125th Christmas Bird Count High Counts of Species in Canada

Common Name

Count

Circle(s)

Snow Goose

73,846

St-Jean-sur-le-Richelieu, QC

Ross’s Goose

1

St. Clair N.W.A., ON

Greater White-fronted Goose

52

Ucluelet, BC

Pink-footed Goose

2

Wolfville, NS

Brant

1255

Ladner, BC

Cackling Goose

11,039

Abbotsford-Mission, BC

Canada Goose

20,276

Lethbridge, AB

Mute Swan

566

Kingston, ON

Trumpeter Swan

1196

Chilliwack, BC

Tundra Swan

5515

St. Clair N.W.A., ON

Wood Duck

244

Victoria, BC

Blue-winged Teal

COUNT WEEK

St. Thomas, ON

Northern Shoveler

1139

Ladner, BC

Gadwall

186

Toronto, ON

Eurasian Wigeon

52

St. John’s, NL

American Wigeon

11,745

Ladner, BC

Mallard

9933

Calgary, AB

American Black Duck

3550

Tadoussac, QC

Northern Pintail

18,416

Ladner, BC

Green-winged Teal

4022

White Rock-Surrey-Langley, BC

Canvasback

28,394

Holiday Beach, ON

Redhead

4616

Blenheim, ON

Ring-necked Duck

673

Chilliwack, BC

Tufted Duck

80

St. John’s, NL

Greater Scaup

14,364

Point Pelee, ON

Lesser Scaup

1475

Point Pelee, ON

King Eider

2

Cape Race, NL

Common Eider

788

Shediac, NB

Harlequin Duck

419

Cortes Island, BC

Surf Scoter

3064

Comox, BC

White-winged Scoter

2523

Peach Tree, ON

Black Scoter

1905

Hillsborough, PE

Long-tailed Duck

25,400

Peach Tree, ON

Bufflehead

2406

Victoria, BC

Common Goldeneye

3377

Peach Tree, ON

Barrow’s Goldeneye

1384

Lower Howe Sound, BC

Hooded Merganser

464

Victoria, BC

Common Merganser

4548

Baie-Missisquoi, QC

Red-breasted Merganser

15,097

Point Pelee, ON

Ruddy Duck

337

White Rock-Surrey-Langley, BC

California Quail

1353

Penticton, BC

Chukar

84

Oliver-Osoyoos, BC

Gray Partridge

1651

Regina, SK

Ring-necked Pheasant

120

Sackville, NB

Ruffed Grouse

54

Amherst, ON

Spruce Grouse

10

The Pas, MB

Willow Ptarmigan

263

Yellowknife, NT

Rock Ptarmigan

7

Bonne Bay, NL

White-tailed Ptarmigan

COUNT WEEK

Whistler, BC; Haines Junction, YT

Dusky Grouse

1

Oliver-Osoyoos, BC

Sharp-tailed Grouse

234

Swift Current, SK

Wild Turkey

619

Vankleek Hill, ON

Pied-billed Grebe

65

Victoria, BC

Horned Grebe

494

Sidney-South Saltspring, BC

Red-necked Grebe

153

Comox, BC

Eared Grebe

1

Harrop-Balfour, Nanoose Bay, Parksville-Qualicum Beach, Vaseux Lake, White Rock-Surrey-Langley, BC

Western Grebe

1408

Skidegate Inlet, BC

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)

5601

Toronto, ON

Band-tailed Pigeon

11

Vancouver, BC

Eurasian Collared-Dove

888

Creston Valley, BC

Mourning Dove

1897

Pickering, ON

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

1

Annapolis Royal, NS

Anna’s Hummingbird

1040

Victoria, BC

Rufous Hummingbird

1

Pitt Meadows, BC

Virginia Rail

19

Nanaimo, BC

American Coot

1500

Blenheim, ON

Sandhill Crane

10,044

Long Point, ON

American Avocet

1

Ladner, BC

Black Oystercatcher

156

Skidegate Inlet, BC

Black-bellied Plover

728

Ladner, BC

Killdeer

230

Victoria, BC

Whimbrel

2

Ladner, White Rock-Surrey-Langley, BC

Long-billed Curlew

1

White Rock-Surrey-Langley, BC

Marbled Godwit

4

White Rock-Surrey-Langley, BC

Ruddy Turnstone

2

Brier Island, NS

Black Turnstone

447

Skidegate Inlet, BC

Red Knot

1

White Rock-Surrey-Langley, BC; Apple River, NS

Surfbird

143

Lower Howe Sound, BC

Ruff

1

White Rock-Surrey-Langley, BC

Sanderling

334

Sable Island, NS

Dunlin

38,300

White Rock-Surrey-Langley, BC

Rock Sandpiper

5

Skidegate Inlet, BC

Purple Sandpiper

313

Tadoussac, QC

Long-billed Dowitcher

77

White Rock-Surrey-Langley, BC

American Woodcock

2

Long Point, ON

Wilson’s Snipe

53

Ladner, BC

Spotted Sandpiper

3

Victoria, BC

Lesser Yellowlegs

1

Ladner, BC

Willet

1

White Rock-Surrey-Langley, BC

Greater Yellowlegs

113

Ladner, BC

Parasitic Jaeger

1

Tlell, BC

Dovekie

4

St. John’s, NL

Common Murre

7400

Rose Spit, BC

Thick-billed Murre

17

Cape Race, NL

Razorbill

37

Perce, QC

Black Guillemot

125

Cape Race, NL

Pigeon Guillemot

363

Sidney-South Saltspring, BC

Marbled Murrelet

135

Sidney-South Saltspring, BC

Ancient Murrelet

4500

Rose Spit, BC

Cassin’s Auklet

1

Sooke, BC

Rhinoceros Auklet

64

Victoria, BC

Atlantic Puffin

2

Cape Race, NL

Black-legged Kittiwake

200

Grand Manan Island, NS

Bonaparte’s Gull

1164

Parksville-Qualicum Beach, BC

Black-headed Gull

9

Halifax-Dartmouth, NS

Little Gull

1

Niagara Falls, ON

Short-billed Gull

1341

Deep Bay, BC

Ring-billed Gull

3646

Point Pelee, ON

Western Gull

5

Tofino, BC

California Gull

339

Penticton, BC

American Herring Gull

7752

St. John’s, NL

Iceland Gull

1621

St. John’s, NL

Lesser Black-backed Gull

7

St. John’s, NL

Glaucous-winged Gull

7576

Ladner, BC

Glaucous Gull

17

St. John’s, NL

Great Black-backed Gull

1119

Longueuil, QC

Red-throated Loon

108

Rose Spit, BC, BC

Pacific Loon

4492

Little River-Powell River Ferry, BC

Common Loon

172

Comox, BC

Yellow-billed Loon

1

Williams Lake, Bamfield, Broughton Strait, Pender Harbour, Parksville-Qualicum Beach, Salmon Arm, BC

Northern Fulmar

1

Halifax-Dartmouth, NS

Northern Gannet

8

Halifax-Dartmouth, NS

Brandt’s Cormorant

867

Sooke, BC

Double-crested Cormorant

699

Vancouver, BC

Great Cormorant

89

The Sydneys, NS

Pelagic Cormorant

563

Sidney-South Saltspring, BC

American Bittern

COUNT WEEK

Pitt Meadows, BC

Great Blue Heron

186

Ladner, BC

Great Egret

1

Chilliwack, BC; Cape Sable Island, NS

Green Heron

1

Orillia, ON

Black-crowned Night Heron

4

Toronto, ON

Turkey Vulture

89

Victoria, BC

Golden Eagle

12

Oliver-Osoyoos, BC

Northern Harrier

111

Ladner, BC

Sharp-shinned Hawk

12

Calgary, AB; Chilliwack, BC

Cooper’s Hawk

47

Victoria, BC

American Goshawk

5

Halifax-Dartmouth, NS

Bald Eagle

585

Harrison River, BC

Steller’s Sea-Eagle

1

Terra Nova N.P. (north), NL

Red-shouldered Hawk

2

West Elgin, ON; Québec, QC

Broad-winged Hawk

2

Eskasoni-Big Pond, NS

Red-tailed Hawk

117

West Elgin, ON

Red-tailed Hawk (Harlan’s)

2

Oliver-Osoyoos, BC

Rough-legged Hawk

39

Sackville, NB

American Barn Owl

5

BC; Sensitive species

Western Screech-Owl

3

Kelowna, BC

Eastern Screech-Owl

66

Cambridge, ON

Great Horned Owl

20

Victoria, BC

Snowy Owl

11

Kingston, ON

Northern Hawk Owl

3

AB; Sensitive species

Northern Pygmy-Owl

13

Creston Valley, BC

Barred Owl

14

Victoria, BC

Great Gray Owl

40

AB; Sensitive species

Long-eared Owl

4

ON; Sensitive species

Short-eared Owl

11

Comber, ON

Boreal Owl

2

Winnipeg, MB; Québec, QC

Northern Saw-whet Owl

7

Edmonton, AB

Belted Kingfisher

39

Victoria, BC

Lewis’s Woodpecker

1

Squamish, BC

Red-headed Woodpecker

3

St. Thomas, ON

Red-bellied Woodpecker

145

London, ON

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

5

Woodhouse Township, Port Hope-Cobourg, ON

Red-breasted Sapsucker

17

Sidney-South Saltspring, BC

American Three-toed Woodpecker

12

Sheep River, AB

Black-backed Woodpecker

8

Bedford-Sackville, NS

Downy Woodpecker

396

Edmonton, AB

Hairy Woodpecker

178

Winnipeg, MB

Northern Flicker

468

Victoria, BC

Pileated Woodpecker

69

Edmonton, AB

American Kestrel

31

Fisherville, ON

Merlin

28

Calgary, AB

Gyrfalcon

1

Reported from 8 circles in AB, BC, MB, QC, and SK. Sensitive species

Peregrine Falcon

11

Toronto, ON

Prairie Falcon

3

Bergthal, Milk River, AB

Black Phoebe

1

Vancouver, BC

Eastern Phoebe

2

Wolfville, NS

Say’s Phoebe

1

Oliver-Osoyoos, BC

Northern Shrike

12

Québec, QC

Hutton’s Vireo

9

Galiano-North Saltspring, BC

Blue-headed Vireo

1

Cape Sable Island, NS

Canada Jay

67

Eagle River, ON

Steller’s Jay

186

Chilliwack, BC

Blue Jay

980

Wolfville, NS

California Scrub-Jay

7

Ladner, BC

Clark’s Nutcracker

85

Kimberley, BC

Black-billed Magpie

3129

Calgary, AB

American Crow

122,000

St. Clair N.W.A., ON

Fish Crow

2

Kingston, ON

Common Raven

1703

Yellowknife, NT

Horned Lark

2372

Milk River, AB

Black-capped Chickadee

2651

Ottawa-Gatineau, ON

Mountain Chickadee

234

Williams Lake, BC

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

2646

Victoria, BC

Boreal Chickadee

89

Haines Junction, YT

Tufted Titmouse

39

Lennoxville, QC

Bushtit

1101

Victoria, BC

Red-breasted Nuthatch

664

Edmonton, AB

White-breasted Nuthatch

562

Winnipeg, MB

Pygmy Nuthatch

263

Kelowna, BC

Brown Creeper

192

Victoria, BC

Canyon Wren

19

Oliver-Osoyoos, BC

Northern House Wren

1

Lower Howe Sound, BC; Blenheim, Goderich, Stratford, ON

Pacific Wren

349

Victoria, BC

Winter Wren

49

Toronto, ON

Marsh Wren

51

Ladner, BC

Carolina Wren

183

Hamilton, ON

Bewick’s Wren

203

Victoria, BC

American Dipper

37

Yalakom Valley, BC

Golden-crowned Kinglet

1550

Victoria, BC

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

458

Victoria, BC

Eastern Bluebird

87

Long Point, ON

Western Bluebird

262

Penticton, BC

Mountain Bluebird

1

Oliver-Osoyoos, BC

Townsend’s Solitaire

118

Lake Windermere District, BC

Swainson’s Thrush

1

Revelstoke, BC

Hermit Thrush

25

Victoria, BC

American Robin

4274

Victoria, BC

Varied Thrush

187

Vancouver, BC

Gray Catbird

2

Halifax-Dartmouth, NS; Long Point, ON

Brown Thrasher

1

Cape Sable Island, NS; Eagle River, Guelph, Long Point, ON; Camrose, AB; Saint John, NL

Sage Thrasher

1

Regina, SK

Northern Mockingbird

14

Wolfville, NS; Toronto, ON

European Starling

10,834

Niagara Falls, ON

Bohemian Waxwing

11,281

Prince George, BC

Cedar Waxwing

292

Victoria, BC

House Sparrow

6216

Winnipeg, MB

American Pipit

120

Point Pelee, ON

Evening Grosbeak

1506

Chicoutimi-Jonquiere, QC

Pine Grosbeak

594

Prince George, BC

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

10

Val Marie, SK; Priddis, AB

House Finch

1578

Edmonton, AB

Purple Finch

513

Kenora, ON

Cassin’s Finch

7

Harrop-Balfour, BC

Redpoll

1460

Prince George, BC

Red Crossbill

602

Duncan, BC

White-winged Crossbill

949

Edmonton, AB

Pine Siskin

8765

Sooke, BC

American Goldfinch

748

Ottawa-Gatineau, ON

Lapland Longspur

51

Hillsborough, PE

Snow Bunting

8997

Comber, ON

Spotted Towhee

898

Victoria, BC

Eastern Towhee

4

Halifax-Dartmouth, BC

American Tree Sparrow

989

Long Point, ON

Chipping Sparrow

11

Kingston, ON

Clay-colored Sparrow

1

Wolfville, NS; Cedar Creek, ON

Field Sparrow

8

Cedar Creek, ON

Lark Sparrow

2

Brier Island, NS

Savannah Sparrow

30

Victoria, BC

Fox Sparrow

284

Victoria, BC

Song Sparrow

682

Halifax-Dartmouth, NS

Lincoln’s Sparrow

37

Abbotsford-Mission, BC

Swamp Sparrow

107

Blenheim, ON

White-throated Sparrow

349

Holiday Beach, ON

Harris’s Sparrow

1

Harrison River, Oliver-Osoyoos, BC; Riverside-Albert, Sackville, NB; Love, SK

White-crowned Sparrow

630

Victoria, BC

Golden-crowned Sparrow

1985

Victoria, BC

Dark-eyed Junco

6581

Victoria, BC

Yellow-breasted Chat

4

Halifax-Dartmouth, NS

Yellow-headed Blackbird

2

Vernon, BC

Eastern Meadowlark

2

Point Pelee, ON

Western Meadowlark

45

Ladner, BC

Bullock’s Oriole

1

Cape Sable Island, NS

Baltimore Oriole

15

Halifax-Dartmouth, NS

Red-winged Blackbird

3611

Dunnville, ON

Brown-headed Cowbird

1736

Blenheim, ON

Rusty Blackbird

16

St. Clair N.W.A., ON

Brewer’s Blackbird

660

Chilliwack, BC

Common Grackle

683

Cedar Creek, ON

Ovenbird

1

Cape Sable Island, NS; Owen Sound, ON

Black-and-white Warbler

1

Peel-Halton Counties, ON

Orange-crowned Warbler

11

Halifax-Dartmouth, NS

Common Yellowthroat

5

Amherst, NS

American Redstart

COUNT WEEK

Peel-Halton Counties, ON

Cape May Warbler

1

Ferryland, NL

Northern Parula

1

Cape Sable Island, Halifax-Dartmouth, NS

Northern Yellow Warbler

1

Pickering, ON

Palm Warbler

11

Halifax-Dartmouth, NS

Pine Warbler

13

The Sydneys, Halifax-Dartmouth, NS

Yellow-rumped Warbler

173

Ladner, BC

Yellow-throated Warbler

1

St. John’s, NL

Prairie Warbler

1

Brier Island, NS

Townsend’s Warbler

7

Sooke, BC

Wilson’s Warbler

2

Kelowna, BC

Summer Tanager

1

Ladner, BC

Western Tanager

1

White Rock-Surrey-Langley, BC

Northern Cardinal

790

Ottawa-Gatineau, ON

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

1

Pakenham-Arnprior, ON

Dickcissel

1

Pictou Harbour, The Sydneys, NS; Pakenham-Arnprior, ON