The Smithtown Count was held on Friday, December 27 and we tallied 105 species.
The highlights included: 1 Eurasian Widgeon 149 Common Mergansers 1 Red-necked Grebe 21 Northern Gannet 1 Merlin 1 Peregrine Falcon 14 Wild Turkey 2 Clapper Rail 3 Greater Yellowlegs 9 Purple Sandpipers 1 Iceland Gull 5 Razorbill 1 Barn Owl 1 Common Raven 104 Snow Bunting 4 Savannah Sparrow (1 Ipswich) 73 Rusty Blackbirds 5 Purple Finch Count Week: 1 Common Eider Northern Bobwhite (feeder) 2 Snowy Owl 1 Field Sparrow Misses: Canvasback Double-crested Commorant Great Commorant Black-bellied Plover Wilson's Snipe Horned Lark Marsh Wren Field Sparrow Compiler: Rich Gostic -- 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/ --
