Bronx-Westchester Christmas bird Count

Summary of Bird Over the Last 88 Years

Species Times
Seen		 Previous
High Count		 High
Count
Year		 Last
Missed		 Last
Seen		 MIN 20 Year
Average		 20 Year
MAX		 20 Year
MIN
Greater White-fronted Goose 2 1 1981   2011 0 0 1 0
Snow Goose (white form) 37 71 2008 2011 2010 0 7 71 0
Snow Goose (blue form) 4 1 1975   1975 0 0 0 0
Brant 41 3235 2007 1986   0 938 3235 6
Canada Goose 77 9080 2009 1942   0 6434 9080 3681
Canada Goose (small forms) 3 42 2004   2004 0 2 42 0
Mute Swan 64 274 1992 1951   0 145 274 91
Tundra Swan 1 1 1985   1985 0 0 0 0
Wood Duck 75 101 2001 1982   0 30 101 2
Gadwall 52 241 2009 1970   0 109 241 29
Eurasian Widgeon 24 3 1995   2011 0 1 3 0
American Widgeon 83 457 1964 1930   0 263 439 108
American Black Duck 88 3260 1947     6 972 1643 375
Mallard 87 3607 1986 1925   0 1896 3014 1175
mallard hybrid 26 27 1990 1985   0 10 23 2
Blue-winged Teal 5 2 1971   1985 0 0 0 0
Northern Shoveler 59 223 1982 1956   0 58 141 4
Northern Pintail 78 47 1979 2011   0 3 9 0
Green-winged Teal (Eu.) 1 1 2001     0 0 1 0
Green-winged Teal (Am.) 81 63 1990 1956   0 26 45 6
Canvasback 80 8749 1985 1946   0 125 794 4
Redhead 41 44 1999   2009 0 3 44 0
Ring-necked Duck 47 26 2004 2010   0 10 26 0
Tufted Duck 2 1 1993   1993 0 0 1 0
Greater Scaup 88 23700 1964     51 4848 10238 231
Lesser Scaup 69 1562 1999 1987   0 365 1562 12
scaup, sp. 6 1500       0 110 1500 0
King Eider 3 1 1956   1956 0 0 0 0
Surf Scoter 31 70 2010   2011 0 5 70 0
White-winged Scoter 67 4000 1935   2011 0 38 615 0
Black Scoter 32 30 1964   2010 0 1 10 0
scoter, sp. 6 12000 1927     0 0 2 0
Long-tailed Duck 85 432 2010 1975   0 128 432 13
Bufflehead 84 1746 1987 1936   0 736 1189 323
Common Goldeneye 88 1200 1925     45 162 334 45
Barrow's Goldeneye 3 1 1991   2011 0 0 1 0
Hooded Merganser 84 310 2005 1927   0 193 310 84
Common Merganser 88 620 1930     1 40 396 1
Red-breasted Merganser 87 835 2002 1924   0 382 835 124
Ruddy Duck 71 2332 1999 1946   0 586 2332 68
Northern Bobwhite 18 80 1933   1964 0 0 0 0
Ring-necked Pheasant 86 290 1960 2011   0 14 37 0
Ruffed Grouse 20 4 1980   1998 0 0 1 0
Wild Turkey 19 75 2007 1992   0 23 75 0
Red-throated Loon 67 81 2011 1989   0 19 81 1
Pacific Loon 1 1 1940   1940 0 0 0 0
Common Loon 69 40 2011 1984   0 10 40 1
loon, sp. 3         0 0 1 0
Pied-billed Grebe 58 18 1954 2010   0 3 13 0
Horned Grebe 81 182 1961 1944   0 16 38 5
Red-necked Grebe 28 3 86/05 2011 2010 0 1 3 0
Eared Grebe  1 1 2007   2007 0 0 1 0
Northern Gannet 11 55 2011 2008 2011 0 4 55 0
Double-crested Cormorant 38 84 2011 1993   0 29 84 6
Great Cormorant 67 124 1988 1957   0 55 106 16
cormorant, sp. 9         0 1 7 0
American Bittern 28 3 1957   2001 0 0 1 0
Great Blue Heron 82 93 1991 1936   0 44 80 17
Great Egret 9 9 2011   2011 0 1 9 0
Snowy Egret 6 2 2001   2008 0 0 2 0
Tricolored Heron 1 1 1988   1988 0 0 0 0
Cattle Egret 1 1 1976   1976 0 0 0 0
Green Heron 3 2 1986   1991 0 0 0 0
Black-crowned Night-Heron 79 160 1932 2011   0 2 7 0
Black Vulture 3 7 2011   2011 0 1 7 0
Turkey Vulture 18 45 2011 2007 2011 0 7 45 0
Osprey 1 1 2008   2008 0 0 1 0
Bald Eagle 24 8 2011   2011 0 1 8 0
eagle, sp 2 1 2004   2011 0 0 1 0
Northern Harrier 62 14 1989 1979   0 3 7 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 61 30 2001 1978   0 14 30 7
Cooper's Hawk 70 26 2001 1981   0 13 26 6
Northern Goshawk 42 3 1993 2011 2009 0 1 3 0
accipiter, sp. 9 2 2005     0 0 2 0
Harris' Hawk 1 1 1971   1971 0 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 77 12 1957 2005 2011 0 2 9 0
Broad-winged Hawk 4 1 1970   1970 0 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 88 160 1995     1 98 160 65
Rough-legged Hawk 52 10 1980   2008 0 0 2 0
buteo, sp. 2         0 0 1 0
Golden Eagle 2 1 1941   1941 0 0 0 0
American Kestrel 88 35 1960     1 3 6 1
Merlin 26 4 02/05 2009 2011 0 2 4 0
Peregrine Falcon 53 14 2008 1994   0 4 14 0
falcon, sp. 1         0 0 1 0
Clapper Rail 43 7 1962 2010 2011 0 1 3 0
King Rail 3 2 1933   1957 0 0 0 0
Virginia Rail 62 6 1959 2010   0 2 5 0
Sora 10 2 1951   1993 0 0 1 0
rail, sp 1         0 0 1 0
Common Gallinule 1 1 1990   1990 0 0 0 0
American Coot 49 71 1966 2010   0 10 32 0
Black-bellied Plover 10 6 1984   2001 0 0 2 0
Semipalmated Plover 2 1 1998   1998 0 0 1 0
Killdeer 86 123 1953 1942   0 13 37 3
American Oystercatcher 2 3 2005   2005 0 0 3 0
Greater Yellowlegs 35 17 2011 2010 2011 0 2 17 0
Lesser Yellowlegs 9 3 1946   2006 0 0 1 0
Ruddy Turnstone 36 53 1992 2011   0 10 53 0
Sanderling 31 80 1976 2011 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 71 287 1995 1975   0 60 287 3
Dunlin 39 120 1986 2011 2007 0 24 87 0
Wilson's Snipe 65 17 1973 2010 2011 0 1 3 0
American Woodcock 43 3 1990 2004 2011 0 1 3 0
Black-leggedKittiwake 2 3 1956   1956 0 0 0 0
Bonaparte's Gull 65 1235 1964 2010   0 39 255 0
Black-headed Gull 3 1 1985   2000 0 0 1 0
Laughing Gull 30 27 1974   2010 0 0 3 0
Ring-billed Gull 85 6262 1982 1948   0 3862 6092 1416
Herring Gull 88 36500 1964     409 1825 4525 409
Iceland Gull 31 4 1963   2008 0 0 1 0
Lesser Black-backed Gull 17 3 1989   2008 0 0 2 0
Glaucous Gull 14 2 1967   1979 0 0 0 0
Great Black-backed Gull 88 8250 1971     2 165 318 85
gull, sp 1         0 19 370 0
Dovekie 0       CW51 0 0 0 0
Thick-billed Murre 3 1 1938   1938 0 0 0 0
Razorbill 2 116 2002   2011 0 6 116 0
alcid, sp. 1 2 1960   1960 0 0 0 0
Rock Pigeon 48 2287 2002 1972   0 1566 2287 1110
Mourning Dove 80 1600 1974 1948   0 757 1282 478
Rose-ringed Parakeet 7 46 1974   1987 0 0 0 0
Monk Parakeet 18 45 2007 1999   0 10 45 0
Black-hooded Parakeet 1 2 1982   1982 0 0 0 0
Barn Owl 41 7 1934   2004 0 0 2 0
Eastern Screech-Owl 79 15 2001 1986   0 8 15 2
Great Horned Owl 73 18 1987 1955   0 10 16 6
Snowy Owl 10 4 1949   1987 0 0 0 0
Barred Owl 39 7 1943   2004 0 0 2 0
Long-eared Owl 52 21 1960 2011 2009 0 1 7 0
Short-eared Owl 49 24 1961   2004 0 0 1 0
Northern Saw-whet Owl 39 7 1961 2011 2010 0 1 3 0
owl, sp. 1         0 0 0 0
Ruby-throatedHummingbird 1 1 2001   2001 0 0 1 0
Rufous Hummingbird 2 1 2001   2006 0 0 1 0
Belted Kingfisher 86 35 1987 1928   0 19 31 6
Red-headed Woodpecker 16 4 1931   2001 0 0 1 0
Red-bellied Woodpecker 43 295 2001 1972   0 149 295 61
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 41 24 2001 1979   0 13 24 3
Downy Woodpecker 88 286 1986     12 201 265 128
Hairy Woodpecker 88 142 1961     2 50 90 28
Black-backed Woodpecker 1 1 1926   1926 0 0 0 0
Northern Flicker 88 58 2001     1 26 58 7
Pileated Woodpecker 35 5 1985 2009 2011 0 1 3 0
empidonax, sp. 0       CW40 0 0 0 0
Eastern Phoebe 10 1 1992   2002 0 0 1 0
Western Kingbird 1 1 1991   1991 0 0 0 0
Loggerhead Shrike 6 2 1958   1961 0 0 0 0
Northern Shrike 8 3 1995   1995 0 0 3 0
shrike, sp. 1         0 0 0 0
Blue Jay 88 1334 1971     12 593 1241 177
Black-billed Magpie 1 1 1935   1935 0 0 0 0
American Crow 88 3547 1998     40 1299 3547 231
Fish Crow 70 97 2009 1993   0 34 97 0
crow, sp. 1   2005     0 0 2 0
Common Raven 6 4 2011   2011 0 1 4 0
Horned Lark 59 204 1967 2011 2009 0 8 67 0
Tree Swallow 3 6 1933   1957 0 0 0 0
swallow,sp. 1   2005     0 0 1 0
Black-capped Chickadee 88 1279 2001     12 622 1279 167
Boreal Chickadee 3 2 1975   1975 0 0 0 0
Tufted Titmouse 76 1317 1995 1950   0 485 1317 209
Red-breasted Nuthatch 77 26 1992 1979   0 10 26 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 88 299 2001     5 171 299 112
Brown Creeper 86 46 1946 1976   0 6 14 2
Carolina Wren 59 211 2002 1980   0 117 211 45
House Wren 29 4 1968   2011 0 1 3 0
Winter Wren 87 67 1996 1963   0 28 67 11
Sedge Wren 8 2 1933   1999 0 0 1 0
Marsh Wren 53 9 1933 1998   0 2 5 0
wren, sp 1         0 0 4 0
Golden-crowned Kinglet 81 137 1984 1999   0 14 43 0
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 58 28 1984 1988   0 7 23 1
kinglet, sp 1 1 2010   2010 0 0 1 0
Eastern Bluebird 52 48 1934 2011 2010 0 3 19 0
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 1 1962   1962 0 0 0 0
Swainson's Thrush 3 1 1982   1982 0 0 0 0
Hermit Thrush 78 46 2001 1958   0 25 46 5
Wood Thrush 2 1 1981   1981 0 0 0 0
American Robin 87 1729 2009 1950   0 564 1729 114
Gray Catbird 69 54 1991 1965   0 21 42 5
Northern Mockingbird 52 243 2001 1964   0 147 243 76
Brown Thrasher 60 18 1970 2010   0 2 7 0
European Starling 88 15750 1933     550 3526 9090 2092
American Pipit 44 61 1931 2011 2009 0 1 4 0
Cedar Waxwing 72 566 1995 1977   0 90 566 1
Lapland Longspur 17 16 1965   2007 0 0 2 0
Snow Bunting 41 156 2007   2008 0 8 156 0
Tennessee Warbler 1 1 1990   1990 0 0 0 0
Orange-crowned Warbler 7 3 1984   2011 0 0 2 0
Nashville Warbler 6 3 2001   2006 0 0 3 0
Yellow-rumped Warbler 76 178 1934 2010   0 2 10 0
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 1 1943   1943 0 0 0 0
Pine Warbler 5 6 2004   2009 0 0 6 0
Praire Warbler 1 1 1994   1994 0 0 1 0
Palm Warbler 21 4 1981   2011 0 0 2 0
American Redstart 2 1 1931   2006 0 0 1 0
Ovenbird 2 1 1998   2004 0 0 1 0
Northern Waterthrush 1 1 1994   1994 0 0 1 0
Common Yellowthroat 24 5 1986   2007 0 1 2 0
Wilson's Warbler 2 1 1987   1994 0 0 1 0
Yellow-breasted Chat 16 2 2002   2007 0 0 2 0
warbler, sp. 1       1981 0 0 0 0
Spotted Towhee 1 1 1958   1958 0 0 0 0
Eastern Towhee 77 58 1971 1952   0 15 57 2
American Tree Sparrow 88 1300 1933     60 153 444 60
Chipping Sparrow 31 21 2000 2010 2011 0 2 21 0
Field Sparrow 82 170 1956 2011   0 6 47 0
Vesper Sparrow 34 62 1970   1986 0 0 0 0
Savannah Sparrow 76 205 1976 2010   0 2 10 0
Savannah (Ipswich) Sparrow 6 2 1970   1999 0 0 1 0
Grasshopper Sparrow 1 1 1988   1988 0 0 0 0
Nelson's Sparrow 1 1 2010   2010 0 0 1 0
Nelson's  Sparrow (arcadian) 2 1 1953   1953 0 0 0 0
Nelson's  Sparrow (nelsoni) 1 1 1935   1935 0 0 0 0
Saltmarsh Sparrow 3 5 1935   2011 0 0 1 0
"Sharp-tailed Sparrow" 29 7 1935   1999 0 0 1 0
Seaside Sparrow 5 1 1982   2001 0 0 1 0
Fox Sparrow 87 167 1975 1927   0 56 155 14
Song Sparrow 88 870 1961     34 440 791 236
Lincoln's Sparrow 4 1 1963   2000 0 0 1 0
Swamp Sparrow 88 67 1991     2 27 58 8
White-throated Sparrow 88 3294 2001     14 1859 3294 1034
White-crowned Sparrow 26 13 1980   2011 0 1 3 0
Dark-eyed (Slate col.) Junco 88 1775 2002     55 1075 1775 471
Dark-eyed (Pink-sided) Junco 1 1 1999   1999 0 0 1 0
Dark-eyed (Oregon) Junco 1 1 1961   1961 0 0 0 0
Dark-eyed Junco 1       2006 0 0 1 0
Scarlet Tanager 1 1 1964   1964 0 0 0 0
Northern Cardinal 83 569 2001 1937   0 378 569 258
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 1 1987   1987 0 0 0 0
Black-headed Grosbeak 1 1 1971   1971 0 0 0 0
Indigo Bunting 3 1 1975   2007 0 0 1 0
Dickcissel 7 2 1969   2008 0 0 1 0
Red-winged Blackbird 86 1338 1973 1928   0 302 987 61
Eastern Meadowlark 62 165 1930   1999 0 0 3 0
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 1 1974   1974 0 0 0 0
Rusty Blackbird 70 332 1970 1994   0 24 113 0
Common Grackle 78 7109 2009 1952   0 1047 7109 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 81 1212 1964 2011   0 30 183 0
blackbird, sp. 1         0 0 3 0
Bullock's Oriole 1 1 1978   1978 0 0 0 0
Baltimore Oriole 13 4 2009   2009 0 1 4 0
Pine Grosbeak 6 31 1968   1977 0 0 0 0
Purple Finch 78 56 1968 2011 2010 0 3 11 0
House Finch 56 1615 1991 1957   0 532 1356 119
Red Crossbill 8 14 1973   1977 0 0 0 0
White-winged Crossbill 8 14 1963   2001 0 1 13 0
Common Redpoll 24 54 1977   2010 0 5 46 0
Pine Siskin 60 617 1969 2011 2010 0 9 138 0
American Goldfinch 88 803 1995     1 459 803 213
European Goldfinch 1 1 1938   1938 0 0 0 0
Evening Grosbeak 24 93 1978   2003 0 0 5 0
House Sparrow 87 2810 1963 1924   0 1867 2650 1165