Monday, December 18, 2017

Fwd: Preliminary Count Summary Kings County December 16th


Thanks to master compiler Rick Cech, atttached is the Kings County CBC results.


Peter
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-----Original Message-----
From: Rick <rcech@nyc.rr.com>
To: Peter Dorosh <ProsBird@aol.com>

Sent: Mon, Dec 18, 2017 1:50 pm
Subject: Preliminary Count Summary


Peter: Here is preliminary count summary for posting. I'll send out the regular, more detailed reports later.
Let me know if any questions,
Rick
BKXMas 2017
Species
Count
Notes
Snow Goose
624
Brant
22957
Black Brant
cw
Canada Goose
3140
Mute Swan
137
Wood Duck
5
IRR
Northern Shoveler
277
Gadwall
118
Eurasian Wigeon
2
RARE
American Wigeon
88
Mallard
635
American Black Duck
742
Northern Pintail
22
Green-winged Teal
110
Greater Scaup
1560
Lesser Scaup
128
Common Eider
26
IRR
Surf Scoter
4
White-winged Scoter
64
Black Scoter
65
Scoter (sp.)
1507
Long-tailed Duck
156
Bufflehead
794
Common Goldeneye
26
Barrow's Goldeneye
cw
RARE
Hooded Merganser
111
All-time high
Common Merganser
13
IRR
Red-breasted Merganser
336
Ruddy Duck
1192
Ring-necked Pheasant
2
Pied-billed Grebe
10
Horned Grebe
102
Red-necked Grebe
3
IRR
Rock Pigeon
882
Mourning Dove
233
Common Gallinule
1
RARE (1st since 1996)
American Coot
28
10-year low
Black-bellied Plover
25
Killdeer
25
10-year high
Sanderling
300
Dunlin
115
Purple Sandpiper
6
American Woodcock
2
Greater Yellowlegs
8
Bonaparte's Gull
2
Laughing Gull
2
RARE
Ring-billed Gull
9146
Herring Gull
1656
Lesser Black-backed Gull
cw
IRR
Great Black-backed Gull
196
Red-throated Loon
134
Common Loon
160
10-year high
Northern Gannet
4915
Double-crested Cormorant
64
10-year low
Great Cormorant
35
10-year low
American Bittern
1
IRR
Great Blue Heron
19
Turkey Vulture
1
RARE
Bald Eagle
1
RARE
Northern Harrier
24
Sharp-shinned Hawk
7
Cooper's Hawk
9
Red-shouldered Hawk
2
IRR
Red-tailed Hawk
15
Rough-legged Hawk
1
IRR
Barn Owl
1
RARE
Great Horned Owl
1
IRR
Snowy Owl
1
IRR
Belted Kingfisher
2
Red-headed Woodpecker
cw
RARE
Red-bellied Woodpecker
34
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
13
Downy Woodpecker
35
Hairy Woodpecker
2
Northern Flicker
57
American Kestrel
7
Merlin
5
Peregrine Falcon
8
Monk Parakeet
5
10-year low
Blue Jay
163
American Crow
95
Fish Crow
25
IRR
Common Raven
2
IRR
Horned Lark
27
10-year low
Black-capped Chickadee
6
Low
Tufted Titmouse
3
10-year low
Red-breasted Nuthatch
1
10-year low
White-breasted Nuthatch
3
10-year low
Brown Creeper
3
House Wren
2
RARE
Marsh Wren
2
RARE
Carolina Wren
19
Golden-crowned Kinglet
7
IRR
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
6
Hermit Thrush
3
10-year low
American Robin
132
Gray Catbird
10
Brown Thrasher
1
IRR
Northern Mockingbird
85
European Starling
2148
Cedar Waxwing
2
10-year low
House Sparrow
729
American Pipit
20
House Finch
190
American Goldfinch
12
All-time low
Snow Bunting
98
Eastern Towhee
3
American Tree Sparrow
24
Chipping Sparrow
2
Field Sparrow
12
Savannah Sparrow
28
Grasshopper Sparrow
1
RARE (1st since 1962)
Fox Sparrow
14
Song Sparrow
259
Swamp Sparrow
25
White-throated Sparrow
331
Dark-eyed Junco
33
All-time low
Eastern Meadowlark
6
Baltimore Oriole
2
RARE
Red-winged Blackbird
30
Brown-headed Cowbird
cw
Common Grackle
153
Orange-crowned Warbler
6
Nashville Warbler
cw
RARE
Palm Warbler
1
Pine Warbler
1
RARE
Yellow-rumped Warbler
363
Northern Cardinal
164
Total
121
Count #
56,887
cw = Count week only