Our five-member Meadowlands Commission crew had an incredible Christmas Bird Count on Sunday — with great views of a nearby ground-roosting Barn Owl, a Snowy Owl, a nearby  Wilson’s Snipe in the snow, and lots of ducks.

(Link to earlier post with Wilson’s Snipe pic is here.)

Thanks to Zach Batren for providing the full list, below.

Meadowlands District IBA, Bergen, US-NJ
Dec 15, 2013 7:45 AM – 3:55 PM
Protocol: Traveling
10.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Christmas Bird Count Submitted from  BirdLog NA for Android v1.9.3
61 species

Canada Goose  99
Gadwall  23
American Black Duck  121
Mallard  143
Northern Shoveler  12
Northern Pintail  13
Green-winged Teal  95
Canvasback  30
Redhead  1     Seen at the far side of Sawmill
Bufflehead  17
Hooded Merganser  13
Common Merganser  60
Ruddy Duck  2
Ring-necked Pheasant  2
Double-crested Cormorant  18
Great Blue Heron  3
Great Egret  1
Northern Harrier  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  1
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Rough-legged Hawk  1
Killdeer  13
Wilson’s Snipe  1
Ring-billed Gull  261
Herring Gull  8
Great Black-backed Gull  4
Rock Pigeon  12
Mourning Dove  2
Barn Owl  1
Snowy Owl  1     Pictures taken
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  6
Northern Flicker  2
American Kestrel  3
Peregrine Falcon  2
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  26
Fish Crow  1
Horned Lark  38
Carolina Wren  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  20
Orange-crowned Warbler  2     Photos of one.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
American Tree Sparrow  50
Savannah Sparrow  6
Fox Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  24
Swamp Sparrow  6
White-throated Sparrow  2
White-crowned Sparrow  3
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  3
Northern Cardinal  2
Red-winged Blackbird  16
Common Grackle  12
House Finch  3
House Sparrow  25