The Linnaean Society of New York

Field Trip Reports
 

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge with Joseph DiCostanzo, 11/18/2017

Registrar: Pearl Broder
Bird Species: 42

Species Lists

Birds
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Coot
Killdeer
Dunlin
Greater Yellowlegs
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Eastern Phoebe
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
House Sparrow
House Finch
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal

Prospect Park with Steve Nanz, 11/11/2017

Registrar: Miriam Rakowski
Bird Species: 43

Species Lists

Birds
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Mallard
American Black Duck
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
American Coot
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Merlin
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
American Pipit (h)
House Finch
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Nashville Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal

State Line Park N.J. with Pieter Prall, 11/5/2017

Registrar: Sandra Maury
Bird Species: 27

Species Lists

Birds
Canada Goose
Rock Pigeon
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Peregrine Falcon
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren (h)
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco

South Shores of Jamaica Bay with Peter Dorosh, 11/4/2017

Registrar: Anne Lazarus (thank you Anne)
Participants: 7 
Weather: Sunny, upper 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, calm.
Bird Species: 54

Species Lists

Birds
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Mallard
American Black Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Killdeer
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
American Pipit
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal

Butterflies
Cabbage White
Orange Sulfur
Painted Lady
Common Buckeye 
Monarch

New Jersey Hotspots with Robert Machover, 10/28/2017

Registrar: Karen Asakawa
Participants: 4
Weather: Sunny, 60 degrees Fahrenheit, windy, sometimes 20 mph in pm.
Bird Species: 35

Species Lists

Birds
Brant
Canada Goose
Mallard
Black-bellied Plover
Dunlin
Wilson’s Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Flicker
Merlin
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Carolina Wren (h)
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-rumped Warbler

Butterflies
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulfur
Orange Sulfur
Painted Lady
Common Buckeye 
Monarch

Fort Tilden 2 with Richard ZainEldeen, 10/21/2017

Registrar: Pearl Broder
Bird Species: 44

Species Lists

Birds
Brant
Canada Goose
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Killdeer (h)
Sanderling
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Forster’s Tern
Royal Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tree Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler

Butterflies
Cabbage White
Variegated Frittilary
Painted Lady
Checkered White
Clouded Sulfur
Eastern Comma
Common Buckeye
Red Admiral
Orange Sulfur
Mourning Cloak
Monarch

Odonates
Green Darner
Black Saddlebag
Wandering Glider

Herps
Spring Peeper (h)

Mammals
Pilot Whales (4)
Harbor Seal
Eastern Gray Squirrel

Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow © 2017 Mary Beth Cooper

5th Annual Starr Saphir Memorial Fall Migration Walk with Lenore Swenson, 10/15/2017

Registrar: No Registration. Central Park walk met at 103rd Street and Central Park West at 7:30 am
Participants:  22
Weather:  Mainly overcast, about 70 degrees Fahrenheit, light southwest wind.
Bird Species: 44

Species Lists

Birds
Canada Goose
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Winter Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird (h)
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Finch
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Northern Waterthrush
Cape May Warbler
Palm Warbler

Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal

Butterflies
Cabbage White
Painted Lady
Monarch

Mammals
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Eastern Chipmunk
Northern Raccoon