Augusta Christmas Bird Count results

[Glenn Hodgkins]

This winter's (December 20, 2025) Augusta Christmas Bird Count had relatively low numbers of species seen, the lowest for the Augusta CBC since 2013. All of us together saw 47 species on count day. This was a typical number of species on the CBC in the 1990s. We tallied 9718 individual birds. There were notably low numbers of American Robin, American Tree Sparrow, Canada Goose, and Common Goldeneye. We had another record high year for Eastern Bluebird.

Some cool birds seen included a Gray Catbird, the 5th ever on our count, the first Red-winged Blackbird since 2014, and a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker as a count-week species. The table below shows all the species and numbers.

Glenn

Species	2025 totals
American Black Duck	34
American Crow	4774
American Goldfinch	292
American Robin	13
American Tree Sparrow	9
Bald Eagle	119
Barred Owl	2
Belted Kingfisher	1
Black-capped Chickadee	467
Blue Jay	90
Brown Creeper	7
Canada Goose	12
Carolina Wren	7
Cedar Waxwing	15
Common Goldeneye	6
Common Merganser	30
Common Raven	14
Cooper’s Hawk	2
Dark-eyed Junco	203
Downy Woodpecker	42
Eastern Bluebird	132
European Starling	522
Golden-crowned Kinglet	5
Gray Catbird	1
Hairy Woodpecker	26
Herring Gull	1145
Hooded Merganser	30
House Finch	173
House Sparrow	136
Mallard	318
Mourning Dove	146
Northern Cardinal	102
Northern Mockingbird	1
Pileated Woodpecker	3
Pine Siskin	3
Purple Finch	12
Red-bellied Woodpecker	15
Red-Breasted Nuthatch	73
Red-tailed Hawk	7
Red-winged blackbird	1
Ring-billed Gull	100
Rock Pigeon	114
Song Sparrow	2
Tufted Titmouse	200
White-breasted Nuthatch	121
White-throated Sparrow	6
Wild Turkey	185
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	count week