Registrar: Nancy Shamban
Participants: 16
Weather: Sunny and beautiful, in the mid 70s
Bird Species: 52
The group met in Patchogue, LI, where we took the ferry to Watch Hill for a lovely day with the very knowledgeable Paul Sweet and two of his friends, who also contributed expertise. We birded for about five hours, including a lunch break, mostly on a boardwalk that encircles a salt marsh. And guess what was hiding there? Saltmarsh Sparrows! We got some very good looks at them.
The rest of the time was spent on the beach, observing lots of Sanderlings and a Common Eider that flew right past us. This was a really special trip.
Species Lists
Birds
Canada Goose
Mallard
Common Eider
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Sanderling
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Royal Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Osprey
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Merlin
Eastern Phoebe
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Sparrow genus Spizella sp.
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Indigo Bunting
Butterflies
Cabbage White
Cloudless Sulphur
American Copper
Monarch
Odonates
Common Green Darner
Black Saddlebags
Seaside Dragonlet
Others
Praying Mantis
Seaside Grasshopper
Mammals
White-tailed Deer
Dolphin sp.
