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Sussex Christmas Bird Count
Following is the raw data from the 1999 Sussex Christmas Bird Count. It has been sorted by frequency of birds seen in 1999.
Like to see the 1999 top ten compared to 1998 and 1997
| Species | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
| European Starling | 1087 | 660 | 1750 |
| Bohemian Waxwing | 57 | 21 | 547 |
| Common Raven | 72 | 520 | 525 |
| SnowBunting | 73 | 916 | 361 |
| Evening Grosbeak | 182 | 214 | 339 |
| Black Capped Chickadee | 275 | 249 | 311 |
| American Crow | 205 | 878 | 306 |
| Mourning Dove | 312 | 333 | 291 |
| Rock Dove | 405 | 891 | 289 |
| American Goldfinch | 79 | 274 | 233 |
| American Black Duck | 194 | 181 | 227 |
| Blue Jay | 139 | 103 | 173 |
| Common Redpoll | 67 | 1 | 165 |
| Junco | 101 | 167 | 151 |
| Pine Grosbeak | 77 | 1 | 84 |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | 7 | 13 | 62 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| American Tree Sparrow | 78 | 169 | 44 |
| Mallard | 36 | 56 | 34 |
| Ring-billed Gull | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| House Sparrow | 147 | 99 | 27 |
| Herring Gull | 11 | 27 | 25 |
| Golden Crowned Kinglet | 15 | 11 | 20 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 13 | 19 | 16 |
| Red-Breasted Nuthatch | 8 | 13 | 15 |
| House Finch | 0 | 11 | 15 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 14 | 22 | 14 |
| Gray Jay | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| Bald Eagle | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Purple Finch | 0 | 22 | 5 |
| Ruffed Grouse | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Northern Shrike | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Brown Creeper | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rusty Blackbird | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| White-winged Crossbill | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Northern Goshawk | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Song Sparrow | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| Ruby Crowned Kinglet | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Horned Owl | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Red-breasted Merganser | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Pine Siskin | 11 | 22 | 1 |
| Common Grackle | 12 | 0 | 1 |
1999 top ten ranking compared to 1998 and 1997.
| Species | 1999 Rank |
1998 Rank |
1997 Rank |
| European Starling | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Bohemian Waxwing | 2 | 20 | 17 |
| Common Raven | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| SnowBunting | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Evening Grosbeak | 5 | 9 | 7 |
| Black Capped Chickadee | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| American Crow | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Mourning Dove | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| Rock Dove | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| American Goldfinch | 10 | 7 | 11 |