Bronx-Westchester
Christmas Bird Count
History
Some information gleamed from the excellent article by John Farrand, Jr. in American Birds, Fall 1991 Volume 45, Number 3 pp 372-381
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Rare Records
| Species | Number | Year | Location |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | 1 | 1981 | Harrison |
|
Blue Goose |
1950 | Kingbird 1951 vol 2 imm at Pelham Bay believed to be the first wintering record for NY area | |
| Tundra Swan | 1 | 1985 | Rye, Maple Moore Golf Course |
|
Blue-winged Teal |
CW 1 1 1 CW 2 1 |
1938 1946 1960 1965 1969 1971 1985 |
Bronx Zoo Mamaroneck |
| Green-winged Teal (Eu.) | 1 | 2001 | Van Cortlandt Park |
|
Tufted Duck |
CW 1 1 |
1991 1992 1993 |
Rye Edith G. Read Sanctuary Edith G. Read Sanctuary |
|
King Eider |
1 1 1 |
1928 1929 1956 |
Hudson
River off Riverdale, imm male Hudson River off Riverdale |
|
Barrow's Goldeneye |
1 1 CW |
1991 1992 2008 |
Eastchester
Bay, Bronx Beach, female Eastchester Bay, Bronx Beach, female Edith G Read Preserve in Rye, female |
| Pacific Loon | 1 | 1940 | Edith G. Read Sanctuary |
| Eared Grebe | 1 | 2007 | City Island |
|
Great Egret |
2 3 2 3 1 1 1 |
1992 1994 1996 2001 2004 2007 2008 |
New
Rochelle, Larchmont East Bronx, two in Rye Rye, Pelham Bat Park East Bronx, West Bronx and Scarsdale Territories Larchmont Pelham Bay Park, Hunter's Island Larchmont |
|
Snowy Egret |
1 1 1 1 2 1 |
1977 1984 1987 1999 2001 2008 |
Edith
G. Read Sanctuary Marshlands Conservancy Glen Island flying north and was found later at Five Island Park Pelham Bay Park Marshlands Conservancy |
| Tricolored Heron | 1 | 1988 | Pelham Bay Park |
| Cattle Egret | 1 | 1976 | |
|
Green Heron |
2 2 1 |
1974 1986 1991 |
Pelham Bay Park |
|
Black Vulture |
3 2 |
2003 2009 |
Lenoir
Nature Preserve in Yonkers Ardsley Middle School |
| Osprey | 1 | 2008 | Edith G. Read Sanctuary |
| Harris' Hawk | 1 | 1971 | Rye area |
|
Broad-winged Hawk |
1 1 1 1 CW |
1933 1963 1968 1970 1992 |
KB14(2): Rye 22 Dec Cornelius Ward, Emanuel Levine North East Yonkers, excellent details |
|
Golden Eagle |
1 1 |
1939 1941 |
immature |
|
King Rail |
1 2 1 |
1926 1933 1957 |
Probably
Van Cortlandt Park |
| Common Moorhen | 1 | 1990 | Rye |
|
Semipalmated Plover |
1 1 |
1989 1998 |
Larchmont, Edgewater flats |
|
American Oystercatcher |
2 3 |
1998 2005 |
Rye Edgewater Point, Mamaroneck |
| Western Sandpiper | 1 | 1962 | Cantor Party (former compiler) |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | 1 | 1962 | |
|
Black-headed Gull |
CW 1 1 1 |
1965 1973 1985 2000 |
KB16(2):
Jerome Reservoir A puzzlingly dark primaried sub-adult, with the beginnings of a brown hood, Jerome Res. for the second Bronx record Dec. 23 (PAB, WS). It was seen many times after that, until at least Mar. 2 Spuyten Duyvil |
|
Black-leggedKittiwake |
1 3 |
1927 1956 |
Reported by Dick Herbert (last member of the BCBC on the count) |
|
Dovkie |
CW |
1951 |
Bronxville(according
to Am Birds) or Kingbird 1952 vol 1 dead oiled bird Dec20 New Rochelle |
|
Thick-billed Murre |
CW 1 1 1 |
1926 1931 1932 1938 |
Shot
off Throgg's Neck flying close off Ft. Schuyler Off Ft. Schuyler Long Island Sound |
| Razorbill | 116 | 2002 | Edith Read Sanctuary, Milton Point and on the shore of Larchmont |
| alcid, sp. | 2 | 1960 | |
|
Rose-ringed Parakeet |
46 10 6 1 2 1 2 |
1974 1975 1976 1980 1982 1984 1987 |
Two
flocks Riverdale? colony near the N.Y. Botanical Gardens |
| Black-hooded Parakeet | 2 | 1982 | |
| Ruby-throatedHummingbird | 1 | 2001 | Lenoir Nature Preserve in Yonkers |
|
Rufous Hummingbird |
1 1 |
2001 2006 |
Lenoir
Nature Preserve in Yonkers Lenoir Nature Preserve in Yonkers |
| Black-backed Woodpecker | 1 | 1926 | Bronx Botanical Garden |
| empidinax, sp | CW | 1940 | |
| Western Kingbird | 1 | 1991 | Rye |
| Black-billed Magpie | 1 | 1935 | Rye (Cruickshank) |
|
Common Raven |
1 1 2 2 |
1941 2003 2007 2009 |
Woodland High School in Hartsdale Lenoir Nature Preserve in Yonkers seen in Hastings-on-Hudson then in Yonkers and then a little later in Riverdale, Bronx |
|
Tree Swallow |
6 1 1 |
1933 1956 1957 |
Van Cortlandt Park |
| swallow, sp | 1 | 2005 | Five Islands Park, New Rochelle |
|
Sedge Wren |
1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 |
1930 1931 1933 1948 1951 1957 1961 1999 |
Pelham Bay Park Marshlands Conservancy |
|
Boreal Chickadee |
1 2 2 |
1941 1951 1975 |
Grassy Sprain, Dec. 23 (Bull), Kingbird 1952 vol 1 |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | 1 | 1962 | |
|
Swainson's Thrush |
1 1 1 |
1954 1977 1982 |
Botanical
Gardens Edith Read Sanctuary |
|
Wood Thrush |
1 1 CW |
1962 1981 1991 |
At
Feeder one at the Bronx Botanical Garden to Dec. 27 |
| Tennessee Warbler | 1 | 1990 | Scarsdale |
|
Orange-crowned Warbler |
CW 1 3 1 1 1 2 |
1935 1982 1984 1996 2002 2003 2006 |
Marshlands Conservancy Edith Read Sanctuary plus ? Yonkers Orange-crowned Warbler on Vault Hill College of Mt. Saint Vincent Pelham Bay Park |
|
Nashville Warbler |
1 2 2 1 3 1 |
1985 1987 1994 1998 2001 2006 |
both near the landfill in Pelham Bay Park Riverdale, Bronx and Hommock Park, Larchmont Mount St. Vincent College New Croton Aqueduct and Stew Leonard's Drive, (both Yonkers) and at Wave Hill. Greenburg |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | 1 | 1943 | male |
|
Pine Warbler |
1 1 1 6 2 |
1950 1972 2000 2004 2009 |
Pelham
Bay Park Riverdale feeder Bronx Botanical Gardens Bronx Botanical Gardens |
| Praire Warbler | 1 | 1994 | Throggs Neck, Ferry Point Park |
|
American Redstart |
1 1 |
1931 2006 |
Half-Moon Overlook, just above Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx |
|
Ovenbird |
CW 1 1 |
1935 1998 2004 |
Edith Read Sanctuary Bronx Zoo |
| Northern Waterthrush | 1 | 1994 | Scarsdale, Carpenter Pond |
|
Wilson's Warbler |
1 1 |
1987 1994 |
Rye Rye |
| Scarlet Tanager | 1 | 1964 | Pelham |
| Spotted Towhee | 1 | 1958 | |
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 1 | 1988 | Pelham Bay Park Police Riding Stables |
| Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow | |||
|
_____ (subvirgatus) |
1 1 |
1935 1953 |
|
| _____ (nelsoni) | 1 | 1935 | |
|
Seaside Sparrow |
1 CW 1 1 1 1 |
1925 1973 1978 1981 1982 2001 |
East
Bronx Marshlands Conservancy |
|
Lincoln's Sparrow |
1 1 1 1 |
1963 1992 1996 2000 |
Baychester Bartow-Pell Mansion Singing, Van Cortlandt Park Van Cortlandt Park, near Major Deagan Expressway, Croton Woods |
| Dark-eyed (Pink-sided) Junco | 1 | 1999 | Near Wave Hill in the Bronx |
| Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco | 1 | 1961 | |
|
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
1 CW 1 1 |
1959 1963 1982 1987 |
male Bronx Park 1-21 Dec Bronx Botanical Gardens |
| Black-headed Grosbeak | 1 | 1971 | Hastings-on-Hudson |
|
Indigo Bunting |
1 1 1 |
1975 2006 2007 |
imm.
male in the Bronx Botanical Garden Dec. 21 (T. Peszel) Wave Hill Ward Acres, New Rochelle |
|
Dickcissel |
CW 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 |
1960 1962 1963 1966 1969 1981 1991 2008 |
Riverdale Riverdale Catskill Aqueduct, Yonkers Riverdale |
| Yellow-headed Blackbird | 1 | 1974 | Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, Dec 22 - Jan. 6 (m.ob.). |
| Bullock's Oriole | 1 | 1978 | female, possible hybrid? Ed |
|
Baltimore Oriole |
1 1 1 CW CW 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 |
1948 1955 1959 1963 1967 1969 1976 1984 1999 2001 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 |
Mount Vernon Riverdale Hastings-on-Hudson along the Rowley's Bridge Trail Greenburg Nature Center Bronx Botanical Gardens Wave Hill Pelham Bay Park Bronx Botanical Gardens |
| European Goldfinch | 1 | 1938 | Sands Point |
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