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By Paul Pratt

Here are the results from the Canadian portion of the 2022 Detroit River Christmas Bird Count. About one quarter of this Michigan count  is on the Canadian side of the Detroit River between the foot of Lauzon Road to the north end of Fighting Island. Highlights of the 60 species seen this year included the first ever Common Raven for the count spotted by Ian Woodfield and Carl Maiolani, 2 Belted Kingfishers, 18 Tufted Titmice, 55 Robins, Gray Catbird, Fox Sparrow and Common Redpoll. 

Canada Goose              353
Mute Swan                                33
Mallard                                     233
Canvasback                              170
Redhead                                    735
Ring-necked Duck                     28
Greater Scaup                           8
Bufflehead                                112
Common Goldeneye      31
Hooded Merganser                    11
Common Merganser      17
Red-breasted Merganser 20
Ruddy Duck                           3
Ring-necked Pheasant   1
Wild Turkey                                17
Great Blue Heron                        2
Bald Eagle                                 1
Cooper’s Hawk              4
Red-tailed Hawk                         8
Great Horned Owl                      1
Eastern Screech-Owl     1
Bonaparte’s Gull                       16
Ring-billed Gull               161
Herring Gull                               6
Rock Pigeon                             836
Mourning Dove              71
Belted Kingfisher                       2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 13
Downy Woodpecker      51
Hairy Woodpecker                      4
Northern Flicker                         2
American Kestrel                       1
Peregrine Falcon                       1
Blue Jay                                   124
American Crow               13
Common Raven             1
Black-capped Chickadee 52
Tufted Titmouse                        18
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  8
White-breasted Nuthatch 52
Brown Creeper              3
Winter Wren                               1
Carolina Wren                            15
Eastern Bluebird                         1
American Robin             55
European Starling                    178
Gray Catbird                              1
Northern Mockingbird    count week
American Tree Sparrow  17
Fox Sparrow                              1
Song Sparrow                           7
White-throated Sparrow 15
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco                       209
Northern Cardinal                       47
House Finch                              42
Purple Finch                              1
Common Redpoll                      1
American Goldfinch                   48
House Sparrow             326

# Field Participants        26 in 9 parties
# feeder watchers          3
# party hours                 31.5 

(18.75 by car, 12.75 walking)
# mi walking                  16.5
# mi driving                   195


Participants: 

Giovanni Abati

Dominic Carlone
Karen Cedar

Leia Cedar

Griff Evans

Larry Evon 

Wren Evon 

Hazel Evon 

Violet Evon 

Kristen Fawdry 

Catherine Febria

Jan Graybiel
Shirley Grondin 

Heidi Jacobs

Theresa LaMire

Carl Maiolani 

Jennifer Nantais

Emilia Oabel

Larry Onysko

Larry Phillips
Paul Pratt
Kory Renaud

Gordon Richardson

Bonnie Ross

Howard Williams

Ian Woodfield

By Don Bissonnette

I was able to collect Statistics from 190 Birdhouses, from 27 Bluebird trails. That is a drop from 2020 Bluebird Committee Report, which had statistics from 214 houses from 32 trails.  You can see all of the Production Charts below.

 Now is a good time, to inspect all of your Birdhouses, if you havent done this already. Inspect the Pine Straw beds, & replace them if they are soiled or wet. 

 Below, you will see the 2021 Bluebird Committee Production Charts. The fellow that usually types them up, is currently on a trip. That is why you are seeing the photos of the written charts, instead of typed ones. Best Wishes with the 2022 Nesting Season!

By Karen Alexander

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