Mike Britt reports that the totals for this side of the Hudson River on the Lower Hudson Christmas Bird Count on Sunday were 88 species and 15,153 individual birds.
Highlights included: Long-tailed Duck, Great Cormorant (3), American Bittern, Black-crowned Night Heron (19), Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier (18), Rough-legged Hawk, American Kestrel (3), Wilson's Snipe (2), Iceland Gull, Barn Owl, Long-eared Owl (2), Common Raven (2), Horned Lark (48), Marsh Wren, American Pipit, Grasshopper Sparrow, Snow Bunting (129), Eastern Meadowlark, Rusty Blackbird, White-crowned Sparrow (14).
Photo above is a Savannah Sparrow on the Avon Landfill taken on Count Day. (Thanks, Chris!)
We also had a Snowy Owl, a Red-shouldered Hawk (yesterday by Disposal Road), 3 Greater Yellowlegs, and the Northern Shrike during count week.
Click "Continue reading…" below to see the full list, with the count for each bird.
Location: DeKorte/Berry's Creek/Plus
Observation date: 12/20/09
Notes: Lower Hudson Christmas Bird Count 2009: Results
Number of species: 88
Snow Goose 1
Brant 810
Canada Goose 3851
Mute Swan 20
Gadwall 154
American Wigeon 6
American Black Duck 150
Mallard 429
Northern Shoveler 27
Northern Pintail 4
Green-winged Teal 102
Canvasback 44
Greater Scaup 60
Lesser Scaup 13
Long-tailed Duck 1
Bufflehead 124
Common Goldeneye 5
Hooded Merganser 77
Common Merganser 109
Red-breasted Merganser 13
Ruddy Duck 169
Ring-necked Pheasant 4
Horned Grebe 5
Double-crested Cormorant 72
Great Cormorant 3
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 26
Black-crowned Night-Heron 19
Turkey Vulture 12
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Harrier 18
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 11
Red-tailed Hawk 28
Rough-legged Hawk 1
American Kestrel 3
American Coot 38
Killdeer 10
Wilson's Snipe 2
Ring-billed Gull 1742
Herring Gull 104
Iceland Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 65
Rock Pigeon 260
Mourning Dove 119
Barn Owl 1
Long-eared Owl 2
Belted Kingfisher 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 16
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 11
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 20
Common Raven 2
Horned Lark 48
Black-capped Chickadee 11
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 2
Marsh Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin 71
Northern Mockingbird 26
European Starling 1319
American Pipit 1
Cedar Waxwing 11
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
American Tree Sparrow 149
Savannah Sparrow 29
Grasshopper Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow 8
Song Sparrow 277
Swamp Sparrow 13
White-throated Sparrow 288
White-crowned Sparrow 14
Dark-eyed Junco 138
Snow Bunting 129
Northern Cardinal 28
Red-winged Blackbird 1015
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Rusty Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 2629
Brown-headed Cowbird 30
House Finch 43
American Goldfinch 52
House Sparrow 138