Leader Peter Dorosh
You saw 53 unique species today
date = 11/23/08
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club "A trip to somewhere" Fire Island /Jones Beach barrier islands
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Brant
American Black Duck
Mallard
Greater Scaup
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Merlin
Black-bellied Plover
Laughing Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Snowy Owl (western Fire Island)
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Horned Lark
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Downy Woodpecker
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow (Jones lot 2)
Field Sparrow (4)
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow (Jones Beach coast guard station)
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Snow Bunting (Fire Island lot 2 flock)
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
Pine Siskin (Gilgo Beach road)
American Goldfinch (many flyovers)
House Sparrow
Black Scoter (abundant Fire Island)
Surf scoter (10,000's Fire Island)
Gannet
