Sunday, December 16, 2018

Kings County 2018 BKXMas - Preliminary numbers

Below is the Christmas Bird Count numbers for Kings County circle. The tally is 121 species. Numbers will be finalized after count period ends Tuesday.


Thanks to Rick Cech for compiling the data,with assistance from Paul Keim
And to all the birders young and old in the field participating in this great event.

We also thank the Prospect Park Alliance for generous use of the majestic Boathouse for the count dinner.

Toll next year - Dec 14th, enjoy your holidays and good wishes for the New Year

From: rcech <rcech@nyc.rr.com>
To: 'Peter' <prosbird@aol.com>; celaskowski <celaskowski@yahoo.com>; mjyuan <mjyuan@gmail.com>
Sent: Sun, Dec 16, 2018 08:25 PM
Subject: RE: 2018 BKXMas - Further Information

 

2018

# Seen

Snow Goose

9

Brant

10782

Canada Goose

1938

Mute Swan

89

Wood Duck

4

Northern Shoveler

342

Gadwall

89

American Wigeon

68

Mallard

889

American Black Duck

485

Northern Pintail

9

Green-winged Teal

63

Canvasback

1

IRR

Greater Scaup

728

Lesser Scaup

82

Common Eider

50

IRR

Surf Scoter

98

White-winged Scoter

6

Black Scoter

178

Scoter (sp.)

372

Long-tailed Duck

457

Bufflehead

1135

Common Goldeneye

65

Hooded Merganser

72

Common Merganser

cw

IRR

Red-breasted Merganser

484

Ruddy Duck

302

Ring-necked Pheasant

1

Pied-billed Grebe

4

Horned Grebe

85

Red-necked Grebe

3

IRR

Rock Pigeon

814

Mourning Dove

239

American Coot

18

Black-bellied Plover

7

Killdeer

6

Red Knot

1

RARE

Sanderling

942

Dunlin

74

Purple Sandpiper

6

American Woodcock

3

Greater Yellowlegs

3

Razorbill

1

RARE

Ring-billed Gull

3373

Herring Gull

1208

Iceland Gull

1

RARE

Great Black-backed Gull

191

Red-throated Loon

84

Common Loon

183

Northern Gannet

21

Double-crested Cormorant

82

Great Cormorant

49

Great Blue Heron

33

Green Heron

cw

RARE

Black-crowned Night-Heron

1

IRR

Turkey Vulture

cw

IRR

Northern Harrier

18

Sharp-shinned Hawk

7

Cooper's Hawk

16

Red-tailed Hawk

25

Barn Owl

1

RARE

Great Horned Owl

1

IRR

Snowy Owl

1

IRR

Northern Saw-whet Owl

3

IRR

Belted Kingfisher

7

Red-bellied Woodpecker

61

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

2

Downy Woodpecker

50

Hairy Woodpecker

3

Northern Flicker

101

American Kestrel

13

Merlin

8

Peregrine Falcon

9

Monk Parakeet

5

Eastern Phoebe

3

RARE

Blue Jay

289

American Crow

517

Fish Crow

55

IRR

Common Raven

2

IRR

Horned Lark

25

Tree Swallow

174

IRR

Black-capped Chickadee

34

Tufted Titmouse

101

Red-breasted Nuthatch

30

White-breasted Nuthatch

77

Brown Creeper

6

Winter Wren

4

Marsh Wren

2

RARE

Carolina Wren

33

Golden-crowned Kinglet

1

IRR

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

8

Eastern Bluebird

2

RARE

Hermit Thrush

9

American Robin

187

Gray Catbird

8

Northern Mockingbird

162

European Starling

2549

Cedar Waxwing

4

House Sparrow

261

American Pipit

1

Evening Grosbeak

1

RARE

House Finch

128

Purple Finch

11

IRR

Common Redpoll

3

RARE

Pine Siskin

4

IRR

American Goldfinch

180

Snow Bunting

37

Eastern Towhee

2

American Tree Sparrow

31

Field Sparrow

7

Savannah Sparrow

39

Seaside Sparrow

1

IRR

Fox Sparrow

46

Song Sparrow

271

Swamp Sparrow

23

White-throated Sparrow

402

Dark-eyed Junco

59

Red-winged Blackbird

31

Brown-headed Cowbird

122

Rusty Blackbird

1

IRR

Common Grackle

1

Boat-tailed Grackle

88

IRR

Yellow Warbler

1

RARE

Yellow-rumped Warbler

126

Northern Cardinal

220

 

Total species: 121

Total Count: 32,568