121th Audubon Christmas Bird Count

DERERehoboth, January 2, 2021

5:30 am until 5:30 pm

DERECOUNT CIRCLE

Rehoboth CBCHistorical Data - founded 1938

* 3 participants in 1938, 1940, and 1941* 1942 - 5 participants* 1953 beginning of continuous count

Total species in history of count:

Rehoboth CBC #121

7 Areas

23 Participants

124 Species

30,034 Total birds© Liz Porter

Conditions

40F - 57F

No precipitation

Calm to light west wind

all water was open© Mike Smith

INDIAN RIVER INLET

Area A participants Bruce PeterjohnEd SigdaChris BennettAnt Gonzon

©Tim Schreckengost

Area A ExclusivesRoss’s GooseNorthern Pintail (8)Greater Scaup (2)Common Eider (31)White-winged Scoter (3)Long-tailed Duck (89)Common Golden Eye (3)Black-crowned Night Heron (4)Red-shouldered Hawk Purple Sandpiper (3)Wilson’s Snipe

Eastern Phoebe (2)Gray CatbirdOrange-crowned WarblerRed Cross-bill (3)

Area A High CountsAm. Black Duck (102)Surf Scoter (69)Hooded Merganser (43)Red-throated Loon (122)Common Loon (25)N. Gannet (194)D C Cormorant (11)Clapper Rail (5)Sanderling (64)Bonaparte’s Gull (88)Great Blacked-back Gull (47)Forster’s Tern (104)

Rock Pigeon (130)Carolina Chickadee (24)Red-breasted NH (8)Winter Wren (3)N. Mockingbird (13)Cedar Waxwing (50)Yellow-Rumped Warbler (137)Fox Sparrow (6)Dark-eyed Junco (51)Boat-tailed Grackle (200)

Area A Misses & CW

Misses:0 Mourning Dove0 Blue Jay0 Nelson’s Sparrow0 Saltmarsh Sparrow0 Seaside Sparrow

Count Week birds:Great CormorantDovekieTri-colored HeronAm. Oystercatcher

DEWEY BEACH NORTH EAST

REHOBOTH BAY

Area B - participantsJim White Amy WhiteKathy ChamblissKeith Williams

Highlights2 Exclusives: Green-wing Teal Pine Warbler

High CountsCanvasback (240)House Sparrow (20)

©Kathy Chambliss

AREAC C

ANGOLA NECK

Area C - ParticipantsMichael Smith, Alissa Kegelman , Rob and Carol Blye, Rob Shroeder

One Feeder Watcher: Carol and Greg Stephens

©A. Kegelman

Area C High CountsMallard (172)Ring-necked Duck (17)Bufflehead (537)Horned Grebe (52)Dunlin (574)Herring Gull (250)Belted Kingfisher (8)Red-bellied Woodpecker (9)

Exclusives:Wood Duck (5)Eared Grebe *Seaside Sparrow

AREAD/E

LONG NECK/OAK ORCHARD

Area D/E

Sally O’ByrneJohn Skibiki

Area D/E Highlights

High counts:Snow Goose (3500) Canada Goose (1500) Black-bellied Plover (15) Ring-billed Gull (120) Brown Creeper (4) European Starling (111)

©A. Kegelman

SOUTH WEST INDIAN RIVER

Area F - Highlights

John Janowski

1 Exclusive: Meadowlark (15)

1 High count: Turkey Vulture (82)

HOLT’S LANDING &

OCEAN VIEW

Area G - Highlights Russ Kovach Jeff KietzmannHigh Counts: Wild Turkey (4) Black Vulture (27) Killdeer (114) Rock Pigeon (42) E. Screech Owl (3) N. Flicker (21) Br-headed NH (14) E. Bluebird (23) RW Blackbird (178) BH Cowbird (23) Pine Siskin (4)

Sparrow Highs: Chipping (34) Field (15) White-throated (180) Savannah (41) Song (46) Swamp (42)

©J. Sebastiani

Area G - Exclusives

Horned Lark (12)Purple Finch (6)

ASSAWOMANH

Area H - Highlights* Jeff and Liz Gordon

High Counts:Tundra Swan (10) Am. Wigeon (150) Lesser Scaup (11) Pied-billed Grebe (17) American Coot (4) American Robin (90)

Exclusives: Mute Swan (8) Gadwall (250) Snowy Egret Virginia Rail House Wren Palm Warbler White-crowned Sparrow

BETHANY & CEDAR NECK

Area I - Highlights

Glen Lovelace David Fees

High Count:Golden-crowned Kinglet (9)Ruby-crowned Kinglet (3)

©Hank Davis

Decade High

Common Eider (31)Pied-billed Grebe (34)Eared Grebe (1)Clapper Rail (11)

©B. Howell

Decade LowBufflehead (1391)Ruddy Turnstone (3)Ring-billed Gull (351)Herring Gull (562)Brown-headed NH (29)American Robin (385)Eur. Starling (315)N. Cardinal (81)RW Blackbird (475)

Mallards and Black Duck have been low for last 3 years.

CBC decade info can be deceiving

Ring-billed Gull

Ruddy Duck

N. Cardinal

MallardAm. Black Duck

CBC long term trendsEu. Starling Br. Headed Cowbird

Red-winged Blackbird N. Bobwhite

Misses

Great Horned Owl

Shoveler - third year as a miss

The time to protect a species is while it is still common.

Rosalie Edge

Total NumbersBirds

CountedSpecies CountedCount Year

2020 30,034 124 2019 26,098 134 2018 51,636 130 2017 35,166 132 2016 77,823 127 2015 57,631 120 2014 45,012 138 2013 48,296 135 2012 56,824 132 2011 35,214 132 2010 53,666 120

Thanks to all who participated!

121th Audubon Christmas Bird Count

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