2014 Christmas Bird Count - WC-Style

We scheduled our annual West Campus winter bird count during the holiday break, and, except for the assorted contractors and construction workers, had the campus to ourselves.
December 31st was bright and sunny, but cold and windy. Tom, Lynn and I walked West Campus and birded from 7am to noon with one warm-up break halfway through. The species count was a little on the low side we thought, and the numbers were on the low side as well, but hey, that was the day that was.
Highlights for me were our two Purple Finches, a Merlin fly-by and a Cooper's Hawk passing overhead.
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The day's birders: Tom, Lynn, Sue
The day's list for Wednesday December 31, 2014.

24  Canada Goose

8    Wild Turkey

1    Cooper's Hawk

2    Red-tailed Hawk

8    Ring-billed Gull

3    Herring Gull

11  Mourning Dove

1    Red-bellied Woodpecker

7    Downy Woodpecker

1    Northern Flicker

1    Merlin

8    Blue Jay

55  crow sp.

6    Black-capped Chickadee

1    Tufted Titmouse

1    White-breasted Nuthatch

2    Carolina Wren

1    Hermit Thrush

10  American Robin

1    Northern Mockingbird

33  European Starling

6    Song Sparrow

47  White-throated Sparrow

3    Dark-eyed Junco

17  Northern Cardinal

3    House Finch

2    Purple Finch

26  American Goldfinch

51  House Sparrow