Bedford Audubon Society

With each new year comes the Pawling Christmas Bird Count. The circle includes eastern Dutchess 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, CT.

This year 35 birders spent 102.5 hours counting birds under cloudy skies with a temperatures ranging from 21° to 36°F.

Angela Dimmitt compiled the Connecticut results; Carena Pooth handled the New York count.

Canada Goose	718	American Coot	88	Winter Wren	4
Mute Swan	30	Ring-billed Gull	577	Golden-crowned Kinglet	7
Wood Duck	3	Herring Gull	338	Eastern Bluebird	197
American Wigeon	7	Great Black-backed Gull	57	Hermit Thrush	24
American Black Duck	32	Rock Pigeon	218	American Robin	957
Mallard	481	Mourning Dove	638	Gray Catbird	19
Ring-necked Duck	7	Eastern Screech-Owl	16	Northern Mockingbird	40
Lesser Scaup	2	Great Horned Owl	9	European Starling	2743
Bufflehead	7	Barred Owl	1	Cedar Waxwing	305
Common Goldeneye	10	Long-eared Owl	1	Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler	5
Hooded Merganser	160	Belted Kingfisher	4	Eastern Towhee	1
Common Merganser	3645	Red-bellied Woodpecker	100	American Tree Sparrow	123
Ruddy Duck	153	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	7	Field Sparrow	1
American Black Duck X Mallard (hybrid)	2	Downy Woodpecker	236	Fox Sparrow	2
Ring-necked Pheasant	2	Hairy Woodpecker	38	Song Sparrow	85
Wild Turkey	266	Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker	46	Swamp Sparrow	8
Common Loon	1	Pileated Woodpecker	14	White-throated Sparrow	635
Red-necked Grebe	2	Blue Jay	369	Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco	758
Great Blue Heron	1	American Crow	896	Northern Cardinal	277
Black Vulture	13	Fish Crow	1	Rusty Blackbird	6
Turkey Vulture	3	Common Raven	3	Common Grackle	1
Bald Eagle	10	Black-capped Chickadee	1032	Brown-headed Cowbird	1
Northern Harrier	2	Tufted Titmouse	448	Purple Finch	5
Sharp-shinned Hawk	7	Red-breasted Nuthatch	5	House Finch	352
Cooper's Hawk	12	White-breasted Nuthatch	264	Common Redpoll	8
Northern Goshawk	1	Brown Creeper	5	Pine Siskin	4
Red-shouldered Hawk	3	Carolina Wren	32	American Goldfinch	277
Red-tailed Hawk	72			House Sparrow	309

Total Birds: 18,249; Total Species:82 species plus one hybrid

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Bedford Audubon Society

A Northern Westchester & Eastern Putnam Counties, New York Chapter of the National Audubon Society

Celebrating 95 Years of Conservation 1913-2008

2005-2006 Christmas Bird Counts

Pawling Bird Count January 1, 2006

Pawling Bird Count
January 1, 2006