The following is the breakdown list of birds seen on the Prospect segment of the Dec 15th Christmas Bird Count. A note: due to an oversight, COOPERS HAWK was seen about midday , as reported by Arianna Ferrario with the photo in my previous post, that I thought was part of the original count. It turns out its a new species for the day, making it 64 species seen in Prospect, a record !
NYC Bird Report
date = Dec 15th
site = Prospect Park
observers = Christmas Bird Count
Red Crossbill 1
White-winged Crossbill 42
Common Loon 1 flyover
Pied-billed Grebe 3
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Northern Shoveler 282
Bufflehead 2
American Black Duck 2
Canada Goose 72
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Hooded Merganser 4
Ruddy Duck 64
Mute Swan 9
Mallard 109
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Peregrine Falcon 2
American Kestrel 2
Merlin 1
American Coot 26
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Ring-billed Gull 705
Herring Gull 77
Rock Pigeon 102
Mourning Dove 76
Northern Saw-whet Owl 2 Quaker Cemetery
Belted Kingfisher 2
Downy Woodpecker 18
Hairy Woodpecker 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 16 RECORD
Red-bellied Woodpecker 17
American Crow 5
Blue Jay 45
Tufted Titmouse 52
Black-capped Chickadee 61
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 16
Brown Creeper 1
Winter Wren 2
Carolina Wren 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 46
Eastern Bluebird 3
Hermit Thrush 1
Brown Thrasher 1 BBGarden
Northern Mockingbird 10
European Starling 75
Cedar Waxwing 1
Nashville Warbler 1 BBGarden -Cranford Rose Garden
Swamp Sparrow 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 113
Song Sparrow 13
Fox Sparrow 10
Dark-eyed Junco 25
Eastern Towhee 1
Northern Cardinal 43
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Purple Finch 1
Pine Siskin 5
House Finch 36
Common Redpoll Count Period -6 seen Friday
American Goldfinch 46
House Sparrow 15