Hi All,

The first ever Northport Winter Bird Census took place today, covering the
area between the Northern Nassau and Smithtown CBC circles on the North
Shore of Long Island.  The count was conducted by 10 intrepid observers
(Ken and Sue Feustel, Tim Dunn, Taylor Sturm, Pete Morris, Norm Klein,
Brent Bomkamp, and John Gluth) who recorded 87 species on the day of the
count, and 92 including count week birds.  Unfortunately, the rescheduling
of the pelagic resulted in us losing several counters, and ultimately
caused gaps in coverage leading to some difficult misses (Yellow-rumped
Warbler, Common Grackle, etc.)  The highlights were:

*Greater White-fronted Goose* - West Hollow Middle School, Melville (TD)
*Cackling Goose* - Carpenter Farm, Greenlawn (TD)
Wood Duck - Betty Allen Nature Park, Centerport (TD)
Eurasian Wigeon - Crab Meadow Beach, Northport (PM and TS)
*Harlequin Duck *- Valley Grove, Eatons Neck (BB)
Red-necked Grebe - Valley Grove, Eatons Neck (BB)
Black-bellied Plover - Target Rock, Lloyd Neck (KF and SF)
American Woodcock - Northport High School (TS)
Northern Saw-whet Owl - Northport (PM and TS)
*Red-headed Woodpecker* - Makamah Preserve, Fort Salonga (JG)
Brown Thrasher - Carpenter Farm, Greenlawn (TD)
*Orange-crowned Warbler *- Crab Meadow Beach, Northport (NK)

Other highlights include 32 Canvasback, three Great Cormorants, 15 Great
Horned Owls, 19 Eastern Screech-owl, 70 Tufted Titmice, and five Rusty
Blackbirds.  We hope to make this count an annual occurrence, so please
keep us in mind for next year.  Thank you to all of those who managed to
help out!

Good birding,

Brent Bomkamp
Eatons Neck

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