Bronx Christmas Count 2006
Preliminary and Unofficial Species Account
East Bronx- Comprising City Island and Pelham Bay Park
The weather was damp, drizzly and foggy in the early morning, clearing by late morning. Temperature ranged from high forties to mid fifties. The sun rose at 7:17.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon*
Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant
Herons
Black-crowned Night Heron
Ducks and Geese
Brant
Black Duck
Canada Geese
Gadwall
Mallard
Canvasback
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Redhead
Common Goldeneye
Surf Scoter
Hawks
Red-tailed Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Sandpipers
Greater Yellowlegs
Gulls
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Owls
Saw-whet Owl
Great Horned Owl
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Crows and Jays
American Crow
Blue Jay
Chickadees
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Nuthatches
White-breasted Nuthatch
Wrens
Carolina Wren
Marsh Wren
House Wren
Kinglets
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Thrushes
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Mockingbirds
Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Starlings
European Starlings
New World Sparrows
Song Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Grosbeaks and Buntings
Northern Cardinal
Icterids
Common Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
Finches
American Goldfinch
House Finch
* Accidental- far from its regular range
