Christmas Bird Count Editorial Codes and Database Flags Two-letter codes are often used by regional editors to better explain or question a given record. Database flags can be set by compilers and regional editors to indicate Reminder an unusual species, high count, or low count. This list will aid you in deciphering The Christmas Bird Count is the keys when reading accounts in the summaries and on the web site. always held December 14 Code Comment Code Comment through January 5. AB albino NC new to count To find out the date of a specific AD adult ND no details count, go to the CBC home page AF at feeder NF not Forster’s <www.audubon.org/bird/cbc> AM adult male NH call not heard and click “Get Involved,” or AP alternate plumage NU not unusual? contact your local Audubon chapter or center. AQ adequate details OU origin unknown BD banded PD poor details DD details desired PH photo DM dark morph PS present for some time DW dark winged QN questionable number ED excellent details QU ? EO experienced observer RA radio collared ES estimated number RC record count EX exotic RI recent introduction FC first CBC record RN remarkable number Calling FE feral RP reintroduced population All Counters!y FP female-plumaged RR remarkable record We’re always looking for images to FS first state record RT responded to tape use in American Birds, such as FW first winter RW regular in winter photographs of birds seen during the GD good details SK sketch Christmas Bird Count or participants in HE high elevation SP specimen the field. If you would like your pictures HH hand held SW second winter considered for publication, please go to HO heard only UD unconvincing details the CBC page on the Audubon website, <www.audubon.org/bird/cbc>, HY hypothetical UE uncountable exotic and click on the link for online IJ injured UR under review photo submittal. IM immature VP viable population? IV ID by voice VT videotaped LO low WM white morph MD marginal details WR winter state record ML migrant lingering YM immature male MO many observers Database flags US = Unusual species HC = Unusually high count LC = Low count THE 109TH CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT AMERICAN BIRDS 107 Count Circles, Codes, and Compilers in the 108th Count Our sincere thanks go to each and every Christmas Bird Count compiler, whose field and organizational skills make the CBC happen each season. To contact your local compiler, or the compiler of a count in an area you will be visiting during the holiday season, please go to the CBC home page at www.audubon.org/bird/cbc and click on the “Get Involved” link. CANADA BCKA Kamloops Rick Howie MBGI Gimli Bonnie Chartier BCKB Kimberley Greg Ross MBGS Glenboro-Spruce Woods Lorelie Mitchell ALBERTA (AB) BCKE Kelowna Chris Charlesworth MBLY Lyleton A.J. Greenley ABBC Banff-Canmore Mike McIvor BCKF Kingfisher Janice Lacko MBMI Minnedosa Ian Thorleifson ABBE Bergthal Bryan Isaac BCKI Kitimat April Macleod MBOH Oak Hammock Marsh Paula Grieef ABBR Brule Beth MacCallum BCKO Kaslo Dirk Rinehart Pidcock MBPL Pinawa-Lac du Bonnet Peter Taylor ABBV Beaverlodge Joan E. Kerr BCLA Ladner Jude Grass MBPP Portage la Prairie Carrie Braden ABCA Calgary Phillip Cram BCLC Lake Country Trevor Forder MBRM Riding Mountain N.P. Thuraya Weedon Donna Wieckowski Pam Laing MBSE Selkirk Gerald Machnee ABCK Cold Lake Ted Hindmarch BCLK Logan Lake Bert Parke MBTH Thompson Dave McDonald ABCM Camrose Glen Hvenegaard Karl Ricker MBWI Winnipeg Rudolf Koes ABCO Cochrane Frank Hennessey BCLL Lillooet Ken Wright ABDC Devon-Calmar Ian Tichkowsky BCLP Little River-Powell River Ferry Guy L. Monty NEW BRUNSWICK (NB) ABDI Dinosaur P.P. Yousif Attia BCLQ Lasqueti Island Sheila Ray NBCT Cape Tormentine Allan D. Smith ABED Edmonton Kim Blomme BCLR Lardeau Gail Spitler NBED Edmundston Roy LaPointe ABEI Elk Island N.P. Gwynne Hayward BCMA Greater Masset Peter Hamel NBFR Fredericton Don Gibson ABFM Fort McMurray Cathy Mountain Margo Hearne NBGM Grand Manan Island Brian Dalzell Robert Grey BCMC McBride Elsie Stanley Durlan Ingersoll ABFS Fort Saskatchewan Art Hughes BCME Merritt Wayne Weber NBMO Moncton Roger Leblanc ABGP Grande Prairie Joan E. Kerr Alan Burger NBRA Riverside-Albert David Christie ABHC Horseshoe Canyon Michael Harrison BCMK Mackenzie David Lambie NBSL St.Leonard Roy LaPointe ABHI Hinton Beth MacCallum BCNB Nanoose Bay Rhys Harrison NBSS St. Stephen Bill Nelson ABJA Jasper Gordon Ruddy BCNK Nakusp Gary Davidson NBST Stanley Julie Singleton ABLB Lac La Biche Jennifer Okrainec BCNN Nanaimo Carlo Pavan NBSV Sackville Sean Blaney ABMH Medicine Hat Bob Frew BCNS Nelson Elaine Moore Marty Drut BCOO Oliver-Osoyoos Doug Brown NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR (NL) ABNA Nanton Laurie Messner BCPA Port Alberni Sandy McRuer NLBB Bonne Bay Morgan Anderson Mike Truch BCPB Pemberton-Mt. Currie Hugh Naylor NLCB Corner Brook Lois Bateman ABOP Opal Gerald Romanchuk BCPE Penticton Richard Cannings NLCL Clarenville Eric Watton ABRD Red Deer Judy Boyd BCPG Prince George Cathy Antoniazzi NLCR Cape Race John Wells ABRM Rocky Mountain House Chiarastella Feder BCPH Pender Harbour Tony Greenfield NLCS Cape St. Mary’s John Wells ABSA St. Albert Alan Hingston BCPI Pender Islands Gerald McKeating NLFL Ferryland Bruce Mactavish ABSH Sheep River Doug Collister Patricia Crossley NLGA Gander J. Kevin Butler ABSL Slave Lake Patti Campsall BCPL Port Clements Peter Hamel NLGB Happy Valley-Goose Bay Tony Chubbs ABSP St. Paul Paul E. Boisvert Margo Hearne NLSC St. Paul’s-Cow Head Morgan Anderson ABSR Strathcona Jim Goodwin BCPM Pitt Meadows Michael Buckingham NLSJ St. Johns Paul Linegar ABST Stettler Wayne Kinsella Michael Griffin NLWL Wabush-Labrador City Gordon Parsons ABSV Spruce View Judy Boyd BCPO Powell River Heather Harbord ABTO Tofield Joyce Kelly-Sinclair BCPQ Parksville-Qualicum Beach Sandra Gray NORTHWEST TERRITORIES (NT) ABTS Snake’s Head Doug Collister BCPT Princeton Madelon Schouten NTFS Fort Simpson Douglas Tate ABVE Vermilion I. Davies BCRE Revelstoke Michael Morris NTFT Fort Smith Dawn Andrews ABWA Wainwright Shane Mascarin BCRS Rose Spit Peter Hamel NTHR Hay River Gary Vizniowski ABWL Wabamun Lake John Folinsbee BCRW Rossland-Warfield Linda Szymkowiak NTIN Inuvik Craig Dockrill ABWR Cochrane Wildlife Reserve Jamey Podlubny Arnold By NTNW Norman Wells Richard Popko Suzanne Visser BCSA Salmon Arm Ted Hillary NTYE Yellowknife Robert Bromley BCSC Sunshine Coast Tony Greenfield BRITISH COLUMBIA (BC) BCSH Stewart-Hyder Bob Schonewille NOVA SCOTIA (NS) BCAC Ashcroft-Cache Creek Al Nickull BCSI Skidegate Inlet Peter Hamel NSAM Amherst Becky Stewart BCAH Apex-Hedley Eva Durance Brian Eccles NSAN Antigonish Randy Lauff BCAM Abbotsford-Mission Lynn Miller BCSL Shuswap Lake P.P. Rick Howie NSAR Apple River Kathleen Spicer BCBA Bamfield Anne Stewart BCSM Smithers Jane Hoek Cynthia Spicer BCBK Bridge Lake Wendy Marshall BCSQ Squamish Grant & Marcia Danielson NSBC Broad Cove Sylvia Fullerton BCBL Burns Lake-Francois Lake Judith Kleger BCSS Sidney-South Saltspring Jean Brouard NSBI Brier Island Eric Mills BCBR Broughton Strait Bob Waldon Ann Nightingale NSBS Bedford-Sackville Richard Peckham BCBV Bridesville Doug Brown BCTE Terrace Diane Weismiller NSCS Cape Sable Island Joan Czapalay BCCA Cawston Doug Brown BCTL Tlell Peter Hamel Murray Newell BCCB Cranbrook Greg Ross Barb Small NSGB Glace Bay Catherine Murrant BCCG Castlegar Peter McIver BCTR Trail-Beaver Valley Arnold By NSHD Halifax-Dartmouth Angela Thibodeau BCCH Chilliwack Denis Knopp Werner Heitmann NSKI Kingston Wayne Neily BCCI Cortes Island Nancy Kendel BCVA Vancouver Danny Tyson NSLO Louisbourg Ken Donovan BCCR Campbell River Ed Silkens BCVE Vernon Erin Nelson NSLU Lunenburg James Hirtle BCCT Creston Valley Sharon Laughlin BCVI Victoria Ann Nightingale NSPI Pictou Harbour Kenny McKenna BCDA D’arcy-Birken R. Dan Cumming BCVL Vaseux Lake Richard Cannings NSSC Strait of Canso David Johnston BCDC Dawson Creek Mark Phinney BCVT Valemount Delores Moore NSSY The Sydneys David McCorquodale BCDU Duncan Derrick Marven BCWH Whistler James Hallisey NSWH West Hants Patrick Kelly BCFA Fauquier Ruth Bumpus BCWL Williams Lake Phil Ranson NSWO Wolfville Alison Bogan BCFE Fernie Bob Livsey BCYA Yalakom Valley Toby Mueller Jim Wolford BCFS Fort St. James Joanne Vinnedge NSYA Yarmouth Eric Ruff BCGF Grand Forks Jenny Coleshill MANITOBA (MB) Barbara Ruff BCGO Golden Ellen Zimmerman MBBA Balmoral Jim Duncan BCGS Galiano-North Saltspring Michael Hoebel MBBR Brandon Cal Cuthbert NUNAVUT (NU) BCHC Hat Creek Ken Wright MBCR Cypress River-Spruce Woods Ken DeSmet NUAB Arctic Bay Clare Kines BCHR Harrison River Denis Knopp MBDA Dauphin William Walley NUAR Arviat Lynne Rollin BCHS Lower Howe Sound Loys Maingon MBDM Delta Marsh Robert Jones NURI Rankin Inlet Brian Zawadski 108 AMERICAN BIRDS ONTARIO (ON) ONPM Pembroke Manson Fleguel ST. PIERRE ET MIQUELON (FR) ONAI Amherst Island Janet Scott ONPN Elliot Lake (Penokean Hills) Joan MacGillivray FRIS Ile St.-Pierre Roger Etcheberry ONAL Algonquin P.P. Ron Tozer ONPO Port Hope-Cobourg Roger Frost FRPM Saint-Pierre et Miquelon Islands Roger Etcheberry ONAM Alfred-Montebello Jacques Bouvier ONPP Point Pelee Sarah Rupert ONAT Atikokan Dave Elder ONPQ Presqu’ile P.P. David Bree SASKATCHEWAN (SK) ONBA Barrie Alex Mills ONPT Peterborough Tony Bigg SKBI Biggar Guy Wapple ONBE Beaverton Matt Holder ONPV Port Burwell-Vienna Ron Allensen SKCC Clark’s Crossing Michael Williams ONBL Blenheim Keith Burk Adrian Juurlink SKCL Candle Lake Don Weidl ONBN Bancroft Bruce Collins ONRE Renfrew Jim Ferguson SKCR Creighton Brenda Schmidt ONBP Bruce Peninsula N.P. John Haselmayer ONRF Rideau Ferry Judy Buehler SKEA Eastend Robert Gebhardt ONBR Brockville Area Daniel Cliffen ONRH Richmond Hill Natalie Helferty SKES Estevan Guy Wapple ONBV Belleville John Blaney ONRL Red Lake Everett Hanna SKGD Gardiner Dam Guy Wapple ONBW Bradford-West Gwillimbury Mike van den Tillaart ONSC St. Catharines Marcie Jacklin SKHA Harris Guy Wapple Ron Fleming ONSD Sudbury Dieter Schoenefeld SKKI Kinloch Don Forbes ONCA Cambridge Ted Cheskey ONSF Stratford Gail King SKKU Kutawagan Lake Sheila Lamont ONCC Cedar Creek Paul Pratt ONSG Sturgeon Lake Chris Ellingwood SKLM Last Mountain Lake W.M.U.