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The Cedar Creek CBC covers the central southern portion of Essex County, Ontario including Kingsville, Harrow, McGregor, Essex and a portion of the Lake Erie shoreline.
2004 Cedar Creek Christmas Bird Count
The twentieth Cedar Creek CBC held on December 18th, 2004 attracted 38 participants (including 7 feeder watchers) who tallied 80 species (long term average is 83) and 62,492 individuals. American Black Duck and Kingfisher were only recorded for count week. Highlights included:
Common Loon - (1) Kingsville Harbour, third count
Double-crested Cormorant - (3) fifth count
Bufflehead - record high count of 29 (previous high of 21 in 2001)
Cooper's Hawk - record high count of 11 (tied with 2001)
Northern Goshawk - (1) fifth count
Killdeer - (1) Harrow sewage lagoons
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - (2)record high count (tie with 1987)
Hairy Woodpecker - (14) record high count (previous high of 10 in 1986)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - (40) second highest count, numbers inceasing
Northern Flicker - record high count of 65 (previous high of 55 in 2000)
American Crow - 46,925 (The roost is on County Rd. 8 opposite the new Canadian Tire Store in Essex)
Carolina Wren - (36)numbers inceasing
Winter Wren - record high count of 19 (previous high of 16 in 1997)
American Robin - (78) second highest count
Cedar Waxwing - (127) second highest count
Northern Shrike - (1) tenth count
Eastern Towhee - (6) second highest count
Savannah Sparrow - (1) seventh count
Weather on count day was cloudy with very little snow cover and open water on Lake Erie. The only portion of the count to exceed its long term average species total was Area 3. At the end of the day we gathered at Tom and Peggy Hurst's for the tally and pot luck dinner.
PARTICIPANTS: Area 1 Kingsville: (52 species, 17.5 party-hrs) Bob Sanford, Heather Anne Campbell, Janet Tuite, Alan Wormington, two feeder watchers. Area 2 Cedar Beach: (35 species, 14 party-hrs) Betty Learmouth, Clarence & Margaret Calder, Paul DesJardins, Denise Hartley, Bob Wickett, Pauline Renaud, Ian Woodfield. Area 3 Gesto: (39 species, 21.5 party-hrs) JoAnn Grondin, Shirley Grondin, A.L. Meloche, Phil Roberts (crow roost co-ordinator), Bev Wannick, Donna Cowie, Helene Parks, three feeder watchers. Area 4 South Colchester: (58 species, 24.5 party-hrs) Thomas Hurst, Keith Burk, Jim Burk, Steve Pike, Randy Horvath, Ron Muir, one feeder watcher. Area 5 Harrow: (53 species, 13.5 party-hrs) Paul Pratt, Karen Cedar, Nancy Cristofoli, Neal Connolly, Linda Tucker, Darlene Tucker, one feeder watcher.
The list below is divided into four columns: (SPECIES); (#) the number of counts recording this species; (MAX) maximum number recorded for a single count; (2004) results for 2004 count.
| SPECIES | # | MAX | 2004 |
| Common Loon | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | 2 | 1 | |
| Horned Grebe | 4 | 3 | |
| Red-necked Grebe | 1 | 1 | |
| Eared Grebe | 1 | 1 | |
| Double-cr. Cormorant | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Great Blue Heron | 20 | 50 | 16 |
| Tundra Swan | 13 | 37 | 2 |
| Mute Swan | 1 | 3 | |
| Snow Goose | 15 | 34 | 9 |
| Ross's Goose | 1 | 2 | |
| Canada Goose | 20 | 8554 | 2593 |
| Wood Duck | 10 | 10 | |
| Green-winged Teal | 3 | 4 | |
| American Black Duck | 19 | 114 | CW |
| Mallard | 20 | 2807 | 428 |
| Northern Pintail | 8 | 7 | |
| Blue-winged Teal | 1 | 1 | |
| Northern Shoveler | 3 | 5 | |
| Gadwall | 6 | 2 | |
| American Wigeon | 4 | 2 | |
| Canvasback | 9 | 85 | 1 |
| Redhead | 12 | 110 | 1 |
| Ring-necked Duck | 5 | 4 | |
| Greater Scaup | 12 | 187 | 1 |
| Lesser Scaup | 11 | 178 | 22 |
| "scaup" species | 6 | ||
| Surf Scoter | 1 | 1 | |
| Common Goldeneye | 20 | 64 | 35 |
| Bufflehead | 17 | 29 | 29 |
| Hooded Merganser | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| Common Merganser | 20 | 5515 | 247 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 20 | 2449 | 270 |
| "merganser" species | 25 | ||
| Ruddy Duck | 4 | 6 | |
| "duck" species | 3 | ||
| Turkey Vulture | 6 | 4 | |
| Bald Eagle | 20 | 8 | 5 |
| Northern Harrier | 20 | 33 | 11 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 20 | 14 | 8 |
| Cooper's Hawk | 20 | 11 | 11 |
| Northern Goshawk | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| "accipiter" species | 1 | ||
| Red-shouldered Hawk | 15 | 5 | |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 20 | 97 | 55 |
| Rough-legged Hawk | 19 | 25 | 4 |
| American Kestrel | 20 | 61 | 13 |
| Merlin | 5 | 3 | |
| Peregrine Falcon | 1 | 1 | |
| falcon species | |||
| Ring-necked Pheasant | 20 | 24 | 5 |
| Wild Turkey | 3 | 8 | |
| Virginia Rail | 2 | 2 | |
| Sora | 1 | 1 | |
| American Coot | 1 | 1 | |
| Sandhill Crane | 1 | 3 | |
| Killdeer | 12 | 42 | 1 |
| Sanderling | 1 | 1 | |
| Dunlin | 2 | 1 | |
| Common Snipe | 8 | 6 | |
| American Woodcock | 2 | 1 | |
| Little Gull | 4 | 2 | |
| Bonaparte's Gull | 19 | 5620 | 1856 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 20 | 4280 | 972 |
| Herring Gull | 20 | 1333 | 308 |
| Thayer's Gull | 1 | 1 | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 | 1 | |
| Glaucous Gull | 2 | 1 | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 20 | 193 | 44 |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | 1 | 1 | |
| "gull" species | 40 | ||
| Rock Pigeon | 20 | 771 | 175 |
| Mourning Dove | 20 | 2016 | 877 |
| E. Screech-Owl | 20 | 56 | 5 |
| Great Horned Owl | 20 | 29 | 12 |
| Snowy Owl | 2 | 1 | |
| Long-eared Owl | 17 | 17 | 6 |
| Short-eared Owl | 7 | 3 | |
| Northern Saw-whet Owl | 4 | 4 | |
| Belted Kingfisher | 17 | 4 | CW |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 12 | 9 | 2 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 20 | 48 | 40 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 20 | 215 | 136 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 20 | 14 | 14 |
| Northern Flicker | 20 | 65 | 65 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 7 | 1 | |
| N. Rough-winged Swallow | 1 | 1 | |
| Barn Swallow | 1 | 2 | |
| Horned Lark | 20 | 3152 | 376 |
| Blue Jay | 20 | 712 | 216 |
| American Crow | 20 | 117,149 | 46,925 |
| Black-capped Chickadee | 20 | 712 | 92 |
| Boreal Chickadee | 1 | 1 | |
| Tufted Titmouse | 13 | 26 | 9 |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 19 | 19 | 8 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 20 | 116 | 30 |
| Brown Creeper | 20 | 44 | 14 |
| Carolina Wren | 20 | 39 | 36 |
| House Wren | 4 | 1 | |
| Winter Wren | 18 | 19 | 19 |
| Marsh Wren | 6 | 1 | |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 20 | 97 | 46 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 7 | 3 | |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 1 | 1 | |
| Eastern Bluebird | 19 | 149 | 24 |
| Mountain Bluebird | 1 | 1 | |
| Swainson's Thrush | 1 | 1 | |
| Hermit Thrush | 17 | 19 | |
| American Robin | 19 | 271 | 78 |
| Gray Catbird | 4 | 1 | |
| Northern Mockingbird | 13 | 4 | 2 |
| Brown Thrasher | 6 | 2 | |
| American Pipit | 5 | 64 | |
| Cedar Waxwing | 20 | 212 | 127 |
| Northern Shrike | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| European Starling | 20 | 5797 | 3488 |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | 2 | 1 | |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 18 | 59 | 34 |
| Pine Warbler | 1 | 1 | |
| Common Yellowthroat | 5 | 2 | |
| Northern Cardinal | 20 | 482 | 211 |
| Dickcissel | 1 | 1 | |
| Eastern Towhee | 17 | 7 | 6 |
| American Tree Sparrow | 20 | 1858 | 354 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| Field Sparrow | 20 | 33 | 8 |
| Vesper Sparrow | 2 | 1 | |
| Savannah Sparrow | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Fox Sparrow | 10 | 3 | |
| Song Sparrow | 20 | 301 | 98 |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | 2 | 1 | |
| Swamp Sparrow | 20 | 90 | 19 |
| White-throated Sparrow | 20 | 195 | 101 |
| White-crowned Sparrow | 19 | 126 | 4 |
| Dark-eyed Junco | 20 | 1222 | 623 |
| Lapland Longspur | 13 | 30 | 3 |
| Snow Bunting | 18 | 3185 | 28 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 20 | 4349 | 10 |
| (Eastern) Meadowlark | 12 | 59 | |
| Rusty Blackbird | 18 | 157 | 1 |
| Common Grackle | 19 | 93 | 1 |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | 20 | 874 | 23 |
| Pine Grosbeak | 1 | 3 | |
| Purple Finch | 18 | 60 | 4 |
| House Finch | 20 | 1682 | 160 |
| White-winged Crossbill | 1 | 1 | |
| Common Redpoll | 6 | 451 | |
| Pine Siskin | 11 | 86 | 5 |
| American Goldfinch | 20 | 432 | 155 |
| Evening Grosbeak | 4 | 26 | |
| House Sparrow | 20 | 5804 | 788 |
