Rockaway Region Oct 18th

Leader : Steve Nanz


site = Fort Tilden, Riis Park and Arverne
date = 10/18/08
observers = BBC Trip – 9 people
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Egret
Canada Goose
Brant
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Pine Warbler – (Partial leucistic - have photos) – Bob M. Peter D. and Steve N. agree on Pine as most likely. Rob J thinks Chestnut-sided due to eye ring.
Palm Warbler
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

Fort Tilden 10/4

Leader : Peter Dorosh

(note: Venue/location was switched from original Kittatinny State Park)

site = Fort Tilden (unless Floyd Bennett Field noted)
date = 10/4/08
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club walk   Leader Peter Dorosh
Double-crested Cormorant
Brant (flock 30)
Osprey (~10)
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk (Floyd Bennett north 40)
American Kestrel (Floyd Bennett north 40)
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Floyd Bennett community garden)
Downy Woodpecker (Floyd Bennett community garden)
Northern Flicker (several)
Eastern Phoebe
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow (small flocks flyovers)
Black-capped Chickadee
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing (several flocks flyover)
Magnolia Warbler
Cape May Warbler (Floyd Bennett plant nursery)
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler (habitat between street road and little league ballfields)
Palm Warbler (common)
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Clay-colored Sparrow (1 behind northwest corner ballfields;1 Floyd Bennett community garden "Gaudet"plot,late juv/1st winter)
Field Sparrow (Floyd Bennett north 40)
Lark Sparrow (drab adult inside restricted army reserve base, east lawn,on brush pile)
Savannah Sparrow (numerous)
Song Sparrow (common)
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting (community gardens Tilden and Floyd Bennett)
Dickcissel (Tilden community garden; first yr or female)
Bobolink (Tilden community garden)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
Western Kingbird (east road next to Army Reserve base on dead pine tree ( NWballfields corner))

Ring-necked Pheasant (Floyd Bennett north 40)


" A true Patagonia day"; all exceptional Tilden rarities occurred within

 a 800 foot radius in a roughly 2 hr spread.

 Thanks to Seth Autsubel calling me and Isaac's help as well.

It was a grand day.

 

Peter

BBC

Chincoteague Island ,Virginia weekend

Locations: Bombay Hook NWR (DE), Chincoteague Island NWR, Kiptopeke SP, Eastern Shore NWR, Cape Henlopen SP (DE), Cape May Point SP (NJ)

date = 9/26-9/30/08

leader: Peter Dorosh

 

legend

NWR: National Wildlfe Refuge

SP: State Park

f/o : flyover

 

Common Loon (2 f/o Chincoteague Island bridge)

Brown Pelican (5 Toms Cove,Chincoteague NWR; ~80 sporadic flyby Kiptopeke State Park pier)
Double-crested Cormorant (common)
Great Blue Heron (common)
Great Egret (abundant)
Snowy Egret (abundant)
Little Blue Heron (several various locations)
Tricolored Heron (Chincoteague Island NWR)
Cattle Egret (~19 Chincoteague Island NWR; some on top of the Assateague Ponies)
Green Heron (Chincoteague Island NWR)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Chincoteague Island NWR)
Glossy Ibis (Chincoteague Island NWR)
Black Vulture (notably at Kiptopeke SP hawk watch, other locations)
Turkey Vulture (abundant)
Snow Goose (Chincoteague Island NWR)
Canada Goose (abundant)
Mute Swan (Cape May)
Gadwall (Cape May)
American Black Duck
Mallard (common)
Northern Shoveler (Chincoteague Island NWR)
Northern Pintail (5 Chincoteague Island NWR; Bombay Hook f/o)
Green-winged Teal (several locations)
Greater Scaup (Chincoteague Island NWR)
Osprey (common)
Bald Eagle (10; 7 Chincoteague Island NWR;1 Eastern Shore NWR;2 Bombay Hook NWR; most adults)
Northern Harrier (several)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (common, Kiptopeke SP hawk watch)
Cooper's Hawk (common)
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel (Kiptopeke SP , and frequently seen)
Merlin (frequently; seen all locations)
Peregrine Falcon (several locations; times seen harassing shorebirds)
Clapper Rail (1 Toms cove,Chincoteague Island NWR;2 Eastern Shore NWR;1 Bombay Hook)
Virginia Rail (heard Marsh trail @ Chincoteague Island NWR)
Black-bellied Plover (common)
Semipalmated Plover (abundant Chincoteague Island NWR;Bombay Hook)
Killdeer (Chincoteague Island NWR;Lewes/Cape May ferry parking lot)
American Oystercatcher
American Avocet (~120 Bombay Hook NWR)
Greater Yellowlegs (abundant all locations)

Lesser Yellowlegs(abundantall locations)
Solitary Sandpiper (Marsh Trail @Chincoteague Island NWR)
Willet (flock; Toms Cove @Chincoteague Island NWR)
Marbled Godwit (9 Toms Cove@Chincoteague Island NWR)
Sanderling(Chincoteague Island NWR)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (common all locations)
Western Sandpiper (Chincoteague Island NWR)
Least Sandpiper (common Chincoteague Island NWR,Bombay Hook NWR)
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper (Bombay Hook NWR;Chincoteague Island NWR)
Stilt Sandpiper (Toms Cove@ Chincoteague Island NWR)
Dowitcher species(Chincoteague Island NWR)
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern (Chincoteague Island NWR; at least 25 different times, spots)

Royal Tern (mostly seen at Chincoteague Island NWR, common)
Forster's Tern (abundant)

Sandwich Tern (2 Toms Cove@ Chincoteague Island NWR)

Black Skimmer (Toms cove @Chincoteague Island NWR)
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Common Nighthawk (Eastern Shore NWR)
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher (several locations)
Red-headed Woodpecker (3 at Eastern Shore NWR; flying around immature Bald Eagle perched in dead tree)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Kiptopeke SP , mostly)
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (frequently seen)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Sandwich Tern (Chincoteague Island NWR)

Empid "traill's Flycatcher (Cape Henlopen SP)
Eastern Phoebe (several locations)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Cape May Point SP)

Yellow-throated Vireo(2 Kiptopeke SP)
Blue-headed Vireo (Cape May Point State Park)
Red-eyed Vireo (Chincoteague Island NWR; Cape Henlopen SP)
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow (abundant flyovers)
Carolina Chickadee (at least ten Chincoteague Island NWR)
Tufted Titmouse (heard)
Brown-headed Nuthatch (at least 8 Chincoteague Island NWR,good views ; Cape Henlopen SP)
Brown Creeper (Cape Henlopen SP)
Carolina Wren (Chincoteague Island NWR)
House Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet (Cape Henlopen SP)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Chincoteague Island NWR)

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher ( Cape May Point SP)
Eastern Bluebird 4 (Kiptopeke SP,near hawk watch)
Hermit Thrush (Chincoteague Island NWR)
American Robin (abundant)
Gray Catbird (common)
Northern Mockingbird (common)

Brown Thrasher (several locations, mostly Chincoteague Island NWR)
European Starling
Northern Parula (several locations, notably Chincoteague Island NWR)
Magnolia Warbler (Kiptopeke SP; Chincoteague Island NWR)
Black-throated Blue Warbler (Kiptopeke SP; Cape Henlopen SP)
Pine Warbler (Chincoteague Island NWR;Kiptopeke SP)
Palm Warbler (Toms Cove @Chincoteague Island NWR)
Black-and-white Warbler (several)
American Redstart (common)
Ovenbird (2 Cape Henlopen SP)
Common Yellowthroat (several locations, notably Chincoteague Island NWR)
Wilson's Warbler (Cape Henlopen SP)
Savannah Sparrow (common at Bombay Hook NWR; along impoundment dike road grasses)
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak (Black Duck trail @Chincoteague Island NWR)
Indigo Bunting (2 Black Duck Trail@ Chincoteague Island NWR)
Bobolink (several Wildlife SE loop@ Chincoteague Island NWR)
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole (Chincoteague Island NWR)
American Goldfinch (Chincoteague Island NWR;Cape Henlopen SP)
House Sparrow (Chincoteague Island town;Cape May ferry dock)

 

120 total species

 

Mammals

 

Assateague Pony (est 17)

Delmarva Fox Squirrel (4)

Sika Elk (est 15)

Eastern Cottontail