Lower Hudson CBC: The Full List (pretty much)

Savannah sparrow-1

   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

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