The preliminary results of the Kings Christmas Bird Count was a total of 117 species. Top rarities not recorded before fell upon the very renown PAINTED BUNTING and a surprise crisp looking BLUE HEADED VIREO, both birds seen in Prospect Park.
Compiling was Rick Cech, Assisted by Paul Keim.Thanks to Bobbi Manian organizing the teams, Heidi Steiner for dinner setup. Especially also to all participants of the count ,thanks to them. We also extend our gratitude to the Prospect Park Alliance for use of the beautiful Boathouse Audubon Center for our dinner tally.
Happy Holidays and best wishes for a terrific New Year to come for birds.
Brooklyn Bird Club
Brooklyn Xmas Count Annual Report: 2015 Species Total Seen
Brant 16181
Canada Goose 1632
Mute Swan 66
Wood Duck 3IRR
Gadwall 22
American Wigeon 58
American Black Duck 1266
Mallard 768
Northern Shoveler 239
Northern Pintail 9
Green-winged Teal 26
Ring-necked Duck 2IRR
Greater Scaup 1297
Lesser Scaup 46
White-winged Scoter 8
Black Scoter 588
Scoter (sp.)n/a
Long-tailed Duck 82
Bufflehead 709
Common Goldeneye 2
Hooded Merganser 75
Red-breasted Merganser 228
Ruddy Duck 236
Red-throated Loon 71
Common Loon 83
Pied-billed Grebe 17
Horned Grebe 76
Northern Gannet 1470
Double-crested Cormorant 82
Great Cormorant 36
American Bittern 1IRR
Great Blue Heron 14
Turkey Vulture 2RARE
Bald Eagle 1RARE
Northern Harrier 11
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
Cooper's Hawk 8
Red-shouldered Hawk 2IRR
Red-tailed Hawk 18
American Kestrel 5
Merlin 5
Peregrine Falcon 4
Sora 1RARE
American Coot 42
Black-bellied Plover 25
Killdeer 6
Greater Yellowlegs 16
Ruddy Turnstone 1IRR
Sanderling 845
Purple Sandpiper 9
Dunlin 64
Wilson's Snipe 1IRR
American Woodcock 1
Bonaparte's Gull 1
Black-headed Gull 1RARE
Ring-billed Gull 5211
Herring Gull 3526
Great Black-backed Gull 466
Rock Pigeon 946
Mourning Dove 347
Monk Parakeet 18
Great Horned Owl 3IRR
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 33
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 10
Downy Woodpecker 50
Hairy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker 36
Blue-headed Vireo 1NEW FOR COUNT
Blue Jay 50
American Crow 70
Fish Crow 3IRR
Common Raven 1RARE
Horned Lark 67
Tree Swallow 53IRR
Black-capped Chickadee 13
Tufted Titmouse 12
White-breasted Nuthatch 27
Brown Creeper 4
Carolina Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2IRR
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 18
Hermit Thrush 4
American Robin 154
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 57
European Starling 2457
Cedar Waxwing 21
Orange-crowned Warbler 3
Nashville Warbler 2RARE
Yellow Warbler 1RARE
Yellow-rumped Warbler 162
Palm Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1IRR
Eastern Towhee 1
American Tree Sparrow 22
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrow 3
Fox Sparrow 28
Song Sparrow 134
Swamp Sparrow 9
White-throated Sparrow 271
White-crowned Sparrow 1IRR
Dark-eyed Junco 41
Snow Bunting 146
Northern Cardinal 127
Painted Bunting 1NEW FOR COUNT
Red-winged Blackbird 96
Rusty Blackbird 1IRR
Common Grackle 9
Boat-tailed Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 651
Purple Finch 1RARE
House Finch 222
Pine Siskin 9IRR
American Goldfinch 168
House Sparrow 508
Species Count:
Number Seen:117
42,766 total birds
NOTE: "cw" = Count Week only
IRR = irregular ,Rare = less 3 of ten years
