Posted to the local birding listserves:
The preliminary results -subject to count week and numbers edition review--for Brooklyn 12/17 Kings County Christmas Bird Census is as follows:
132 species were recorded, our second highest species total ever , tying the 1997 Kings County CBC with this year's three historical first time species with RED PHALAROPE at North Shore Brooklyn Heights , BLACK AND WHITE WARBLER at Prospect Park, & BARROWS GOLDENEYE at Jamaica Bay Refuge.
Those species qualified as 'rare' ( including the above species, based on 10 year totals and data ) are as follows : EARED GREBE, AMERICAN BITTERN, GREEN HERON,TURKEY VULTURE, WILSON'S SNIPE,GLAUCOUS GULL, GREAT HORNED OWL,LONG-EARED OWL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, PINE WARBLER, SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROW,SEASIDE SPARROW & BALTIMORE ORIOLE.
Count week rarities were AMERICAN REDSTART ,MARBLED GODWIT, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER (all seen Friday 12/16 ).
The overall species list is attached showing only the species until further review regarding individual numbers
We here in Brooklyn wish all Happy Holidays and good luck in your forthcoming CBC's in the NYC Metro area.
Peter Dorosh,Pres
Brooklyn Bird Club
Species
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Coot
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Marbled Godwit
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper
Dunlin
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Red Phalarope
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Razorbill
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet
Barn Owl
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Long-eared Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Northern Shrike
Blue Jay
American Crow
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eastern Towhee
American Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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Prospect Park segment of Kings CBC
Prospect Park, Kings, US-NY
Dec 17, 2011 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Protocol: Area
580.0 ac
Comments: part of Kings County Christmas Bird Count
56 species
Canada Goose 331
Mute Swan 8
Wood Duck 1
American Black Duck 3
Mallard 193
Hooded Merganser 4
Ruddy Duck 26
Pied-billed Grebe 5
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1 late juvenile , showed head adult plmg,streaky breast, first CBC sighting since 1987
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Coot 25
Ring-billed Gull 362
Herring Gull 64
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 82
Mourning Dove 39
Great Horned Owl 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 16
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6
Downy Woodpecker 11
Hairy Woodpecker 4
Blue Jay 31
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Tufted Titmouse 11
White-breasted Nuthatch 12
Brown Creeper 5
Carolina Wren 3
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 12
Black-and-white Warbler 1 First CBC record
Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Fox Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 9
White-throated Sparrow 96
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Northern Cardinal 26
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 42
American Goldfinch 5
House Sparrow 88
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
