Sunday, December 16, 2018

Dec 15th 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.

Till 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

IRR= irregular 4-7x in last ten years
Rare=<4x in last ten years

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