Results: 2021 Squamish Christmas Bird Count

A huge “Thank You” to all who were able to participate in this year’s count. I appreciate everyone’s patience and flexibility around the last minute date change (Saturday to Sunday). That decision was not made lightly. Even at that, the day had its challenges getting around in the snow. But still, we found some good birds out there, and it was sunny.

So, on to the results….

Total number of species is 67, an average number for Squamish.

Some of the highlights…

6  Snow goose
2  Trumpeter swan
1  Ruffed grouse
2  Red throated loon
7  American coot
10 American robin
1  Western meadowlark
1  Brown-headed cowbird
23  Common redpoll

Changing numbers…

57  Anna’s hummingbird    Up from 32 last year.
313  Bald eagle                     Yikes!!  Where were they??
27  Common goldeneye      Counts for both Goldeneye species continue low compared to ten years ago.
15  Barrow’s goldeneye        Up slightly from 9 last year.

Missing….

Owls, any owls

So, that’s the highlights of this year’s count. The full count will be available soon on the Audubon website:  type BCSQ in the ‘count code’ field.

Till next year.

Marcia

(For background on our Christmas Bird Count)

Photo: Common Goldeneye male on the Squamish River.