The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a yearly count of all birds in the Western Hemisphere and it has been taking place since 1900! This is the longest-running Citizen Science project in North America. Each year, members and friends of Nature Moncton crisscross Greater Moncton to count wild bird species in our area.
Volunteers are also needed to count birds at the feeders in their yard. This year’s compiler is Susan Atkinson. She can be reached at susandatkinson@hotmail.com.
The 2025 count day will be Saturday December 20, 2025. Mitch Doucet will be this year’s compiler and he can be reached at MitchDoucet@Gmail.com.

Canada Goose 306
American Black Duck 27
Mallard 1121
American Wigeon 1
Common Merganser 9
Wood Duck 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 13
Ruffed Grouse 3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 600
Mourning Dove 50
Ring-billed Gull 9
Herring Gull 2550
Iceland Gull 405
Glaucous Gull 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 273
Bald Eagle 61
Northern Harrier 3
Red-tailed Hawk 4

Cooper’s Hawk 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 2
Barred Owl 1
Short-eared Owl 1
Downy Woodpecker 33
Hairy Woodpecker 18
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Carolina Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 96
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 3
Bohemian Waxwing 16
European Starling 2067
Red-breasted Nuthatch 34

White-breasted Nuthatch 32
Brown Creeper 9
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 6
American Tree Sparrow 14
Dark-eyed Junco 41
Song Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 9
Evening Grosbeak 20
Pine Grosbeak 2
Pine Siskin 3
White-winged Crossbill 12
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 226
Blue Jay 69
American Crow 892
Common Raven 56
Northern Mockingbird 1
Total count day: 56
