Saturday, December 11, 2010

December 11th Coney Island Hike

date = 2010/12/12


site = Coney Island



Leading Peter Dorosh

observers = Mary, Monica, Linda, Dennis, Lenore



Common Loon

Red-throated Loon

Horned Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Lesser Scaup

Bufflehead

Gadwall

American Black Duck

Canada Goose

Black Scoter

American Wigeon

Long-tailed Duck

Greater Scaup

Red-breasted Merganser

Brant

Hooded Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Surf Scoter

Mute Swan

Mallard

Cooper's Hawk --perched on closed Shore Theater rooftop.

Red-tailed Hawk

Peregrine Falcon -3; 2 on historic Parachute Jimp

American Coot

Purple Sandpiper - 5 , on jetties

Great Black-backed Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Black Skimmer 11 Coney Island Beach, late

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

American Crow

Hermit Thrush

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

White-throated Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Baltimore Oriole Kaiser Park dunes, late

House Finch

Northern Cardinal

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow

45 Species

Other : Harbor Seal