| Waackaack Creek Christmas Bird Count - NJ Audubon |
| Species |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Gavia stellata |
Red-throated Loon |
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| Gavia immer |
Common Loon |
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| Podilymbus podiceps |
Pied-billed Grebe |
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| Podiceps auritus |
Horned Grebe |
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| Podiceps grisegena |
Red-necked Grebe |
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| Podiceps nigricollis |
Eared Grebe |
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| Phalacrocorax auritus |
Double-crested Cormorant |
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| Phalacrocorax carbo |
Great Cormorant |
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| Ardea herodias |
Great Blue Heron |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Ardea alba |
Great Egret |
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| Egretta thula |
Snowy Egret |
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| Butorides virescens |
Green Heron |
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| Nycticorax nycticorax |
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
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| Coragyps atratus |
Black Vulture |
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| Cathartes aura |
Turkey Vulture |
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| Chen caerulescens |
Snow Goose |
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| Branta canadensis |
Canada Goose |
|
40 |
21 |
| Branta bernicla |
Brant |
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| Cygnus olor |
Mute Swan |
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| Aix sponsa |
Wood Duck |
2 |
4 |
3 |
| Anas strepera |
Gadwall |
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| Anas penelope |
Eurasian Wigeon |
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| Anas americana |
American Wigeon |
|
3 |
1 |
| Anas rubripes |
American Black Duck |
|
12 |
3 |
| Anas platyrhynchos |
Mallard |
50 |
29 |
18 |
| Anas discors |
Blue-winged Teal |
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| Anas clypeata |
Northern Shoveler |
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| Anas acuta |
Northern Pintail |
1 |
|
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| Anas crecca |
Green-winged Teal |
7 |
6 |
5 |
| Aythya valisineria |
Canvasback |
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| Aythya collaris |
Ring-necked Duck |
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| Aythya fuligula |
Tufted Duck |
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| Aythya marila |
Greater Scaup |
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| Aythya affinis |
Lesser Scaup |
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| Bucephala albeola |
Bufflehead |
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| Bucephala clangula |
Common Goldeneye |
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| Lophodytes cucullatus |
Hooded Merganser |
|
6 |
|
| Mergus merganser |
Common Merganser |
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| Mergus serrator |
Red-breasted Merganser |
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| Oxyura jamaicensis |
Ruddy Duck |
|
2 |
1 |
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
Bald Eagle |
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| Circus cyaneus |
Northern Harrier |
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| Accipiter striatus |
Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
1 |
|
| Accipiter cooperii |
Cooper's Hawk |
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| Buteo jamaicensis |
Red-tailed Hawk |
|
1 |
2 |
| Falco sparverius |
American Kestrel |
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| Falco columbarius |
Merlin |
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| Falco peregrinus |
Peregrine Falcon |
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| Rallus longirostris |
Clapper Rail |
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| Fulica americana |
American Coot |
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| Pluvialis squatarola |
Black-bellied Plover |
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| Charadrius vociferus |
Killdeer |
|
|
5 |
| Catoptrophorus semipalmatus |
Willet |
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|
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| Gallinago gallinago |
Wilson's Snipe |
|
|
40 |
| Larus atricilla |
Laughing Gull |
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| Larus philadelphia |
Bonaparte's Gull |
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| Larus delawarensis |
Ring-billed Gull |
30 |
10 |
1 |
| Larus argentatus |
Herring Gull |
2 |
1 |
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| Larus marinus |
Great Black-backed Gull |
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| Sterna hirundo |
Common Tern |
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| Sterna forsteri |
Forster's Tern |
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| Sterna antillarum |
Least Tern |
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| Columba livia |
Rock Pigeon |
|
8 |
|
| Zenaida macroura |
Mourning Dove |
|
2 |
1 |
| Megascops asio |
Eastern Screech-Owl |
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| Bubo virginianus |
Great Horned Owl |
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| Tyto Alba |
Common Barn Owl |
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| Ceryle alcyon |
Belted Kingfisher |
|
1 |
1 |
| Melanerpes carolinus |
Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
1 |
1 |
| Sphyrapicus varius |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
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| Picoides pubescens |
Downy Woodpecker |
|
1 |
2 |
| Picoides villosus |
Hairy Woodpecker |
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| Colaptes auratus |
Northern Flicker |
|
1 |
|
| Contopus virens |
Eastern Wood-Pewee |
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| Empidonax virescens |
Acadian Flycatcher |
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| Empidonax alnorum |
Alder Flycatcher |
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| Empidonax traillii |
Willow Flycatcher |
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| Empidonax minimus |
Least Flycatcher |
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| Sayornis phoebe |
Eastern Phoebe |
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| Tyrannus tyrannus |
Eastern Kingbird |
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| Cyanocitta cristata |
Blue Jay |
3 |
9 |
1 |
| Corvus brachyrhynchos |
American Crow |
|
11 |
1 |
| Corvus ossifragus |
Fish Crow |
|
1 |
|
| Tachycineta bicolor |
Tree Swallow |
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| Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
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| Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
Cliff Swallow |
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| Hirundo rustica |
Barn Swallow |
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| Poecile carolinensis |
Carolina Chickadee |
|
2 |
|
| Baeolophus bicolor |
Tufted Titmouse |
|
|
1 |
| Sitta canadensis |
Red-breasted Nuthatch |
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| Sitta carolinensis |
White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
2 |
|
| Certhia americana |
Brown Creeper |
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|
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| Thryothorus ludovicianus |
Carolina Wren |
|
1 |
|
| Troglodytes aedon |
House Wren |
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| Cistothorus palustris |
Marsh Wren |
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| Regulus satrapa |
Golden-crowned Kinglet |
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| Regulus calendula |
Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
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| Sialia sialis |
Eastern Bluebird |
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| Catharus guttatus |
Hermit Thrush |
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| Hylocichla mustelina |
Wood Thrush |
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| Turdus migratorius |
American Robin |
|
|
5 |
| Dumetella carolinensis |
Gray Catbird |
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| Mimus polyglottos |
Northern Mockingbird |
|
1 |
1 |
| Sturnus vulgaris |
European Starling |
|
39 |
254 |
| Anthus rubescens |
American Pipit |
|
|
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| Bombycilla cedrorum |
Cedar Waxwing |
|
|
1 |
| Dendroica coronata |
Yellow-rumped Warbler |
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| Dendroica pinus |
Pine Warbler |
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| Mniotilta varia |
Black-and-white Warbler |
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| Geothlypis trichas |
Common Yellowthroat |
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| Pipilo erythrophthalmus |
Eastern Towhee |
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| Spizella arborea |
American Tree Sparrow |
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| Spizella passerina |
Chipping Sparrow |
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| Spizella pusilla |
Field Sparrow |
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| Passerculus sandwichensis |
Savannah Sparrow |
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| Passerella iliaca |
Fox Sparrow |
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| Melospiza melodia |
Song Sparrow |
|
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| Melospiza georgiana |
Swamp Sparrow |
|
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| Zonotrichia albicollis |
White-throated Sparrow |
3 |
6 |
|
| Zonotrichia leucophrys |
White-crowned Sparrow |
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| Junco hyemalis |
Dark-eyed Junco |
|
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| Plectrophenax nivalis |
Snow Bunting |
|
|
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| Cardinalis cardinalis |
Northern Cardinal |
3 |
1 |
1 |
| Agelaius phoeniceus |
Red-winged Blackbird |
|
3 |
9 |
| Quiscalus quiscula |
Common Grackle |
|
|
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| Molothrus ater |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
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| Carpodacus purpureus |
Purple Finch |
|
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| Carpodacus mexicanus |
House Finch |
|
|
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| Carduelis pinus |
Pine Siskin |
|
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| Carduelis tristis |
American Goldfinch |
|
3 |
|
| Passer domesticus |
House Sparrow |
|
2 |
10 |
| |
Totals |
102 |
211 |
390 |
| |
Total No. of Species |
10 |
32 |
26 |
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| Indicates that numbers for this species were significant for the overall count area; i.e., may be the only ones seen or a majority of the total in the count circle. |
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