Wild Creek/Little Gap Christmas Bird Count ~ December 26, 2022

One of the highlights from the Wild Creek/Little Gap Christmas Bird Count was this Peregrine Falcon that was picking apart its prey along Valley View Drive west of the town of Klecknersville.

Peregrine Falcon

Adam Smith and I found 44 species on a pretty cold day. The list follows.

1) Snow Geese
2) Canada Goose
3) Mallard
4) Wild Turkey
5) Great Blue Heron
6) Turkey Vulture
7) Black Vulture
8) Cooper's Hawk
9) Red-shouldered Hawk
10) Red-tailed Hawk
11) Peregrine Falcon
12) Rock Pigeon
13) Mourning Dove
14) Great Horned Owl
15) Eastern Screech-Owl
16) Red-bellied Woodpecker
17) Northern Flicker
18) Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
19) Downy Woodpecker
20) Hairy Woodpecker
21) Pileated Woodpecker
22) Blue Jay
23) American Crow
24) Common Raven
25) Horned Lark
26) Tufted Titmouse
27) Black-capped Chickadee
28) White-breasted Nuthatch
29) Red-breasted Nuthatch
30) Winter Wren
31) Carolina Wren
32) Eastern Bluebird
33) Northern Mockingbird
34) European Starling
35) American Tree Sparrow
36) Field Sparrow
37) Song Sparrow
38) Swamp Sparrow
39) White-throated Sparrow
40) Dark-eyed Junco
41) Northern Cardinal
42) House Finch
43) American Goldfinch
44) House Sparrow

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