1997 CBC

Home Up

Weather conditions for 1997 were warmer than past years, with temperatures ranging from 30 to 43 deg.F. Snow cover was minimal. Waters of Lake Michigan and Macatawa were open, and weather was cloudy. Twenty three observers in 9 parties spent 49.85 hours and 438 miles on the count.

Top Ten Birds
(Based on Total Birds):

    Common Merganser

    1316

    European Starling

    1257

    Ring-billed Gull

    911

    Mourning Dove

    660

    House Sparrow

    657

    American Crow

    526

    Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco

    513

    Rock Dove

    405

    Canada Goose

    351

    American Goldfinch

    305

TOTAL BIRDS 8742 TOTAL SPECIES 55

Complete count data is on the Ottawa CBC Data page

Respectfully submitted by Frederick B. Bevis

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