Bronx – Westchester Christmas Bird Count

Summary of birds over the last 79 years

 

Species

Time
Seen

Previous
High Count

High Count
Year

Last
Missed

Last
Seen

MIN

20
Year
Average

20
Year
MAX

20
Year
MIN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red-throated Loon

58

74

2002

1989

 

0

11

74

0

Pacific Loon

1

1

1940

 

1940

0

0

0

0

Common Loon

60

16

2002

1984

 

0

7

16

0

loon, sp.

2

 

 

 

 

0

0

2

0

Pied-billed Grebe

54

18

1954

2000

 

0

4

13

0

Horned Grebe

72

182

1961

1944

 

0

25

51

5

Red-necked Grebe

24

3

1986

1997

2002

0

1

3

0

Northern Gannet

5

3

1999

1997

2002

0

0

3

0

Great Cormorant

58

124

1988

1957

 

0

70

124

31

Double-crested Cormorant

29

80

2001

1993

 

0

19

80

0

cormorant, sp.

8

 

 

 

 

0

1

7

0

American Bittern

28

3

1957

 

2001

0

0

1

0

Great Blue Heron

73

93

1991

1936

 

0

55

93

26

Great Egret

4

3

2001

 

2001

0

1

3

0

Snowy Egret

5

2

2001

 

2001

0

0

2

0

Tricolored Heron

1

1

1988

 

1988

0

0

1

0

Cattle Egret

1

1

1976

 

1976

0

0

0

0

Green Heron

3

2

1986

 

1991

0

0

2

0

Black-crowned Night-Heron

75

160

1932

2000

 

0

3

9

0

Species

Time
Seen

Previous
High Count

High Count
Year

Last
Missed

Last
Seen

MIN

20
Year
Average

20
Year
MAX

20
Year
MIN

Turkey Vulture

12

17

1997

2002

2001

0

2

17

0

Greater White-fronted Goose

1

1

1981

 

1981

0

0

0

0

Snow Goose (blue form)

4

1

1975

 

1975

0

0

0

0

Snow Goose (white form)

30

32

1990

2002

2001

0

4

32

0

Canada Goose

68

7816

1992

1942

 

0

6102

7816

4124

Canada Goose (small forms)

1

2

1986

 

1986

0

0

2

0

Brant

32

1508

2001

1986

 

0

332

1508

0

Mute Swan

55

274

1992

1951

 

0

162

274

88

Tundra Swan

1

1

1985

 

1985

0

0

1

0

Wood Duck

66

101

2001

1982

 

0

38

101

11

Gadwall

43

227

1999

1970

 

0

56

227

2

Eurasian Widgeon

20

3

1995

 

2002

0

1

3

0

American Widgeon

74

457

1964

1930

 

0

220

392

75

American Black Duck

79

3260

1947

 

 

6

1386

2574

717

Mallard

78

3607

1986

1925

 

0

2352

3607

1143

mallard hybrid

17

27

1990

1985

 

0

11

27

0

Blue-winged Teal

5

2

1971

 

1985

0

0

1

0

Northern Shoveler

50

223

1982

1956

 

0

91

152

19

Northern Pintail

73

47

1979

2001

 

0

13

39

0

Species

Time
Seen

Previous
High Count

High Count
Year

Last
Missed

Last
Seen

MIN

20
Year
Average

20
Year
MAX

20
Year
MIN

Green-winged Teal (Eu.)

1

1

2001

 

 

0

0

1

0

Green-winged Teal (Am.)

72

63

1990

1956

 

0

24

63

1

Canvasback

71

8749

1985

1946

 

0

1142

8749

4

Redhead

39

44

1999

2002

1999

0

4

44

0

Ring-necked Duck

40

19

1990

1991

2002

0

7

19

0

Tufted Duck

2

1

1993

 

1993

0

0

1

0

Greater Scaup

79

23700

1964

 

 

51

4935

10238

231

Lesser Scaup

60

1562

1999

1987

 

0

348

1562

0

scaup, sp.

3

 

 

 

 

0

20

205

0

King Eider

3

1

1956

 

1956

0

0

0

0

Surf Scoter

25

60

1945

 

2002

0

0

3

0

White-winged Scoter

60

4000

1935

 

2002

0

1

7

0

Black Scoter

27

30

1964

 

1999

0

0

5

0

scoter, sp.

6

12000

1927

 

 

0

0

2

0

Long-tailed Duck

76

297

2002

1975

 

0

77

297

4

Bufflehead

75

1746

1987

1936

 

0

870

1746

464

Common Goldeneye

79

1200

1925

 

 

52

231

570

82

Barrow's Goldeneye

2

1

1991

 

1992

0

0

1

0

Hooded Merganser

75

271

1999

1927

 

0

119

271

4

Red-breasted Merganser

78

835

2002

1924

 

0

349

835

112

Common Merganser

79

620

1930

 

 

1

16

56

1

Ruddy Duck

62

2332

1999

1946

 

0

613

2332

150

Species

Time
Seen

Previous
High Count

High Count
Year

Last
Missed

Last
Seen

MIN

20
Year
Average

20
Year
MAX

20
Year
MIN

Bald Eagle

18

4

1945

 

1995

0

0

1

0

Northern Harrier

53

14

1989

1979

 

0

5

14

1

Sharp-shinned Hawk

52

30

2001

1978

 

0

13

30

4

Cooper's Hawk

61

26

2001

1981

 

0

9

26

1

Northern Goshawk

39

3

1993

2002

2001

0

1

3

0

accipiter, sp.

5

 

 

 

 

0

0

1

0

Harris' Hawk

1

1

1971

 

1971

0

0

0

0

Red-shouldered Hawk

70

12

1957

2002

1999

0

2

6

0

Broad-winged Hawk

4

1

1970

 

1970

0

0

0

0

Red-tailed Hawk

79

160

1995

 

 

1

82

160

37

Rough-legged Hawk

51

10

1980

 

1999

0

1

5

0

buteo, sp.

1

 

 

 

 

0

0

0

0

Golden Eagle

2

1

1941

 

1941

0

0

0

0

American Kestrel

79

35

1960

 

 

1

5

15

1

Merlin

19

4

2002

1998

2002

0

1

4

0

Peregrine Falcon

43

6

1936

1994

2002

0

1

4

0

falcon, sp.

1

 

 

 

 

0

0

1

0

Ring-necked Pheasant

79

290

1960

 

 

6

46

123

6

Ruffed Grouse

20

4

1980

 

1998

0

0

3

0

Wild Turkey

10

25

2002

1992

 

0

5

25

0

Northern Bobwhite

18

80

1933

 

1964

0

0

0

0

Species

Time
Seen

Previous
High Count

High Count
Year

Last
Missed

Last
Seen

MIN

20
Year
Average

20
Year
MAX

20
Year
MIN

Clapper Rail

40

7

1962

2001

2002

0

1

3

0

King Rail

3

2

1933

 

1957

0

0

0

0

Virginia Rail

54

6

1959

1994

 

0

2

5

0

Sora

10

2

1951

 

1993

0

0

1

0

rail, sp

1

 

 

 

 

0

0

1

0

Common Moorhen

1

1

1990

 

1990

0

0

1

0

American Coot

43

71

1966

1988

 

0

10

32

0

Black-bellied Plover

10

6

1984

 

2001

0

1

6

0

Semipalmated Plover

2

1

1998

 

1998

0

0

1

0

Killdeer

77

123

1953

1942

 

0

14

37

4

American Oystercatcher

1

2

1998

 

1998

0

0

2

0

Greater Yellowlegs

33

10

1988

1999

2002

0

2

10

0

Lesser Yellowlegs

8

3

1946

 

1987

0

0

2

0

Ruddy Turnstone

31

53

1992

2002

 

0

16

53

0

Sanderling

31

80

1976

2001

2002

0

1

3

0

Western Sandpiper

1

1

1962

 

1962

0

0

0

0

White-rumped Sandpiper

1

1

1962

 

1962

0

0

0

0

Purple Sandpiper

62

287

1995

1975

 

0

76

287

17

Dunlin

35

120

1986

1984

 

0

43

120

0

Wilson's Snipe

62

17

1973

2001

2002

0

1

4

0

American Woodcock

36

3

1990

2001

2002

0

1

3

0

Species

Time
Seen

Previous
High Count

High Count
Year

Last
Missed

Last
Seen

MIN

20
Year
Average

20
Year
MAX

20
Year
MIN

Laughing Gull

27

27

1974

 

1990

0

0

3

0

Black-headed Gull

3

1

1985

 

2000

0

0

1

0

Bonaparte's Gull

58

1235

1964

1989

 

0

39

255

0

Ring-billed Gull

76

6262

1982

1948

 

0

4305

6117

2330

Herring Gull

79

36500

1964

 

 

750

3280

6229

750

Iceland Gull

30

4

1963

 

1998

0

0

1

0

Lesser Black-backed Gull

16

3

1989

 

2002

0

1

3

0

Glaucous Gull

14

2

1967

 

1979

0

0

0

0

Great Black-backed Gull

79

8250

1971

 

 

2

237

549

110

Black-leggedKittiwake

2

3

1956

 

1956

0

0

0

0

gull, sp

1

 

 

 

 

0

19

370

0

Dovekie

 

 

 

 

CW51

0

0

0

0

Thick-billed Murre

3

2

1938

 

1938

0

0

0

0

Razorbill

1

116

2002

 

2002

0

6

116

0

alcid, sp.

1

2

1960

 

1960

0

0

0

0

Rock Dove

39

2287

2002

1972

 

0

1497

2287

749

Mourning Dove

71

1600

1974

1948

 

0

716

1130

394

Rose-ringed Parakeet

7

46

1974

 

1987

0

0

2

0

Monk Parakeet

9

19

1972

1999

2002

0

2

16

0

Black-hooded Parakeet

1

2

1982

 

1982

0

0

0

0

Species

Time
Seen

Previous
High Count

High Count
Year

Last
Missed

Last
Seen

MIN

20
Year
Average

20
Year
MAX

20
Year
MIN

Barn Owl

40

7

1934

 

2002

0

0

2

0

Eastern Screech-Owl

70

15

2001

1986

 

0

6

15

0

Great Horned Owl

64

18

1987

1955

 

0

10

18

6

Snowy Owl

10

4

1949

 

1987

0

0

1

0

Barred Owl

38

7

1943

 

1999

0

0

2

0

Long-eared Owl

47

21

1960

 

2002

0

0

2

0

Short-eared Owl

48

24

1961

 

1993

0

0

2

0

Northern Saw-whet Owl

31

7

1961

1998

2002

0

1

3

0

owl, sp.

1

 

 

 

 

0

0

0

0

Archilochus, sp

1

1

2001

 

2001

0

0

1

0

Rufous Hummingbird

1

1

2001

 

2001

0

0

1

0

Belted Kingfisher

77

35

1987

1928

 

0

21

35

14

Red-headed Woodpecker

16

4

1931

 

2001

0

0

1

0

Red-bellied Woodpecker

34

295

2001

1972

 

0

96

295

10

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

32

24

2001

1979

 

0

9

24

1

Downy Woodpecker

79

286

1986

 

 

12

216

286

144

Hairy Woodpecker

79

142

1961

 

 

2

43

90

23

Black-backed Woodpecker

1

1

1926

 

1926

0

0

0

0

Northern Flicker

79

58

2001

 

 

1

29

58

8

Pileated Woodpecker

28

5

1985

1996

2002

0

1

5

0

Species

Time
Seen

Previous
High Count

High Count
Year

Last
Missed

Last
Seen

MIN

20
Year
Average

20
Year
MAX

20
Year
MIN

empidonax, sp.

 

 

 

 

CW40

0

0

0

0

Eastern Phoebe

10

1

1992

 

2002

0

0

1

0

Western Kingbird

1

1

1991

 

1991

0

0

1

0

Northern Shrike

8

3

1995

 

1995

0

0

3

0

Loggerhead Shrike

6

2

1958

 

1961

0

0

0

0

shrike, sp.

1

 

 

 

 

0

0

0

0

Blue Jay

79

1334

1971

 

 

12

630

1241

323

Black-billed Magpie

1

1

1935

 

1935

0

0

0

0

American Crow

79

3547

1998

 

 

40

1688

3547

715

Fish Crow

61

77

1964

1993

 

0

14

43

0

Common Raven

1

1

1941

 

1941

0

0

0

0

Horned Lark

57

204

1967

2002

2001

0

5

42

0

Tree Swallow

3

6

1933

 

1957

0

0

0

0

Black-capped Chickadee

79

1279

2001

 

 

12

720

1279

326

Boreal Chickadee

3

2

1975

 

1975

0

0

0

0

Tufted Titmouse

67

1317

1995

1950

 

0

486

1317

215

Red-breasted Nuthatch

68

26

1992

1979

 

0

10

26

1

White-breasted Nuthatch

79

299

2001

 

 

5

165

299

79

Brown Creeper

77

46

1946

1976

 

0

10

39

2

Species

Time
Seen

Previous
High Count

High Count
Year

Last
Missed

Last
Seen

MIN

20
Year
Average

20
Year
MAX

20
Year
MIN

Carolina Wren

50

211

2002

1980

 

0

75

211

1

House Wren

23

4

1968

2000

2002

0

1

3

0