I had a great time again birding in one of my favorite counties and contributing to the annual
Christmas Bird Count in the Bronx. I assisted to cover the
East Bronx and was in a team consisting of Eric Miller, Jean Loscalzo and George Dadone. We made an excellent group, who were up to the task of bushwhacking, climbing fences, navigating streams and climbing walls in an effort to dig up as many birds as possible. It was an exhaustive day, but we all had a good time of it and no one complained. We ended up with an excellent run of birds including 4 species of
Owls and 3 species of
Warblers. One of the warbler specie,
Prairie Warbler, was a second count record in the 89 year history.
Other highlights of the count included a couple of new birds for the count - the continuing
Barnacle Goose at
Van Cortlandt Park, a reported
Magnolia Warbler was photographed in
Wave Hill (I have not seen the photos) and two
Clay-colored Sparrows, 1 at
Pelham Bay and the other at
Rye Playland. In total the count tallied
126 species, which tied for the all time high. I was lucky to obtain some photos of the great birds my team found - see below.
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| 1 of 2 Hermit Thrushes we found. |
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| Common Redpoll - we had a total of 10 |
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| White-winged Crossbill, we had a total of 26 which was a conservative count. |
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| Orange-crowned Warbler |
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| Western sub species of Palm Warbler. |
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| Prairie Warbler, only the 2nd record in the 89 year history of the count. |
Tags:
Barnacle Goose,
Christmas Bird Count,
Bronx New York
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