Friday, December 23, 2022

Final tally Kings County Christmas Bird Count

Thanks to Mike Yuan, our CBC compiler, please find attached the Kings CBC held Saturday December 17th.

We unexpectedly achieved 133 species, one of of highest ever for our CBC, short of the record 137.

Top bird was first ever for Brooklyn Townsends Warbler still at Fort Greene Park.

Prospect park ( including BBGarden) topped off with 50 species with the top bird a perched Red shouldered hawk in the Rose Garden

Happy Holidays all !

"The real voyage of discovery lies, not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." --Proust.


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Yuan <
To: Peter Dorosh <Prosbird@aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Dec 22, 2022 9:38 pm
Subject: bk cbc list

Brooklyn Xmas Count Annual Report:                                                                2022
                                Total
Species                       Seen
Snow Goose                    1350
Brant                          15565
Canada Goose                  3667
Mute Swan                      81
Wood Duck                      4
Northern Shoveler               246
Gadwall                        241
Eurasian Wigeon                  1     IRR
American Wigeon               277
Mallard                         480
American Black Duck            808
Northern Pintail                  14
Green-winged Teal              191
Greater Scaup                   1000
Lesser Scaup                    134
Surf Scoter                       8
White-winged Scoter             11
Black Scoter                     57
Scoter (sp.)                      170
Long-tailed Duck                265
Bufflehead                      855
Common Goldeneye              22
Hooded Merganser               71
Common Merganser              4     IRR
Red-breasted Merganser          781
Ruddy Duck                     922
Pied-billed Grebe                 7
Horned Grebe                    64
Red-necked Grebe                2     IRR
Rock Pigeon                    2067
Mourning Dove                 724
American Coot                  152
American Oystercatcher           1     IRR
Black-bellied Plover              7
Killdeer                          8
Ruddy Turnstone                 2     IRR
Sanderling                      457
Dunlin                          232
Purple Sandpiper                 23
Western Sandpiper                1     RARE
Long-billed Dowitcher            3     RARE
American Woodcock              6
Wilson's Snipe                    1     IRR
Spotted Sandpiper                cw    RARE
Greater Yellowlegs               18
Dovekie                          1     RARE
Razorbill                        115    RARE
Bonaparte's Gull                 521    IRR
Black-headed Gull                cw    RARE
Laughing Gull                    8     IRR
Ring-billed Gull                 7713
Herring Gull                    2121
Lesser Black-backed Gull          2     RARE
Great Black-backed Gull         286
Red-throated Loon               260
Common Loon                  506
Northern Gannet                 137
Great Cormorant                 48
Double-crested Cormorant        134
Great Blue Heron                27
Black-crowned Night-Heron       1     IRR
Black Vulture                    cw    RARE
Turkey Vulture                   2     RARE
Bald Eagle                       5     RARE
Northern Harrier                 13
Sharp-shinned Hawk              3
Cooper's Hawk                   32
Red-shouldered Hawk             4     IRR
Red-tailed Hawk                 44
Barn Owl                        1     IRR
Great Horned Owl                cw
Northern Saw-whet Owl           2     IRR
Belted Kingfisher                 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker          62
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker         25
Downy Woodpecker              79
Hairy Woodpecker                3
Northern Flicker                 36
American Kestrel                 29
Merlin                           5
Peregrine Falcon                  8
Monk Parakeet                   7
Eastern Phoebe                   1     IRR
Blue Jay                        286
American Crow                 132
Fish Crow                       541
Common Raven                  9
Horned Lark                     52
Black-capped Chickadee         216
Tufted Titmouse                 284
Ruby-crowned Kinglet            11
Golden-crowned Kinglet           4
Cedar Waxwing                  46
Red-breasted Nuthatch            14    IRR
White-breasted Nuthatch          58
Brown Creeper                   2
Carolina Wren                   60
Winter Wren                     5
Gray Catbird                     17
Brown Thrasher                  2     IRR
Northern Mockingbird           129
European Starling               2232
Hermit Thrush                    6
American Robin                 169
House Sparrow                  807
American Pipit                   5
House Finch                     175
Purple Finch                      7     IRR
Red Crossbill                     4     RARE
European Goldfinch              cw    RARE
American Goldfinch             164
Snow Bunting                   112
Chipping Sparrow                1
Field Sparrow                    5
Fox Sparrow                     31
American Tree Sparrow           9
Dark-eyed Junco                 255
White-throated Sparrow          641
Seaside Sparrow                  1     RARE
Savannah Sparrow                8
Song Sparrow                   249
Lincoln's Sparrow                 1     RARE
Swamp Sparrow                  21
Eastern Towhee                   9
Eastern Meadowlark              1     IRR
Baltimore Oriole                 cw    IRR
Red-winged Blackbird            29
Brown-headed Cowbird          287
Common Grackle                350
Boat-tailed Grackle              475    IRR
Ovenbird                        cw    RARE
Northern Waterthrush             cw    RARE
Black-and-white Warbler          1     RARE
Orange-crowned Warbler          9
Nashville Warbler                 2     IRR
Common Yellowthroat            3     IRR
Northern Parula                   1     RARE
Black-throated Blue Warbler      cw    RARE
Palm Warbler                     4
Yellow-rumped Warbler          340
Townsend's Warbler              1     RARE
Wilson's Warbler                 1     RARE
Northern Cardinal               207
Species Count:                133
Number Seen:               51,567
NOTE:  "cw" = Count Week only