Bay County Audubon Highlights for the 113th Annual Christmas Bird Count
Count Day: Saturday, December 15, 2012
45 participants comprising 13 teams and 2 feeder watchers
(record high of 53)
Total number of species documented: 141
(record high of 151)
Total number of individual birds documented: 17,808
(record high of 27,000)
Team documenting the most species:
o 1st place: 92 species; West Lynn Haven Team (Area 2) consisting of Al Clare, Mike
Finnigan, Rodney & Lydia Cassidy, and Donna & Dale Cronwell
o 2nd place: 81 species; Team Tyndall (Area 6); Neil Lamb, Lydia Ambrose, and Pam
Overmyer
o 3rd place: 69 species; Team Shell Island (Area 7); Raya Pruner and Marvin Friel
o 4th place: 62 species; Team Deer Point (Area 12); Jim & Beth Miller and Wendy Jones
Team counting the most individuals:
o 1st place: 3,803 birds; Team Marifarms (Area 11); Bradley & Amanda Smith, Emily Ellis,
Chris Forman, and Wendi Greene
o 2nd place: 3,618 birds; Team Lynn Haven West (Area 2)
o 3rd place: 2,211 birds; Team Tyndall (Area 6)
o 4th place: 1,605 birds; Team St. Andrews State Park (Area 8); Ron & Diane Houser, Bill
McCandliss, and Russ Hofstead
Team seeing the most single sightings:
o 1st place: Team Shell Island (Area 7); 7 species: Northern Pintail, Northern Gannet, Least
Bittern, Snowy Plover, Piping Plover, Red Knot, and Seaside Sparrow.
o 2nd place: Team Tyndall (Area 6); 6 species: Common Teal, Wild Turkey, Merlin, Least
Sandpiper, Pileated Woodpecker, and Painted Bunting.
Other single sightings:
o Team Lynn Haven West (Area 2): 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet and one Field Sparrow
o Team Panama City East (Area 1): Fred & Gail Casteel, John Donlon, and Joyce Howard;
8 Black Skimmers
o Team Panama City West (Area 5): Candis Harbison, Ruby Jo Faust, Janice Lucas, and
Louisa Taylor; 3 Common Goldeneyes and 1 Red-headed Woodpecker
o Team PCB (Area 9): Tony Menart, John & Marsha Benton, and Bill McCandliss; 6 Cattle
Egrets
o Team Marifarms (Area 11): 4 Sandhill Cranes and 1 Western Sandpiper
o Team Breakfast Point (Area 10): Jim Moyers, Chris Bettendorf, and Rick West; 3 Eastern
Screech Owls
o Team Deerpoint (Area 12): 120 White Pelicans and 1 Boat-tailed Grackle
Rare species (recorded in 25% or fewer of our CBCs) requiring documentation:
Least Bittern, Sandhill Crane, Painted Bunting, Boat-tailed Grackle, Dicksissel (count week),
and Rufous Hummingbird (count week).
Congratulations to all participants for a job well done!