[nysbirds-l] Bronx-Westchester CBC Results
The Bronx-Westchester Christmas Bird Count held SundayDecember 26 found a preliminary 110 species. Our species average is 116. Highlights included Greater White-fronted Goose, 2 ClapperRails, Lesser-black-backed Gull, Red-headed Woodpecker, Chipping Sparrow,Boat-tailed Grackles, Orange-crownedWarbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, and 4 Pine Warblers. The Boat-tailedGrackles and the Black-throated Blue Warbler were new to the count and bringthe cumulative total of species to 234 to the 98 year count. High Counts included Ring-necked Duck, Great Blue Heron,Black-Vulture, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle and Fish Crow. American Kestrel had a41-year high. All time low counts included Common Goldeneye and AmericanTree Sparrow. American Wigeon had a 69-year low; Tufted Titmouse a 62-year low.Horned Grebe was missed for the first time since 1944. Other notable missesincluded Canvasback, American Coot and Red-breasted Nuthatch. The count is a little over 7,000 birds away from its 4 millionthbird. Michael Bochnik -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Brown Pelican in Yonkers Westchester County. Flew north up Hudson
A Brown Pelican was found at the Yonkers Waterfront. It sat for about a 20 minutes but then flew north up the east side of the Hudson at 10:50am. Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Bronx-Westchester CBC Results
97th Bronx-WestchesterChristmas Bird Count Sunday, December 27, 2020 Despite the Covid pandemic, the 97th Bronx-Westchester CBC was still held. Heath protocols were followed; masks were worn, social distancing followed and we did not have a count dinner compilation. But we did have a great Zoom meeting compilation. We hope to combine a physical dinner and a zoom meeting next year. The 97th Bronx-Westchester Christmas Bird Count found 120 species on Sunday December 27, 2020. Four above average. An additional 2 species were seen count week. Highlights include the first records of Common Eiders; females off Mamaroneck and the East Bronx. Other highlights include the 3rd count record for Semipalmated Plover in the East Bronx, an Iceland Gull on the Hastings-on-Hudson waterfront, and Common Redpolls in Hastings and Rye. Count Week birds included White-fronted Goose and Glaucous Gull in Rye. Other notable birds were 3 Redhead, all three scoters, 4 Ring-necked Pheasants, 2 Red-necked Grebes, 2 Clapper Rail, Wilson's Snipe, Snowy Owl on an island off the East Bronx, 6 Barred Owl and a Northern Saw-whet Owl in Kings Point, Horned Larks, Eastern Bluebird, American Pipit, 70 Pine Siskins, 4 Chipping Sparrows, and 2 White-crowned Sparrows. New high counts were set for Common Loon, Black Vulture, Bald Eagle, Cooper's Hawk, Common Raven, Carolina Wren. There was a 28 year high for Great Blue Heron, and a 29 year high for Savannah Sparrow. Only 35,315 bird were counted; about 7,000 below our 20 year average. But despite that; we saw no 20 year lows. Missed Species included Northern Pintail, American Coot, Ruddy Turnstone, and Marsh Wren. Details can be found on the count's Web site at https://www.hras.org/count/97thbw.html Michael Bochnik -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Prothonotary Warbler at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge , Queens
We had a Prothonotary Warbler along the main path in the North Gardens this morning. Michael Bochnik Sent from my iPhone -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [nysbirds-l] Bronx-Westchester CBC results
My email was wrong. Steve is correct. They were Surf Scoters. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 27, 2016, at 9:06 PM, Steve Walter wrote: > > Michael, > > The scoter counts off City Island are 1200 Surf, 40 White-winged, and 20 > Black. It sounds like it got transcribed incorrectly somewhere along the way. > > Steve > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Preliminary Bronx-Westchester CBC Results
The 91st Bronx-Westchester CBC found a preliminary124 species, just 2 shy of its record on Sunday December 28, 2014. Highlights included a femaleRose-breasted Grosbeak in the Bronx Zoo, an Indigo Bunting at MarshlandsConservancy in Rye, Great and Snowy Egret in Pelham Bay Park and a GlaucousGull off Milton Point in Rye. Other finds were all three scoters and NorthernGannet in Long Island Sound, a Ring-necked Pheasant in Soundview Park, threeMerlin, 14 Eastern Bluebirds, three Common Yellowthroats, 2 Palm Warblers,White-crowned Sparrow and three Pine Siskin. New high count was set for Gadwall,second year in a row with 480. Michael Bochnik -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
