There will be two more Christmas bird counts in the Bangor area. Both are open to the public.

The second count takes place today at Bangor-Bucksport. Interested birders can participate by calling Jerry Smith at 825-4920.

The third bird count is held on New Year’s Day and runs in conjunction with a beginner course on birding. The group will meet at Fields Pond Nature Center in Orrington and travel to Hancock Point, Sorrento, and Schoodic looking for unusual sea ducks and grebes, shrikes, and eagles. Register by calling 989-2591 today by 4 p.m. Cost is $20.

Results from the first Christmas bird count:

Great blue heron 1, black duck 7, mallard 346, common goldeneye 19, Barrow’s goldeneye 28, hooded merganser 2, common merganser 19, red-breasted merganser 1, bald eagle 4, sharp-skinned hawk 2, goshawk 1, ruffed grouse 6, wild turkey 11, herring gull 26, great black-backed gull 3, ring-billed gull 7, Iceland gull 1, rock dove 471, mourning dove 606, downy woodpecker 4, hairy woodpecker 36, pileated woodpecker 4, blue jay 222, crow 313, raven 40, black-capped chickadee 532, tufted titmouse 9, red-breasted nuthatch 58, white-breasted nuthatch 41, brown creeper 9, golden-crowned kinglet 33, mockingbird 1, robin 280, cedar waxwing 154, northern shrike 1, starling 732, cardinal 36, tree sparrow 41, song sparrow 5, white-throated sparrow 1, junco 60, pine grosbeak 83, purple finch 40, house finch 151, red crossbill 1, white-winged crossbill 25, pine siskin 162, goldfinch 620, evening grosbeak 10, house sparrow 75