Monday, August 17, 2009

August 16th, Jamaica Bay Refuge, Queens

Leader : Starr Saphir

Peter,

Here is the list, but not in taxonomic order. I was using the Jamaica Bay WR bird list, which is decades old. Best, Gil
Nine birders joined Starr Saphir on a trip to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, August 16, 2009, from 9 AM until 1:45 PM. One visiting birder from Trinidad, and another from Massachusetts. The temperature reached 92 degrees, so discretion called for ending the field trip early.

BIRD LIST
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Mute Swan
Black Swan (not countable)
Brant - only one
Canada Goose
Black Duck
Mallard
Gadwall
Ruddy Duck - only one
Osprey
Black-bellied Plover
Semi-palmated Plover
American Oystercatcher
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpaper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great-black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Forsters Tern
Rock Pigeon
Belted Kingfisher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
American Crow
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Cedar Waxwing
European Starling
American Redstart
Common Yellowthroat
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Song Sparrow
House Sparrow
57 species