Bronx-Westchester Christmas bird Count

Summary of Bird Over the Last 89 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) 38 71 2008 2011 2012 0 7 71 0
Snow Goose (blue form) 4 1 1975   1975 0 0 0 0
Brant 42 3235 2007 1986   0 954 3235 33
Barnacle Goose 1 1 2012   2012 0 0 1 0
Canada Goose 78 9080 2009 1942   0 6259 9080 3681
Canada Goose (small forms) 3 42 2004   2004 0 2 42 0
Mute Swan 65 274 1992 1951   0 136 237 88
Tundra Swan 1 1 1985   1985 0 0 0 0
Wood Duck 76 101 2001 1982   0 29 101 2
Gadwall 53 241 2009 1970   0 116 241 29
Eurasian Widgeon 24 3 1995   2011 0 1 3 0
American Widgeon 84 457 1964 1930   0 261 439 108
American Black Duck 89 3260 1947     6 961 1643 375
Mallard 88 3607 1986 1925   0 1805 3014 1156
mallard hybrid 27 27 1990 1985   0 10 23 2
Blue-winged Teal 5 2 1971   1985 0 0 0 0
Northern Shoveler 60 223 1982 1956   0 58 141 4
Northern Pintail 79 47 1979 2011   0 3 9 0
Green-winged Teal (Eu.) 1 1 2001     0 0 1 0
Green-winged Teal (Am.) 82 63 1990 1956   0 26 45 6
Canvasback 81 8749 1985 1946   0 104 794 4
Redhead 41 44 1999   2009 0 3 44 0
Ring-necked Duck 48 28 2012 2010   0 11 28 0
Tufted Duck 2 1 1993   1993 0 0 1 0
Greater Scaup 89 23700 1964     51 4854 10238 231
Lesser Scaup 70 1562 1999 1987   0 413 1562 12
scaup, sp. 6 1500       0 110 1500 0
King Eider 3 1 1956   1956 0 0 0 0
Surf Scoter 32 70 2010   2012 0 7 70 0
White-winged Scoter 68 4000 1935   2012 0 43 615 0
Black Scoter 33 81 2012   2012 0 5 81 0
scoter, sp. 6 12000 1927     0 0 2 0
Long-tailed Duck 86 490 2012 1975   0 146 486 13
Bufflehead 85 1746 1987 1936   0 715 1189 323
Common Goldeneye 89 1200 1925     45 158 334 45
Barrow's Goldeneye 3 1 1991   2011 0 0 1 0
Hooded Merganser 85 310 2005 1927   0 198 310 84
Common Merganser 89 620 1930     1 38 396 1
Red-breasted Merganser 88 835 2002 1924   0 382 835 124
Ruddy Duck 72 2332 1999 1946   0 533 2332 68
Northern Bobwhite 18 80 1933   1964 0 0 0 0
Ring-necked Pheasant 86 290 1960 2012   0 12 36 0
Ruffed Grouse 20 4 1980   1998 0 0 1 0
Wild Turkey 20 75 2007 1992   0 25 75 1
Red-throated Loon 68 90 2012 1989   0 22 81 1
Pacific Loon 1 1 1940   1940 0 0 0 0
Common Loon 70 40 2011 1984   0 11 40 1
loon, sp. 3         0 0 1 0
Pied-billed Grebe 59 18 1954 2010   0 3 13 0
Horned Grebe 82 182 1961 1944   0 16 38 5
Red-necked Grebe 29 4 2012 2011 2012 0 1 4 0
Eared Grebe  1 1 2007   2007 0 0 1 0
Northern Gannet 12 55 2011 2008 2012 0 4 55 0
Double-crested Cormorant 39 84 2011 1993   0 28 84 6
Great Cormorant 68 124 1988 1957   0 53 106 16
cormorant, sp. 9         0 1 7 0
American Bittern 28 3 1957   2001 0 0 1 0
Great Blue Heron 83 93 1991 1936   0 42 74 17
Great Egret 10 9 2011   2012 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 80 160 1932 2011   0 2 7 0
Black Vulture 4 7 2011 2008 2012 0 1 7 0
Turkey Vulture 19 45 2011 2007 2012 0 8 45 0
Osprey 1 1 2008   2008 0 0 1 0
Bald Eagle 25 8 2011 2007 2012 0 1 8 0
eagle, sp 2 1 2004   2011 0 0 1 0
Northern Harrier 62 14 1989 2012   0 3 7 0
Sharp-shinned Hawk 62 30 2001 1978   0 14 30 7
Cooper's Hawk 71 26 2001 1981   0 13 26 6
Northern Goshawk 42 3 1993 2012 2009 0 1 3 0
accipiter, sp. 10 2 2005     0 1 2 0
Harris' Hawk 1 1 1971   1971 0 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 78 12 1957 2005 2012 0 2 9 0
Broad-winged Hawk 4 1 1970   1970 0 0 0 0
Red-tailed Hawk 89 160 1995     1 98 160 65
Rough-legged Hawk 52 10 1980   2008 0 0 2 0
buteo, sp. 3         0 0 1 0
Golden Eagle 2 1 1941   1941 0 0 0 0
Clapper Rail 43 7 1962 2012 2011 0 1 3 0
King Rail 3 2 1933   1957 0 0 0 0
Virginia Rail 63 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 50 71 1966 2010   0 8 32 0
Black-bellied Plover 10 6 1984   2001 0 0 2 0
Semipalmated Plover 2 1 1998   1998 0 0 1 0
Killdeer 87 123 1953 1942   0 13 37 3
American Oystercatcher 2 3 2005   2005 0 0 3 0
Greater Yellowlegs 36 17 2011 2010 2012 0 2 17 0
Lesser Yellowlegs 9 3 1946   2006 0 0 1 0
Ruddy Turnstone 36 53 1992 2012   0 8 48 0
Sanderling 31 80 1976 2012 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 72 287 1995 1975   0 59 287 3
Dunlin 40 120 1986 2011 2012 0 22 87 0
Wilson's Snipe 65 17 1973 2012 2011 0 1 3 0
American Woodcock 43 3 1990 2012 2011 0 1 3 0
Black-leggedKittiwake 2 3 1956   1956 0 0 0 0
Bonaparte's Gull 66 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 86 6262 1982 1948   0 3763 6092 1416
Herring Gull 89 36500 1964     409 1660 3172 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 89 8250 1971     2 162 318 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 3 116 2002   2012 0 7 116 0
alcid, sp. 1 2 1960   1960 0 0 0 0
Rock Pigeon 49 2287 2002 1972   0 1562 2287 1110
Mourning Dove 81 1600 1974 1948   0 769 1282 478
Barn Owl 41 7 1934   2004 0 0 1 0
Eastern Screech-Owl 80 15 2001 1986   0 8 15 2
Great Horned Owl 74 18 1987 1955   0 10 16 6
Snowy Owl 10 4 1949   1987 0 0 0 0
Barred Owl 40 9 2012   2012 0 1 9 0
Long-eared Owl 52 21 1960 2012 2009 0 1 7 0
Short-eared Owl 49 24 1961   2004 0 0 1 0
Northern Saw-whet Owl 40 7 1961 2011 2012 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 87 35 1987 1928   0 18 31 6
Red-headed Woodpecker 16 4 1931   2001 0 0 1 0
Red-bellied Woodpecker 44 295 2001 1972   0 151 295 61
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 42 24 2001 1979   0 13 24 3
Downy Woodpecker 89 286 1986     12 198 265 128
Hairy Woodpecker 89 142 1961     2 51 90 28
Black-backed Woodpecker 1 1 1926   1926 0 0 0 0
Northern Flicker 89 58 2001     1 25 58 7
Pileated Woodpecker 36 7 2012 2009 2012 0 2 7 0
American Kestrel 89 35 1960     1 3 6 1
Merlin 27 4 02/05 2009 2012 0 2 4 0
Peregrine Falcon 54 14 2008 1994   0 4 14 0
falcon, sp. 2         0 0 1 0
Rose-ringed Parakeet 7 46 1974   1987 0 0 0 0
Monk Parakeet 19 45 2007 1999   0 10 45 0
Black-hooded Parakeet 1 2 1982   1982 0 0 0 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 89 1334 1971     12 567 1241 177
Black-billed Magpie 1 1 1935   1935 0 0 0 0
American Crow 89 3547 1998     40 1202 3547 231
Fish Crow 71 97 2009 1993   0 38 97 0
crow, sp. 1   2005     0 0 2 0
Common Raven 7 10 2012 2008 2012 0 1 10 0
Horned Lark 59 204 1967 2012 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 89 1279 2001     12 623 1279 167
Boreal Chickadee 3 2 1975   1975 0 0 0 0
Tufted Titmouse 77 1317 1995 1950   0 481 1317 209
Red-breasted Nuthatch 78 33 2012 1979   0 11 33 1
White-breasted Nuthatch 89 299 2001     5 173 299 112
Brown Creeper 87 46 1946 1976   0 7 23 2
House Wren 30 4 1968   2012 0 1 3 0
Winter Wren 88 75 2012 1963   0 30 73 11
Sedge Wren 8 2 1933   1999 0 0 1 0
Marsh Wren 54 9 1933 1998   0 2 5 0
Carolina Wren 60 211 2002 1980   0 118 211 45
wren, sp 1         0 0 4 0
Golden-crowned Kinglet 82 137 1984 1999   0 13 42 0
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 59 28 1984 1988   0 7 23 1
kinglet, sp 1 1 2010   2010 0 0 1 0
Eastern Bluebird 53 48 1934 2011 2012 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 79 46 2001 1958   0 23 46 5
Wood Thrush 2 1 1981   1981 0 0 0 0
American Robin 88 1729 2009 1950   0 577 1729 114
Gray Catbird 70 54 1991 1965   0 20 36 5
Northern Mockingbird 53 243 2001 1964   0 143 243 76
Brown Thrasher 61 18 1970 2010   0 2 7 0
European Starling 89 15750 1933     550 3448 9090 1638
American Pipit 45 61 1931 2011 2012 0 1 4 0
Cedar Waxwing 73 566 1995 1977   0 83 566 1
Lapland Longspur 17 16 1965   2007 0 0 2 0
Snow Bunting 41 156 2007   2008 0 8 156 0
Ovenbird 2 1 1998   2004 0 0 1 0
Northern Waterthrush 1 1 1994   1994 0 0 1 0
Tennessee Warbler 1 1 1990   1990 0 0 0 0
Orange-crowned Warbler 8 3 1984   2012 0 0 2 0
Nashville Warbler 6 3 2001   2006 0 0 3 0
Common Yellowthroat 24 5 1986   2007 0 1 2 0
American Redstart 2 1 1931   2006 0 0 1 0
Magnolia Warbler 1 1 2012   2012 0 0 1 0
Palm Warbler 22 4 1981   2012 0 0 2 0
Western Palm Warbler 1 1 2012   2012 0 0 1 0
Pine Warbler 5 6 2004   2009 0 0 6 0
Yellow-rumped Warbler 76 178 1934 2012 2011 0 2 10 0
Praire Warbler 2 1 2012   2012 0 0 1 0
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 1 1943   1943 0 0 0 0
Wilson's Warbler 2 1 1987   1994 0 0 1 0
Yellow-breasted Chat 17 2 2002   2012 0 0 2 0
warbler, sp. 1       1981 0 0 0 0
Spotted Towhee 1 1 1958   1958 0 0 0 0
Eastern Towhee 78 58 1971 1952   0 14 57 2
American Tree Sparrow 89 1300 1933     49 144 444 49
Chipping Sparrow 32 21 2000 2010 2012 0 2 21 0
Clay-colored Sparrow 1 2 2012   2012 0 0 2 0
Field Sparrow 83 170 1956 2011   0 6 36 0
Vesper Sparrow 34 62 1970   1986 0 0 0 0
Savannah Sparrow 76 205 1976 2012   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 88 167 1975 1927   0 61 155 14
Song Sparrow 89 870 1961     34 415 664 236
Lincoln's Sparrow 4 1 1963   2000 0 0 1 0
Swamp Sparrow 89 67 1991     2 25 58 8
White-throated Sparrow 89 3294 2001     14 1826 3294 1034
White-crowned Sparrow 26 13 1980   2011 0 1 3 0
Dark-eyed (Slate col.) Junco 89 1775 2002     55 1065 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 84 569 2001 1937   0 377 569 258
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 87 1338 1973 1928   0 307 987 61
Eastern Meadowlark 62 165 1930   1999 0 0 3 0
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 1 1974   1974 0 0 0 0
Rusty Blackbird 71 332 1970 1994   0 25 113 0
Common Grackle 79 7109 2009 1952   0 1035 7109 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 82 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 79 56 1968 2011 2012 0 3 11 0
House Finch 57 1615 1991 1957   0 475 1356 119
Red Crossbill 9 14 1973   2012 0 0 1 0
White-winged Crossbill 9 78 2012   2012 0 5 76 0
crossbill, sp. 1         0 0 6 0
Common Redpoll 25 54 1977   2012 0 6 46 0
Pine Siskin 61 617 1969 2011 2012 0 9 138 0
American Goldfinch 89 803 1995     1 447 803 213
European Goldfinch 1 1 1938   1938 0 0 0 0
Evening Grosbeak 24 93 1978   2003 0 0 5 0
House Sparrow 88 2810 1963 1924   0 1882 2650 1165