Dear reader
Below is the prelim numbers for the Kings CBC that took place December 14th. The first number after the species is the overall total .Numbers that follow are area/sector totals that due to a copy and paste from a PDF file not aligned with the location. Look at the first number-- see in BOLD BLUE for example after "Snow Goose"
"cw" is Count week , two days before and after Count Day (14th)
A great count !
Brooklyn Christmas Count Annual Report: 2024
Species
Seen at NS BP PP RP GW JB OH MP FB BB SC BT (locations) See bottom of page for site names
Snow Goose 566 505 60 1
Greater White-fronted Goose 0 cw
Brant 11,134 58 461 360 2482 1079 2192 1810 234 158 2300
Canada Goose 2,689 107 422 95 241 122 339 271 361 681 22 12 16
Mute Swan 94 5 70 8 2 2 2 4 1
Wood Duck 17 17
Northern Shoveler 208 165 1 22 20
Gadwall 160 55 2 6 5 2 32 58
American Wigeon 122 12 2 24 8 32 17 9 6 12
Mallard 300 24 73 4 43 45 5 9 69 28
American Black Duck 576 43 7 70 42 49 44 112 70 32 5 102
Northern Pintail 46 46
Green-winged Teal 115 81 34
Redhead 0 cw
Ring-necked Duck 1 1
Greater Scaup 600 5 12 104 46 13 269 143 8
Lesser Scaup 82 28 54
Common Eider 15 12 3
Surf Scoter 35 4 8 2 21
White-winged Scoter 115 10 105
Black Scoter 6,567 714 353 5500
Scoter (sp.) 3,500 500 3000
Long-tailed Duck 99 9 10 32 48
Bufflehead 1,068 75 5 68 82 61 137 237 147 81 71 104
Common Goldeneye 11 1 1 6 1 2
Hooded Merganser 131 3 5 7 24 63 29
Red-breasted Merganser 626 6 16 126 103 107 93 66 61 46 2
Ruddy Duck 1,026 2 23 185 1 17 575 223
Pied-billed Grebe 9 1 1 2 5
Horned Grebe 51 2 12 8 15 7 4 2 1
Red-necked Grebe 2 1 1
Rock Pigeon 2,203 547 117 28 860 46 27 140 204 84 110 40
Mourning Dove 798 140 240 89 56 6 163 27 16 3 45 13
Clapper Rail 2 2
American Coot 13 6 1 4 2
American Oystercatcher 73 15 2 36 20
Black-bellied Plover 8 1 1 6
Killdeer 18 3 3 4 2 6
Sanderling 283 8 150 125
Dunlin 104 3 81 20
Purple Sandpiper 23 18 3 2
American Woodcock 2 1 1
Greater Yellowlegs 3 3
Black-legged Kittiwake 0 cw
Laughing Gull 2 1 1
Ring-billed Gull 6,232 2355 483 15 1650 94 587 142 361 17 310 216 2
Seen NS BP PP RP GW JB OH MP FB BB SC BT
Herring Gull 2,764 335 163 12 218 68 191 201 291 548 322 275 140
Lesser Black-backed Gull 6 2 4
Great Black-backed Gull 222 38 36 6 19 7 2 12 32 58 12
Black Skimmer 7 7
Red-throated Loon 247 1 2 132 112
Common Loon 114 12 5 4 1 2 36 54
Northern Gannet 250 50 200
Great Cormorant 28 3 6 1 6 12
Double-crested Cormorant 260 24 1 14 61 53 12 15 15 21 32 12
Black-crowned Night Heron 8 1 2 5
Great Egret 4 1 3
Great Blue Heron 26 1 5 2 4 3 5 4 2
Turkey Vulture 4 2 1 1
Bald Eagle 7 2 1 1 3
Northern Harrier 15 1 4 1 3 3 2 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 1 1
Cooper's Hawk 33 1 5 5 2 2 4 2 4 4 3 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 4 1 1 1 1
Red-tailed Hawk 38 7 9 7 3 1 5 5 1
American Barn Owl 2 1 1
Great Horned Owl 6 1 3 2
Belted Kingfisher 10 2 1 3 3 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 48 2 20 16 7 2 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 31 3 15 12 1
Downy Woodpecker 100 2 24 8 12 6 11 6 9 6 11 5
Hairy Woodpecker 1 1
Northern Flicker 104 2 2 1 2 4 26 8 18 25 11 5
American Kestrel 17 4 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 2
Merlin 9 1 1 2 1 1 2 1
Peregrine Falcon 12 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1
Monk Parakeet 13 8 5
Blue Jay 159 3 54 49 18 9 2 3 19 2
American Crow 340 41 145 57 8 4 25 14 39 6 1
Fish Crow 737 48 1 4 22 1 250 411
Common Raven 18 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 2 3
Horned Lark 19 18 1
Black-capped Chickadee 230 6 44 31 13 12 52 17 24 24 7
Tufted Titmouse 74 1 32 21 11 7 2
Tree Swallow 11 2 9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 17 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 16 4 6 1 1 1 2 1
Cedar Waxwing 38 3 29 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 13 7 1 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 71 1 27 30 9 1 3
Brown Creeper 12 7 1 3 1
Carolina Wren 65 3 8 4 3 4 6 2 6 9 12 8
Winter Wren 4 3 1
Gray Catbird 25 12 1 1 4 6 1
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Seen NS BP PP RP GW JB OH MP FB BB SC BT
Brown Thrasher 1 1
Northern Mockingbird 216 19 6 20 19 6 49 10 23 27 26 11
European Starling 1,136 116 56 20 155 34 126 50 85 76 198 220
Eastern Bluebird 1 1
Hermit Thrush 45 10 6 2 4 1 4 2 2 3 9 2
American Robin 726 146 86 153 50 8 184 9 11 35 33 11
House Sparrow 1,257 359 252 40 209 10 5 33 214 32 71 32
American Pipit 36 5 5 17 1 7 1
House Finch 158 5 10 1 5 11 9 27 34 19 37
Purple Finch 2 1 1
Pine Siskin 1 1
American Goldfinch 145 4 22 10 17 16 25 9 15 18 9
Snow Bunting 134 4 40 90
Chipping Sparrow 10 1 6 1 2
Field Sparrow 13 1 2 2 8
Fox Sparrow 68 2 4 6 1 1 9 5 28 3 5 4
American Tree Sparrow 37 1 5 20 6 2 3
Dark-eyed Junco 459 34 72 92 64 22 32 12 64 18 21 28
White-throated Sparrow 1,069 170 238 76 49 20 119 74 129 117 29 48
Seaside Sparrow 1 1
Savannah Sparrow 55 2 33 11 4 3 2
Song Sparrow 277 13 10 15 11 11 26 26 60 34 23 48
Swamp Sparrow 67 12 6 1 4 4 3 13 16 8
Eastern Towhee 5 2 1 1 1
Eastern Meadowlark 5 2 3
Baltimore Oriole 1 1
Red-winged Blackbird 173 44 1 11 6 14 20 16 40 21
Brown-headed Cowbird 121 1 22 98
Rusty Blackbird 1 1
Common Grackle 58 50 8
Boat-tailed Grackle 321 21 300
Orange-crowned Warbler 13 3 1 1 5 1 2
Nashville Warbler 1 1
Common Yellowthroat 1 1
Palm Warbler 2 1 1
Pine Warbler 2 1 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 814 2 1 16 123 97 5 106 249 215
Wilson's Warbler 1 1
Northern Cardinal 338 12 50 53 12 20 60 26 31 31 22 21
North Shore
58 species
4,913 total birds
Prospect Park
61 species
3,017 total birds
Greenwood Cemetery
49
1,016
Owls Head
67
5,371
Marine Park
75
1,728
Floyd Bennett
73
5,348
Bergen Beach
55
2,958
Spring Creek
74
6,456
Jamaica Bay
71
5,547
Riis Park
61
3,137
Breezy Pont
65
8,005
Boat
15
2,746
Total Kings CBC species count
130 species
50,242 birds
