Registrar: Linda LaBella
Participants: 9
Weather: Cold, 35 degrees, windy and sunny.
Bird Species: 40
We started this field trip at the Coney Island Pier where we saw a tremendous variety of sea ducks. A great surprise was the discovery of a Razorbill; it was so close to the pier that we all saw it without binoculars or scope.
We then walked down to the 35th-Street Overlook and Rob, our leader, found a Thick-billed Murre out in the bay. We had great looks at this rare bird, but after about 40 minutes it moved farther out and the waves made it too hard to see it.
Rob then took us to Coney Island Creek Park where we had the opportunity to see the Redhead, an annual visitor to the creek, as well as a number of other birds to add to the list.
Species Lists
Birds
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Common Eider
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Purple Sandpiper
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Cooper’s Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
American Crow
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
House Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
