Monday, March 22, 2010

March 21st Spring Profile: Carnarsie,Brooklyn

Leader : Peter Dorosh

Locations: Carnarsie Park, Carnarsie Pier, Fresh Creek Preserve, Hendrix Creek, Fountain Ave /Spring Creek

48 species

date = 2010/03/21
site = Carnarsie region, Brooklyn
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club

Horned Grebe -one in breeding plumage + 3 basic
Double-crested Cormorant
Little Blue Heron
Northern Shoveler
Bufflehead
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Snow Goose --2 blue morph immature variants Carnarsie Pier
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Greater Scaup
Red-breasted Merganser
Green-winged Teal
Brant
Hooded Merganser
Mallard
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Peregrine Falcon --enroute home, perched on BBG tower
Ring-necked Pheasant
American Coot
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Great Black-backed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Monk Parakeet
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow --Hendrix Creek
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow