Big Day Bird Count 2006
Greenbrook conducted its annual Big Day Bird Count on Saturday, May 13, 2006. As in previous years, staff and members searched the 6˝ miles of sanctuary trails in search of resident and migrant species. The total number of species counted, always at the whims of wind and weather, was 80.
The count began as usual at 6 AM and ran until sundown. Highlights of the day included Cooper’s hawk, swamp sparrow, Wilson’s and Blackburnian warblers and a purple martin flying north along the Hudson River.
Big Day is part of the International Migratory Bird Day and is celebrated annually on the second Saturday in May. Greenbrook has been a longtime participant and submits its count totals each year. The table below is the final species list for Big Day 2006.
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Wild Turkey
Solitary Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Great Horned Owl
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cedar Waxwing
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Gray Catbird
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue Jay
American Crow
European Starling
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Species seen --- 80
