Christmas Count Summary

Herring Gull - most numerous species counted - [source: Wikipedia]


A summary of the final results of the 1912 Christmas Count
from Susan Elbin at the New York City Audubon:

The Central Park CBC was held on Sunday, Dec. 16.

The total number of species on our count this year was 56. (compared to 53 in 2011). We had a total of 5,721 individual birds. (compared to 3,288 in 2011). These results are only for the count day and do not include count week.

The highlights were:

Species                            #

Wood Duck-	6
Gadwall-	13
Black Duck-	4
Mallard-	528
Northern Shoveler-	28
Bufflehead-	13
Hooded Merganser-	8
Ruddy Duck-	55
Pied-billed Grebe-	1
Double-crested Cormorant-	2
Great Blue Heron-	1
Sharp-shinned Hawk-	1
Cooper's Hawk-	3
Red-tailed Hawk-	11
American Coot-	9
Ring-billed Gull-	267
Herring Gull-	1168
Great Black-backed Gull-	51
Mourning Dove-	39
Red-bellied Woodpecker-	60
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker-	12
Downy Woodpecker-	29
Hairy Woodpecker-	3
Northern Flicker-	8
Blue Jay-	190
American Crow-	34
Black-capped Chickadee-	53
Tufted Titmouse-	389
White-breasted Nuthatch-	62
Brown Creeper-	3
Carolina Wren-	5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet-	1
Hermit Thrush-	11
American Robin-	97
Gray Catbird-	1
Northern Mockingbird-	7
Cedar Waxwing-	34
Eastern Towhee-	3
Fox Sparrow-	3
Song Sparrow-	8
Swamp Sparrow-	1
White-throated Sparrow-	674
Dark-eyed Junco-	22
Northern Cardinal-	71
Common Grackle-	190
House Finch-	9
Pine Siskin-	3
American Goldfinch-	22

Unusual sightings were:

Barred Owl-	1
Common Redpoll-	2
White-winged Crossbill-	4