New Haven 2022 Christmas Bird Count Report
On Saturday, December 17, 2022, 99 people participated in the New Haven Christmas Bird Count. They
birded for over 200 hours, covering more than 100 miles on foot and several hundred miles by car. 18
of the 99 participants were new to the New Haven CBC. Collectively, we saw a total of 122 species on
count day, with one additional species reported during the count week. Some of the notable
observations included Black-headed Gull, White-winged Dove (count week), Canvasback, Northern
Gannet, Orange-crowned, Nashville and Pine Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, Vesper Sparrow and
Baltimore Oriole. Sadly, our annual census is demonstrating a significant decline in the abundance of
numerous species in our area over time. Species that are in declining numbers include: Mute Swan,
American Black Duck, Mallard, Greater Scaup, Common Merganser, Red-throated Loon, Horned Grebe,
Eastern Screech Owl, Horned Lark, Hermit Thrush, several sparrow species, Rusty Blackbird and Monk
Parakeet. A few species seen in increasing numbers include: Black Vulture, Cooper’s Hawk, Carolina
Wren, and Ruby-crowned Kinglet.
The full species list is as follows:
Brant, 1094; Canada Goose, 6567; Mute Swan, 78; Wood Duck, 1; Northern Shoveler, 8; Gadwall, 132;
American Wigeon, 114; Mallard, 829; American Black Duck, 242; Northern Pintail, 10; Green-winged
Teal, 32; Canvasback, 2; Ring-necked Duck, 259; Greater Scaup, 548; Lesser Scaup, 161; Surf Scoter, 12;
White-winged Scoter, 15; Black Scoter, 2; Long-tailed Duck, 337; Bufflehead, 404; Common Goldeneye,
160; Hooded Merganser, 258; Common Merganser, 12; Red-breasted Merganser, 151; Ruddy Duck, 3;
Wild Turkey, 35; Pied-billed Grebe, 3; Horned Grebe, 5; Rock Pigeon, 563; White-winged Dove, CW;
Mourning Dove, 659; Clapper Rail, 4; Virginia Rail, 1; American Coot, 19; Black-bellied Plover, 9;
Sanderling, 75; Dunlin, 1; Purple Sandpiper, 13; Greater Yellowlegs, 1; Black-headed Gull, 1; Ring-billed
Gull, 1132; Herring Gull, 2557; Great Black-backed Gull, 93; Red-throated Loon, 12; Common Loon, 35;
Northern Gannet, 2; Great Cormorant, 8; Double-crested Cormorant, 3; Great Blue Heron, 38; Black
Vulture, 65; Turkey Vulture, 68; Northern Harrier, 11; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 10; Cooper’s Hawk, 29; Bald
Eagle, 13; Red-shouldered Hawk, 29; Red-tailed Hawk, 96; Eastern Screech Owl, 9; Great Horned Owl, 1;
Barred Owl, 3; Belted Kingfisher, 20; Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, 25; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 98; Downy
Woodpecker, 158; Hairy Woodpecker, 46; Pileated Woodpecker, 5; Northern Flicker, 36; American
Kestrel, 2; Merlin, 4; Peregrine Falcon, 4; Monk Parakeet, 2; Eastern Phoebe, 1; Blue Jay, 344; American
Crow, 1024; Fish Crow, 208; crow, species, 109; Common Raven, 33; Black-capped Chickadee, 453;
Tufted Titmouse, 358; Horned Lark, 28; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 20; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 16; Redbreasted Nuthatch, 10; White-breasted Nuthatch, 184; Brown Creeper, 8; Winter Wren, 13; Marsh
Wren, 4; Carolina Wren, 188; European Starling, 5714; Gray Catbird, 12; Northern Mockingbird, 128;
Eastern Bluebird, 41; Hermit Thrush, 4; American Robin, 215; Cedar Waxwing, 26; House Sparrow, 1016;
American Pipit, 2; House Finch, 201; Purple Finch, 7; American Goldfinch, 227; Snow Bunting, 18;
Chipping Sparrow, 3; Field Sparrow, 17; American Tree Sparrow, 30; Fox Sparrow, 10; Dark-eyed Junco,
911; White-throated Sparrow, 573; Vesper Sparrow, 1; Savannah Sparrow, 9; Song Sparrow, 359; Swamp
Sparrow, 21; Eastern Towhee, 1; Eastern Meadowlark, 16; Baltimore Oriole, 1; Red-winged Blackbird,
38; Brown-headed Cowbird, 34; Rusty Blackbird, 4; Common Grackle, 71; Orange-crowned Warbler, 3;
Nashville Warbler, 1; Common Yellowthroat, 1; Pine Warbler, 1; Yellow-rumped Warbler, 9; and
Northern Cardinal, 307.
The participants were: Dewitt Allen, Ross Allen, Ralph Amodei, Christin Arnini, Mark Aronson, Bill Batsford, Courtney
Bauknecht, Larry Bausher, Jay Bhandary, Betty Lou and Joe Blumberg, Stephen Broker, Ally Brundige,
Hannah and Kevin Burgio, Michael Carpenter, Nancy Clark, Jim Cortina, Lori Datlow, Sophie Duncan,
John Farley, Corrie Folsom-O’Keefe, Frank Gallo, Eric Geiger, Mark, Shaleigh and Shane Grogan, Peter
Grund, Marga Hirsch, Margaret Hofmeister, Michael and Pat Horn, Valerie Hungerford, James Hunter,
Kimberly Jannarone, Kris Johnson, Leslie Johnson, Lynn Jones, Emmelie Kaiser, Emily Keating, Michele
Keefe, Tom Kelly, Bernice Lattanzi, Pat Leahy, Carol and Gary Lemmon, Alex Lin-Moore, Michael
Loewenberg, Donna Lorello, Chris Loscalzo, Alan Malina, Frank Mantlik, Steve Mayo, Flo McBride, John
McEachern, Jeff and Linda Meyer, Allison Middlemass, Judy Moore, Nicole Neigel, Gina Nichol, Michael
O’Brien, John Oshlick, Cathy Popp, Bev Propen, Frank and Nancy Ragusa, Bill Rankin, Daryl Rathburn,
Brendan Reilly, Laurie Reynolds, Jason Rieger, Brian Roach, Bill Root, Nancy Rosenbaum, Autumn
Sands-Caldwell, Lee Schlesinger, Abby Sesselberg, Arthur Shippee, James Sirch, Paul Smith, Nancy
Specht, Steve Spector, Brian Stacey, Howie Sternberg, Maria Stockmal, Samiyah Sutherland, Tommie
Thornhill, John and Liz Triana, Marianne Vahey, Miranda Vogt, Lisa Wahle, Mark Wantroba, Ryan Wirtes,
Chris Woerner, Kate Wong, David Woolery and Molly Zahn.
Sincere thanks to all of the participants and especially the area captains.
Chris Loscalzo, NH CBC Compiler