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December 14th, 2008:
The 47th Captree CBC was conducted today in southwestern Suffolk
County. The weather was good—cold and calm at dawn, warming through
the day under a freshening south-southwest breeze.
The preliminary tally was 127 species, plus Ipswich Sparrow.
There were three species new to the count's cumulative list:
· Barnacle Goose at St. Charles Cemetery, Farmingdale (North)
· Cackling
Geese at four sites:
Belmont Lake SP
Pond behind Duck Pond Inn, Bay
Shore
Bayard Cutting Arboretum
Heckscher SP (Belmont, Estates,
Seatuck, and Heckscher, respectively)
· Monk Parakeets at West Islip (Estates)
Surprises included:
· Bald Eagle at Democrat Pt. (Fire)
· 1 Lesser
Yellowlegs (Estates)
· Northern Saw-whet Owl (Jones)
· Grasshopper
Sparrow at Robert Moses State Park (Fire)
· Lincolns Sparrow at Heckscher SP (Heckscher)
Additional highlights, with territory name in parentheses: |
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Count |
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Species |
Territory Name |
| 9 |
- |
Snow Goose |
(Estates & Heckscher) |
| 1 |
- |
Common Eider |
(Fire) |
| 1 |
- |
Harlequin Duck |
(Seatuck) |
| 2 |
- |
Common Merganser |
(Belmont) |
| 2 |
- |
Black-crowned
Night-Heron |
(East & Estates) |
| 1 |
- |
American Kestrel |
(North) |
| 1 |
- |
Virginia Rail |
(Heckscher) |
| 2 |
- |
Greater Yellowlegs |
(Estates) |
| 1 |
- |
Wilsons Snipe |
(Estates) |
| 3 |
- |
Black-legged
Kittiwake |
(Fire) |
| 2 |
- |
Razorbill |
(Fire) |
| 2 |
- |
Snowy Owl |
(Fire & Jones) |
| 1 |
- |
Short-eared Owl |
(Jones) |
| 1 |
- |
Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker |
(Connetquot) |
| 4 |
- |
Brown Creeper |
(East, Connetquot,
Belmont, & Heckscher) |
| 2 |
- |
Marsh Wren |
(Estates, Heckscher) |
| 12 |
- |
Eastern Bluebird |
(Heckscher) |
| 2 |
- |
Brown Thrasher |
(Estates & Seatuck) |
| 2 |
- |
Palm Warbler |
(North and Fire) |
| 4 |
- |
Chipping Sparrow |
(Heckscher & Fire) |
| 1 |
- |
White-crowned Sparrow |
(Fire) |
| 1 |
- |
Eastern Meadowlark |
(Jones) |
| 1 |
- |
Rusty Blackbird |
(Fire) |
| 2 |
- |
Common Grackle |
(Connetquot) |
| 2 |
- |
Purple Finch |
(Fire) |
| 10 |
- |
Pine Siskin |
(Fire & Jones) |
Big numbers: |
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27,500 |
- |
Black Scoter |
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4,528 |
- |
Long-tailed Duck |
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| 4 |
- |
Merlin |
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| 120 |
- |
Carolina Wren |
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| 10 |
- |
Winter Wren |
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| 797 |
- |
American Robin |
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| 967 |
- |
White-throated
Sparrow |
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| 212 |
- |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
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| 361 |
- |
American Goldfinch |
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Bad misses:
Wood Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Great Egret
American Bittern (count-week)
Some photos are posted at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/tixbirdz/CaptreeCBC14Dec08#
Many thanks to all who participated, and happy holidays to all!
Shai Mitra & Patricia Lindsay |
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Audubon and The Cornell Lab of Ornithology Announce
The Seventh Annual Great Backyard Bird Count
Participate by Visiting:
www.birdsource.org
Audubon Contact
citizenscience@audubon.org
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