On December 27th The Carleton Place Christmas Bird Count was conducted. There were 31 observers in the field and 23 feeder counters participating in the count. It was a record year both for number of individual birds as well as 8 species records set:
Total Individuals    8889 up from 8852
Canada Geese      1810
Mallard           137
Barred Owl        6
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Merlin          3
Bluebird        12
Junco           377
Cardinal        115
There were very few winter finches other than Goldfinches throughout the area but there were a good number of raptors (Red-tailed, Rough-Legged and Coopers Hawk,). No Snowny Owls were seen by 6 Barred Owls were observed.
