Registrar: Mary Beth Kooper
Participants: 11
Weather: 28 F – 32 F, sunny, calm
Bird Species: 33
The beaches, ocean, piers, jetties and creeks of Brooklyn are rich sources of food and shelter for many wintering water birds. Our Linnaean Society participants took advantage of this opportunity to observe many bird species ranging from Loons to Scoters and other duck species. A few shorebirds were also found foraging. The four-mile walk was well rewarded with a few less-common species.
Species Lists
Birds
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Horned Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
American Crow
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
House Sparrow
House Finch
White-throated Sparrow
