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2007-2008 Christmas Bird Counts

Peekskill Count
The 53rd Annual Peekskill Christmas Bird Count was held on December 167, 2007. Thirty three birders participated under clear to partly cloudy skies with temperatures ranging from 25°-28°F.

Snow Goose 1   Peregrine Falcon 1   Eastern Bluebird 47
Brant 70 American Coot 152 Hermit Thrush 12
Canada Goose 4423 Ring-billed Gull 853 American Robin 317
Mute Swan 65 Herring Gull 71 Gray Catbird 12
Wood Duck 5 Great Black-backed Gull 11 Northern Mockingbird 46
American Black Duck 103 Rock Pigeon 211 European Starling 1256
Mallard 733 Mourning Dove 230 American Pipit 33
Canvasback 264 Eastern Screech-Owl 5 Cedar Waxwing 77
Ring-necked Duck 62 Great Horned Owl 2 Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler 1
Greater Scaup 49 Barred Owl 4 American Tree Sparrow 175
Lesser Scaup 36 Long-eared Owl 2 Field Sparrow 3
Bufflehead 61 Belted Kingfisher 13 Savannah Sparrow 3
Common Goldeneye 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 84 Fox Sparrow 11
Hooded Merganser 194 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 12 Song Sparrow 210
Common Merganser 471 Downy Woodpecker 101 Swamp Sparrow 9
Ruddy Duck 93 Hairy Woodpecker 25 White-throated Sparrow 719
Wild Turkey 16 Yellow-shafted Flicker 23 White-crowned Sparrow 2
Common Loon 2 Pileated Woodpecker 6 Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco 863
Pied-billed Grebe 4 Blue Jay 321 Snow Bunting 8
Great Cormorant 17 American Crow 941 Northern Cardinal 211
Great Blue Heron (Blue form) 8 Fish Crow 2 Red-winged Blackbird 41
Black Vulture 8 Horned Lark 33 Rusty Blackbird 94
Turkey Vulture 59 Black-capped Chickadee 547 Common Grackle 1
Bald Eagle 27 Tufted Titmouse 301 Brown-headed Cowbird 19
Northern Harrier 5 Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 Purple Finch 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 11 White-breasted Nuthatch 148 House Finch 81
Cooper's Hawk 5 Brown Creeper 9 Red Crossbill 10
Northern Goshawk 1 Carolina Wren 49 Common Redpoll 21
Red-tailed Hawk 59 Winter Wren 10 American Goldfinch 133
Rough-legged Hawk 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 30 House Sparrow 173
  Ruby-crowned Kinglet 10    

Total Species: 91; Total Individuals: 15,659

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