Bronx – Westchester Christmas Bird Count
Summary of birds over the last 79 years
|
Species |
Time |
Previous |
High Count |
Last |
Last |
MIN |
20 |
20 |
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
Previous |
High Count |
Last |
Last |
MIN |
20 |
20 |
20 |
|
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 |
Previous |
High Count |
Last |
Last |
MIN |
20 |
20 |
20 |
|
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 |
Previous |
High Count |
Last |
Last |
MIN |
20 |
20 |
20 |
|
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 |
Previous |
High Count |
Last |
Last |
MIN |
20 |
20 |
20 |
|
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 |
Previous |
High Count |
Last |
Last |
MIN |
20 |
20 |
20 |
|
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 |
Previous |
High Count |
Last |
Last |
MIN |
20 |
20 |
20 |
|
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 |
Previous |
High Count |
Last |
Last |
MIN |
20 |
20 |
20 |
|
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 |
Previous |
High Count |
Last |
Last |
MIN |
20 |
20 |
20 |
|
Carolina Wren |
50 |
211 |
2002 |
1980 |
|
0 |
75 |
211 |
1 |
|
House Wren |
23 |
4 |
1968 |
2000 |
2002 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |