The Bronx-Westchester Count tallied a preliminary 126species on Sunday Dec 23, 2012. The 126 species tied for the most species seen onthis 89 year count. Three new species were found bringing the cumulative totalto 227 species. The new birds were; the continuing Barnacle Goose in Van CortlandtPark; a Magnolia Warbler found and photographed at Wave Hill in the Bronx; andtwo Clay-colored Sparrows, one in Pelham Bay Park and the continuing one atMarshlands Conservancy in Rye. Other highlights included: all three species of scoter, Northern Gannets, 21 Razorbills in Long IslandSound; a new high count of 486 Long-tailed Ducks; a new high count of 4 Red-neck Grebes, off Rye and Mamaroneck; 4 Great Egrets; 5 Black Vultures in the Dobbs Ferry/ Hastings-on-Hudson area; 6 Bald Eagles; a Red-shouldered Hawk; 2 Merlin; 5 Peregrine Falcons; a Greater Yellowlegs; a new high count of 9 Barred Owls (7 inthe Bronx); 2 Northern Saw-whet Owls; a new high count of 10 Common Ravens; a new high count of 33 Red-breasted Nuthatches; a new high count of 73 Winter Wrens a House Wren in Yonkers; 4 American Pipits (flyovers inMarshlands Conservancy); 2 Orange-crowned Warblers (one at Split Rock in Pelham Bay Park and the otherat Marshlands Conservancy); a Prairie Warbler also near Split Rockin Pelham Bay Park (2nd count record!); 2 Palm Warblers (one in the Bronx Zoo and the other in Pelham Bay Park); a Yellow-Breasted Chat in the Bronx Zoo; 2 Chipping Sparrows; 36 Field Sparrows with a flock of 28 in Sprain Ridge Park; 1 Red Crossbill; a new high count of 76 White-wingedCrossbills; 13 Common Redpolls For the second year in a row American Tree Sparrow set anall time low of 49 birds. Next year’s count is scheduled for Sunday, December 22,2013. Michael Bochnik- Count Complier
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