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Counter: Ken Behrens
Common Loon - 2
Northern Gannet - 6
Double-crested Cormorant - 6123
Great Blue Heron - 13
Great Egret - 14
Snowy Egret - 27
Brant - 14
Canada Goose - 307
Wood Duck - 6
American Wigeon - 12
American Black Duck - 35
Mallard - 2
Northern Pintail - 79
Green-winged Teal - 184
Black Scoter - 64
Surf Scoter - 36
Laughing Gull - 384
Herring Gull - 20
Great Black-backed Gull - 12
Forster's Tern - 68
Royal Tern - 12
American Oystercatcher - 141
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Common Tern - 163
Caspian Tern - 12
Black Skimmer - 78
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 4
Killdeer - 9
Counter: Jessie Barry
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 77 502 502
Bald Eagle 8 80 80
Northern Harrier 57 293 293
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1010 4883 4883
Cooper's Hawk 193 736 736
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 1
Broad-winged Hawk 27 151 151
Red-tailed Hawk 2 72 72
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 257 3314 3314
Merlin 28 544 544
Peregrine Falcon 11 131 131
Unknown 0 1 1
Total: 1671 10708 10708
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Counter: Sam Galick
Ruby-throated Hummingbird- 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker- 1
Northern Flicker- 390
Eastern Wood-Pewee- 10
Eastern Phoebe- 3
Red-eyed Vireo- 9
Red-breasted Nuthatch- 5
American Pipit- 2
Cedar Waxwing- 69
Northern Parula- 168
Chestnut-sided Warbler- 1
Magnolia Warbler- 5
Cape May Warbler- 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler- 81
Yellow-rumped Warbler- 362
Black-throated Green Warbler- 90
Blackburnian Warbler- 6
Prairie Warbler- 1
Palm Warbler- 984
Bay-breasted Warbler- 14
Blackpoll Warbler- 232
"Baypoll" Warbler- 186
Black and white Warbler- 29
American Redstart- 24
Northern Waterthrush- 22
Warbler sp.- 1,189
Scarlet Tanager- 8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak- 3
Indigo Bunting- 31
Dickcissel- 1
Bobolink- 18
Rusty Blackbird- 1
Purple Finch- 7
Total birds: 3,957
Counter: Ken Behrens
Northern Gannet - 52
Double-crested Cormorant - 369
Great Blue Heron - 48
Snowy Egret - 32
Green-winged Teal - 6
Black Scoter - 65
Surf Scoter - 5
Laughing Gull - 130
Herring Gull - 4
Great Black-backed Gull - 15
Forster's Tern - 44
Brown Pelican - 26
Little Blue Heron - 3
American Oystercatcher - 9
Common Tern - 172
Black Skimmer - 26
Whimbrel - 6
King Eider - 1
TOTAL - 1013
Counter: Jessie Barry
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 128 425 425
Bald Eagle 5 72 72
Northern Harrier 57 236 236
Sharp-shinned Hawk 563 3873 3873
Cooper's Hawk 74 543 543
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 9 124 124
Red-tailed Hawk 2 70 70
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 716 3057 3057
Merlin 78 516 516
Peregrine Falcon 66 120 120
Unknown 0 1 1
Total: 1698 9037 9037
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Counter: Chris Brown
Northern Flicker- 1
Red-eyed Vireo- 3
Cedar Waxwing- 10
Northern Parula- 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler- 9
Prairie Warbler- 1
Palm Warbler- 7
Blackpoll Warbler- 3
"Baypoll" Warbler- 2
American Redstart- 1
Northern Waterthrush- 1
Warbler sp.- 21
Indigo Bunting- 1
Bobolink- 4
Eastern Meadowlark- 1
Total birds: 69
Counter: Ken Behrens
Northern Gannet - 212
Double-crested Cormorant - 10
Black Scoter - 83
Surf Scoter - 14
Parasitic Jaeger - 1
Laughing Gull - 558
Herring Gull - 90
Great Black-backed Gull - 135
Forster's Tern - 55
Royal Tern - 4
Brown Pelican - 18
Common Tern - 516
Black Tern - 1
TOTAL - 1697
Counter: Chris Brown
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 1 297 297
Bald Eagle 0 67 67
Northern Harrier 1 179 179
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 3310 3310
Cooper's Hawk 0 469 469
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 115 115
Red-tailed Hawk 0 68 68
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 0 2341 2341
Merlin 3 438 438
Peregrine Falcon 4 54 54
Unknown 0 1 1
Total: 10 7339 7339
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Counter: Sam Galick
Northern Flicker- 4
Red-eyed Vireo- 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch- 2
Palm Warbler- 6
American Redstart- 3
Warbler sp.- 4
Bobolink- 8
Total birds: 28
Counter: Ken Behrens
Northern Gannet - 27
Green-winged Teal - 2
Black Scoter - 7
Surf Scoter - 22
Laughing Gull - 33
Herring Gull - 24
Great Black-backed Gull - 59
Forster's Tern - 76
Brown Pelican - 1
Blue-winged Teal - 2
Common Tern - 214
TOTAL - 467
Counter: Chris Brown
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 0 296 296
Bald Eagle 0 67 67
Northern Harrier 1 178 178
Sharp-shinned Hawk 32 3309 3309
Cooper's Hawk 5 469 469
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 0 115 115
Red-tailed Hawk 0 68 68
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 4 2341 2341
Merlin 3 435 435
Peregrine Falcon 3 50 50
Unknown 0 1 1
Total: 48 7329 7329
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Counter: Sam Galick
Red-bellied Woodpecker- 1
Northern Flicker- 12
Red-breasted Nuthatch- 2
Northern Parula- 1
Yellow Warbler- 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler- 1
Black-throated Green Warbler- 1
Blackburnian Warbler- 2
Palm Warbler- 87
Bay-breasted Warbler- 3
Blackpoll Warbler- 1
Northern Waterthrush- 1
Warbler sp.- 4
Indigo Bunting- 2
Bobolink- 13
Total birds: 39
Counter: Ken Behrens
Northern Gannet - 6
Double-crested Cormorant - 46
Great Blue Heron - 1
Northern Pintail - 24
Green-winged Teal - 3
Black Scoter - 18
Laughing Gull - 22
Brown Pelican - 6
Common Tern - 32
TOTAL - 158
Counter: Jessie Barry
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 8 296 296
Bald Eagle 2 67 67
Northern Harrier 12 177 177
Sharp-shinned Hawk 84 3277 3277
Cooper's Hawk 17 464 464
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 3 115 115
Red-tailed Hawk 0 68 68
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 15 2337 2337
Merlin 5 432 432
Peregrine Falcon 3 47 47
Unknown 0 1 1
Total: 149 7281 7281
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Counter: Sam Galick
Ruby-throated Hummingbird- 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker- 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker- 1
Northern Flicker- 56
Red-eyed Vireo- 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch- 6
Cedar Waxwing- 1
Northern Parula- 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler- 1
Black-throated Green Warbler- 1
Palm Warbler- 8
Blackpoll Warbler- 2
American Redstart- 6
Northern Waterthrush- 1
Warbler sp.- 9
Indigo Bunting- 1
Baltimore Oriole- 1
Total birds: 103
Counter: Ken Behrens
Northern Gannet - 17
Double-crested Cormorant - 418
Great Blue Heron - 15
Wood Duck - 13
American Wigeon - 2
American Black Duck - 1
Mallard - 8
Northern Pintail - 86
Green-winged Teal - 59
Black Scoter - 34
Surf Scoter - 3
Laughing Gull - 57
Herring Gull - 9
Great Black-backed Gull - 53
Forster's Tern - 31
Monarch - 40
Brown Pelican - 7
Blue-winged Teal - 5
duck, sp. - 4
Common Tern - 65
Black Skimmer - 8
American Bittern - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 5
TOTAL - 902
Counter: Jessie Barry
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 6 288 288
Bald Eagle 2 65 65
Northern Harrier 13 165 165
Sharp-shinned Hawk 228 3193 3193
Cooper's Hawk 34 447 447
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 5 112 112
Red-tailed Hawk 2 68 68
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 33 2322 2322
Merlin 4 427 427
Peregrine Falcon 2 44 44
Unknown 0 1 1
Total: 329 7132 7132
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Counter: Sam Galick
Red-bellied Woodpecker- 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker- 1
Northern Flicker- 734
Eastern Wood-Pewee- 2
Eastern Phoebe- 4
Red-eyed Vireo- 16
Red-breasted Nuthatch- 175
Ruby Crowned Kinglet- 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher- 3
American Robin- 4
Northern Mockingbird- 2
American Pipit- 1
Cedar Waxwing- 277
Tennessee Warbler- 1
Nashville Warbler- 1
Northern Parula- 34
Yellow Warbler- 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler- 1
Magnolia Warbler- 7
Cape May Warbler- 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler- 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler- 6
Black-throated Green Warbler- 4
Blackburnian Warbler- 2
Palm Warbler- 87
Bay-breasted Warbler- 3
Blackpoll Warbler- 31
"Baypoll" Warbler- 26
Black and white Warbler- 16
American Redstart- 25
Prothonotary Warbler- 1
Northern Waterthrush- 4
Warbler sp.- 963
Scarlet Tanager- 8
Chipping Sparrow- 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak- 1
Indigo Bunting- 10
Bobolink- 39
Baltimore Oriole- 1
Hooded Warbler- 1
Yellow-throated Warbler- 1
Downy Woodpecker- 1
Total birds: 2,525
Counter: Ken Behrens
Common Loon - 1
Northern Gannet - 15
Double-crested Cormorant - 382
Great Blue Heron - 8
Northern Pintail - 216
Green-winged Teal - 32
Black Scoter - 33
Surf Scoter - 8
Laughing Gull - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Brown Pelican - 9
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1
Common Tern - 48
Black Skimmer - 70
Marbled Godwit - 13
TOTAL - 843
Counter: Jessie Barry
Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 23 282 282
Bald Eagle 8 63 63
Northern Harrier 32 152 152
Sharp-shinned Hawk 903 2965 2965
Cooper's Hawk 108 413 413
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 0 0
Broad-winged Hawk 22 107 107
Red-tailed Hawk 8 66 66
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 1031 2289 2289
Merlin 79 423 423
Peregrine Falcon 7 42 42
Unknown 0 1 1
Total: 2221 6803 6803
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Counter: Sam Galick
Red-bellied Woodpecker- 4
Northern Flicker- 139
Eastern Wood-Pewee- 5
Eastern Kingbird- 1
Red-eyed Vireo- 15
Red-breasted Nuthatch- 20
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher- 2
American Robin- 4
American Pipit- 1
Cedar Waxwing- 15
Tennessee Warbler- 3
Nashville Warbler- 1
Northern Parula- 77
Yellow Warbler- 5
Chestnut-sided Warbler- 1
Magnolia Warbler- 7
Cape May Warbler- 12
Black-throated Blue Warbler- 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler- 2
Black-throated Green Warbler- 5
Blackburnian Warbler- 3
Palm Warbler- 250
Bay-breasted Warbler- 9
Blackpoll Warbler- 41
"Baypoll" Warbler- 55
Black and white Warbler- 16
American Redstart- 229
Northern Waterthrush- 8
Connecticut Warbler- 6
Warbler sp.- 586
Scarlet Tanager- 4
Indigo Bunting- 7
Bobolink- 37
Lark Sparrow- 1
Total birds: 1591
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