[nysbirds-l] Central Park CBC results
The Central Park CBC was held on Sunday, Dec. 16. The total number of species on our count this year was 56. (compared to 53 in 2011). We had a total of 5,721individual birds. (compared to 3,288 in 2011). These results are only for the count day and do not include count week. The highlights were: Species# Wood Duck- 6 Gadwall- 13 Black Duck- 4 Mallard- 528 Northern Shoveler- 28 Bufflehead- 13 Hooded Merganser- 8 Ruddy Duck- 55 Pied-billed Grebe- 1 Double-crested Cormorant- 2 Great Blue Heron- 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk- 1 Cooper's Hawk- 3 Red-tailed Hawk- 11 American Coot- 9 Ring-billed Gull- 267 Herring Gull- 1168 Great Black-backed Gull- 51 Mourning Dove- 39 Red-bellied Woodpecker- 60 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker- 12 Downy Woodpecker- 29 Hairy Woodpecker- 3 Northern Flicker- 8 Blue Jay- 190 American Crow- 34 Black-capped Chickadee- 53 Tufted Titmouse- 389 White-breasted Nuthatch- 62 Brown Creeper- 3 Carolina Wren- 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet- 1 Hermit Thrush- 11 American Robin- 97 Gray Catbird- 1 Northern Mockingbird- 7 Cedar Waxwing- 34 Eastern Towhee- 3 Fox Sparrow- 3 Song Sparrow- 8 Swamp Sparrow- 1 White-throated Sparrow- 674 Dark-eyed Junco- 22 Northern Cardinal- 71 Common Grackle- 190 House Finch- 9 Pine Siskin- 3 American Goldfinch- 22 Unusual sightings were: Barred Owl- 1 Common Redpoll- 2 White-winged Crossbill- 4 Good Birding! Susan Susan B. Elbin, Ph.D. Director of Conservation and Science New York City Audubon 71 West 23rd St. New York, NY 10010 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Central Park CBC results
The Central Park CBC was held on Sunday, Dec. 16. The total number of species on our count this year was 56. (compared to 53 in 2011). We had a total of 5,721individual birds. (compared to 3,288 in 2011). These results are only for the count day and do not include count week. The highlights were: Species# Wood Duck- 6 Gadwall- 13 Black Duck- 4 Mallard- 528 Northern Shoveler- 28 Bufflehead- 13 Hooded Merganser- 8 Ruddy Duck- 55 Pied-billed Grebe- 1 Double-crested Cormorant- 2 Great Blue Heron- 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk- 1 Cooper's Hawk- 3 Red-tailed Hawk- 11 American Coot- 9 Ring-billed Gull- 267 Herring Gull- 1168 Great Black-backed Gull- 51 Mourning Dove- 39 Red-bellied Woodpecker- 60 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker- 12 Downy Woodpecker- 29 Hairy Woodpecker- 3 Northern Flicker- 8 Blue Jay- 190 American Crow- 34 Black-capped Chickadee- 53 Tufted Titmouse- 389 White-breasted Nuthatch- 62 Brown Creeper- 3 Carolina Wren- 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet- 1 Hermit Thrush- 11 American Robin- 97 Gray Catbird- 1 Northern Mockingbird- 7 Cedar Waxwing- 34 Eastern Towhee- 3 Fox Sparrow- 3 Song Sparrow- 8 Swamp Sparrow- 1 White-throated Sparrow- 674 Dark-eyed Junco- 22 Northern Cardinal- 71 Common Grackle- 190 House Finch- 9 Pine Siskin- 3 American Goldfinch- 22 Unusual sightings were: Barred Owl- 1 Common Redpoll- 2 White-winged Crossbill- 4 Good Birding! Susan Susan B. Elbin, Ph.D. Director of Conservation and Science New York City Audubon 71 West 23rd St. New York, NY 10010 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
