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
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