Registrar: Amanda Bielskas
Weather: Partly cloudy and cool, warming in the afternoon to the 60s, breezy WNW winds
Participants: 19
Bird Species: 51
On a beautiful fall morning, our groups of 19 birders were able to see 51 species, including many late migrants. We met at the Icahn stadium parking lot and headed over to the salt marsh area. After circling the marsh we went to the wildflower meadow and nearby wetlands, where we split up into two groups because of the narrow trail. Next we headed to the northeastern ballfields, where we spotted many Savannah and Song Sparrows, gulls, and a Great Cormorant a ways offshore. After a quick stop for lunch we went toward the north ballfields and found several herons by the Hell’s Gate marsh. A walk further west and south netted us an American Kestrel, more kinglets, a brown creeper, and a Nashville Warbler. A great day was had by all.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Gadwall
Mallard
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Nashville Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Other Species
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Monarch
Cabbage White
