The 90th Bronx-Westchester Christmas BirdCount found a preliminary 120 species with over 55,000 birds. Highlights were a count week Semipalmated Plover inPelham Bay Park and a female King Eider off Scotch Capp Island in Rye. It wasthe first King Eider on the count since 1956. Seven Red-headed Woodpeckers set a new High Count (6were in Pelham Bay Park, the other in Woodlawn). Other finds included two Eurasian Wigeons, one inTurtle Cove, Bronx and the other at Marshland Conservancy, Rye; Pelham Bay Parkhad a Rough-legged Hawk; ?Soundview Park inthe Bronx had 4 Ring-necked Pheasant and 40 Snow Bunting. Four Black Vultures were over Hastings and LenoirNature Preserve. ?Three Red-neck Grebes,a single Razorbill and a Lesser Black-backed Gull were in Rye New high counts were set for Brant, Gadwall,Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Northern Flicker, MonkParakeet, Fish Crow, and Carolina Wren. More information can be found at http://www.hras.org/bwcbc.html
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