Registrar: Miriam Rakowski
Participants: 6
Weather: 40-50’s F. mainly cloudy, calm
Bird Species: 57
As soon as we arrived at the gardens of Floyd Bennett, we were greeted with a good variety of sparrows and many Yellow-rumped Warblers. They seemed to be everywhere. Each site we visited had numerous sparrows, Eastern Phoebes, Yellow-rumped Warblers and a highlight—numerous sightings of Purple Finches. We even saw at least five White-crowned Sparrows, both juveniles and an adult. These presentations were occasionally interrupted by the frequent appearances of American Kestrels, Merlins, Peregrine Falcons, Northern Harriers, Cooper’s Hawks, Sharp-shinned Hawks and the occasional Red-tailed Hawk. But there was more to come. We entered an area where there were many evergreens. Someone noticed a small clump. We looked at it closely. I heard the person next to me say, “Wow!” It was a Northern Saw-whet Owl!
Species Lists
Birds
Brant
Canada Goose
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Black-bellied Plover
Dunlin
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Tree Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren (h)
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee (h)
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Common Yellowthroat
Blackpoll Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
