2015 May Count

5/9/15

The Carroll County Bird Club May Count was held on Saturday, May 9, 2015. What began as a cool morning with drizzle improved enough to allow sixteen observers in nine different parties to cover 29 miles on foot and 234 miles by car to record 5,488 individual birds making up 107 species. This number of species was quite a bit lower than the 127 we racked up last year.

However, some good birds were seen and heard. The top twenty species in terms of numbers are listed below. Write-ins included Purple Finch, Dark-eyed Junco, and a Cerulean Warbler that was heard by Tammy at Hashawha.

European Starling	406
Canada Goose	353
Gray Catbird	313
Red-winged Blackbird	276
American Crow	265
Northern Cardinal	233
American Robin	208
Barn Swallow	200
American Goldfinch	160
House Sparrow	159
Common Grackle	150
Mourning Dove	138
Blue Jay	122
Chipping Sparrow	117
Tufted Titmouse	108
Common Yellowthroat	100
Carolina Chickadee	96
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	89
Song Sparrow	88
Red-eyed Vireo	85