Late post from last (snowy) Saturday (12/19) Peekskill/Northern Westchester CBC; some highlights in bold
Snow Goose 50 Canada Goose 2920 Mute Swan 47 Gadwall 11 American Widgeon 7 American Black Duck 62 Mallard 489 Canvasback 1 Redhead 1 Ring-necked Duck 18 Lesser Scaup 1 Bufflehead 172 Common Goldeneye 8 Hooded Merganser 211 Common Merganser 1318 Ruddy Duck 11 Common Loon 3 Pied-billed Grebe 8 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Cormorant 43 Great Blue Heron 8 Black Vulture 3 Turkey Vulture 4 Bald Eagle 5 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 5 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 21 Merlin 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 American Coot 156 Killdeer 1 Ring-billed Gull 551 Herring Gull 22 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Rock Pigeon 118 Mourning Dove 85 Eastern Screech Owl 9 Great Horned Owl 1 Barred Owl 3 Belted Kingfisher 15 Red-headed Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 104 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 32 Downy Woodpecker 125 Hairy Woodpecker 21 Northern Flicker 22 Pileated Woodpecker 10 Blue Jay 202 American Crow 200 Fish Crow 1 Common Raven 5 Horned Lark 3 Black-capped Chickadee 235 Tufted Titmouse 252 White-breasted Nuthatch 99 Brown Creeper 4 Carolina Wren 69 Winter Wren 12 Golden-crowned Kinglet 24 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Eastern Bluebird 31 Hermit Thrush 8 American Robin 228 Gray Catbird 7 Northern Mockingbird 23 European Starling 837 American Pipit 30 Cedar Waxwing 312 Yellow-rumped Warbler 14 Eastern Towhee 2 American Tree Sparrow 38 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 1 Savannah Sparrow 5 Fox Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 249 Swamp Sparrow 7 White-throated Sparrow 624 Dark-eyed (Slate col.) Junco 977 Snow Bunting 5 Northern Cardinal 219 Red-winged Blackbird 3 Eastern Meadowlark 1 Rusty Blackbird 2 Common Grackle 26 Brown-headed Cowbird 10 House Finch 33 American Goldfinch 130 House Sparrow 223 L Trachtenberg Ossining From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael C Bochnik Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 10:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [nysbirds-l] Bronx-Westchester CBC Results The 90th Bronx-Westchester Christmas Bird Count found a preliminary 120 species with over 55,000 birds. Highlights were a count week Semipalmated Plover in Pelham Bay Park and a female King Eider off Scotch Capp Island in Rye. It was the first King Eider on the count since 1956. Seven Red-headed Woodpeckers set a new High Count (6 were in Pelham Bay Park, the other in Woodlawn). Other finds included two Eurasian Wigeons, one in Turtle Cove, Bronx and the other at Marshland Conservancy, Rye; Pelham Bay Park had a Rough-legged Hawk; Soundview Park in the Bronx had 4 Ring-necked Pheasant and 40 Snow Bunting. Four Black Vultures were over Hastings and Lenoir Nature 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, Monk Parakeet, Fish Crow, and Carolina Wren. More information can be found at http://www.hras.org/bwcbc.html -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
