2002-2003 Putnaml Christmas Bird Count Results

Putnam Bird Count
Thirty one people participated in the Putnam CBC which was held Saturday, January 4, 2004 in good weather. A Baltimore Oriole was noted as an unusual species.

Pied-billed Grebe	3	Ring-billed Gull	549	Golden-crowned Kinglet	24
Great Blue Heron	2	Herring Gull	32	Eastern Bluebird	61
Black Vulture	4	Great Black-backed Gull	7	Hermit Thrush	7
Turkey Vulture	64	Rock Dove	132	American Robin	152
Canada Goose	139	Mourning Dove	426	Gray Catbird	4
Mute Swan	23	Eastern Screech-Owl	17	Northern Mockingbird	38
Wood Duck	1	Great Horned Owl	8	European Starling	492
Gadwall	2	Barred Owl	1	Cedar Waxwing	66
American Black Duck	140	Belted Kingfisher	5	Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler	1
Mallard	189	Red-bellied Woodpecker	101	Eastern Towhee	1
Ring-necked Duck	180	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	12	American Tree Sparrow	120
Bufflehead	23	Downy Woodpecker	192	Field Sparrow	1
Common Goldeneye	86	Hairy Woodpecker	27	Fox Sparrow	2
Hooded Merganser	120	Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker	22	Song Sparrow	94
Common Merganser	127	Pileated Woodpecker	14	Swamp Sparrow	8
Ruddy Duck	68	Blue Jay	446	White-throated Sparrow	322
Bald Eagle 8 Adult,4 Immature	12	American Crow	456	Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco	703
Sharp-shinned Hawk	3	Fish Crow	1	Northern Cardinal	244
Cooper's Hawk	5	Common Raven	10	Red-winged Blackbird	4
Red-shouldered Hawk	2	Black-capped Chickadee	555	Rusty Blackbird	23
Red-tailed Hawk	43	Tufted Titmouse	416	Brown-headed Cowbird	26
Ring-necked Pheasant—Count Period***		White-breasted Nuthatch	258	Baltimore Oriole	1
Ruffed Grouse	2	Brown Creeper	2	House Finch	182
Wild Turkey	57	Carolina Wren	60	American Goldfinch	135
American Coot	5	Winter Wren	14	House Sparrow	324

***A "Count Period" bird is a bird species observed within the count circle three days before or after the count.

Bedford Audubon Society

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

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2002-2003 Christmas Bird Counts