The 87th Bronx-Westchester Christmas Bird Count found 107 species on Sunday December 26, 2010, despite an impending blizzard that eventually dumped 17-20 inches of snow on the area. Highlights included:
A Nelson's Sparrow at Marshlands Conservancy. This is the first time on the count since it became a full species. Last seen in 1935 and 1953. All three scoter species were found on the Sound off Rye. Red-necked Grebe and a Northern Gannet off Rye Great Egret in Mamaroneck Northern Saw-whet Owl in the Botanical Gardens Two Common Raven in Scarsdale's territory Two White-crowned Sparrows Pine Siskin at a Mount Vernon feeder Common Redpolls in the West Bronx and Rye High Counts were found for Surf Scoter, White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck All time low counts were noted for: Common Golden-eye and Herring Gull. As expected there were numerous other low counts. For the full results visit http://www.hras.org/count/87thbw.html Next year’s count will be Monday, December 26, 2011. Michael Bochnik -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
