Creston CBC - Dec 27th

I spent Christmas in Creston and decided to phone up Gary to see if I could tag along on the local Christmas Bird Count. We ended up spending four hours driving along country roads on the flats from the highway up to Duck lake. What a fantastic time. We tallied 25 species of which the highlights were:

- 11 Eurasian Collared-Doves, which is the biggest flock Gary has seen in Creston. Previous counts being around 3-4 birds.

- Northern Shrike, only the second of the day.

- Northern Pygmy-Owl, my 3rd in 2 weeks. Gary informed me that Creston has been seeing an unusually high number of them this month.

Location: Lower Wyndell Rd to Channel Rd

Date: 12/27/10 14:00-18:00

Species Total: 25

CAGO 4

BUFF 10

COGO 109

HOME 1

GBHE 2

BAEA 1

RTHA 4

AMKE 4

ECDO 11

MODO 47

GHOW 1

SEOW 2

NPOW 1

NOFL 3

NOSH 1

STJA 1

BBMA 2

CORA 12

BCCH 10

AMDI 2

EUST 10

SOSP 4

HOFI 36

AMGO61

HOSP 1