Registrar: Karen Asakawa
Participants: 8
Weather: Mostly Sunny, 68-70 F, N 4-5 mph
Bird Species: 46
We would like to credit David Eib for his discovery and identification of the Double-striped Bluet. This odonate has never been recorded in Staten Island before. Fresh Kills has many butterflies and odonates. The Prince Baskettail, Swamp Darner, Gray Hairstreaks have found a niche in Fresh Kills. We are glad that so many Grasshopper Sparrows are nesting there. We were an enthusiastic group, fascinated by birds and invertebrates. I must not omit the Blue-fronted Dancer, which competed for attention with the Double-striped Bluet. Mount Loretto had its own lovely sightings, such as the Little Blue Heron, Common Wood Nymphs and Little Wood Satyrs. We thank Seth for arranging our visit to Fresh Kills, David for the bluet, Karen for arranging this complicated trip and all the participants.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Killdeer
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Downy Woodpecker (h)
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
House Wren (h)
Carolina Wren (h)
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Grasshopper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Common Yellowthroat (h)
Yellow Warbler (h)
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Mammals
Woodchuck
Eastern Cottontail
White-tailed Deer
Reptile
Snapping Turtle
Butterflies
Spicebush Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Summer Azure
Eastern-tailed Blue
Orange Sulfur
Gray Hairstreak
Sootywing
Common Wood Nymph
Monarch Butterfly
Little Wood Satyr
Odonates
Green Darner
Swamp Darner
Blue-fronted Dancer
Double-striped Bluet
Prince Baskettail
Black Saddlebags
Spot-winged Glider
Wandering Glider
Eastern Amberwing
Common Whitetail
Blue Dasher
Eastern Pondhawk
