[CT Birds] Fish Crow in Connecticut: Part II. CBC Data

[Linda & Steve Broker]

Here are the Christmas Bird Count data for Fish Crow in Connecticut  
for the period 1950-51 through 2007-08.  They are grouped into  
northern, mid-state, and coastal counts.  I'm not even going to  
attempt to align columns of this pasted Excel spreadsheet.

Fish Crow in Connecticut
Part II. Total Number of Fish Crows Reported on CBCs, 1950-51 through  
2007-08

Northern Counts                        Fish  
Crows                        1st Year Reported            Highest/1 Yr
Barkhamsted                                     
1                                    2006-07                        1
Edwin Way Teale                         
0                                     
-                                    -
Hartford                                     
200                                    1977-78                        16
Litchfield Hills                         
8                                    2002-03                        6
Lakeville-Sharon                         
0                                     
-                                    -
Storrs                                                 
0                                     
-                                    -
TOTAL:                                    209            (4.2% of  
statewide total)

Mid-State Counts                        Fish  
Crows                        1st Year Reported            Highest/1 Yr
Oxford                                                 
104                                    1979-80                        20
Pawling                                     
38                                    1995-96                        9
Quinnipiac Valley                         
12                                    1974-75                        4
Salmon River                                     
3                                    1995-96                        2
Woodbury-Roxbury                         
26                                    1992-93                        5
TOTAL:                                    183            (3.7% of  
statewide total)

Coastal Counts                        Fish  
Crows                        1st Year Reported*            Highest/1 Yr
Greenwich-Stamford                         
167                                    1950-51                        18
New Haven                                     
2734                                     
1967-68                        429
New London                                     
242                                    1953-54                        50
Old Lyme-Saybrook                         
34                                    1970-71                        10
Stratford-Milford                         
802                                    1965-66                        98
Westport                                     
588                                    1952-53                        66
Napatree                                     
4                                    2002-03                        2
TOTAL:                                    4571            (92.1% of  
statewide total)

STATE TOTAL:                        4963 Fish Crows counted on CBCs  
from 1950-51 to
                                                             2007-08

*Does not consider CBC observations of Fish Crow prior to 1950-51.


The data indicate that among northern counts, only Hartford has had  
significant numbers of Fish Crows, ranging from 1 to 16 birds per  
count year.  Hartford is urban (with active land fills in past  
years), and Hartford has the Connecticut River.  Among mid-state  
counts, Oxford has recorded the most Fish Crows.  The Oxford CBC has  
the Housatonic River.  Among coastal counts, the real concentration  
of Fish Crows is from Westport CBC to New London CBC, with New Haven  
area coastline being the Fish Crow capital of the state.  Coastal  
counts have recorded 92% of Fish Crows found on our CBCs since 1950.   
An interesting feature of these numbers is that Old Lyme-Saybrook has  
recorded very few Fish Crows on its CBCs.  Perhaps someone can  
explain this situation.

Steve Broker
Cheshire