Bronx-Westchester Christmas bird Count

Summary of Bird Over the Last 86 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 1 1 1981   1981 0 0 0 0
Snow Goose (white form) 36 71 2008 2004 2009 0 7 71 0
Snow Goose (blue form) 4 1 1975   1975 0 0 0 0
Brant 39 3235 2007 1986   0 805 3235 6
Canada Goose 75 9080 2009 1942   0 6410 9080 3681
Canada Goose (small forms) 3 42 2004   2004 0 2 42 0
Mute Swan 62 274 1992 1951   0 155 274 93
Tundra Swan 1 1 1985   1985 0 0 0 0
Wood Duck 73 101 2001 1982   0 33 101 2
Gadwall 50 241 2009 1970   0 97 241 9
Eurasian Widgeon 23 3 1995   2007 0 1 3 0
American Widgeon 81 457 1964 1930   0 255 439 108
American Black Duck 86 3260 1947     6 1081 2060 639
Mallard 85 3607 1986 1925   0 2050 3361 1322
mallard hybrid 24 27 1990 1985   0 13 27 2
Blue-winged Teal 5 2 1971   1985 0 0 0 0
Northern Shoveler 57 223 1982 1956   0 65 141 4
Northern Pintail 78 47 1979 2009   0 5 16 0
Green-winged Teal (Eu.) 1 1 2001     0 0 1 0
Green-winged Teal (Am.) 79 63 1990 1956   0 29 63 6
Canvasback 78 8749 1985 1946   0 175 794 4
Redhead 41 44 1999   2009 0 3 44 0
Ring-necked Duck 46 26 2004 2006   0 10 26 0
Tufted Duck 2 1 1993   1993 0 0 1 0
Greater Scaup 86 23700 1964     51 5009 10238 231
Lesser Scaup 67 1562 1999 1987   0 384 1562 12
scaup, sp. 5         0 35 205 0
King Eider 3 1 1956   1956 0 0 0 0
Surf Scoter 29 60 1945   2009 0 1 6 0
White-winged Scoter 65 4000 1935   2009 0 4 33 0
Black Scoter 31 30 1964   2008 0 1 10 0
scoter, sp. 6 12000 1927     0 0 2 0
Long-tailed Duck 83 396 2003 1975   0 103 396 4
Bufflehead 82 1746 1987 1936   0 789 1192 508
Common Goldeneye 86 1200 1925     45 179 334 45
Barrow's Goldeneye 2 1 1991   1992 0 0 1 0
Hooded Merganser 82 310 2005 1927   0 189 310 93
Common Merganser 86 620 1930     1 40 396 1
Red-breasted Merganser 85 835 2002 1924   0 397 835 124
Ruddy Duck 69 2332 1999 1946   0 649 2332 79
Ring-necked Pheasant 85 290 1960 2007   0 21 69 0
Ruffed Grouse 20 4 1980   1998 0 0 1 0
Wild Turkey 17 75 2007 1992   0 19 75 0
Northern Bobwhite 18 80 1933   1964 0 0 0 0
Red-throated Loon 65 74 2002 1989   0 16 74 1
Pacific Loon 1 1 1940   1940 0 0 0 0
Common Loon 67 16 2002 1984   0 8 16 1
loon, sp. 3         0 0 1 0
Pied-billed Grebe 57 18 1954 2009   0 3 13 0
Horned Grebe 79 182 1961 1944   0 19 40 5
Red-necked Grebe 27 3 86/05 2009 2007 0 1 3 0
Eared Grebe  1 1 2007   2007 0 0 1 0
Northern Gannet 9 3 2007 2008 2009 0 1 3 0
Double-crested Cormorant 36 80 2001 1993   0 27 80 6
Great Cormorant 65 124 1988 1957   0 58 106 16
cormorant, sp. 9         0 1 7 0
American Bittern 28 3 1957   2001 0 0 1 0
Great Blue Heron 80 93 1991 1936   0 50 93 17
Great Egret 7 3 2001   2008 0 1 3 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 1 0
Black-crowned Night-Heron 79 160 1932 2008   0 2 7 0
Black Vulture 2 3 2003   2009 0 0 3 0
Turkey Vulture 16 31 2008 2007 2009 0 5 31 0
Osprey 1 1 2008   2008 0 0 1 0
Bald Eagle 22 4 2009   2009 0 1 4 0
eagle, sp 1 1 2004   2004 0 0 1 0
Northern Harrier 60 14 1989 1979   0 3 7 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 59 30 2001 1978   0 14 30 7
Cooper's Hawk 68 26 2001 1981   0 13 26 5
Northern Goshawk 42 3 1993 2007 2009 0 1 3 0
accipiter, sp. 8 2 2005     0 0 2 0
Harris' Hawk 1 1 1971   1971 0 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 75 12 1957 2005 2009 0 2 6 0
Broad-winged Hawk 4 1 1970   1970 0 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 86 160 1995     1 96 160 64
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 86 35 1960     1 3 8 1
Merlin 24 4 02/05 2009 2008 0 2 4 0
Peregrine Falcon 51 14 2008 1994   0 3 14 0
falcon, sp. 1         0 0 1 0
Clapper Rail 42 7 1962 2008 2009 0 1 3 0
King Rail 3 2 1933   1957 0 0 0 0
Virginia Rail 61 6 1959 1994   0 3 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 48 71 1966 2009   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 84 123 1953 1942   0 13 37 3
American Oystercatcher 2 3 2005   2005 0 0 3 0
Greater Yellowlegs 34 10 1988 2009 2008 0 1 8 0
Lesser Yellowlegs 9 3 1946   2006 0 0 1 0
Ruddy Turnstone 36 53 1992 2008   0 12 53 0
Sanderling 31 80 1976 2009 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 69 287 1995 1975   0 63 287 15
Dunlin 39 120 1986 2009 2007 0 30 111 0
Wilson's Snipe 64 17 1973 2009 2006 0 1 3 0
American Woodcock 41 3 1990 2004 2009 0 1 3 0
Laughing Gull 29 27 1974   2009 0 0 3 0
Black-headed Gull 3 1 1985   2000 0 0 1 0
Bonaparte's Gull 64 1235 1964 2008   0 42 255 0
Ring-billed Gull 83 6262 1982 1948   0 4163 6092 2567
Herring Gull 86 36500 1964     477 2134 4780 477
Iceland Gull 31 4 1963   2008 0 0 1 0
Lesser Black-backed Gull 17 3 1989   2008 0 1 2 0
Glaucous Gull 14 2 1967   1979 0 0 0 0
Great Black-backed Gull 86 8250 1971     2 188 396 85
Black-leggedKittiwake 2 3 1956   1956 0 0 0 0
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 1 116 2002   2002 0 6 116 0
alcid, sp. 1 2 1960   1960 0 0 0 0
Rock Pigeon 46 2287 2002 1972   0 1575 2287 1110
Mourning Dove 78 1600 1974 1948   0 763 1282 478
Rose-ringed Parakeet 7 46 1974   1987 0 0 0 0
Monk Parakeet 16 45 2007 1999   0 9 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 77 15 2001 1986   0 8 15 2
Great Horned Owl 71 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 2006 2009 0 1 7 0
Short-eared Owl 49 24 1961   2004 0 0 2 0
Northern Saw-whet Owl 38 7 1961 1998 2009 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 84 35 1987 1928   0 20 31 6
Red-headed Woodpecker 16 4 1931   2001 0 0 1 0
Red-bellied Woodpecker 41 295 2001 1972   0 139 295 29
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 39 24 2001 1979   0 12 24 3
Downy Woodpecker 86 286 1986     12 205 265 137
Hairy Woodpecker 86 142 1961     2 51 90 28
Black-backed Woodpecker 1 1 1926   1926 0 0 0 0
Northern Flicker 86 58 2001     1 28 58 12
Pileated Woodpecker 33 5 1985 2009 2007 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 1 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 86 1334 1971     12 607 1241 177
Black-billed Magpie 1 1 1935   1935 0 0 0 0
American Crow 86 3547 1998     40 1438 3547 354
Fish Crow 68 97 2009 1993   0 28 97 0
crow, sp. 1   2005     0 0 2 0
Common Raven 4 2 2007   2009 0 0 2 0
Horned Lark 59 204 1967 2008 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 86 1279 2001     12 669 1279 288
Boreal Chickadee 3 2 1975   1975 0 0 0 0
Tufted Titmouse 74 1317 1995 1950   0 500 1317 300
Red-breasted Nuthatch 75 26 1992 1979   0 11 26 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 86 299 2001     5 171 299 101
Brown Creeper 84 46 1946 1976   0 7 15 2
Carolina Wren 57 211 2002 1980   0 121 211 45
House Wren 28 4 1968   2009 0 1 3 0
Winter Wren 85 67 1996 1963   0 27 67 11
Sedge Wren 8 2 1933   1999 0 0 1 0
Marsh Wren 51 9 1933 1998   0 2 6 0
Golden-crowned Kinglet 79 137 1984 1999   0 16 43 0
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 56 28 1984 1988   0 7 23 1
Eastern Bluebird 51 48 1934 2009 2007 0 2 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 76 46 2001 1958   0 25 46 5
Wood Thrush 2 1 1981   1981 0 0 0 0
American Robin 85 1729 2009 1950   0 534 1729 114
Gray Catbird 67 54 1991 1965   0 25 54 7
Northern Mockingbird 50 243 2001 1964   0 157 243 100
Brown Thrasher 59 18 1970 2008   0 3 7 0
European Starling 86 15750 1933     550 3806 9090 2092
American Pipit 44 61 1931 2008 2009 0 1 4 0
Cedar Waxwing 70 566 1995 1977   0 107 566 11
Tennessee Warbler 1 1 1990   1990 0 0 1 0
Orange-crowned Warbler 6 3 1984   2006 0 0 2 0
Nashville Warbler 6 3 2001   2006 0 0 3 0
Yellow-rumped Warbler 75 178 1934 2008   0 3 14 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 20 4 1981   2007 0 0 1 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
Scarlet Tanager 1 1 1964   1964 0 0 0 0
Spotted Towhee 1 1 1958   1958 0 0 0 0
Eastern Towhee 75 58 1971 1952   0 15 57 2
American Tree Sparrow 86 1300 1933     70 154 444 70
Chipping Sparrow 30 21 2000 2009 2007 0 2 21 0
Field Sparrow 82 170 1956 2003   0 9 47 0
Vesper Sparrow 34 62 1970   1986 0 0 0 0
Savannah Sparrow 75 205 1976 2008   0 3 17 0
Savannah (Ipswich) Sparrow 6 2 1970   1999 0 0 1 0
Grasshopper Sparrow 1 1 1988   1988 0 0 0 0
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Arcadian) 2 1 1953   1953 0 0 0 0
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow(nelsoni) 1 1 1935   1935 0 0 0 0
Salt Marsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow 2 5 1935   2009 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 85 167 1975 1927   0 53 155 14
Song Sparrow 86 870 1961     34 478 791 295
Lincoln's Sparrow 4 1 1963   2000 0 0 1 0
Swamp Sparrow 86 67 1991     2 31 67 8
White-throated Sparrow 86 3294 2001     14 1896 3294 1083
White-crowned Sparrow 24 13 1980   2009 0 1 3 0
Dark-eyed (Slate col.) Junco 86 1775 2002     55 1070 1775 508
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
Lapland Longspur 17 16 1965   2007 0 0 2 0
Snow Bunting 41 156 2007   2008 0 9 156 0
Northern Cardinal 81 569 2001 1937   0 386 569 276
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 84 1338 1973 1928   0 284 987 61
Eastern Meadowlark 62 165 1930   1999 0 1 4 0
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 1 1974   1974 0 0 0 0
Rusty Blackbird 68 332 1970 1994   0 21 113 0
Common Grackle 76 7109 2009 1952   0 1038 7109 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 80 1212 1964 1997   0 32 183 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 77 56 1968 2006 2009 0 3 11 0
House Finch 54 1615 1991 1957   0 624 1615 119
Red Crossbill 8 14 1973   1977 0 0 0 0
White-winged Crossbill 8 14 1963   2001 0 1 13 0
Common Redpoll 23 54 1977   2007 0 5 46 0
Pine Siskin 59 617 1969 2009 2008 0 9 138 0
American Goldfinch 86 803 1995     1 482 803 286
European Goldfinch 1 1 1938   1938 0 0 0 0
Evening Grosbeak 24 93 1978   2003 0 0 5 0
House Sparrow 85 2810 1963 1924   0 1841 2650 969