Registrar: Anne Lazarus
Participants: 11
Weather: Sunny, wind 5 mph, variable, upper 30’s to 40’s F
Bird Species: 63
We thank our leader Peter Dorosh for guiding us on an exciting tour of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge and Shirley Chisholm State Park. This trip was a day of avian surprises. Our first surprise was a female Common Goldeneye on the West Pond among all the other beautiful ducks. Big John’s Pond featured several Wood Ducks. With a little effort we saw the Redhead on the East Pond. A vocalizing Common Raven suddenly appeared overhead. The biggest surprise was three Tundra Swans, a bit distant, but photographed. Our final stop was the newly opened Shirley Chisholm State Park. This park attracted many Lesser Scaup, Belted Kingfisher, six Killdeer in flight, one Vesper Sparrow, one Lincoln’s Sparrow, one Orange-crowned Warbler and other land and water birds. Dusk comes quickly at this time of year, and we had to leave. But we will return.
Species Lists
Birds
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Horned Grebe
Mourning Dove
American Coot
Killdeer
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Barn Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
American Crow
Common Raven
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Carolina Wren (h)
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Finch
American Goldfinch
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Mammal
Eastern Gray Squirrel
