CLERMONT CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT
JANUARY 1, 2024 - ALL DAY EVENT
The Results from the
12th Annual Clermont Christmas Bird Count
The Clermont Christmas Bird Count was held on Monday, January 1, 2024. It was the twelfth annual count hosted at The Florida Scrub-Jay Trail.
The 15-mile diameter count circle is centered on the north shore of Lake Minnehaha and extends outward 7.5 miles in every direction from that
point. The circle is split into ten zones, and this year 50 birders were divided among the zones to count and identify as many birds as possible. They were very successful.
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CLERMONT CBC 2023-2024 STATS
A total of 120 species, plus six other taxa were recorded.
An impressive 11,507 individual birds were counted. There were no Count Week species. In total over the twelve years, 179 species have been found on a Clermont CBC.
No new species were recorded this year. However, we had several count highlights:
- Northern Pintail (2 - Zones 2 and 6, the third CBC appearance and a high count tie)
- Redhead (1 - Zone 2, the second CBC appearance and a high count tie)
- Bufflehead (1 - Zone 3, the third CBC appearance, first appearance in seven years)
- Snail Kite (1 - Zone 7, the third CBC appearance and a high count tie, first appearance in five years)
- Laughing Gull (2 - Zone 3, the second CBC appearance and a new high
Laughing Gull (2 - Zone 3, the second CBC appearance and a new high count)
- Vermillion Flycatcher (1 - Zone 2, the third CBC appearance and a high count tie)
- Great Crested Flycatcher
(1 - Zone 7, the second CBC appearance and a high count tie, first appearance since the very first Clermont CBC 12 years ago)
- American Redstart (1 - Zone 2, the fifth CBC appearance and a high count tie)
- White-throated Sparrow (4 - Zones 3 and 4, the third CBC appearance, first appearance in nine years)
A few species achieved new high counts this year:
- Fish Crow (883)
- Tree Swallow (3589)
- Black-and-White Warbler (27)
- House Finch (27)
Two annual species were unrecorded for the very first time:
- Wild Turkey
- Florida Scrub-Jay (not gonna lie, this one hurts)
Several annual species had their lowest numbers ever recorded on a Clermont CBC:
- Hooded Merganser (4)
- Great Egret (36)
- Tricolored Heron (7)
- American Coot (2)
- Sandhill Crane (307)
- Killdeer (83)
- Forster's Tern (8)
- Belted Kingfisher (6)
- Eastern Phoebe (101)
- White-eyed Vireo (7)
- Brown Thrasher (3)
- Palm Warbler (493)
- Chipping Sparrow (107)
- American Goldfinch (17)
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