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
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
