The 96th Smithtown Count (Suffolk County, Long Island) was held on Sunday, December 27 amid clear, calm, cool conditions with daytime temperatures in the upper 30's. Seven parties and 26 participants tallied 110 species and 20,379 individuals. This exceeds our 10 year average of 104 species. The highlights of the count included:
1 Snow Goose 9 Pintail 1 Canvasback 36 Common Eider 78 Common Merganser 2 Ruddy Duck 19 Wild Turkey 2 Great Egret 6 Bald Eagle 4 Virginia Rail 1 Clapper Rail 1 Greater Yellowlegs 7 Purple Sandpiper 1 Glaucous Gull 7 Northern Saw-whet Owl 10 Common Raven 4 Horned Lark 1 Marsh Wren 1 House Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 21 Eastern Bluebird 38 Snow Bunting 1 Purple Finch 1 Common Redpoll Count week Black-headed Gull Misses included: Northern Gannet, Harrier, Brown Thrasher, and Razorbill which has become reliable in recent years but was not observed this year. Richard Gostic Compiler -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
