife Reserve; BC, Merritt); Rough-legged Hawk 52 (ON, Amherst Island); American Barn Owl 4 (BC, Ladner, White Rock-Surrey-Langley); Western Screech-Owl 3 (BC, Vaseux Lake); Eastern Screech-Owl 58 (ON, Skunk’s Misery); Great Horned Owl 54 (BC, Victoria); Snowy Owl 27 (SK, Regina); Northern Hawk Owl 3 (QC, Parc Aiguebelle); Northern Pygmy-Owl 8 (BC, Oliver-Osoyoos); Barred Owl 17 (BC, Victoria); Great Gray Owl 5 (AB, Cochrane Wildlife Reserve); Long-eared Owl 5 (ON, Toronto); Short-eared Owl 15 (ON, Amherst Island); Boreal Owl 1 (AB, Edmonton; QC, Tadoussac; YT, Tagish); Northern Saw-whet Owl 7 (AB, Edmonton).
Belted Kingfisher 56 (BC, Victoria); Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 (ON, St. Thomas); Red-breasted Sapsucker 19 (BC, Victoria); Red-headed Woodpecker 3 (ON, Frontenac); Red-bellied Woodpecker 159 (ON, London); American Three-toed Woodpecker 12 (AB, Sheep River); Black-backed Woodpecker 7 (ON, Algonquin N.P.); Downy Woodpecker 372 (AB, Edmonton); Hairy Woodpecker 188 (MB, Winnipeg); Pileated Woodpecker 59 (ON, Ottawa-Gatineau); Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 578 (BC, Victoria); Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 37 (ON, Holiday Beach); American Kestrel 23 (ON, Fisherville); Merlin 24 (BC, Victoria); Gyrfalcon 1 (AB, Bergthal, BowKan, Cochrane; NL, Happy Valley-Goose Bay); Peregrine Falcon 6 (BC, Victoria); Prairie Falcon 3 (AB, Milk River).
Eastern Phoebe 2 (NS, Wolfville; ON, Long Point, West Elgin); Hutton’s Vireo 4 (BC, Lower Howe Sound); Blue-headed Vireo 1 (NL, Ferryland; NS, Cape Sable Island, Eskasoni-Big Pond, Truro); Philadelphia Vireo 1 (ON, London); Northern Shrike 10 (QC, Québec); Canada Jay 75 (ON, Eagle River); Pinyon Jay 1 (BC, Vancouver); Steller’s Jay 336 (BC, Victoria); Blue Jay 686 (NS, West Hants); California Scrub-Jay 2 (BC, Ladner); Black-billed Magpie 3288 (AB, Edmonton); Clark’s Nutcracker 76 (BC, Kimberley); American Crow 118,384 (ON, Woodstock); Common Raven 2979 (NT, Yellowknife); Horned Lark 142 (ON, Point Pelee); Barn Swallow 2 (BC, Ladner); Black-capped Chickadee 3220 (ON, Ottawa-Gatineau); Mountain Chickadee 405 (AB, Banff-Canmore); Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3253 (BC, Victoria); Boreal Chickadee 120 (AB, Cochrane Wildlife Reserve); Tufted Titmouse 64 (QC, Cowansville); Bushtit 1220 (BC, Victoria); Red-breasted Nuthatch 583 (BC, Victoria); White-breasted Nuthatch 572 (MB, Winnipeg); Pygmy Nuthatch 206 (BC, Penticton); Brown Creeper 213 (BC, Victoria); Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 (NS, Antigonish; ON, Blenheim).
Canyon Wren 15 (BC, Vaseux Lake); Northern House Wren 2 (ON, Long Point); Pacific Wren 367 (BC, Victoria); Winter Wren 20 (ON, Long Point); Marsh Wren 60 (BC, Ladner); Carolina Wren 146 (ON, Hamilton); Bewick’s Wren 281 (BC, Victoria); American Dipper 50 (BC, Squamish); Golden-crowned Kinglet 1307 (BC, Victoria); Ruby-crowned Kinglet 413 (BC, Victoria); Eastern Bluebird 87 (ON, Flamborough); Western Bluebird 201 (BC, Oliver-Osoyoos); Mountain Bluebird 1 (BC, Sooke); Townsend’s Solitaire 26 (BC, Lake Windermere District); Hermit Thrush 27 (BC, Victoria); Wood Thrush 1 (ON, Ottawa-Gatineau); American Robin 7221 (BC, Victoria); Varied Thrush 716 (BC, Victoria); Gray Catbird 2 (ON, Prince Edward Point); Brown Thrasher 1 (MB, Winnipeg; ON, Holiday Beach, Ottawa-Gatineau, Peel Halton Counties, Toronto, Midland-Penetanguishene); Northern Mockingbird 22 (ON, Toronto); European Starling 17,327 (ON, Niagara Falls); Bohemian Waxwing 3071 (AB, Edmonton); Cedar Waxwing 817 (ON, Peterborough); House Sparrow 6593 (AB, Edmonton); Eurasian Tree Sparrow 1 (MB, Morden); American Pipit 73 (BC, Ladner); Evening Grosbeak 336 (ON, Algonquin P.P.); Pine Grosbeak 206 (YT, Whitehorse); Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch 2 (BC, Kitimat); House Finch 1429 (AB, Edmonton); Purple Finch 537 (ON, Algonquin P.P.); Cassin’s Finch 12 (BC, Lillooet); Redpoll 1221 (QC, Parc Aiguebelle); Red Crossbill 1330 (ON, Algonquin P.P.); White-winged Crossbill 460 (NL, St. John’s); Pine Siskin 5314 (ON, Algonquin P.P.); American Goldfinch 1604 (ON, Ottawa-Gatineau).
Lapland Longspur 130 (ON, Hillsborough); Snow Bunting 2510 (ON, Gravenhurst-Bracebridge); Chipping Sparrow 12 (NS, Wolfville); Clay-colored Sparrow 1 (NB, Moncton; NS, St. Peters; QC, Georgeville); Field Sparrow 7 (ON, Long Point); Lark Sparrow 2 (NS, Louisbourg); American Tree Sparrow 995 (ON, London); Fox Sparrow 705 (BC, Victoria); Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 1297 (ON, Skunk’s Misery); Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 6161 (BC, Victoria); White-crowned Sparrow 710 (BC, Victoria); Golden-crowned Sparrow 2622 (BC, Victoria); Harris’s Sparrow 1 (MB, Brandon, Winnipeg); White-throated Sparrow 219 (ON, Kleinburg); Nelson’s Sparrow 2 (NS, Chezzetcook); Savannah Sparrow 29 (BC, Victoria); Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich) 5 (NS, Sable Island); Song Sparrow 1255 (BC, Vancouver); Lincoln’s Sparrow 22 (BC, Victoria); Swamp Sparrow 144 (ON, Long Point); Spotted Towhee 1276 (BC, Victoria); Eastern Towhee 4 (ON, Wallaceburg).
Yellow-breasted Chat 4 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth); Yellow-headed Blackbird 10 (BC, Creston Valley); Western Meadowlark 98 (BC, White Rock-Surrey-Langley); Eastern Meadowlark (ON, West Elgin); Baltimore Oriole 2 (NL, Ferryland); Red-winged Blackbird 2494 (BC, Ladner); Brown-headed Cowbird 2228 (ON, West Elgin); Rusty Blackbird 59 (ON, Blenheim); Brewer’s Blackbird 669 (BC, Victoria); Common Grackle 395 (ON, Point Pelee); Ovenbird 1 (ON, Toronto); Black-and-white Warbler 1 (NL, St. John’s; NS, The Sydneys, Wolfville; ON, Toronto); Orange-crowned Warbler 6 (BC, Vancouver; NS, Halifax-Dartmouth, Yarmouth); Nashville Warbler 1 (NS, Yarmouth); MacGillivray’s Warbler 1 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth); Common Yellowthroat 2 (NS, Amherst; ON, Blenheim, London, Long Point); Cape May Warbler 1 (AB, Edmonton; NS, Pictou Harbour, The Sydneys); Northern Parula 1 (NS, The Sydneys); Yellow Warbler 1 (NL, St. John’s); Palm Warbler 4 (NS, Cape Sable Island); Pine Warbler 10 (NS, Halifax-Dartmouth); Yellow-rumped Warbler 112 (NS, Cape Sable Island); Yellow-throated Warbler 2 (NL, St. John’s); Prairie Warbler 1 (NS, The Sydneys); Townsend’s Warbler 5 (BC, Sooke); Black-throated Green Warbler 1 (NB, Saint John); Wilson’s Warbler 1 (BC, Vancouver; NB, Shediac; NL, St. John’s; NS, Halifax-Dartmouth); Summer Tanager 1 (BC, Sidney-South Saltspring); Western Tanager 1 (ON, Ottawa Gatineau; QC Québec); Northern Cardinal 829 (ON, Ottawa-Gatineau); Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 (ON, Kleinburg); Dickcissel 2 (NS, Bridgetown, The Sydneys; ON, Toronto).
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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