Monday, September 6, 2010

Shorebird Odyssey August 28th

Leader: Peter Dorosh
 + 12 participants

Locations: Floyd Bennett Field, Jamaica Bay East and West Pond, Big Egg Marsh

88 species

American Black Duck


American Crow

American Kestrel

American Oystercatcher

American Redstart

American Robin

American White Pelican

Baird's Sandpiper

Barn Swallow

Belted Kingfisher

Black-bellied Plover

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Blue-winged Teal

Boat-tailed Grackle

Bobolink

Brown Thrasher

Canada Goose

Carolina Wren

Cedar Waxwing

Chimney Swift

Common Moorhen

Common Nighthawk

Common Tern

Common Yellowthroat

Double-crested Cormorant

Eastern Kingbird

Eastern Phoebe

European Starling

Forster's Tern

Gadwall

Glossy Ibis

Gray Catbird

Great Black-backed Gull

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Great-crested Flycatcher

Greater Yellowlegs

Green Heron

Green-winged Teal

Herring Gull

House Finch

House Sparrow

Killdeer

Laughing Gull

Least Sandpiper

Lesser Yellowlegs

Magnolia Warbler

Mallard

Mourning Dove

Mute Swan

Northern Harrier

Northern Mockingbird

Northern Waterthrush

Osprey

Pectoral Sandpiper

Red-eyed Vireo

Red-winged Blackbird

Ring-billed Gull

Rock Pigeon

Ruddy Duck

Semipalmated Plover

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Snowy Egret

Spotted Sandpiper

Stilt Sandpiper

Tree Swallow

White-eyed Vireo

White-rumped Sandpiper

Willet

Wilson's Warbler

Canada Goose

Yellow Warbler

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

add-ons' (from Lenore's list)

Northern Shoveler,
Long-billed Dowitcher,
Least Tern,
Willow Flycatcher (heard),
 Fish Crow,
Black & White Warbler,
Eastern Towhee(heard),
Song Sparrow,
Northern Cardinal,
Brown headed Cowbird,
American Goldfinch

Lists provide by courtesy of Lenore Swenson and Rusty Harold.

Some photos from Rusty's gallery

Floyd Bennett
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JBWR

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