Brooklyn Xmas 12/20/08 Xmas Count results

The final number of species seen in the NYBR circle was 124 species

the total # birds was 46,631

List

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Northern Gannet
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Mute Swan
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Green-winged Teal
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Canvasback
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Scoter (sp.)
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-necked Pheasant
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Greater Yellowlegs
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Horned Lark
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Palm Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrows
Great Egret
Ring-necked Duck
Black Scoter
Common Merganser
Rough-legged Hawk
Clapper Rail
Killdeer
Ruddy Turnstone
Snowy Owl
Winter Wren
Orange-crowned Warbler
White-crowned Sparrow
Purple Finch
Little Blue Heron
Common Eider
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Yellow Warbler
Sharp-tailed Sparrow (sp.)
Seaside Sparrow
Rusty Blackbird
Pine Siskin
Blackpoll Warbler

City Island/Pelham Bay Park 12/13/08

site = City Island/Pelham Bay
date = 12/13/08
observers = 8 Observers
Leader : Peter Dorosh

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Canada Goose
Brant
Mute Swan
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Blue Jay
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
American Robin
European Starling
Eastern Towhee
Fox Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch
Great Horned Owl
Hairy Woodpecker
Monk Parakeet
blackbird species fly over landfill
43 species

12/6/08 Jamaica Bay Refuge

Leader: Tom Preston

Location: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Observation date: 12/6/08
Number of species: 62

Snow Goose 350
Brant X
Canada Goose 22
Mute Swan 3
Gadwall 5
American Wigeon 3
American Black Duck 11
Mallard 25
Northern Shoveler 42
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 4
Canvasback 3
Greater Scaup X
Lesser Scaup X
Bufflehead 45
Common Goldeneye 3
Hooded Merganser 16
Red-breasted Merganser 19
Ruddy Duck X
Horned Grebe 25
Double-crested Cormorant 9
Great Blue Heron 3
Little Blue Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 7
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon 18
Mourning Dove 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
American Crow 5
Black-capped Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 15
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 27
Cedar Waxwing 11
Yellow-rumped Warbler 23
American Tree Sparrow 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 5
Swamp Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 55
Dark-eyed Junco 14
Northern Cardinal 6
Common Grackle 3
Purple Finch 1
House Finch 9
Pine Siskin 1
American Goldfinch 26
House Sparrow 2