Christmas Bird Count 2006





*CHRISTMAS BIRD*			COUNT -2006

Brandt's Cormorant Pelagic Cormorant Canada Goose Harlequin Duck Bald Eagle Black Oystercatcher Black Turnstone Marbled Murrelet Ancient Murelet Western Grebe Common Murre Marbled Murelet Brown Pelican*	BRAC 950 PECO 20 CAGO 20 HADU 7 BAEA 3 ad 3 im BLOY 22 BLTU 5 MAMU 6 ANMU 24 WEGR 1 COMU 4500 MAMU 2 BRPE 1	Peregrine Falcon Mew Gull Thayer's Gull Herring Gull Glaucous Winged Gull Common Murre European Starling Iceland Gull Western Gull Bonapartes Gull (Rock?) Sandpipiper Mixof MEGU and GWGU	PEGU 1 MEGU 80 THGU 2200 HEGU 4 GWGU 100 COMU 600 EUST 5 ICGU 1 WEGU 1 BOGU 650 SAND 1 800+
Total: 21 species
*photographed by PB on cam5 that evening.

Dec. 23, 2006:
Participants :Alan MacLeod, Andrew Harcombe, Jan Brown, [All are members of Bird Studies Canada] went out in the Pearson College Boat to do the Census.

The past week has had some extreme winds and cold weather. See the weather record below.. Often the presence of birds is determined on the basis of weather events. See the barometric pressure ref:


Wind direction Weather conditions at Race Rocks for that week:	Wind Speed	Barometric Pressure	Temperature

Resources for further research ideas:

Mammal and Bird Weight and Their Food and Water Requirement Statistics, BC GOV.

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