Leader: Tom Preston
9 Brooklyn Bird Club members visited Dreier-Offerman Park and Floyd Bennett Field today. We had a good variety of early migrants and a few winter lingerers. Field and Savannah Sparrows were in good numbers at both locations, and there were plenty of both Golden-crowned and Ruby-crowned kinglets. Other highlights at Dreier included 6 Glossy Ibis, Sapsucker, f. Hooded Merganser, at least 3 Am. Kestrels, Red-throated Loon, singing Brown Thrasher, 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatchers 2 Palm Warblers, and an early Chimney Swift seen only by Richard. At Floyd, 3 Blue-winged Teal were on the Return-a-Gift Pond, f. Purple Finch near the Community Gardens, 2 Brown Creepers near Ecology Village,and Ring-necked Pheasant was heard at 2 locations. - Tom
Participants : Janet Schumaker, Richard Zainaldeen, Bob Washburn, Marisa Wohl, John Crisciatelli, Suzanne Ortiz, Edith, Hope and myself.
Location: Dreier-Offerman Park
Observation date: 4/19/09
Number of species: 50
Brant X
Canada Goose X
Gadwall 3
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 2
Bufflehead 4
Hooded Merganser 1
Red-breasted Merganser 3
Red-throated Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Glossy Ibis 6
American Kestrel 3
Killdeer 2
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 1 Chimney Swift (seen by Richard Zainaldeen on the way
in)
Belted Kingfisher (seen by Richard while the rest of us were in
Home Depot, picking up free Earth Day lightbulbs!)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
American Crow X
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 1
Carolina Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling X
Palm Warbler 2
Field Sparrow 5
Savannah Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow 1
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Common Grackle 4
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow X
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Location: Floyd Bennett Field
Observation date: 4/19/09
Number of species: 37
Brant X
Canada Goose X
Blue-winged Teal 3
Northern Shoveler 1
Ring-necked Pheasant 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Killdeer 2
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 2
Northern Flicker 4
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Tree Swallow 8
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 12
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Hermit Thrush 2
American Robin X
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling X
Chipping Sparrow 12
Field Sparrow 6
Savannah Sparrow 5
Song Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal X
Red-winged Blackbird X
Brown-headed Cowbird 24
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow X
