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2003-2004 Christmas Bird Counts

Pawling Count
These totals represent birds/numbers found on the Pawling, New York. The count circle includes eastern Dutchess County north to Wingdale, bounded on the west by Poughquag and Greenhaven. In addition, the northern portion of Putnam County, including Kent, Carmel, and Patterson, is part of the circle, as are Sherman, parts of New Milford, and Danbury, Connecticut. The count was held on New Year's Day under good weather conditions with moderate temperatures, low of 27 around 7 in the morning and a high around 42 in the afternoon. The day was bright and there was no rain or snow.

Snow Goose	2		Merlin	1		Carolina Wren	36
Canada Goose	1405		American Coot	1		Winter Wren	3
Mute Swan	52		Wilson's Snipe	1		Golden-crowned Kinglet	75
Wood Duck	2		Ring-billed Gull	1175		Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1
American Black Duck	11		Herring Gull	69		Eastern Bluebird	208
Mallard	394		Great Black-backed Gull	7		Hermit Thrush	9
Ring-necked Duck	40		Rock Pigeon	263		American Robin	171
Lesser Scaup	1		Mourning Dove	353		Gray Catbird	1
Bufflehead	4		Eastern Screech-Owl	24		Northern Mockingbird	49
Common Goldeneye	16		Great Horned Owl	3		European Starling	823
Hooded Merganser	139		Barred Owl	2		American Pipit	12
Common Merganser	1177		Northern Saw-whet Owl	5		Cedar Waxwing	183
Red-breasted Merganser	**CW		Belted Kingfisher	5		Yellow-rumped Warbler	3
Ruddy Duck	5		Red-bellied Woodpecker	94		Eastern Towhee	**CW
Ring-necked Pheasant	1		Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	6		American Tree Sparrow	154
Wild Turkey	62		Downy Woodpecker	180		Field Sparrow	3
Great Blue Heron	5		Hairy Woodpecker	24		Song Sparrow	63
Black Vulture	13		Northern Flicker	25		Lincoln's Sparrow	2
Turkey Vulture	13		Pileated Woodpecker	10		Swamp Sparrow	1
Bald Eagle	9		Blue Jay	422		White-throated Sparrow	410
Northern Harrier	1		American Crow	1114		Dark-eyed Junco	787
Sharp-shinned Hawk	6		Fish Crow	1		Northern Cardinal	197
Cooper's Hawk	7		Common Raven	29		Purple Finch	35
Northern Goshawk	2		Black-capped Chickadee	964		House Finch	381
Red-shouldered Hawk	3		Tufted Titmouse	630		Pine Siskin	23
Red-tailed Hawk	100		Red-breasted Nuthatch	10		American Goldfinch	618
American Kestrel	1		White-breasted Nuthatch	231		House Sparrow	549
			Brown Creeper	6

**CW = Count Week Bird—Indicates that a species was seen during the count week but not on the actual count day

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