The 123rd Christmas Chook Rely began off with an uncommon and engaging twist. Whereas doing my space on the Northampton, Massachusetts CBC with my subject companion Mary Lou, at the same time as we obtained out of our automobiles on the parking zone, we might hear a significant crow ruckus—American Crows, first chook of the day—someplace close by. It appeared a bit extra intense than the standard crow household conversations, nevertheless it was considerably distant, and we figured it could cease shortly. It didn’t. As we started our route, the cawing obtained louder and much more intense, and shortly we might see six crows throughout a subject gathered round a white pine on the fringe of the forest.
The crows have been repeatedly diving at a damaged off vertical pine department, a snag, and we realized there is likely to be an owl, maybe a screech-owl or saw-whet, in a gap on the opposite aspect of the lifeless stump. Strive as we’d, we couldn’t discover the cavity. However after a few minutes, a lot to our shock, the snag turned its head round and revealed to us it was an almost completely camouflaged Nice Horned Owl, hiding in plain sight. We weren’t taking a look at a lifeless snag, we have been taking a look at a really a lot alive owl’s again, and it wasn’t till the chook turned to glare on the mobbing crows (and us?) that we realized our foolish mistake.
In a lifetime of birding, there have been hundreds of occasions I’ve mistaken a lifeless snag (or a clump, plastic bottle, or bag in a subject or marsh) as an owl or different chook of prey. However I had by no means earlier than mistaken a chook for a snag!
Within the remaining tallies, the 123rd Christmas Chook Rely participation appears to have recovered from the shadow of Covid. Included are near-record numbers of each accomplished circles and numbers of observers. Within the 123rd Rely, the 2625 counts (476 in Canada, 1998 in the USA, and 151 in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Pacific Islands) is just second to the 2646 counts included within the 120th CBC—the season earlier than Covid-19 curtailed a lot of our lives. This season’s variety of counts simply bested final season’s 2621 counts. Each CBC season there are new circles arrange in new areas throughout the hemisphere, and for the 123rd Rely Desk 1 lists the 31 new circles (2 in Canada, 26 in the USA, and three in Latin America) contributing to this 12 months’s world effort. Many thanks, and welcome aboard all!
The variety of members within the 123rd CBC, 79,005 (67,203 subject observers and 11,802 feeder watchers), was the third highest ever, decrease than the document excessive 81,601 within the unimaginable 120th Rely, and likewise decrease than final season’s 76,880. The whole breakdown in participation included 14,279 observers in Canada (10,463 subject observers and 3816 feeder watchers), 61,560 observers in the USA (53,722 subject observers and 7838 feeder watchers), and 3166 people (3018 subject observers and 148 feeder watchers) within the Caribbean, Latin America, and Pacific Islands. As is obvious from these numbers, there are great numbers of birders concerned with the CBC, and the hard-working compilers of the greater than 2600 circles do an incredible job of shepherding all their people into the significant effort that the CBC outcomes produce. Some counts in comparatively distant areas have only a few members; others in areas the place there’s a bigger bird-friendly inhabitants and birding group can have a seemingly overwhelming curiosity. Desk 2 shows the listing of 89 Christmas Chook Counts with 100 or extra members within the 123rd CBC.
The tip outcomes of every Christmas Chook Rely season are sometimes considerably impacted by the climate. These results embrace the circumstances throughout the December 14-January 5 rely interval, but in addition (and notably) the autumn and summer time seasons previous to the given rely. Climate circumstances on rely days positively impression the variety of birders attending counts, the habits of birds within the areas, and the power of the birders to seek out and establish birds. Difficult climate equals difficult birding, which may end up in decrease species totals and numbers of birds tallied. Native, regional, and even continental environmental circumstances can have an effect on each the numbers and species composition of birds in most CBC rely circles. The pre-count seasonal circumstances leading to meals availability within the northern tier of areas continentally, each for mammalian and seed crops, will have an effect on the place boreal raptors and “winter finches” are discovered throughout the CBC interval. Previous to and throughout the 123rd Christmas Chook Rely, environmental circumstances have been remarkably “regular” for current a long time and even the long-term droughts within the Southwest and Texas confirmed indicators of abating. There was one main exception: Hurricane Ian, which slammed into the coast of southwestern Florida in September of 2022. Ian got here ashore within the Class 4-5 vary, with winds of 160+ mph, and was the most costly storm in Florida historical past. It triggered catastrophic harm each environmentally and to human infrastructure and resulted within the lack of tons of of human lives. It should take years, if not a long time, to guage the environmental prices and rebuild life following such a storm. But almost each CBC in that space was performed throughout the 123rd CBC. Even on Sanibel and Captiva Islands, the place the bridges had been destroyed by the hurricane, volunteers held their Christmas Chook Rely within the hopes of starting the speedy documentation of the consequences on wildlife in addition to the human inhabitants of the realm.
We must always all give an enormous voice of thanks to each compiler and participant who undertakes such counts—and those that have undertaken comparable efforts prior to now after different environmental disasters. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
With all of the kerfuffle about counting species, the place did we come out within the 123rd Christmas Chook Rely? From all counts in each area, the overall quantity species tallied within the 123rd CBC was 2244, plus 432 hybrids and identifiable kinds. This total complete is barely decrease than prior to now couple of years, however sadly this season there have been no counts from Cuba or Honduras, and fewer counts in Colombia and Brazil resulting from Covid points and different challenges. Every extra rely within the extremely various neotropics can add a big variety of species to the general complete, and which may be why the variety of species dropped within the 123rd Rely. Included in that total complete, United States Christmas Chook Counts reported 671 species, 70 infraspecific kinds, and 35 unique species. The Southern Lapwing at Oscoda, Michigan, and the Wooden Sandpiper at San Jacinto Lake, California, have been new species to the cumulative North American CBC database. Moreover, Burrowing Parakeet at San Diego, California, an unique launched species, was new. And it needs to be famous that the first-ever CBC Social Flycatcher from final season returned to Brownsville, Texas within the 123rd CBC. In Canada, counts reported 279 species, a lower of 13 species in comparison with final season, which was exceptionally various.
General, there are each excellent news and troubling information developments to report. In Hawaii, the numbers of seabirds tallied at Halfway and on the Hawaiian Islands was superb; try the unimaginable numbers of albatrosses, together with three critically endangered Quick-tailed Albatross, at Halfway Island. And there was a document variety of the astoundingly stunning White Terns in Honolulu. Elsewhere, and primarily continentally, Northern Bobwhite and Loggerhead Shrike proceed to say no, in addition to Groove-billed Anis within the south-central areas. On the whole, this 123rd CBC season, there have been no “irruptions” of boreal raptors, winter finches, or winter frugivores, though Bohemian Waxwings and Pine Grosbeaks did transfer into some areas south of their “regular” habitats.
Within the large image, on CBCs and at different occasions of 12 months, maintain your eyes peeled for Frequent Ravens and—sure—Limpkins! Ravens are transferring southward and growing their stronghold on the central and southern areas of North America, probably in response to the present lack of persecution and (particularly) the proliferation of cellular phone towers, which give excellent nesting habitat for ravens. Limpkins, however, are exploding northward from the deep Southeastern United States, probably in response to each a warming winter local weather and the fast enlargement of launched tropical apple snails, which the birds have shortly taken a liking to. Moreover, this adaptation appears to have enabled Limpkins to eat different marine invertebrates, additional enabling their northward enlargement.
Nowhere close to a brand new species for the Christmas Chook Rely, however nonetheless probably the most superb data throughout the 123rd CBC season, was the White-crowned Pigeon at Wilmington, North Carolina. A virtually non-migratory chook of the deep Caribbean, and usually solely discovered within the Florida Keys on North American CBCs, this chook was an incredible shock, and a primary state document, in North Carolina.
Then we now have Pink-footed Geese. Again within the days of the film The Huge Yr 15 years in the past, this species was a type of “holy grail” birds that birders would traverse the continent for on the drop of a hat. Throughout the 123rd season this species was tallied on seven counts on the East Coast from Newfoundland to Delaware, and inland to Kentucky. As with most of the Arctic-breeding geese, together with Barnacle, Ross’s, Better White-fronted, and particularly Snow geese, their numbers are quickly growing with the warming summer time temperatures within the tundra, usually to the detriment of different Arctic-breeding shorebirds and land birds. Will probably be very fascinating to see how this performs out within the coming a long time.
Irrespective of the place we’re, we hope that we’ll discover probably the most, and most fascinating, birds throughout our CBC outings. Counts within the extra southern and coastal areas have the very best chance of tallying increased species totals, and one benchmark for Christmas Chook Counts is discovering 150 species or extra. Desk 3 lists the 129 counts throughout the 123rd Christmas Chook Rely that tallied this quantity or increased throughout their Rely Days.
Impartial from the place we stand total, every season all of us hope we’ll have the ability to discover probably the most species on a Christmas Chook Rely in our rely space, for the day, on our total rely, or probably most significantly, in our CBC area. This rank, greater than many, can replicate each the trouble expended and the circumstances encountered throughout our census days. Irrespective of how issues go every season, we all the time do our greatest to rely each chook—and species—throughout our day within the subject, and hope it pushes us towards the excessive tally! Desk 4 is the listing of Excessive Species Counts by area within the 123rd CBC.
Okay, in order that’s all about species tallies. What in regards to the variety of birds seen? Many birders who’ve been within the subject for years or a long time commiserate about how “there aren’t as many birds round as there was.” It’s a intestine feeling that many people have on CBCs and typically, however is it true? Are there actually fewer birds on the market, or are we getting older and fewer capable of finding or hear each chook on the market? The tough actuality appears to be that there are far fewer birds within the Western Hemisphere than there have been 50 years in the past. This recent paper documented around three billion birds (3BB) fewer in current a long time than earlier than. However how is that this mirrored in Christmas Chook Rely information?
Listed below are some harsh statistics: Throughout the 123rd Christmas Chook Rely, all CBCs in all places, from the Arctic to South America, tallied 40,298,635 birds in all. This consists of 36,680,012 birds in the USA, 3,216,551 in Canada, and 402,072 in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Pacific Islands. Regardless of an almost document quantity of effort and geographic protection, that is the bottom complete variety of birds tallied since my tenure in command of the Christmas Chook Rely. Throughout the 73rd CBC (the primary with counts outdoors US and Canada together with counts in Puerto Rico, Belize, and Mexico), there have been 20,373 observers on 1031 counts, tallying 71,183,807 birds. That’s near twice as many birds, counted by far fewer folks in lots of fewer counts, as tallied this previous season.
Within the 88th Christmas Chook Rely, my first season in command of the Rely, 41,920 observers on 1531 counts tallied 193,356,225 birds. That variety of birds included the unimaginable tallies at Pine Prairie, Louisiana, with 103,697,871 birds there alone, together with over 53 million Crimson-winged Blackbirds. It’s true that these large “blackbird” roosts can overwhelm the overall variety of birds seen elsewhere, nevertheless it’s notably notable that since these seasons the blackbird roosts, and people of another species, have been utterly lacking from CBC outcomes. Have they only been outdoors CBC circles and missed? Presumably, however actually unlikely for almost 40 years.
The Audubon Science workforce is documenting which species on Christmas Chook Counts appear to have declined probably the most. Preliminary analyses of Christmas Chook Rely information appear to level to the decline of “blackbirds” and different equally, and previously, plentiful species on the North American panorama as the first contributors to this troubling decline in CBC numbers regardless of elevated effort and geographic protection.
One other occasion, this one world affecting chook populations, is the present avian epidemic of Extremely Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), or “chook flu.” To this point the present iteration of chook flu in wild birds has principally, and drastically, affected seabirds and waterfowl within the northern areas of Europe and the Arctic, though North American breeding colonies of Northern Gannets have been severely hit this previous summer time. As of this writing there are 8187 documented deaths of untamed birds in North America, the overwhelming majority being waterfowl ranging in dimension from Trumpeter Swan to Bufflehead. Nonetheless, there are stunning numbers of different species, together with American White Pelican, Bald Eagle, Crimson-tailed Hawk, Black Vulture, Turkey Vulture, California Condor, Caspian Tern, Nice Horned Owl, and American Crow documented with the HPAI chook flu in North America.
Up to now there haven’t appeared to be any results on Christmas Chook Rely outcomes, however that is an occasion that bears expecting the subsequent a number of CBC seasons. We might nicely see a drop within the numbers of Northern Gannets seen alongside the East Coast this season throughout the upcoming 124th Christmas Chook Rely, and the CBC will probably be one software that researchers should doc the consequences of HPAI chook flu on North American chook populations.
Tables
Desk 1. New counts within the 123rd (2022-2023) Christmas Chook Rely
Rely Code Rely Title
CANADA
ONGO Goderich
QCAR Argenteuil
UNITED STATES
CAAC Angels Camp
CAWD Woodland-Davis
CORC Rifle Creek
FLDI Dinner Island Ranch-East Okaloacoochee Slough
FLTV The Villages-Lake Panasofkee
GATH Thomaston
IAID Ida County
IAMS Marshall County
KYWI Willisburg
MNLK Lakeville-Farmington
MNOR Ortonville
MNWE West Hennepin
MTQU Quigley
NYND Northern Dutchess County
OHRC Raccoon Creek
PABI Belleville
PASY Southeastern York County
SCEI Edisto Island
SCJI James Island
SCLB Lewis Ocean Bay H.P.-Waccamaw River
TXFT Fort Bend
TXSE San Antonio East
TXTS Tascosa-Seyffert
TXWL Whitney Lake
WINB Northern Brule River
WYGH Goshen Gap
LATIN AMERICA
BLMF Maya Forest Hall, Belize District, Belize
MXSL Sierra de la Laguna, Baja California Sur, México
NIBR Bosawás Biosphere Reserve, RACCN, Nicaragua
(31 new counts)
Desk 2. Counts with 100 or extra members within the 123rd (2022-2023) CBC
Code Rely Title # Observers (Area + Feeder)
ABED Edmonton, AB 426 (187 + 239)
SCHH Hilton Head Island, SC 379 (280 + 99)
ORPD Portland, OR 368 (270 + 98)
BCVI Victoria, BC 357 (306 + 51)
CAOA Oakland, CA 323 (288 + 35)
WASE Seattle, WA 319 (230 + 89)
MACO Harmony, MA 294 (167 + 127)
MANO Northampton, MA 293 (235 + 58)
ABCA Calgary, AB 259 (115 + 144)
OREU Eugene, OR 255 (153 + 102)
NJLH Decrease Hudson, NJ-NY 243 (243 + 0)
DCDC Washington, DC 240 (237 + 3)
UTKA Kanab, UT 238 (138 + 100)
WIMA Madison, WI 222 (196 + 26)
CASB Santa Barbara, CA 194 (190 + 4)
MDSE Seneca, MD 191 (171 + 20)
VAFB Fort Belvoir, VA 189 (177 + 12)
PAPI Pittsburgh, PA 185 (149 + 36)
ONOH Ottawa-Gatineau, ON 181 (153 + 28)
CAPR Level Reyes Peninsula, CA 180 (180 + 0)
WAED Edmonds, WA 180 (111 + 69)
SCSC Solar Metropolis-Okatie, SC 173 (155 + 18)
NYIT Ithaca, NY 171 (161 + 10)
WAEV Everett-Marysville, WA 171 (95 + 76)
COBO Boulder, CO 168 (164 + 4)
FLSR Sarasota, FL 164 (160 + 4)
BCGS Galiano-North Saltspring, BC 161 (121 + 40)
ONKG Kingston, ON 161 (62 + 99)
BCVA Vancouver, BC 160 (151 + 9)
VACL Central Loudon, VA 160 (155 + 5)
CAPA Palo Alto, CA 159 (155 + 4)
AKAN Anchorage, AK 154 (106 + 48)
COCS Colorado Springs, CO 152 (138 + 14)
ONLO London, ON 152 (125 + 27)
QCQU Quebec, QC 152 (139 + 13)
AKFA Fairbanks, AK 149 (93 + 56)
CAOC Orange County (coastal), CA 148 (148 + 0)
UTSL Salt Lake Metropolis, UT 148 (132 + 16)
CODV Denver (city) CO 147 (135 + 12)
ECNM Mindo-Tandayapa, Ecuador 144 (92 + 52)
CASD San Diego, CA 140 (140 + 0)
OHCF Cuyahoga Falls, OH 138 (127 + 11)
RIBI Block Island, RI 138 (138 + 0)
FLGA Gainesville, FL 135 (123 + 12)
WASD Sequim-Dungeness, WA 133 (106 + 27)
ONTO Toronto, ON 132 (120 + 12)
WIMI Milwaukee, WI 131 (106 + 25)
COEI Evergreen-Idaho Springs, CO 130 (77 + 53)
CARI Richmond, CA 129 (123 + 6)
CAON Orange County (northeastern), CA 128 (128 + 0)
ECCH Chiles-Chical, Carchi, Ecuador-Colombia 128 (107 + 21)
MAGB Better Boston, MA 127 (127 + 0)
MIAA Ann Arbor, MI 127 (100 + 27)
MITW Tawas, MI 127 (124 + 3)
NYBR L.I.: Brooklyn, NY 127 (124 + 3)
SCLO Lowcountry, SC 126 (90 + 36)
CASF San Francisco, CA 125 (122 + 3)
AZTV Tucson Valley, AZ 124 (114 + 10)
CAMR Morro Bay, CA 124 (123 + 1)
BCSS Sidney-South Saltspring, BC 121 (100 + 21)
CODE Denver, CO 121 (111 + 10)
BCPI Pender Islands, BC 119 (102 + 17)
COFC Fort Collins, CO 119 (106 + 13)
NSHD Halifax-Dartmouth, NS 119 (96 + 23)
MBWI Winnipeg, MB 118 (87 + 31)
VAWI Williamsburg, VA 116 (59 + 57)
BCPM Pitt Meadows, BC 114 (104 + 10)
CTHA Hartford, CT 114 (109 + 5)
ONHA Hamilton, ON 112 (106 + 6)
NYBW Bronx-Westchester Area, NY 111 (107 + 4)
CARS Rancho Santa Fe, CA 110 (105 + 5)
CAWS Western Sonoma County, CA 110 (105 + 5)
CACS Crystal Springs, CA 109 (105 + 4)
CASC Sant Cruz County, CA 109 (109 + 0)
CAVE Ventura, CA 109 (103 + 6)
TNNA Nashville, TN 108 (54 + 54)
CRLS La Selva, Decrease Braulio Carillo N.P.,
Costa Rica 107 (107 + 0)
PAGL Delaware County (Glenolden), PA 107 (96 + 11)
WAOL Olympia, WA 107 (89 + 18)
WIRE Newburg–Riveredge Nature Middle, WI 107 (51 + 56)
FLVE Venice-Englewood, FL 106 (104 + 2)
ORSA Salem, OR 106 (63 + 43)
BCPQ Parksville-Qualicum Seashore, BC 104 (60 + 44)
WAVA Vashon, WA 104 (71 + 33)
CAOV Oceanside-Vista-Carlsbad, CA 103 (102 + 1)
TXMM Matagorda County-Mad Island Marsh, TX 103 (101 + 2)
CAMC Marin County (southern), CA 102 (100 + 2)
MNSP St. Paul (north), MN 102 (81 + 21)
MTMI Missoula, MT 101 (78 + 23)
(89 counts with 100 or extra members)
Desk 3: Counts with 150 or extra species recorded within the 123rd (2022-2023) CBC
Desk 3a: Counts north of the United States-Mexican border
Rely Code Rank Rely Title Species Recorded
TXMM 1 Matagorda County-Mad Island Marsh, TX 218
CASD 2 San Diego, CA 213
TXGF 3 Guadalupe River Delta-McFadden Ranch, TX 202
CAPR 4 Level Reyes Peninsula, CA 201
CAMR 5 Morro Bay, CA 200
CASB 6 Santa Barbara, CA 196
CAMD 7 Moss Touchdown, CA 195
CATO 8 Thousand Oaks, CA 194
TXJC 8 Jackson-Calhoun Counties, TX 194
CAOC 10 Orange County (coastal), CA 192
CAVE 10 Ventura, CA 192
TXCC 12 Corpus Christi, TX 190
CACS 13 Crystal Springs, CA 189
CAOV 14 Oceanside-Vista-Carlsbad, CA 185
TXFR 14 Freeport, TX 185
CAOA 16 Oakland, CA 184
CARS 17 Rancho Santa Fe, CA 181
SCMC 17 McClellanville, SC 181
CAHF 19 Hayward-Fremont, CA 180
TXSB 19 San Bernard N.W.R., TX 180
CACB 21 Centerville Seashore to King Salmon, CA 179
CALB 21 Lengthy Seashore-el Dorado, CA 179
CAAR 23 Arcata, CA 178
CASF 23 San Francisco, CA 178
CALA 25 Los Angeles, CA 176
CAPP 26 Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 175
FLGA 27 Gainesville, FL 174
CASJ 28 San Jose, CA 172
AZNO 29 Nogales, AZ 171
TXGA 29 Galveston, TX 171
CAPS 31 Pasadena-San Gabriel Valley, CA 170
CARI 31 Richmond, CA 170
CASC 31 Santa Cruz County, CA 170
CAPA 34 Palo Alto, CA 169
CAWS 35 Western Sonoma County, CA 168
GASV 36 Savannah, GA-SC 165
CABE 37 Benicia, CA 163
CACT 38 Cheep Thrills, CA 162
CAMC 38 Marin County (southern), CA 162
FLAL 38 Alafia Banks, FL 162
FLNP 38 North Pinellas, FL 162
SCLP 38 Litchfield-Pawleys Island, SC 162
SCSI 38 Sea Islands, SC 162
AZGV 44 Inexperienced Valley-Madera Canyon, AZ 161
CACN 44 Carpinteria, CA 161
TXLA 44 Laguna Atascosa N.W.R., TX 161
CACC 47 Contra Costa County, CA 160
FLSR 47 Sarasota, FL 160
LAPI 47 Palmetto Island, LA 160
TXWG 47 West Finish Galveston Island, TX 160
FLBA 51 Bradenton, FL 158
FLNR 51 West Pasco (New Port Richey), FL 158
FLSM 51 St. Marks, FL 158
CAES 54 Escondido, CA 157
TXBP 54 Bolivar Peninsula, TX 157
TXBR 54 Brazoria-Columbia Bottomlands, TX 157
AZRC 57 Ramsey Canyon, AZ 156
CADN 57 Del Norte County, CA 156
FLSB 57 South Brevard County, FL 156
FLSP 57 St. Petersburg, FL 156
NCWI 57 Wilmington, NC 156
CAON 62 Orange County (northeastern), CA 155
CASM 62 Sacramento, CA 155
FLJA 62 Jacksonville, FL 155
SCWB 62 Winyah Bay, SC 155
TXCF 62 Corpus Christi (Flour Bluff), TX 155
CAMP 67 Monterey Peninsula, CA 154
CAMU 67 Malibu, CA 154
CASL 67 San Jacinto Lake, CA 154
TXPO 67 Powderhorn, TX 154
AZTV 71 Tucson Valley, AZ 153
FLWP 71 West Palm Seashore, FL 153
MDOC 71 Ocean Metropolis, MD 153
NJCM 71 Cape Might, NJ 153
TXCK 71 Choke Canyon, TX 153
TXHG 71 Harlingen, TX 153
TXAP 77 Attwater Prairie Hen N.W.R., TX 152
TXAZ 77 Anzalduas-Bentsen, TX 152
CASZ 79 Sonoma Valley, CA 151
GAGC 79 Glynn County, GA 151
NCSB 79 Southport-Bald Head-Oak Islands, NC 151
TXWS 79 Weslaco, TX 151
TXPA 83 Port Aransas, TX 150
Desk 3b: Counts south of the United States-Mexican border
ECNM 1 Mindo-Tandayapa, Pichincha, Ecuador 354
CRLS 2 La Selva, Decrease Braulio Carillo N.P.,
Costa Rica 349
CRMO 3 Monteverde, Costa Rica 338
CRCT 4 Coto Brus, Puntarenas, Costa Rica 296
MXSB 5 San Blas, Nayarit, México 285
ECCH 6 Chiles-Chical, Carchi, Ecuador 275
RPPC 7 Pacific Canal Space, Panama 267
BLSL 8 Spanish Lookout, Cayo, Belize 264
GMLT 9 Laguna del Tigre N.P.-Las Guacamayas
Organic Station, Petén, Guatemala 256
ECMA 10 Machalilla-Ayampe, Manabí, Ecuador 239
CROP 11 Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas, Costa Rica 237
RPCC 12 Central Canal Space, Panama 231
BLMF 13 Maya Forest Hall, Belize District, Belize 230
CRCA 14 Cacao-Space de Conservacion Guancaste,
Costa Rica 226
BLCO 15 Corozal, Sarteneja, Belize 225
BLCB 16 Cockscomb Basin, Belize 219
BLBE 17 Belmopan, Belize 215
ECBM 18 Los Bancos-Milpe, Pichincha, Ecuador 206
BLBC 19 Belize Metropolis, Belize 204
CRPV 20 Palo Verde N.P., Guanacaste, Costa Rica 196
ECHL 21 Humedal La Segua, Chone, Manabi, Ecuador 195
BLPG 22 Punta Gorda, Belize 191
TRTR 23 Trinidad, W.I. 190
CRSR 24 Santa Rosa – Space de Conservacion Guanacaste,
Costa Rica 184
MXES 24 Ensenada, Baja California, México 184
CLBB 26 Rio Barbas-Bremen Pure Reserve,
Quindío, Colombia 180
RPAC 26 Atlantic Canal Space, Panama 180
CLRP 28 Reserva de Planalto, Caldas, Colombia 178
NIPI 29 Paso del Itsmo Organic Hall,
Rivas, Nicaragua 175
MXSP 30 San Pancho-La Cruz-Punta de Mita,
Nayarit, Mexico 172
ECCC 31 Cumandá, Chimborazo, Ecuador 169
CLCO 32 Cordillera Occidental, Valle del Cauca,
Colombia 168
MXCZ 33 Coast of Central Veracruz, Mexico 166
MXEG 34 El Yugo, Sinaloa, Mexico 162
NIRJ 35 Reserva El Jaguar, Jinotega, Nicaragua 158
CLFC 36 Farallones de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia 156
MXLN 36 Laguna de Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico 156
ECRA 38 Rancho Aleman, Guayas, Ecuador 155
MXMN 38 Morelos Norte, Morelos, México 155
ECRG 40 Runahurco-Gualaquiza, Morona Santiago,
Ecuador 152
MXEC 41 El Cuyo, Yucatan, Mexico 151
MXOJ 41 Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico 151
MXAL 43 Alamos, Sonora, Mexico 150
Desk 4: Regional excessive counts for the 123rd (2022-2023) CBC
Area # of CBCs Highest Rely (species complete)
Newfoundland & Labrador 10 St. Johns (69)
Nova Scotia 32 Halifax-Dartmouth (115)
Prince Edward Island 3 Hillsborough (56)
New Brunswick 48 St. John (72)
Quebec 38 Quebec (77)
Ontario 123 Blenheim (113)
Manitoba 20 Winnipeg (44)
Saskatchewan 41 Gardner Dam (38)
Saskatoon (38)
Alberta 55 Calgary (65)
British Columbia 91 Victoria (137)
Northwest Territories 4 Hay River (17)
Nunavut 2 Arctic Bay (2)
Yukon Territory 9 Whitehorse (28)
Alaska 38 Kodiak (79)
Maine 32 Better Portland (106)
New Hampshire 18 Coastal New Hampshire (104)
Vermont 21 Burlington (82)
Massachusetts 32 Mid-Cape Cod (148)
Rhode Island 4 Newport County-Westport (135)
Connecticut 18 Stratford-Milford (124)
New York 76 L.I.: Southern Nassau County (134)
New Jersey 29 Cape Might (153)
Pennsylvania 83 Southern Bucks County (100)
Delaware 7 Cape Henlopen-Prime Hook (142)
Maryland 25 Ocean Metropolis (153)
District of Columbia 1 Washington (99)
Virginia 52 Cape Charles (148)
North Carolina 54 Wilmington (156)
South Carolina 29 McClellanville (181)
Georgia 28 Savannah, GA-SC (165)
Florida 83 Gainesville (174)
Ohio 69 Mansfield (93)
West Virginia 22 Morgantown (90)
Kentucky 40 East Allen County (96)
Tennessee 29 Duck River (126)
Alabama 13 Gulf Shores (137)
Mississippi 17 Southern Hancock County (141)
Michigan 71 Anchor Bay (88)
Indiana 44 Western Gibson County (104)
Wisconsin 108 Madison (98)
Illinois 69 Rend Lake (103)
Minnesota 83 St. Paul (north) (61)
Iowa 35 Keokuk (99)
Missouri 31 (Horton) 4 Rivers (110)
Arkansas 28 Lake Dardanelle (113)
Louisiana 26 Palmetto Island (160)
North Dakota 16 Fargo-Moorhead (63)
South Dakota 16 Yankton (79)
Nebraska 14 Lake McConaughy (79)
Kansas 28 Lawrence (96)
Oklahoma 16 Tishomingo N.W.R. (122)
Texas 116 Matagorda County-Mad Island Marsh (218)
Montana 31 Huge Fork (83)
Idaho 28 Nampa (106)
Wyoming 19 Casper (63)
Kane (63)
Colorado 51 Pueblo Reservoir (128)
New Mexico 31 Caballo (127)
Utah 26 Salt Lake Metropolis (118)
Nevada 16 Truckee Meadows (119)
Arizona 40 Nogales (171)
Washington 45 Sequim-Dungeness (143)
Oregon 46 Coquille Valley (148)
California 130 San Diego (213)
Hawaii 14 O’ahu: Waipi’o (52)
Pacific Islands 2 Saipan, C.N.M.I. (36)
Guam 2 Southern Guam (29)
Mexico 55 San Blas, Nayarit (285)
Belize 7 Spanish Lookout, Cayo (264)
Guatemala 4 Laguna del Tigre N.P. (256)
El Salvador 1 Suchitoto, Cuscatlán (143)
Nicaragua 4 Paso del Itsmo Organic Hall, Rivas (175)
Costa Rica 8 La Selva, Decrease Braulio Carillo N.P. (349)
Panama 5 Pacific Canal Space (267)
Colombia 26 Rio Barbas-Bremen Pure Reserve, Quindío (180)
Ecuador 14 Mindo-Tandayapa, Pichincha (354)
Brazil 2 Manaus-Camp 41, Amazonas (54)
Trinidad 1 Trinidad (190)
Tobago 2 Scarborough Botanics, Western Tobago (81)
Bahamas 5 New Windfall Island (102)
Dominican Republic 2 Parque Nacional El Morro, Monte Cristi (90)
Puerto Rico 5 Cabo Rojo (132)
British Virgin Islands 2 Tortola (48)
U.S. Virgin Islands 3 St. John (59)
Bermuda 1 Bermuda (90)
