Registrar: Pearl Broder
Participants: 6
Weather: mostly cloudy, wind about 5 mph
Bird Species: 53
We started our day at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge’s West Pond observing a Common Raven and a Northern Harrier challenging each other. After that initial drama, we settled down and observed the beautiful ducks on the West Pond, including Green-winged Teals and Greater Scaup. We were greeted by the returning Horned Grebes with excellent scope views. A big treat was a Purple Finch and five Pine Siskins at the feeder. We then took off for Ft. Tilden and ocean viewing. It was exciting to see a flock of Black Scoters with one White-winged Scoter. A lone Common Eider swam close to shore. Northern Gannets, Red-throated Loons, Common Loons, Sanderlings, Dunlins and other birds also captured our attention.
Species Lists
Birds
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Common Eider
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Horned Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Sanderling
Dunlin
Greater Yellowlegs
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Northern Gannet
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
