Brantfords 10th christmas bird count was held on Sunday December 31 . The 24 km count circle is centered at the Brantford Airport , and includes most of Paris , Brantford , Burford , Scotland and Oakland . During count day , the weather was very favourable for observers , but not ideal to see many species of birds That was the consensus among most field parties . Temps ranged from +3 to -2 with little to no winds and no snow cover until a light snow fall in the later afternoon . All water bodies remained ice free and open 33 field observers in 18 parties , and 6 feeder counters observed 71 species for count day . This was Brants 3rd highest count being surpassed in previous years with 73 , and 74 . Two new species were added to the total count list , those being Franklins Gull , and Pied Billed Grebe. Count week species were minimal with Sandhill Crane , Turkey Vulture and a Glaucous Gull/ Herring Gull cross . The list of all species and quantities is as follows in non taxonomical order Peregrine Falcon 1 American Kestrel 6 Merlin 3 Bald Eagle 14 Red-Tailed Hawk 38 Northern Harrier 1 Coopers Hawk 5 Sharp-Shinned Hawk 1 Great Horned Owl 5 Eastern Screech-Owl 16 American Crow 420 Common Raven 14 Rock Pigeon 590 Mourning Dove 598 Belted Kingfisher 8 Wild Turkey 39 Great Blue Heron 11 Canada Goose 1403 Tundra Swan 127 Trumpeter Swan 3 Pied Billed Grebe 1 Mallard 449 American Black Duck 13 Green Winged Teal 3 Bufflehead 12 Common Goldeneye 58 Hooded Merganser 13 Common Merganser 70 Red Breasted Merganser 3 Herring Gull 1550 Ring-Billed Gull 230 Lesser Black- Backed Gull 1 Great Black-Backed Gull 11 Franklins Gull 1 Iceland Gull 2 European Starling 9, 386 Pileated Woodpecker 11 Northern Flicker 8 Downy Woodpecker 130 Hairy Woodpecker 23 Red-Bellied Woodpecker 47 Carolina Wren 45 Winter Wren 3 Black-Capped Chickadee 372 Dark-Eyed Junco 876 Red- Breasted Nuthatch 8 White-Breasted Nuthatch 135 Tufted Titmouse 15 Brown Creeper 29 Golden-Crowned Kinglet 62 Northern Cardinal 223 BlueJay 261 Cedar Waxwing 92 American Robin 41 Northern Shrike 2 Northern Mockingbird 1 Eastern Bluebird 49 Song Sparrow 31 White-Throated Sparrow 35 White-Crowned Sparrow 25 Swamp Sparrow 9 American Tree-Sparrow 221 House Sparrow 143 House Finch 63 American Goldfinch 340 Pine Siskin 69 Common Redpoll 12 Fox Sparrow 1 Hermit Thrush 1 Red-Winged Blackbird 107 Brown-Headed Cowbird 11 Participants were: Kevin Murphy , Bill Lamond , Ellen Horak , Jerry Horak , Jeff Leader , Scott Shaughnessy , Peter Pautler , Fran Myers , Rhiannon Myers , Stephanie Dearing , Sheldon Mcgregor , Jeanette Duff , Duane Brown , Terry Kirby , Marilyn Kew , Laurel Winger , James Winger , Greg Dirbyshire , Neil Faulkenham , Ken Dance , Janet Dance , Mike Boone , Judy Boone , Mary Anne Workman , Bill Read , Karen Brehn , Jason Pizzey , Tom Sitak , Kate Sitak , Paula Sitak , Sue Coles , Jen , David Cook and friend , Robin Brennan , Norma Isotam , Naree Gaw , Gail Blanchette , Constance Hanna , Christine Dronfield Sawyer . Compiler. Kevin Murphy